Your 2year relationship was one-in-a-million and you felt this was your last bus after your very dry spell of being unmarried for a long time. All your friends adored him and your parents placed their stamp of approval on your relationship. The altar was just a few feet away when suddenly….it all came to a crashing end! The rest of the months flew by on silent wings, you lost weight, lost interest in family events, avoided your friends, changed your phone number and became a hermit.
Same old story every year just around this time. Every newspaper screams the same headlines, ‘Floods in Accra!’ ‘Hundreds Displaced By Perennial Floods!’, ‘Homes Destroyed by Floods!’ and it goes on year after year, print after print. It shouldn’t be a headliner anymore I think, just waste of headline space.
Wig caps. The trendy hairstyle for many African women looking to save time at the salon and money spent on weave-ons.
I have a few wig caps myself after I realised how much time and money I could save on my hair life. But after my first three I was faced with a challenge; how on earth am I going to maintain the shape of the cap? O_o??? There was no way I was going to buy mannequin heads for wigs and display them in my room (storage lacking as well) because that would have looked really weird!
Having an iPhone is a whole new experience for especially new users (Android users can boo all they want :p), and just like any smartphone it must be protected in a durable iphone case/cover. There are some really cool iphone covers with different designs, disney characters and the like. But what about an iphone cover having African print designs? Now thats a very unique idea I thought to myself when I came across these fantastic iphone covers by Apparafix.
I first met Ethel Cofie during one of the #TechRepublic meetups at Republic Bar & Grill. We didn't speak much that night but the second time we did. Here was a woman who had some deep insights on technology and business strategy, and as she went on and on about how online payments and banks in Ghana could do a better job than they are now, I knew one of these days I had to feature her, then she told me about being selected as a candidate for YALI. That did it.
A loyal reader reached out to me recently following my post on Free Wifi locations in Osu. I decided to post my response following her query:
I am a follower of your blog. I really like what you do on website. Please, I want to know how website addresses are personalized. I know there are some charges. How are those charges paid and to who, especially in Ghana. Can you also recommend good companies that host websites and are affordable? Thank you so much. - Delai
Getting a taxi in Accra can be sometimes tedious depending on which area you live in. It could be a long wait in front of your house spent looking left or right for an empty taxi or a rather long and dusty walk to the nearest main road. With the arrival of EasyTaxi, an iOS and Android app those days are basically so yesterday. EasyTaxi is a globally recognised taxi booking service app in about 26 countries and 86 cities (and counting) and basically wants to make our lives easier using mobile technology.
I am a free Wifi hunter. I am always on the look out for a free wifi sign which in Accra is almost close to looking for a Dodo. But during my travels, the faintest hint of Free Wifi gives me such a relief and unexplainable joy more than finding 70% discounts at New Look. Yeah.. thats what the Internet has done to me.
grew up in a house where the first sounds that woke me up wasn't the neighbors crazy cockadoodling cock; but the strumming of guitars, tooting of trumpets and pinkling of piano keys and the silky voice of Nat King Cole drifting out of the vintage black LP record.
Jazz is one genre I always listen to on iTunes when work is stressing me out. So imagine my delight when I got an invitation to attend the first Ghana Jazz Festival by Stanbic Bank Ghana.
So by now you have heard, seen and read what happened at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and what a bore it was. The Shatta movement fans are still celebrating over Shatta Wale's Artiste of the Year award (which I hope has been found by now) and Sonnie Badu is also in cloud nine for winning 2 awards Gospel Artiste of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance of the Year.
I have always been intrigued by the choice of wear for most events in Ghana especially music awards, movie awards, musical concerts etc. I have seen some disastrous outfits which leave little to the imagination and raises a few eyebrows from onlookers.
Sadly the fans and some guests arrived at the #VGMA2014 awards looking like they had to squeeze every fat into a smaller sized dress whilst some walked or attempted to walk in mountainous platforms which forced them to walk like drunken giraffes. I am being a bit sharp but what I saw yesterday just makes me wonder why someone would put themselves through the pain and discomfort in order to look 'fashionable'?
If awards were to be given to best dressed and best looks at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (#VGMA2014), there would have been a select few amongst some personalities who turned up at the event.
It was fascinating to note the beauty and fashion trends at the event which ranged from long shimmering gowns to deep v-necked dresses and not forgetting cut-out dresses. Bold eyebrows was also a make-up trend with bold red lipsticks to match. The men also came out in suits, traditional wear and lots of swag.
