Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
by Dr. E. Obiri Addo, Accra-Ghana “On March 6, 1957, Ghana’s first president, Osaagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared that `Ghana, our beloved country is free forever!’That “freedom”, however, was not necessarily attained with the declaration; it is an ongoing business; every generation must continue the quest for freedom.” Nana Susubribi Krobea Asante, Paramount chief of […]
Professor E. Obiri Addo, a faculty member at Drew University in Madison, NJ, has been invited to join the “New Jersey STEP” faculty beginning this summer. He will teach an African-American history course, “African Origins to 1877”. The New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) program is an association of higher education institutions […]
By Professor Opoku Asare “Mu kala kintwadi ya tubu i mu zinga” (Bakongo proverb) The man in touch with his origins is a man who will never die. We tend to ignore our history and wisdom heritage as a esult of the relentless indoctrination by others and our own ignorance of the African past and […]
by Jeff Schmitt, June 10, 2015 University of Cambridge Judge Business School After graduating among the top students at Columbia University and working as an analyst at JPMorgan Chase, Akosua Ayim hopped the pond for the one-year MBA program at the Judge Business School. There, she served in a variety of roles, including co-chair of […]
DALLAS, June 15, 2015 MoneyGram International (NASDAQ: MGI), a provider of innovative money transfer services, recently hosted members of Banque Gabonaise de Developpement (BGD), a leading commercial bank headquartered in Gabon, Central Africa. Members of the BGD team, including CEO Rodger Owono and General Manager Joel Damas, met with Senior Executives at MoneyGram’s global headquarters […]
By: Dr. Owusu Kizito The following guidelines will assist you in maintaining a strong credit report and avoid a hit on your credit score: 1. Open Credit Card Utilization Carrying a significant amount of debt on your credit cards could be one reason why your score dropped. Your credit card utilization rate is a snapshot […]
Some of the city budget recommendations put forth by immigration experts include at least $9 million to prepare the city and the immigrant community for the implementation of President Barack Obama’s executive actions, and $300 million to defend tenants from landlord abuse. “New York, under the leadership of Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker […]
Following in the steps of the Big Apple, Newark City Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced the launch of Municipal ID program June 1 to all of its residents, regardless of their immigration status, gender identity, lack of address, or previous incarceration history. The program offers all residents of Newark, aged 14 and older, a valid […]
By: Dr. Peter Ikre Except for those who applied for extensions and others in the process of amending their returns, the 2014 tax season ended for most people on 04/15/2015. During the period, I noticed that some individuals lacked basic knowledge of what the tax system entails. In response to this finding, I’ve compiled a […]
by Kwabena Opong The issue of ethnicity or tribalism as known in Ghana has not been as confrontational as it has become of late further to a statement supposed to have been made by a prominent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is reported as saying among other things that the Akan majority […]