You Are Invited – www.edziban.com Ghana’s Premier Online Food Ordering & Delivery Website

Introducing www.edziban.com, Ghana’s premier online food ordering and delivery service. All of us are familiar with the rumbles of an empty stomach. One of the most frustrating things is when hunger strikes, you become desperate to fill your belly with gourmet cuisine and at once you are faced with a myriad of obstacles. Before being [...]

Define Me

Define Madness – To love someone more than oneself Define Freedom – To wake up every day to do what you love Define Violence – The refuge of the incompetent Define Peace – The inner tranquility of the soul Define Action – An integrity of purpose Define Fear – A blind emotion intensified by ignorance [...]

Revolution Tro-Tro

As I lowered myself down onto the half eroded ‘seat’ I felt an air of defiance  masking over the countenance of my chicken wielding , fish mongering, Circle bound via bush road tro tro companions.  Loaded to the brim with Ghana’s working masses the ‘bus’; which once upon a time may have passed for a [...]

It Is A Mystery Our History

It is a mystery our history A furtive gravestone bathed in anonymity, A secrecy accepted by guilt intrinsic to the make-up of our foundation. Where are the empires and writings of antiquity? Now we stand, exposed. Parasites, subsiding on aid. Ever afraid to ask for more than just grain. It is a mystery our history [...]

African Chat Paints Ghana!

Have you ever been flashed before?  And I’m not talking about someone running past your pub window and showing you a naughty bit of flesh…I’m talking about an African flash.  The other day I was springing down Accra’s trendy Oxford Street ducking and diving between the advances of the street hawkers and the stampede of [...]

Meeting Africa’s First Ladies

It was like an episode of the Bold and the Beautiful…I am referring to the recent BBC interviews conducted with five of Africa’s infamous first ladies: Sierra Leone’s Sia Koroma, Namibia’s Penehupifo Pohamba, , Zambia’s Thandiwe Banda, Uganda’s Janet Museveni and Ghana’s very own Ernestina Mills.  One by one they recalled the whimsical tales of [...]

The Economics of Ghanaian Football – Coincidence or Stupidity?

The basic economic dilemma facing all nations is that of the scarcity of resources.  In Ghana’s case the scarcest of resources is that of the limited availability of “Hard Cash”.  So when Ghana was fortunate enough to be gifted with $14million from FIFA, as reward for the spectacular efforts of our champion Black Star football [...]

A Time 4 Happiness

Is there a time for happiness?  Is happiness something that needs to be earned?  Or is it a gift dispatched from the heavens, reserved solely for the deserving? Is happiness always the light at the end of the tunnel?  And if so how long is the tunnel?  What happens if my path is already lit [...]

Ghanarama…No theme Park can Compare!

I am constantly being asked the question…”So what is there to do in Ghana??” My mind is then set into action trawling through memories from the past year, those of; Paddling my hand carved wooden canoe, through crocodile infested marshlands on my way to the strikingly isolated Nzulezu village on stilts. Bushwhacking Kakum’s thick West African [...]

Clap for Korea! World Cup – Day 5

Today I was made aware that it is not only the English that hold 1966 as a year dear to their hearts.  For Korea DPR their most glorified moment in international footballing history also came about during the 1966 world cup, in which they audaciously knocked out European heavy-weights Italy to reach the quarterfinals!  However [...]

The Audacity of Hope: World Cup – Day 4

Obama hoped to be president of the United States of America… Nelson Mandela hoped for the ending of apartheid… Black Stars hope to win the World Cup…. South Africa hopes to make the most of this world cup utilising the generated revenues to bridge the huge income inequality that currently is scaring the reputation of [...]

Vuvuzela Time! World Cup2010 – The Day Before Kick Off

The world cup is a platform notorious for dragging faithful patriots out from their burrows….So  Yesterday (9th June 2010)…I joined the  multitudes of people who were attempting to catch their much coveted flight to South Africa.  The purpose of such mass migration is the calling to cheer on nation heroes; the Mighty Black Stars, on [...]

1 Cup 1 Goal! South Africa 2010

   Osei Ghana! I hear you cry. With just eleven days to go before Ghana’s Black Stars are set to kick off their world cup 2010 campaign, the excitement and anticipation of this African Affair is contagiously ravaging the hearts and souls of Ghanaian’s around the world. Everyone is rushing to buy the latest Black [...]

Virgins in Ghana

“My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.” Richard Branson Richard Branson is a man with many titles.  Herald as Britain’s most acclaimed entrepreneur, [...]