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#NokiaLovesAndroid! Rapid renewal of  a smartphone portfolio brings next generation Nokia 5, Nokia 3 and Nokia 2 to Ghanaians . It is important for Ghanaians to have affordable smart phones. I love my Nokia 8 but it is pricey like other higher end phones. It is well worth the price for what it is able to do though. Smart phones make life easier especially when you have some of these apps that I blogged about here - Some Ghanaian built apps that people in Ghana use . Here are 3 new Nokia smartphones running Android OreoTM  which further build on hallmark design and deliver quality you can rely on. Can you hear the famous Nokia ringtone ringing in your ear? Hear ooo hear! Accra, Ghana, 28 August 2018 - HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has continued to rapidly renew its portfolio of Nokia Android smartphones by today announcing availability of Nokia 5.1, Nokia 3.1 and Nokia 2.1 in Ghana. Offering access to the latest Google services, such as the Go...

It has been 10 years since we at the  GhanaThink Foundation  started organizing  Barcamps in Ghana . These free networking forums have been the major way to recruit most of the current members of GhanaThink. Earlier in May,  Duncan Gablah , one of our most active members, had a wish. He asked me: " Tell us how you recruit members of GhanaThink Foundation". It was a question that has spurred this blog post. I initially answered by saying " I have hardly picked out people to be recruited for GhanaThink ". In fact, only a few fall into this category. Some of those are ⁨ Adelina Martey⁩  ( @justdellez ), ⁨ Gerald Sowah⁩ , ⁨ Enoch Robot Boy Appiah Junior  ( @iamrobotboy ), and ⁨ Sabina⁩ Pwasam  ( @spwasam ). In fact, a lmost all GhanaThink members asked to be part of the organization. They showed interest, were willing to volunteer, put in the work and were given more responsibility as time went by. B asically, I like to test people and see how they perfo...

It is never too early to do a curriculum vitae as a friend told me recently, even at age 13 (which is how old you have to be to have a Twitter and a Facebook account :-D. I did my first one using my experiences in Presec while I was applying to MIT for undergraduate study, in a unsuspecting way. We discussed CVs in the 10 Jobcamps that we  GhanaThink Foundation   organized in  May 2018 , one in each regional capital. May 1st is May Day and we have since crowned May as the workers' month. These networking forums were funded by  STAR-Ghana . We had several great discussions about unemployment, underemployment, gainful employment and entrepreneurship in  Accra ,   Koforidua ,  HoCity ,  Kumasi ,  Sunyani ,  Wa ,  Tamale ,  Bolgatanga ,  Cape Coast  and  Takoradi . These CV discussions have also occurred in Whatsapp groups, which have become extremely popular in Ghana and in Africa. I share some of my major th...

In May 2018, the  GhanaThink Foundation  ( of which I lead )  organized 10 forums on solving unemployment in Ghana , one in each regional capital. May 1st is May Day and we have since crowned May as the workers' month. These events were called Jobcamps and were funded by STAR-Ghana . We had several great discussions about unemployment, underemployment, gainful employment and entrepreneurship in  Accra ,   Koforidua ,  HoCity ,  Kumasi ,  Sunyani ,  Wa ,  Tamale ,  Bolgatanga ,  Cape Coast  and  Takoradi . A lot of the discussions were on certificates. Such discussions have also occurred in Whatsapp groups, which have become extremely popular in Ghana and in Africa - and where I think Google & Facebook groups should get to so far as discussions. I share some of my major thoughts below. We at  GhanaThink  have had several instances where Ghanaian youth have told us they would not come to our Barc...