I went to a friends engagement/birthday party this weekend and heard that this blog had been listed on Ghanablogging, which made me think that I really need to kick some life into this blog.
When I started this blog in July, I had grand plans for it. Somewhere along the line I got too absorbed in work and had no energy for anything. Work is still intense, but I am quite sure I need an outlet, and this is where the blog will come in.
The posts won't be as frequent as I first hoped, but once a week I'll post something having to do with IT or online marketing in Ghana. First post to come in a week...
Ramblings of an Internet Marketer and Web enthusiast about online life in Accra, Ghana and Africa.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Internet through good and bad #osloexpl #utoya
This afternoon and evening I have been online nonstop. I am Swedish, and todays events in Oslo and on Utöya have hit close to home.
Right now I am in a state of chock, staying updated mainly through twitter (hashtags #osloexpl for Norwegian and international tweets, #oslobomb for swedish tweets, and #utoya for all).
I am astounded that not more than 10-20 minutes of the bombing I knew of it through Twitter. But today is not the time to talk about Internet, but to spend on more important things in life. My heart goes out to Norway.
Right now I am in a state of chock, staying updated mainly through twitter (hashtags #osloexpl for Norwegian and international tweets, #oslobomb for swedish tweets, and #utoya for all).
I am astounded that not more than 10-20 minutes of the bombing I knew of it through Twitter. But today is not the time to talk about Internet, but to spend on more important things in life. My heart goes out to Norway.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Chale Wote: Taking offline online
Last weekend a street art festival took place in Accra. I attended quite excited and walked up and down High street several times trying to ensure I wouldn't miss a thing.
In the end it was not the best street art festival I have encountered, but being unprecedented (at least to my knowledge) in Accra's history, it was astounding!
I was even more so impressed and excited over the echoes about the festival online. It seems that everyone with a camera (I had unfortunately left mine at the office..) posted it online.
So without further ado, read/see from Chale Wote online here:
- Organizers
- Latest Twitter updates
- Blogs
- Critical Point
- Holli's ramblings (with a quite critical viewpoint that I don't particularly agree with)
- Kajsa H.A. (Another Swede that although she is in Sweden waiting to give birth to her first child can't stop posting about Ghana)
- Circumspecte
- Tagoe Blogger
- Photographers
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Over 1 million Facebook users in Ghana
Just last week Ghana passed 1 million Facebook users. For a country with close to 25 million people it might not sound that much. But taking into account the lack of home computers and how relatively expensive internet is - then it is astounding. Check out Socialbakers.com for more Ghana Facebook statistics.
It is an exciting time for Internet in Ghana for Facebook. And not just Facebook. Looking at Alexa ratings for Ghana (although not completely accurate, they at least give us a good sense of direction) Facebook might be the most popular site in Ghana (even surpassing Google!), but there are other social media sites that have a lot of Ghanaian internet traffic, such as:
11. Blogger
12. Twitter
13. BusinessGhana.com
16. LinkedIn
28. WordPress
65. Joomla (! an open source content management system)
66. Flickr
It seems a lot of people are actually looking for business opportunities online, with BusinessGhana and LinkedIn so highly rated.
The blogs (Blogger and Wordpress) might just as well be professional, but since there is only one Ghanaian blog portal where unfortunately not that many people have registered, there is much to be learnt about Ghanaian bloggers. I just registered today, do it you too - click here
Just what the future holds for Internet in Ghana I won't just guess (not yet anyway), but I will keep checking, keep trying to find the milestones and keep you updated. Wish me luck or better yet - drop a comment with tips of a great article, blog, someone to follow on Twitter or whatever it may be!
It is an exciting time for Internet in Ghana for Facebook. And not just Facebook. Looking at Alexa ratings for Ghana (although not completely accurate, they at least give us a good sense of direction) Facebook might be the most popular site in Ghana (even surpassing Google!), but there are other social media sites that have a lot of Ghanaian internet traffic, such as:
11. Blogger
12. Twitter
13. BusinessGhana.com
16. LinkedIn
28. WordPress
65. Joomla (! an open source content management system)
66. Flickr
It seems a lot of people are actually looking for business opportunities online, with BusinessGhana and LinkedIn so highly rated.
The blogs (Blogger and Wordpress) might just as well be professional, but since there is only one Ghanaian blog portal where unfortunately not that many people have registered, there is much to be learnt about Ghanaian bloggers. I just registered today, do it you too - click here
Just what the future holds for Internet in Ghana I won't just guess (not yet anyway), but I will keep checking, keep trying to find the milestones and keep you updated. Wish me luck or better yet - drop a comment with tips of a great article, blog, someone to follow on Twitter or whatever it may be!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Caught on Twitter
Today has been an intense day and I just have not had time to gather any thoughts of my own, so here are some from others found on Twitter:
@MacJordaN tweeted a link to an interesting article on who uses location based social networks.
See the list of tweets from the Ghana National ICT Policy Review Forum. Find the history of the current Policy here (tweeted by @nnenna)
Last, but not least; some general ICT news from @ICTworks
@MacJordaN tweeted a link to an interesting article on who uses location based social networks.
See the list of tweets from the Ghana National ICT Policy Review Forum. Find the history of the current Policy here (tweeted by @nnenna)
Last, but not least; some general ICT news from @ICTworks
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Kick off - trying to locate the Ghanain IT pulse!
I have been living in Accra for almost exactly five months now, working as a project manager, designer and front end developer at ExplainerDC.
Internet has been my passion since 1999 when I built my first website using frames, animated gifs and all... I was hooked straight away and Internet has been an obsession since. I have been lucky enough to have my own computer since 2001, lucky enough to always have a speedy connection and extremely lucky to grow up in one of the most Internet friendly and tech savvy countries in the world (hey, I am biased, I know that!); Sweden.
Coming to Ghana and working with Internet has in many ways been exactly what I pictured it to be, but in many ways it's completely different.
In many ways the way people use Internet here can be compared to how it was used in Sweden ten years ago; a lot of trends are repeated here. On the other hand, Internet is used completely different. This is where this blog comes in. In order to better understand how Internet works and interacts here, I have started to surf, tweet, visit Internet cafés, reading blogs and engage in every activity I can think of to find out more. And everything I find out, or think about or simply just hear something about, will be collected here.
The aim is to try (although I know it is doomed) to put my finger on the Ghanaian Internet pulse. Wish me luck, or even better - help me out by commenting, emailing, Facebooking or tweeting!
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