Entrepreneurs diary

Whiles civil society groups kick against the introduction of Genetically Modified Foods (GMO) in Ghana, the first two trials of GMO rice in Ghana have been successful. According to researchers at the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The first-ever GM crop to be planted in Ghana took off early 2013 on confined fields at Nobewam in the Ashanti region. The research seeks to develop genetically improved African rice varieties by combining genes for three traits – nitrogen use efficiency, water use efficiency and salt tolerance in rice production, dubbed ‘NEWEST Rice’.  The objective of the NEWEST Rice trials is to explore how farmers can maximize yields per bag of applied fertilizer to enhance Ghana’s food production. Speaking to this reporter, the public relation for the crop research institute Jessie Bokye said even though GMO’s have not yet been accepted into the country but the research is done to determine its ...

There is nothing African about Michael Brown. Sad to say, American Blacks and the young generation of inner-city Blacks are not only losing out and at the bottom of the food chain. African new immigrants resettling in America, more entrepreneurial, more motivated to work hard, from Nigeria, from Ethiopia, from Ghana, from the Caribbean, from Guyana, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic and from all parts of Africa, have superseded the native-born Blacks. Why? I think Bill Cosby is right in underscoring that there is nothing African about these street hoodlums, many of whom come from dysfunctional broken families, lousy parenting, lacking in education and employable skills.... by adopting African names, these punks insult the roots from where their ancestors came from.  Yes, slavery has traumatized many Africans who were brought to America in chains. But today, the dynamics is such that the culture of native-born Blacks wracked by the malignancy and pathology of indolence, in...

A group of entrepreneurs and innovators will be converging again in Kumasi to connect, share and build together. If you missed out on the maiden edition of the Kumasi Konnect program at the KNUST Campus, then don’t miss out on this. You will have another opportunity to meet deep thinking and influential youth to interact, share ideas and motivate to propel you for the corporate world. The maiden edition held on 25th July 2014 , had Mr. Frank Boateng , who spoke on "Turning Passion into Business" . Mr. Frank Boateng is a Serial Entrepreneur, Executive VP for XP Resources LLC in Houston USA and Country MD for EquipXP Mining and Construction Ghana Ltd. The networking was great with many proposing the meeting should be held every month. Participants said Kumasi Konnect created opportunities for skills development and application among the youth. The participants were inspired by Mr. Frank’s diligence towards his dreams and his utmost hard work in turning his ideas ...

Why did we allow ourselves to become so mediocre with the way we handle life?  We think we know it all, we think we’ve seen it all, we’ve done it all, and we get comfortable in our foolishness.  How can people like us, let our ego become our first personality trait?  The “I want it now” society got us fucked up. I’ve been searching for answers in books, in church, in people,  and then I realized that the answer is my soul.  Tell me my friend, how to do you take care of your soul?  Or do you not care at all? Today my auntie passed away, she died from a disease called life;  life has drained her soul and her body followed.  I cried and I cried and with the tears in my eyes  I decided to write this as a promise to my soul: Dear soul, I promise that from now on I will not expose you to the foolishness of this world.  I will feed you, I will nurture you, I will pray for you.     I promise...

As the country channels all effort at prevent people infected with the deadly Ebola disease from entering the country, the various Port Health offices at some boarders in the northern part of Ghana remains under resource to enable them detect any suspicious symptom of the disease.     Ebola has currently killed over 660 people in four countries in West Africa. Nigeria last week recorded its first case after Sierra Leon, Guinea and Liberia. This has prompted other West African countries to take drastic measures at halting a further sub regional spread of the virus. A visit to some boarders in the upper east region brought to light the poor conditions in which port Health officials operate which may defeat the effort of preventing the deadly disease from entering the country. The Paga and Kulungugu port health operates from a two room building close to the immigration service office at the border. The appearance of these buildings defeats its intended purpose. The building ...