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Very Powerful!!!
Watched the Youth Olympics opening ceremony in Senegal, pure African Excellence!!
#ThisIsAfrica
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Development Economics X is research on global inequalities in the present and in history with the future of development economics. Featuring .@KwekuOA
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Raise high the flag of Ghana
And one with Africa advance
Black star of hope and honour
To all who thirst for liberty
Where the banner of Ghana freely flies
May the way to freedom truly lie;
Arise, arise, O sons of Ghana land
And under God march on for evermore!
Arise, arise, O sons of Ghana land
And under God march on for evermore.
--Ghana's National Anthem, Verse III.
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'Expats' And The New Scramble for African Cities
A new scramble for African cities is happening. Driven by foreign salaries, strong currencies, and short-term rentals, desirable neighborhoods across the continent are pricing out the locals who live and work there.
Drawing parallels between historical colonial spatial segregation and present-day economic dynamics, we examine how parallel expat economies operate and highlight the need for housing policies that protect local communities.
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The Motion of Destiny and Nikolai Ostrovsky.
Let's start with a portion of Kwame Nkrumah's classic "Motion of Destiny" speech.
"Mr Speaker, we can only meet the challenge of our age as a free people. Hence our demand for our freedom, for only free men can shape the destinies of their future.
Mr Speaker, Honourable Members, we have great tasks before us. I say, with all seriousness, that it is rarely that human beings have such an opportunity for service to their fellows.
Mr Speaker, for my part, I can only re-echo the words of a great man:
"Man's dearest possession is life, and since it is given him to live but once, he must so live as not to be besmeared with the shame of a cowardly existence and trivial past, so live that dying he might say: all my life and all my strength were given to the finest cause in the world—the liberation of mankind.""
--Kwame Nkrumah, Motion of Destiny, one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century according to Tony Wilson: news.speakola.com/p/motion-o…
(The quote Nkrumah refers to at the end (i.e. from "the one he calls a great man") is a direct reference from the 1936 book "How the Steel was Tempered" by Nikolai Ostrovsky, a Ukrainian writer.)
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"We cannot accept a future where Africa supplies the minerals on which the next generation of industries depends, while value addition and manufacturing take place elsewhere."- Ramaphosa of South Africa said at BRICS.
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ZTE and BBTEC have signed a strategic MoU to co‑develop AI digital infrastructure, data centers, and energy solutions in Thailand.⚡ Together, we aim to support the country's digital transformation with smarter, more sustainable infrastructure.
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Female students of Afia Kobi Apem Senior High School have tested a newly developed firefighting drone designed and built by the school’s STEM department as part of efforts to demonstrate its ability to assist in firefighting operations.
[🎥: Ama Papabi]
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THE #WORLD
Our understanding of the world as we know it today could change dramatically within the next five years.
The United States of America has shot its Nancy Grace Roman Telescope into space and it is likely to relay information that will change everything we know now.
Roman is projected to conduct a massive statistical census discovering roughly 100,000 new worlds over five years.
This is the widest space exploration ever carried out by humankind and may even reveal alien life.
Our worldview may be just about to change dramatically.
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Uber has exited Nigeria after 12 years.
The easy takeaway will be that Nigeria is too difficult for global companies.
I think the more interesting takeaway is this:
Nigeria was never short of demand. The problem was whether the economics worked.
Millions of people still need affordable, reliable ways to move around Lagos, Abuja, and other cities every day.
Uber helped make app-based ride-hailing part of everyday life in Nigeria. Now Bolt, inDrive, LagRide, and other operators will compete for the riders and drivers Uber leaves behind.
That is what makes this story important.
The opportunity did not disappear.
The customer did not disappear.
The market did not disappear.
What disappeared was one company’s ability, or willingness, to keep operating under the realities of that market.
In Nigeria, you are dealing with rising fuel costs, expensive vehicles, price-sensitive customers, and drivers trying to make the economics work too.
This is why I push back when people describe African markets as “hard” and leave it there.
Hard for whom?
Hard under what cost structure?
Hard with what pricing model?
Hard if you are trying to run the market from a spreadsheet built somewhere else?
The companies that win will not be the ones with the biggest global brand.
They will be the ones that can make the economics work for the customer, the driver, and the business at the same time.
That is the real work.
And that is where the opportunity is.
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The State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) reports that in 2024, Ghana's SOEs recorded a total net loss of GHS 2.25 billion.
They had recorded four consecutive years of losses up to that point.
In 2025, they recorded a net profit of GHS 19.8 billion.
The SOEs also recorded GHS 176.43 billion in revenue in 2025 as against GHS 137.64 billion in 2024, representing a 28.12% increase.
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Aliko Dangote is building a Dubai family office to keep a $35 billion empire in the family for eight to ten generations.
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The Polygamist: A Neoliberal Cultural Psy-op To Demonise Africa’s Polygamous Culture?
In this video, South African politician, Dr Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala posits that South African TV series The Polygamist presents a deeply distorted portrayal of a practice that has existed within African societies for centuries. She argues that polygamy, as traditionally practiced in many African communities, was not merely an undisciplined man pursuing multiple sexual partners at will, but a social institution governed by cultural norms, ancestral laws and communal expectations, with responsibilities and obligations toward every member of the family.
In her words, consent, accountability and the welfare of the household were central to its practice. It was not synonymous with promiscuity. Whereas she says, what The Polygamist depicts is something fundamentally different: a man driven by sexual gratification, deception and disregard for the women involved. Far from an honest representation of traditional African polygamy, she says, it is a bastardisation of the institution.
If you have watched The Polygamist, do you agree with her? Drop us a comment with your opinion and don't forget to follow The Spearhead.
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King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse of Ghana, apologizes for role that traditional African leaders played in the slave trade
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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has arrived in the United States for a working visit.
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The first part of the reasoning was successful.
Let's wait for the end 😅
According to the law of large numbers, either Cape Verde or Ghana will advance tonight, and statistically speaking, Ghana is more likely to go through.
Does all this put my mind at ease?
Not really, I’m shaking.
#BlackStars
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One of my core aims in attending Harvard Law School was to study how public-interest lawsuits are framed, as part of my broader aim to someday use community lawyering to demand change in Ghana.
Then I realized that I needed money to do it. In a society where people don't support public advocacy, you are always on your own.
It is the reason we don't have activists. Our society may not survive. It is designed to fail.
