The Vim Views & Versions - Blogs of a MIghTy African

So after a story like this last one, I had to move it fast, chale ! It's happened, as of Easter this year. For the first time in my life, I have an address I own (if even for two years). My home will always be Kumasi, there's just something about it that Accra doesn't quite have for me, but my house is now officially in Accra. See me in chambers (like Ghanaians say, I have no idea where the phrase came from) to know where the address is. Since this is a monumental thing (moving into my own home), there had to be some story and drama behind it. I finally have three distinct ones to share so here's the blog entry. Because I am care-free, I am sometimes careless. " I don't care " just started playing in my head. Before I could actually spend a night in the house, I actually managed to lose the key (at the airport no less). But because I am such a lucky person, I found it after a day. I had gone to buy a ticket for a local flight to Kumasi to spend the East...

Ever since I went to Kenya for the first time, I have been imagining what my Kenyan alter-ego would be like. I have many Kenyan friends, most of which I met in the USA. I actually have more Kenyan friends who've returned to Kenya after sojourns abroad than for all other African countries. Like one friend said, "As for Kenyans, we move back". " I'm coming home, narudi nyumbani ". So a fter Ayooluwaato Eze from Nigeria and Richard Nshuti Mayanja from Uganda , I introduce to you all David Ochieng Mwangi. Yes, you heard it right. What a strange set of names? Kweli. Lakini kuona. My father is from the biggest tribe in Kenya, the Kikuyu. During my time abroad, most of the Kenyans I met were Kikuyu too. We're a proud people but you will always see us speak Sheng to feel as Kenyan as possible (instead of Kikuyu). Mwangi is a popular name you say. Yes, I am related to every popular Kenyan Mwangi you might know. We run deep mabibi na mabwana. My moth...

I have been to Sunyani maybe two times in my life. The first time I went there, I fell in love with it. It looked so green, fertile, clean, peaceful and welcoming. Since I like to dream, especially about Ghana, I have some big plans. Sunyani factors very much into that. For me, I hope this weekend starts the process of starting to realize that dream. Don't sleep on Sunyani. If you are there or know someone who is, get them to come to Barcamp Sunyani on Saturday. More about Sunyani to come. BarCamp Sunyani 2012 is a FREE networking event to bring people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about Sunyani, Ghana and beyond. It hopes to assemble Brong-Ahafo Regional stakeholders to network, build a supportive entreprising community and partner. BarCamp Sunyani 2012 will take place on April 21, 2012 at the Faculty of Forest Resources Technology on the KNUST Sunyani Campus . The working theme is " Harnessing our potentials and resources to cultivate positive chan...

I had a strong feeling to blog today on the occasion of Ghana's 55th birthday. Ghana has been trending, which is great, and folks have thoughts on social media all around and in conversations all around. Me, I just prayed this prayer within the last 23.3 minutes :-) "Almighty Lord, the mightyafrican needs a house, please help me :-). Help me to become independent like Ghana became independent 55 years ago. One year for every African country eh? Help us Ghanaians realise our potential. You know we love you. Our hearts might not be set right, but we adore you. You keep us going, please, keep us going even further. Give us unyielding faith, communal purpose, unflappable belief, focused hope, and unshakeable drive. Send us flashes of examples of hard work and stories of inspiration, that we might see that success and progress is not far from us at all. Help us not get ahead of ourselves, give us perspective but also give us vim. More vim to help us as we help ourselves. Let us pre...

GH Developers, Programmers and coders? Where you dey? Come show the world what you fit build. Hello Ghanaian developers! After the successful Hackathons in South Africa and Kenya which saw some amazing applications built, we want to continue spreading the love! A hackathon is an event when programmers meet to do collaborative computer programming. Hackathons focus on either a technology tool/product or a topic to collaboratively build programs and applications. Hackathons are typically between a few hours and multiple days. There will be a one full day Google+ API Hackathon with the support of the Google Technology User Group (GTUGs) in Accra (Ghana). If you are ready to wow us with your application, please apply for the event using this form: Accra for the event on the March 21 from 9 to 6 pm at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST). The deadline to sign-up is March 3! Remember to start today on getting those creative juices flowing! Familiarize yourself w...

" Chop my money! Cos I don't care... cos I get am plenty ". " Amanda, Amanda! Sɔkɔdɛ! dɛ, dɛ! Sɔkɔdɛ! " These are the two songs dominating 'inside my head' recently. What is Sɔkɔdɛ? I hear it is about 4play. No, not for play but foreplay. Foreplay is not always about sex, it could be a forbearing of what might happen next. And what happens next might not necessarily outdo what just happened. But anyway, you can judge if these songs are relevant to this blog post after you read to the end. Cos I'll try hook you so you do. If you skip a bunch of lines, leave a comment so I do better next time. " Pushaaaa !". So some context. At my age, I live with my aunt and I don't have my own place. If you went to Accra and asked for rental rates & agreements in and around where the 'action' is, you might understand why. So let's not delve into that. I love my family. I get to support them and be useful by being near and available....

This happened at Barcamp Takoradi 2010. Help us make Barcamp Takoradi 2012 a success. More info below BarCamp Takoradi 2012 is a FREE networking event to bring people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about Takoradi, Ghana and beyond. It hopes to assemble Western Regional stakeholders to network, build a supportive entreprising community and partner. BarCamp Takoradi 2012 will take place on March 3, 2012 at the Takoradi Polytechnic. The theme is “ Empowering the emerging middle class in a budding economy: efficient use of technology in entrepreneurship ”. The BarCamp Ghana team has successfully organized 11 BarCamps in Ghana - in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi, Cape Coast, Tamale and Ho. Barcamp Ghana is a project being run by the GhanaThink Foundation, an NGO based both in Ghana and the USA. The events have brought together over 1500 leaders and change makers. Barcamp Takoradi 2012 builds upon Barcamp Takoradi 2010 which was held at the Takoradi Technical Institute...