Yielding Accomplished African Women Speaker

June 19, 2018 · by · in

Last week, I was a speaker at the Yielding Accomplished African Women (Yaa W) Program. It is a summer program for Ghanaian female university students, including some of my own students from Ashesi University –…

How Are You Managing Your Screen Time?

June 12, 2018 · by · in , ,

Because I love technology and social media, I feel like I have been quite conscious of my screen time. Since more than a year, all notifications are off my phone. I use the app “Focus”…

Becoming Ghanaian: Registration as a Citizen Part 2

June 8, 2018 · by · in

On Wednesday, I submitted my application to register as a Ghanaian citizen to the Ministry of Interior (MINT). I described the first step of the process in Registration as a Citizen Part 1. Between then…

Learn about the Issues from UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

April 23, 2018 · by · in ,

I shared the following with the Ashesi Community and thought I might also share it with my readers: The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Prof. Philip Alston has concluded his visit…

Kajsa Featured on 3FM’s segment Women Mean Business

April 18, 2018 · by · in , ,

Last week, I was a featured woman on the Women MEan Business segment on newish radio channel 3FM. I spoke to the host Winston about my work at Ashesi and with BloggingGhana, higher education, Ghanaian…

Becoming Ghanaian: Registration as a Citizen Part 1

January 24, 2018 · by · in

About two years ago, I saw a newspaper article about a citizenship ceremony held in Accra. In the photo illustrating the article was a small group of well-dressed, brand new Ghanaians smiling widely. One of…

Sunday Reads Jan 21, #KajsaHASundayReads

January 21, 2018 · by · in ,

This week I read: 1. Sale is over. The Masai fight for intellectual property rights and royalties. What African icons will seek redress next? #KajsaHASundayReads #IPR #SundayReads #AshSt18 https://t.co/2FBzHjYuVY — Kajsa Hallberg Adu (@kajsaha) January…