Ghana – Open for business
During a trip to Accra, Ghana last week to work with a Ghanaian alliance partner, I was struck by the positive attitude of the people. I’d been told that Ghanaians are generally warm and welcoming, but...
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Having just returned from Ghana, I was keenly interested Roger Cohen’s NYT piece today. He says, In my lifetime, conditions have grown immeasurably better, freer and more prosperous for a majority of...
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Celebrating Our African Adventure
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi — Out of Africa always something new. ~Pliny the Elder This week marks my company’s 3rd anniversary of working in Africa within our emerging markets service practice....
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Dispatch from West Africa
Downtown Cape Coast, Ghana Pulsating business scene I spent the last couple weeks on assignment in Accra, Ghana. On this trip, I’ve seen more growth than any time since my company started working...
View ArticleGhana’s Unremarkable Transfer of Power
Smooth and swift President John Atta Mills of Ghana, 68, died unexpectedly of throat cancer yesterday in the capital, Accra. His vice president, John Dramani Mahama, 53, was sworn in as his successor...
View ArticleAfrica: The Best Guess
Sometimes a thesis comes along that’s so incisive, it upends the orthodoxy. Morten Jerven’s proposition is capable of that. His book, Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled By African Development Statistics...
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