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We call +Barcamp Accra the Father Christmas of Barcamps. It normally happens on the Saturday before Christmas but the festive season is not the main driver behind this choice. It is to cater for allowing Ghanaians from all over the world to meet, those in Ghana and in the Diaspora. The Borgas have been arriving and we can see it in the Accra traffic. They'll quickly realise that the top issues in Ghana in 2015 are #Dumsor and #Corruption . The latter is still rife and is the main topic driving Barcamp Accra 2015. Corruption clearly for me are the symptoms of bigger systemic issues we have in Ghana. But why and how do we become corrupt? What can we do to fight this canker? It will be addressed via a panel discussion at +GhanaThink Foundation 's 55th Barcamp in Ghana. The team putting this together is led by +Duncan Elikplim Kwame Gablah alongside +Atitsogbui Patrick Keli +Watson Bedzrah +Bubune Sorkpor   +Dieu-Donne Gameli +Esperanza Yakubu +Nana Fynn Class-Peters...

+Barcamp Accra  2013 was organized on December 23 at the +World Bank  Ghana office in Accra. This was the 7th Barcamp organized in Accra. Throughout the year, many Accra residents saw how we had +Barcamp Kasoa ,  +Barcamp Tema ,  +Barcamp Tamale ,  +Barcamp Cape Coast ,  +Barcamp Kumasi ,  +Barcamp Ho ,  +Barcamp Sunyani  and  +Barcamp Koforidua . Accra's turn had finally come. The organizing team had chosen corruption as the major talking point in Ghana this year. The theme for the event was formed around and we ended up with " Exercising Ethics to Engineer Excellence ". We had to have it on a Monday as per World Bank wishes so many people missed the event due to work. Many would have missed due to weddings and other engagements on the Saturday before too. The event started with attendees mentioning what they felt was the most important or interesting thing to happen in Ghana in 2013. Many of the answers had to do with co...

+Barcamp Accra  is here again. This would be the 28th Barcamp the +GhanaThink Foundation  has organized as part of its  +Barcamp Ghana  program. More than 240 tickets are gone, and there are just over 60 left now. Don't miss out. Register now to book your place. Read the press release below. BarCamp Accra 2013 is a free networking event to bring people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue about Accra, Ghana and beyond. The event shall be held at the World Bank Office, Accra on December 23 . The theme is “ Exercising Ethics to Engineer Excellence ”. This Barcamp hopes to assemble stakeholders to network, build a supportive enterprising community and partner to build together. This Barcamp event will be the 28th organized by the GhanaThink Foundation , as it builds a network of young change makers, doers and entrepreneurs in Ghana. BarCamp Accra 2013 will focus on corruption and ethics . It would highlight ethical leaders and ethics in...

The D-Day is Sunday and Ghanaians would be going to polls. We will be electing the 3rd president in this 4th Republic after Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor. I have seen both rule Ghana and they have done their parts in stabilizing and developing our beloved country. I believe Paa Kwesi Nduom should be the next president of Ghana. He is the agent of real active positive change. He is the best candidate and we deserve the best leader. Now, not in 4 years' time. He is ready. I am going to try and discuss why he should be voted for and why is the man for the job. This development is not four or eight years early. We have to change the way we do things now so that we can continue on this forward march to economic prosperity, citizenry satisfaction and national happiness. I supported the NPP during the 2000 election. I saw John Atta Mills as more of the same of JJ Rawlings and was alos worried that he would be heavily influenced by Rawlings as well. I was in secondary school ...

My brothers and sisters in Ghana and across the continent, Once again, distressing images have flooded our timelines: Ghanaians evacuated from South Africa , shops attacked, harassment in townships, and the painful label of “xenophobia.” As I sit in Accra reflecting on my own experiences in Mzansi , my heart feels heavy. This piece, co-written with my South African alter-ego Siyabonga Mthimkhulu , draws from candid conversations I initiated with several South Africans , my personal travels, and realities many outsiders miss. We need understanding and #MoreVim , not just outrage. My connection to South Africa goes back to November 2011. I visited both Joburg and Cape Town while there for Google work. And then in May 2013, I was in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum on Africa — #shapeafrica . Wearing my GhanaThink Foundation , badge proudly, I immersed myself in sessions, networking, and cultural exchanges. The city greeted me with Table Mountain watching over everything, th...