My Week: Teach, Do Research and Work-Family Balance?
This week, I have a demanding and varied set of tasks ahead. Monday, I will be welcoming guests to Ashesi University from Kenyon College, Ohio, US (Their 2020 plan is interesting and impressive). I am the…
Sunday Reads Sep 17, #KajsaHASundayReads
This week I read: Female entrepreneurship rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are the highest in the world, according to a new report that says women’s entrepreneurial activity is increasing globally. Africa doesn’t need white tech entrepreneurs…
My Week Following The @Sweden Curatorship Experience, #SMWiAccra
So last week, I had the honor of being the curator of the twitter account @Sweden. With a click, I increased my following by 10 and was the seven-day temporary face of my native Sweden. In…
The Week When I Increased My Twitter Following by x10
This week I have the honor of representing my native Sweden as the curator of the Twitter account @Sweden. It is every week run by a new Swede or person living in Sweden (this week…
Sunday Reads Sep 3, #KajsaHASundayReads
This week I read: 1. Why a Swedish top academic chose to leave his professorial chair at Oxford Uni. https://t.co/dRzuSFCunl #KajsaHASundayReads #highered — Kajsa Hallberg Adu (@kajsaha) September 3, 2017 2. Why election observers were…
Three Weeks without Social Media: Was I Happier in the End?
To be able to have a completely restful vacation, I took three weeks off social media this summer. What I intended was to not read or post anything on my three favorite social media platforms:…
Chale Wote 2017 is Finally Here: #WataMata
Yaaaaay! Chale Wote Street Art Festival is here again! This year an array of Artist Labs are followed by a weekend of public street madness in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana. The full program (PDF) that this…
I’m taking a social media pause
Don’t go looking for my latest snappy Tweet, funny Instagram photo, or Facebook banter in the next two weeks. I’ll be offline. I might read a book. Bake a bread. Swim. Sleep early. Eat ugly…
My talk at #iHav2017: Social Media and its Employment Opportunities
On Wed 26 July 2017, I was invited by the iHav Foundation to be a resource person at their training for youth leaders from the entire African continent. I was invited to talk on the…
Where is Africa on Open Data? Some answers from #AODC17
African Open Data Conference 2017, or #AODC17 for short, was a five-day affair in Accra last week (or up to a week if you included some pre and post arrangements). I was there for two…
Daydreaming Heaven with Elsa on the island of Gotland
Ohhh! I just discovered one of Sweden’s most prolific lifestyle bloggers, Elsa Billgren, has bought a summer cottage on Gotland, the island I am from in Sweden. This means I can get real-time, high-quality photos…
