Tweet Since Dr. Alex Hills arrived last Thursday night, Adrienne and I have had quite an eventful few days. Besides eating at some amazing restaurants (that we probably couldn’t have afforded on our own), we’ve had the opportunity to take full advantage of his vast expertise in the field of technology consulting, and especially his [...]
Browsing Posts in Ghana – 2008
Tweet I believe what he said was, “Women naturally feel inferior to men…” as he stood as one of five men in a room of 35+ women at a session titled “Using ICTs to Enable the Empowerment and Advancement of Women in Africa”. The audience of women was immediately abuzz, hissing and sucking their teeth [...]
Tweet I’m not kidding. Our second night in Accra we had our first electronic casualty, please let it be our last!!! We pulled out our adapters, comparing the different types we brought, half-heartedly laughing and complaining about how much they cost but appreciative of how they will protect our phones, laptops, alarm clock, iron, etc. [...]
Tweet I can’t believe it has only been 4 days since we were whisked away from the airport into the damp and dewy night. Stepping off the plane you feel like you’ve walked into a humid sauna and the feeling doesn’t change unless you’re privileged enough to be working in air conditioning (which we are.) [...]
Tweet Today was the busiest day I’ve had in a long time. The sun came up and woke me up, but I fought to go back to sleep. In my half-awakedness, Suala entered the apartment. (Suala is the hostel overseer.) He called to us from the hallway…I told him we were still asleep. He told [...]
Tweet I arrived in Amsterdam around 7am local time, which was approximately a 7:30 flight duration from Dulles airport. Of course, I was tired from no sleep, but all the sunlight coming through the windows kept me awake. I wanted to call home and let my family know I’d reached the midway point safely, but [...]
