"To me there's no such thing as a black woman in Ghana; I am a woman in Ghana. We are all black," said American Lakeshia Ford.
In case you haven’t heard, 2019 has been dubbed the ‘Year of Return’ in Ghana; an open invitation to African-Americans and Africans in the Diaspora to ‘return home’ to Ghana. Since the call went out in late 2018, Ghana’s tourism sector has been buzzing. The country has played h...
The current study focused on exploring the lived experiences of Black counselors ( N = 6 ) engaging in an international immersion trip to Ghana. We identified six themes: (a) society without racism, (b) transgenerational trauma, (c) connection, (d) identity, (e) personal change, and (f)...
“I came because I felt Ghana was the next wave. Ghana was really moving towards a trajectory…. you don’t have to be a Ghanaian to feel the innovation going on.” H.E. Ambassador Erieka Bennett, who is Head of Missions at the Diaspora African Forum, shared the importance of ...
“The Year of Return” is an initiative by Ghana in order to invite all diasporans back home, to learn, explore and also invest. Ever since the commencement of the initiative, several African-Americans have made their way to Ghana to learn more about their history. ...
The American writer and editor, Sheree Renee Thomas, a member of the Afrofuturist listserv, also made an important contribution to the movement when she published Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora in 2000. These collections build a bridge between black speculat...
Stanbic Bank Ghana has a chatbot – Eva or “enhanced virtual assistance” – which customers can use to open accounts, manage their profiles, initiate transactions and make general queries. This year it introduced the Personal Finance Manager (PFM) to allow customers to take more control of the...
Ghana’s low-income rural population is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and crime. Due to income seasonality, many are unable to access formal loans to cover large expenses, such as school and hospital fees. A lack of trust in the formal banking sector, fear of losing their saving...
Nigeria is considering selling naira-denominated bonds abroad next year to fund infrastructure projects, according to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, faces a significant increase in financing needs as it ...
2019 has been signposted by Ghana’s the Ministry of Tourism as the ‘Year of the Return’. A programme of initiatives has been launched to ignite Ghana’s growing cultural sector and to consolidate relationships across the global African diaspora. ‘Ghana Freedom’ will travel to the National...