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Grand-Opening
What Happens After the Applause Fades Post-Launch?
This article is for the 20-something-year-olds who send me their pitches day in and day out. If I’ve...
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Dr Maxwell Ampong
The “Lone Genius” is a Myth because Innovation Is a Team Sport
We’ve been repeatedly sold a seductive lie for a long time. Perhaps because we are drawn to stories that...
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Innovation Is Not About Technology Alone
Innovation Is Not About Technology Alone
We often toss around the word “innovation”. It’s linked with shiny gadgets, artificial intelligence,...
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What If the Village WAS the Investor?
What If the Village WAS the Investor?
We often discuss attracting investment into rural areas, focusing on agriculture, infrastructure, and...
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The Village Economy
Who Owns the Village Economy?
The question seems simple, perhaps even rhetorical on the surface. But there’s a reason I write these...
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Talent
The Talent Drought Is Coming, And It’s Not What You Think
We’ve grown accustomed to talking about unemployment as if it’s a traffic light we’re waiting to change...
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Finding the Entrepreneur in You
Finding the Entrepreneur in You🫵
In Accra, Kumasi, Tamale and even the smallest communities across Ghana, you’ll find markets that never...
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African Food Systems
Turning African Food Systems into the Next Big Asset Class
There is quiet gold beneath our feet. Yet, I can’t find plantain to buy, and it frustrates me. Some time...
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Dirty Data vs Clean Data
Dirty Data vs Clean Data.
“Garbage in, garbage out.” But in today’s digitised economy, that phrase underestimates the problem....
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The-Real-Cost-of-Cheap-Imports
The Real Cost of Cheap Imports and Why Food Security Isn’t About Yield Alone
Tomatoes from Burkina Faso, onions from Mali, rice from Vietnam, frozen chicken from Brazil. Ghanaian...
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Farmers
Why Do Ghana’s Agri Plans Keep Falling Apart?
Every few years, a new administration in Ghana rolls out an agricultural masterplan with its own slogans,...
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People make trade in Accra
The Data Your Business Creates Everyday Is Smarter Than You Think.
You can learn a lot about people by analysing, for instance, how they eat. Not just what they choose,...
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