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#Ghana60YearsOn: #MightyAfrican stories, thoughts and hopes

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We called it the GhanaThink Foundation because we thought (and would continue to think) about Ghana. It's been more than 12 years since GhanaThink was born. It's also been a while since I did a blog post, or even wrote a piece for this #mightyafrican blog . Today is a great day to break that duck. Ghana is 60 years old ! We are celebrating, marking, reminiscing, criticizing, strategizing, thinking and doing.  I love #Ghana so much. It's great to mark #Ghana60YearsOn . #Morevim 4 all that we do. #GhanaAt60 : Less talk, more action. More vim to that. pic.twitter.com/oy793QMr8X — Ato Ulzen-Appiah (@Abocco) March 6, 2017 To be frank, I am not as excited about Ghana, mostly because of our growth pace, development we can fell in around us and in our pockets and the politics and antics I've seen that are hurting Ghana and don't seem to be abating. However, I have always been excited about Ghana. More than 10 years ago, I decided to stop bothering and focusi...
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My Rollercoaster Journey with ECG: From Lost Cards to Smart Meters and Finally, Power!

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Hey everyone, it's me again, the #MightyAfrican , blogging from Accra . If you've ever dealt with ECG #inGhana , you would know they routinely underperform. In fact, I cannot count more worse companies in Ghana on one finger. I am sorry, but it is true. At the National Economic Dialogues in 2025 for which the President’s Office invited me, ECG was brainstormed and discussed as a company to draw solutions for, from the great men and women the Ghana government had assembled to avenge GH's major problems. I have navigated a full-blown saga with ECG over a number of days. Buckle up as I break it down step by step. Who knows, this might help you in a similar scenario! This story all began on December 19, 2025 when I realized I couldn't find my old ECG prepaid meter card. No card meant no way to top up credit, and with power already running on empty. Earlier that day, I had gone to the Channel1TV studios to be interviewed on the #BreakfastDaily . Chris Kata interviewed...
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Local Ghanaian Innovations Winning Globally: More vim to the WSA Global Winners 2025 from Ghana

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For many years, I have been recommending Ghanaian startups to be nominated for the World Summit Awards (WSA), as long as I have been blogging about major developments in the Ghanaian tech scene . The World Summit Awards (WSA) annually honour tech innovations that are competitive globally that demonstrate impact, creativity, as well as sustainability aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. There have been multiple Ghanaian winners in the past, including mPedigree (2009), Farmerline (2012), Afrocomix by Leti Arts formerly known as Leti Games (2018), Naa Sika (2021). For the 2024 cycle, in an unprecedented showing, 3 of the 40 winners globally were from Ghana. They were the Achieve Investment App by Petra, Chango by IT Consortium and Khaya AI —by the Ghana NLP Project. Australia had 4 winners for this cycle. In 2025, Ghana maintained 3 winners and this time, we lapped the global field with the most honorees! #MoreVimNews indeed! Abena.Ai has been shortlisted in the...
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