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Why Ghana Has a Complicated Relationship With Age
“You’re too young.” If you grew up in Ghana, chances are you have heard this sentence more times than you can count. You are too young to have an opinion. Too young to question something. Too young to make certain decisions. Too young to tell an older person that they are wrong. Then, somehow, one…
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What Our Grandparents Knew That We’re Only Learning Now
Sometimes I wonder if our grandparents had life figured out in ways we did not appreciate when they were around. Not everything, of course. They had their own problems, their own beliefs and plenty of things we would probably disagree with today. But there were certain things they seemed to understand without needing books, podcasts…
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Why Modern Relationships Have Become So Complicated
Relationships have always been complicated. People have always misunderstood each other, fallen in love, fallen out of it, struggled to communicate and wondered where they stood with someone else. So perhaps it would be unfair to blame everything on modern life. But something has changed. Today, it is possible to be talking to someone every…
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When Did Being Ambitious Become a Full-Time Lifestyle?
There is nothing wrong with wanting more from life. Most of us want to do well. We want meaningful work, financial security, independence and the freedom to make choices without constantly worrying about money. We want to look back one day and feel that we made something of ourselves. Ambition, in itself, is hardly the…
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Before you ask for a better price, read this
Imagine someone offers to sell you a car for GH¢100,000. You like the car, but you think the price is a little high. So you ask: “Would you take GH¢90,000?” You haven’t actually said no to the GH¢100,000. You’re just asking. But what if, legally, that question means you have rejected the original offer? That…
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Why “I’m on my way” means absolutely nothing in Ghana
There are certain phrases in Ghana that have stopped meaning what they are supposed to mean. “I’m on my way” is one of them. If someone calls you and says, “I’m on my way,” you might reasonably assume that the person has left wherever they were. That would be your first mistake. In Ghana, “I’m…
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At what point did bleaching become a career path?
At some point in Ghana, “I want to take care of my skin” quietly became “I want to change my entire identity.” And somehow, we all agreed to call it skincare. Nobody says they are bleaching anymore. No, no. They are toning. They are brightening. They are evening their complexion. They are getting their glow…
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Nobody is as successful as they are on LinkedIn
There is a version of everyone on LinkedIn that seems to have life completely figured out. They are constantly achieving. Constantly growing. Constantly learning. Constantly grateful. Every week, someone is celebrating a new position, a promotion, a certification, an award, a new project or another “exciting milestone.” And somehow, everyone is thriving. You open LinkedIn…
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This is not our war, so why are Ghanaians dying in it?
There are some news stories you read and move on from. Then there are those that make you stop and think: How did we get here? The revelation that 62 Ghanaians have died in the Russia-Ukraine war, while another 15 people who travelled to Russia remain missing, is one of those stories. Sixty-two. That is…
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Government of Ghana said no to GHS20 million donation to help citizens. Would You?
Imagine someone offers you GHS20 million to help people in trouble. You would probably say, “Thank you very much.” The Government of Ghana, however, has said something slightly different: “Thank you, but no thank you.” On Wednesday, August 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Government had declined a GHS20 million donation reportedly offered…