Ghanaian officials are basking in glory and ecstasy following a very successful marketing and branding campaign for the “Year of Return”, an initiative of the president of Ghana marking a major milestone in the sordid history of black slavery.
The national character of Ghana is a permanent state of striving for global significance and a status of African exceptionalism.
In some striking ways Africa is the most “stable” economic region of the world. (Whilst most of our comments could apply to Africa as a whole, for the most part we are concerned with Sub-Sahara Africa).
The third summit of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) opens today (Sept. 3) in Beijing. Over 40 African heads of states and governments—save for eSwatini which still holds out in recognizing Taiwan over Mainland China—are already in the city with a coterie of advisors and brokers eager to lobby for a share of the Chinese largesse in prospect.
As an African social entrepreneur in the technology industry, I am forced than most to think in terms of “whole systems”.
There are many ways to look at countries. Some see connected pieces of political geography; others see ‘imagined communities’ tied together by mythical values, histories and economic pressures.
