Herman Chinery-Hesse is the founder and chairman of SOFTtribe, Ghana’s leading software development agency. Having been born in Ireland, educated in the US, and having gone on to work in the UK, Chinery-Hesse moved to Ghana in 1990 determined to be part of the wave of Africans taking control of the continent’s future. In...
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The Ghana Cedi (currency sign: GH₵; currency code: GHS) is the unit of currency of Ghana. The word “cedi” is derived from the Akan word for cowry shell (Cowry shells were once used in Ghana as a form of currency). The new Ghana cedi was introduced on 1 July 2007 at a rate equal...
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BlackBerry Z10 is equipped with a 4.2″ WXGA screen – slightly bigger and sharper than the iPhone 5′s retina display – but kept the package more compact than certain massive droids. Then came all the connectivity features, hardware ports and slots. Key features Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri/quad-band UMTS/HSPA, optional 100 Mbps LTE 4.2″ 16M-color WXGA...
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Uhuru is 3G enabled and runs on windows 8 operating system, powered by a core i5 processor. It has an Ivy Bridge I5 CPU, 11.6” Touch Screen, a 10 points Capacitive Touch Panel, 4GB RAM, 64GB hard drive, with a Front and back Camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB and HDMI Ports and Micro SD Card...
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Abeg means Please (from I beg) Aben wo aha means It’s ready Adjoa-Yankey is Tye and Dye (Batik) Akpeteshie (Apio) is a locally brewed achohol made from palm wine Akwaaba means Welcome Alomo means Girlfriend Anti-so means Anti Social person Apalahala (Kapuepue) means Midget Apo means Information especially exams hints Apuskeleke is tight fitting...
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The Gold Coast was a British colony on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957. The Colony of the Gold Coast had Cape Coast as its capital (1821–1877) followed by Accra (1877–1957). The first Europeans to arrive at the coast were the Portuguese in 1471....
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Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth’s total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With 1.0 billion people (as of 2009, see table), it accounts for about 14.72% of the...
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Traditional names in Ghana vary by ethnic group. There are many ethnic groups in the West African nation of Ghana. Most of them base the first names they give to their newly born children on the day of the week on which the child has been born. Ghanaian Soul Names for Males: Monday: Kojo,...
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The Ghana Coat of Arms is found on all official government letterheads. It symbolises government sanction and it is found at important Government places like the Osu Castle, the Courts and government offices. (The Coat of Arms was designed by Mr Amon Kotei) COMPOSITION The Ghana coat of Arms is composed of a shield,...
Read more →English is the Official Language of Ghana. A: GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED LANGUAGES 1. AKAN (Ashanti, Fante, Akuapem, Akyem, Kwahu) (Written Twi) 2. DAGAARE / WAALE Spoken in Upper Western Region (UWR) 3. DANGBE Spoken in Greater Accra.(G/A) 4. DAGBANE Spoken in Northern Region (NR) 5. EWE ” Volta Region (VR) 6. GA ” Greater Accra Region...
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