I worked drilling water wells in El Salvador. When we arrived the children had swollen bellies full of worms. I got so sick while I was there that I lost 20 pounds. I couldn't even eat. The only water well was a 30 foot deep open top well full of dead animals.
By the time we left, the village had a 90 foot deep well, drilled by an LS 100, and covered over with cement for sanitation. There were two other work sights that also finished their projects.
There was not a single atheist on any of the teams. We were all Christians.
In 2006, the world was in Germany.
The World Cup was on, and I was on radio — top radio.
But my heart was elsewhere. I wanted to leave.
I walked into that embassy with a dream folded in an envelope, a visa, a one-way ticket, a plan to go and never come back. To seek greener pastures.
They said NO.
That NO broke me.
I had a classmate who had promised me a corner to sleep if I made it. After the refusal, I called her. And called. And called. She never answered again.
That silence was louder than the refusal.
I cried then. I didn't understand then.
But now I know, sometimes, God says NO because He has built you to be the greener pasture others will travel to find.
He was not rejecting me. He was redirecting me.
Just believe. Just trust Him fully.
Full grown adults that can’t swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about
And oh I forgot. This isn't rocket science. It's not as if Ghanaians don't have the sense to do this ooo. When I worked on the league. These things were all planned. You will ask clubs to make their players available for a photoshoot etc. They will tell you can't wear their jersey unless for games. The problems are deep. It's not that simple. The league is a deep deep mess.
Startimes couldn't even use 50% of the technology they had because a brown pitch doesn't allow proper calibration of the pitch for the technology to work. See I've seen enough to know in my heart that it won't work. Yet in my mind, I am hoping it does. It's a mess.
This lady was born in 1909. She was 5 when World War I started; 30 when World War II started; 38 when the Cold War started; 51 when Nigeria gained independence; 67 when Apple was founded; 70 when Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister of her dear country; 80 when the Berlin Wall came down; 107 when her country voted to leave the European Union. This lady basically witnessed the collapse of the old world and the rise of a new one. She lived through two world wars, the Cold War, decolonisation, the end of the Soviet Union, the technological revolution and the reshaping of the modern world. And yet, somehow, she has never, ever seen Arsenal lift the Champions League.
The 24-hour economy is not about finding someone to sell you tomatoes at 2am.
It’s about those tomatoes being processed while you sleep, the truck moving them while the roads are quieter, the port clearing the finished product faster and more people earning money at every stage.
The midnight market is what you notice. The extra production happening behind it is the actual economy.
Two Katanka cars got into an accident around the Tafo-Suame road
When the cars saw each other
The first car was like ''menua nieeee''
The second car was like ''menua niee atuuuuu''
Then gblashhhhhhh!!!!
What Ghana really needs is heavy industrialization. It is one of the key things that can help solve many of our economic problems.
Imagine if we had large-scale food-processing and manufacturing industries across Ghana.
Enough of being a predominantly consuming market. We need to produce, process, and add value to what we have.
We should channel more of our energy and resources into the agricultural sector and industrialize it—processing our cocoa, cassava, maize, fruits, fish, and other agricultural products locally instead of exporting raw materials and importing finished products.
Many advanced or developed countries have solved this problem
Everyone at Asante Kotoko SC is saddened to learn of the death of our beloved former board member, Stephen Kwabena Boateng Esq.(Kessben).
We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, loved ones, and everyone connected to Kessben in this moment of grief. His contributions to the club will forever be remembered, and we pray his soul rests in perfect peace. 🕊️
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