Ghana / Afrika in Focus

Send us Fan Mail The Cost of Living crisis that has engulfed major economies like the US and the UK is also affecting Ghana. Since the turn of the year the prices of goods and services including food, petrol, transportation, rent  has doubled and in some cases tripled and even quadrupuled. This has rapidly led to a cost of living crisis that the country is grappling with that has affected every as...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at the complex issue of renting in Ghana's capital Accra. Since the Year of Return in 2019, tens of thousands of Afrikans from the diaspora have settled in Ghana especially in Accra. Accra is a very cosmopolitan city with many shopping malls, international cuisine, international schools and home of the famous bustling Oxford St...

Send us Fan Mail 1 August is Afrikan Emancipation Day.  This is a culturally, historic day for Afrikan people globally as 1 August 1839 was the year the British Empire as it was known then gave 'freedom' to their enslaved Afrikans who they considered as property and not human beings Following this other European enslavers (Holland, France, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Sweden, United States,...

Send us Fan Mail In this maiden edition of Afrika in Focus, we look at Zimbabwe's decision to use Gold to back up its currency. We explain the reason for this citing the wicked western sanctions that have been imposed on Zimbabwe for 20 years that have in effect dismembered the country's economic progress. We delve into the reason why sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe explaining that th...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is a special edition looking at the Government of Ghana's decision to seek financial assistance/ bailout from the notorious IMF. We explain why it is not the effects of COVID or the Russia/ Ukraine war that is responsible for Ghana's economic woes as other Afrikan countries in the sub region like Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso h...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is Part II of our conversation with Tim Swain  who is an African born in the US who has been living in Ghana for the past three years. We focus primarily on the work Tim has been doing since moving to Ghana.  This includes his consultancy program which is about helping Africans from the diaspora who want to settle in Ghana by giving them...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus is an interview with Tim Swain.  Tim Swain is an African born and raised in America who has been living permanently in Ghana since 2019. Tim is an educator,  leader and consultant.  We begin the interview by delving into Tim's life growing up as a Black man in a racist society that is the United States. We then discuss how one trip t...

Send us Fan Mail This week's special edition  of Ghana in Focus examines the narrative that Ghana and Afrika will starve as a result of the European tribal war between the West and Russia. It is said that Russia and Ukraine account for more than one third of global wheat supplies and because of the blockage of Ukrainian ports by Russian forces, this has led to a shortage of wheat and hence th...

Send us Fan Mail Today May 25 is Afrika Day, a day where we as Afrikan people worldwide honour the massive sacrifices made by our ancestors and to remind ourselves that a lot more needs to be done in order to attain true freedom and justice from the yoke of White terrorism which is a global reality that affects us all from the mass incarceration of Afrikan people in Brazil, through to Police haras...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Ghana in Focus introduces the Ghana Relocating Consulting Services. Interested in moving to Ghana, but don’t know how or where to start? I can assist you with budgeting, visa and residency permits, how to open a bank account , housing, relocating with children, healthcare, The Ghana card and much , much more. Relocating to Ghana can be overwhelming, expensive and t...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is the last in a four part series looking at land and building in Ghana.   In this episode we delve into the nuances of building in Ghana looking at things like the cost of building materials that seem to be getting out of control to the cost of land particularly within a 15 mile radius from the centre of Accra to trust and supervision is...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Ghana in focus we look at buying a property in Ghana specifically the capital Accra.   Since the Year of Return in 2019 when many African people were invited to embrace Ghana, Ghana has seen a steep increase in the numbers of Africans from the diaspora wanting to settle in Ghana, especially the commercial and cosmopolitan hub Accra. This has driven a...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in  Focus is part two of land and building in Ghana.. We look at the  high cost of land especially in the Accra area and again strongly advise that you do your due diligence. We then look at building in Ghana.   With the rising costs of building materials like cement, iron rods and blocks the traditional way of building in Ghana is becoming very e...

Send us Fan Mail This week' s episode of Ghana in Focus is about the hot topic of the economy of Ghana which is in deep crisis with high inflation causing things like food to skyrocket, high interest rates rates and the worst performing African currency of 2022 so far. We analyse why Ghana is in this economic mire, looking at issues like the importation of goods and service, lack of a manufac...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is Part One of  a three part series looking at Land and Building in Ghana.  This episode focuses on Land acquisition.   Land in Ghana is a very contentious issue because it is a prime commodity that can be used to build, farm or develop .  Land is also contentious because many people from the diaspora have been burnt by greedy individuals...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the 65th anniversary of Ghana's independence from British colonial rule when Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah uttered these famous words, 'At long last the battle has ended and that Ghana your beloved country is free forever' This special edition of  Ghana in Focus asks the question is Ghana really independent, using the  following definition o...

Send us Fan Mail The war between Russia and Ukraine along with massive help from the West is a European tribal war that has got nothing at all to do with Ghanaian and African people -- however it is a situation that Ghana and Africa can exploit for their  mutual benefit if they were robustly organized. We explain what lies behind the Russian 'invasion' of Ukraine and how it got to this s...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition is a part two of Ghana , Afrika and Vaccines.  In this episode we examine a crucial petition by a group called  Concerned Doctors Ghana that was sent to the President of Ghana asking for the mandatory vaccines for entry to Ghana to be scrapped and the national vaccine rollout to be paused.   They cited data that highlighted the risks associated with the va...

Send us Fan Mail This week's Ghana in Focus is a roundup of the just ended Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) that was held in Cameroun. The pre-tournament favourites and Africa's number one team, Senegal ended up champions of Africa by beating Egypt 4-2 on penalties to win their first ever continental title.   Senegal showed that you don't have to have a White/European coach to attain s...

Send us Fan Mail Ghana crashed out of this year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by failing to beat lowly Comoros Islands and therefore not making the knockout stages of the AFCON for the first time in more than a generation. They are many reasons why Ghana failed at AFCON 22 some of which include hiring the services of a third rate white/European coach with questionable pedigree who has been...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode of Ghana in Focus we touch on the vexed issue of vaccinations in Ghana and Afrika as a whole in the light of Ghana becoming the first country in Afrika to impose strict, some would say draconian measures for those seeking to travel to Ghana. We delve in to what may be behind this as well as revealing the actual truth of the number of relatively small nu...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus gives you more key information you need if you are looking to settle in Ghana. We touch on areas such as housing, whether to build or to buy and the renting scene especially in the prime areas of Accra. We also focus on healthcare (western type and not so western), transport, (do you ship a car over to Ghana or do you buy in Ghana) educat...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition of Ghana  in Focus, we look at the controversy surrounding the anti LGBTQ+ Bill. We explain why homosexuality IS NOT an Afrikan trait, cultural and traditional practice as well as analysing  the real hidden agenda of the West who are investing millions into the promoting of LGTBQ+ in Ghana, We finally look at some of the dangers of adopting the LGBTQ+ agend...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's edition of Ghana in Focus I interview Ghanaian diasporan and successful businessman Jacob Opoku. We look into his early life as a young boy growing up in 90's Ghana specifically in Buokrom Estate in Kumasi, Asante Region where he attended the prestigious Opoku Ware Secondary School (OWASS). We also talk about how he became business minded as a result of hi...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus looks at the huge legacy of Dr Kwame Nkrumah on Ghana, Afrika and the world.  As far as Ghana is concerned we talk of his legacy in terms of encouraging more women into political life in Ghana by promoting them to prominent positions within the CPP and his government. We also analyse his various social intervention initiatives like free c...