Articles
Touchdown in Africa: The NFL’s Expansion and Impact on the Continent
The National Football League (NFL) is becoming increasingly popular in Africa, with the sport gaining a growing following among fans on the continent. American football has been introduced in several countries in Africa, and the NFL has made significant efforts to...
Finding My Distant Relatives in Kenya – Romain Mari
Romain Mari is a social entrepreneur and a good friend that I have known since middle school in France. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Marine Biology and Ecology and a Master’s in Environmental Management, he set out to build a business with a purpose in...
Ayesha Harruna Attah on Being a Published African Writer
With the release of her latest book The Deep Blue Between, Ayesha Harruna Attah has now authored four books. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Ayesha about her journey to publishing her books, her writing routine, and what inspired her latest book. As a...
Becoming a Ghanaian Content Creator – Joseph Nti
Joseph and I met at Ashesi University in Ghana in 2014. I had been invited on campus to be a judge on an elevator pitch contest that he ended up winning. I was impressed by his energy, enthusiasm, and creative ideas. Fast forward to 2020, and Joseph has launched both...
Making Olympic History Rowing For Benin — Privel Hinkati
I first heard about Privel a couple months ago. I was busy scrolling through my LinkedIn feed and saw an article posted by our common friend, Esther Lofgren. Esther is a rower and an Olympic gold medalist. She won the gold medal in the women’s eight at the 2012 Summer...
How to Make Space for Your Passions - Nathan Quao
Nathan is an award-winning Ghanaian journalist and a good friend. We met shortly after I moved to Ghana and was invited by Sammy Bartels, a mutual friend, to talk about rowing on tv. Nathan is one of the most productive people I know and when he is not busy hosting tv...
Jemila Abdulai — My Experiences Working in Anglophone and Francophone Africa
Jemila has been around my circle of friends since I moved to Ghana in 2012. She grew up in Ghana, but, like most people I gravitate towards, she has lived and traveled all over the world. After graduating from the prestigious Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape...
10 rules from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
This book seemed like a good read after I recently finished Viktor Frankl’s classic “A Man’s Search for Meaning”. It has 208 pages, so I figured that I could finish it within a week, before diving into another complex book. Co-authors Hector Garcia and Francesc...
Quotes from Man’s search for meaning by viktor Frankl
I picked up this book a couple years ago after seeing that it came highly recommended by many authors, bloggers and podcasters that I follow. I realized straight away that it is one of those books that I did not want to read through quickly, so I took my time getting...
Saviera Ubas – my experience traveling all over the world for work
I met Saviera (or Sav) in 2017 when she was back in Ghana to spend Christmas with her sister. A small group of friends rented a beach house for the weekend to get away from the city and relax. Sav and I clicked as I listened to her talk about her frequent travels...