The MasterCard Foundation today announced a $10million commitment and support towards The Obama administration's initiative Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). YALI was birthed in 2010 to support young African leaders as they work hard to spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. This commitment is being made over the next 5 years to help YALI reach nearly 10,000 young men and women in Africa. Exciting news!
The current economic state in Ghana is a slow strangulation for every Ghanaian. Prices of food, services, transport, fuel just keeps changing every day and week with the unstable foreign exchange also doing its own dance. Ghanaians in every home and industry are feeling not the pinch but the blow of hardship.
In times like this, I believe one has to be wise in making some lifestyle changes and decisions to save money. These changes are necessary for any person looking to seriously cut back on some expenses to save the already depreciated cedi in their pockets. These are a few practical household money saving tips I hope you will find useful:
There are selfies and there are Selfies with a capital S. Some selfies can win awards and get featured on popular photo sharing platforms. You can check Instagrams blog for #WHPselfportrait for inspirational examples.
I love my selfies because they aren't selfie obvious. Here are some fantastic tips on how to capture a great self-portrait with your iPhone (and other smartphones) 😋.
Beautiful mansions, hot Nigerian stars, excellent filming techniques, high street fashion, flawless make-up and everything else is what is revealed in this trendy modern Nigerian drama TV series by NdaniTV. Director Jadesola Osiberu has brought to life the story of four hustling friends Obi (OC Ukeje) Eki (Titilope Sonuga) Tokunbo (Deyemi Okanlawon) , Yvonne ( Somkele Iyama), and the one i would like to call the ‘killer’ Ghanaian lingo for bad guy; Folarin (Daniel Effiong) as they go through the realms of life issues in Lagos.
JoyFm once again organised its annual bridal fair with the usual splendour and buzzed activities. This year the event dubbed 'Together Naturally' run for four days and it had more vendors and great attendance. Although I missed the marriage seminar, I found time to attend the Saturday session to see what was new on the wedding organisation planet. Was there anything new and exciting being offered by the vendors?
Ghana has some unique places for entertainment, food corners, beach resorts, bars and bistros. But sometimes, some of these places arent really ideal to pop the question. Depending on where you want to say 'Will you..?' you must decide on what makes you comfortable or perhaps choose the first place you had your very first date. Here are some great ideas and places in Ghana to hear your woman say 'I will' (fingers crossed)
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If you are preparing to get married soon and just wondering what gospel song you would like to played upon your entrance to the church or garden or seaside (whichever location catches your fancy) or would like to sing to your new bride; here is a list of my favourite (soon to be your favourite too) Gospel songs that would get every guest at your wedding saying, 'awwwwwww' and wipe away a tear!
Women in Ghana are going back to their roots of growing natural hair aka kpenkpeshie. I believe its moved past being a hair trend to become a sankofa lifestyle which never should have even become lost and is here to stay.
I am deep in my transition stages, seven months going strong and I can't wait. A few questions I have asked myself is, so when I become natural how do I maintain it and with what? Imagine my surprise when I was told that the hair products used on permed couldn't be used on natural hair. But why was i surprised? It makes perfect sense. Whatever straightens kinky hair will rather destroy that same hair if you are trying to go back to coily hair.
One of Ghana's best and award winning Hiplife artist, Castro Under Fire has reportedly died in a jet ski incident at the Peace Hotel in Ada whilst jet-skiing with friends. Detailed news from Ameyaw Debrahs site says that this occurred as he attempted to save his girlfriend who had fallen into the water from the jet ski. His body was later found lifeless. Meanwhile unconfirmed reports of his girlfriend are circling social media.
Kinky twists have been around for some time. I never really thought they were the type of hair braid to look good on me. First of all, they look tough and non-flexible and it looked like a one way styled hair because every woman i saw with one had it just straight down and short. Just boring. But then over time, the weave used to braid kinky twists got softer and more flexible. Hallelujah! I still didnt try it out. Until last three weeks, when i run out of options on what to do to my transitioning hair that I decided to try the hair that looked like palm kernel female husks (the one that was lit and placed in a bowl to drive away mosquitoes).
Naturally I went to Pinterest for some inspiration and I came across loads of cool pinspiration on long kinky twists. I gathered my vim and went to Auntie Alice and got them done! Boy was it fast too.. i was done in less than 3 hours! I chose to do shoulder length twist braids with Carribean curls because I didnt want to get bored with a monotonous style so as to keep the hair as long as possible. Now I cant get enough of it!
This post is way overdue. I dont blame anyone but myself. Thanks to the defeat at the hands of the USA team, I was too desolate and distressed to post anything after Father's Day.
To celebrate Father's Day this year so that Fathers do not feel left out, i decided to curate valuable Dad lessons learnt from readers and bloggers in my blogoshpere. Up till now I have only 3. Had this been a Mother's Day post, i would have received an overwhelming response. Come on people!
Here are some inspirational quotes from some of my favorite bloggers and friends.
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You can become anything you want to be, as long as you are willing to work for it. Always Respect Women and take responsibility for any action that you take. - Edem Kumodzi (www.edemkumodzi.com)
