Today Ghana happened to me๐ A legacy started by my father, Calipso now La No.1, with his blood sweat and tears, all pulled down in a matter of minutes.
We will never forget!
It has been on the agenda since 2020, so this is certainly not a new idea. Rather, this is the right time to seize the opportunity and set the new initiative in motion.
Back in SHS we used to wait for Wayne, Drake, Future, T.I, Rick Ross etc to drop so we could add to the Hip Hop playlist.
Many years on, we have ours and Iโm so content with it.
The culture shift from hoes, drugs, gangs to relatable homegrown experiences is just remarkable.
@Crazy_yaro No, I'm not! I am only tired of repetitive dross. We will return to GoldBod when there is something new and value-adding to bring to the table.
More than two decades ago, my big dream was to build an "organic certification" brand in Ghana that could spread across Africa.
An "organic" stamp on the packaging of a food or beverage item would mean that it was made from fruits/vegetables that were grown as naturally as possible.
Less of all that chemical gunk!
Alas, reality is stubborn. Ghana and Africa were busy trying to catch up with Asia on the sheer amount of chemicals one can pump into a patch of land to triple and quadruple how many bananas and pineapples pop out of the ground. And how fat they look!
Oh, and we are now even using chemicals to speed up the whole ripening business. Who has time to waste? As I like to put it, "ani teษ"!
You must have guessed by now that my dreams went nowhere. The whole idea that organic farming is "naturally competitive" in Africa crumpled like so much dross. Such is life: the back mirror of infinite disappointments.
Imagine my pleasant and not-so-pleasant surprise, then, to walk into an Accra supermarket recently to find organic products with their own shelf.
Clearly, someone has cracked "organic" in the market. They must have found some sweet spot somewhere between health-conscious and highly discerning. Champs!
Why then did I add "not so pleasant"?
Well, it's always the money bit when it comes to this page and Ghanaian supermarkets, no?
Because, brethren and sisterhood, the price of being "organic-" savvy in Accra has been pegged at $20 a cherry drink, nicely imported, and a cool and reasonable $10 per carrot juice.
There you go. You brilliant soul. You know you want the carrot.
โIf you think that the President has sent me to receive a petition on his behalf and, in your opinion, Iโm a nobody, and because of that you will not give me your petition, well, thatโs the position you can have and I respect that.โโ Dr. Samuel Ayeh.
The Presidential Staffer was responding after the Coalition of Unemployed Graduates with Disabilities declined to present its petition to him, insisting that a higher authority should receive it.
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