Impact Stories

Kaunda ask for more

Ah, enti s3 wo di hotel aduane na s3 wo ammee a, wo ntumi nka?If hotel serves you and you are not OK, you go fit go round 2?And the worst of all, they ask drink I want and I asked them the soft drinks they have.None of the soft drinks they mentioned is something […]

The Lord of the Train Station

Akaamaa, now derrr abi oga for train station.I got to the train station and right away went to read from the blackboard.My train arrives at 10:16 and the platform (where to stand and take the train) will be Platform TBC.“What platform is TBC?”- I asked myself.I’m used to Platform 5, Platform 8, Platform 8B, etc. […]

The missing soap

Imagine you enter a bathroom and you search from Jerusalem to Jerico, without finding soap.You mmtweeew your mouth like from here to tomorrow and bathed without soap.The way I insulted the hotel managers paa.“Abrokyere hotel too common soap you no get”- I said to myself.Not knowing these tiny tiny bottles at some corner bi at […]

Crime Museum.

Come to think of it… Crime Museum.I asked the attendance what the museum is about and smiled and said “Crime of course”.It is simply a museum of items that people have used to commit crime. They’ve gathered the items from around the world. — in Hastings.

How to generate money from the sky

According to the London eye website, the London Eye can carry 800 guests per rotation – equivalent to 11 London red double decker buses.The rounded things that passengers sit in are called “Capsules”.There are 32 capsules in total; one for each of the London boroughs (Administrative divisions).The Capsules are numbered 1 to 33.Now the question […]

The Kuffour Bus

The Kuffour bus from Amanten to Atebubu developed a fault at Jato Zongo. And has delayed 1hr:30min.Everyone passenger has been given a voucher. For the next one month, anywhere you want to travel to within UK, it will be FREE provided you take National Express.In order words, one month free ticket for 1 and half […]

The world is not as you think

My biggest cultural shock in Obimanso so far was when I realized that the prayer (Salat) times I’ve known all my life are not universal.From birth to Jakpa, I’ve known:Fajr prayer time to be around 4am – 5amSunrise prayer (Waduha) to be around 9amDuhr to be around 1pmAsr to be around 3pmMaghrib to be around […]

Don’t worry, Nkrumah will die after 2063!

If you read the life of Nkrumah, it is clear that his vision for a united Africa and the emancipation of the Black race when he became president was not an afterthought. This was an idea he championed long before, dating back to his time as a student in the US. In fact, he even […]

Step by step guide to successfully tax boga

Step 1:Know her pay day. Not everyone is paid at the end of the month.Step 2: Make the request two months in advance.Step 3: Remind her a month in advance.Step 4: Remind her a week before the pay dayStep 5: Remind her three days to pay day.Step 6: Remind her a day before the pay […]

Why does the same fruit weigh differently?

Anytime ago Wamfie market to buy fruits, I remember AK Mensah’s lamentation about standards in Ghana.In Wamfie, If they say one mango be £1.79, anyone you pick will have same weight – I don’t know whether they weigh them before bringing to the shop.And in situations where some are bigger than the other, they will say […]

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