'Ghana lacks innovative leaders'

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Anim 10 years ago

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Paa Kwesi

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2013-08-08 11:08:20

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ANXIOUS TO ABDICATE HOT SEAT

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ECOWAS BROTHER

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2013-08-08 11:04:46

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The Gyeeda Report.... Sabotage within?

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Author:
Paa Kwesi

Date:
2013-08-08 11:08:20

Comment to:
ANXIOUS TO ABDICATE HOT SEAT

Author:
ECOWAS BROTHER

Date:
2013-08-08 11:04:46

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The Gyeeda Report.... Sabotage within?

I AM ASHAMED OF THE RESPECT OTHER NATIONALS GIVE GHANAIANS. UPON ALL THE LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMEMENTS, THE GHANAIAN IS AN ENIGMA. I WONDER WHY ALL GHANAIANS COULD NOT COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THE DEPLORABLE STATE THEIR COUNTRY IS HEADING TO AND IF POSSIBLE ADVICE THIS GOVERNMENT TO RESIGN OR HELP STEER IT ONTO A GOOD COURSE. I AM TALKING TO THOSE ON THE TOP. BECAUSE SOME ENJOY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT,OR SOME HAVE THE MEANS TO LIVE THE AFFLUENT LIVE STYLES TO THE MERCY OF THE POOR, THEY DON'T CARE, BUT A STITCH IN TIME SAVES THE 9.THIS IS NOT THE GHANA I CAME TO SEE 4 YEARS AGO. GHANAIANS SHOULD SIT UP OR GHANA BECOMES ANOTHER AFRICAN COUNTRY
vizzano 10 years ago

what r u bringing to the table..how can u help solve this problem..what steps do u think shd be implemented...etc etc..grassroots and then up...

what r u bringing to the table..how can u help solve this problem..what steps do u think shd be implemented...etc etc..grassroots and then up...
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

THE PROFESSOR HAS MADE A MONUMENTAL STATEMENT!!! INNOVATION, INNOVATION, INNOVATION!!!! THIS IS WHAT WE LACK IN GHANA. YOUNG BOYS & GIRLS SELLING DOG CHAINS ON THE STREETS OS ACCRA............. YES WE HAVE AS AN EXAMPLE USHER ...
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THE PROFESSOR HAS MADE A MONUMENTAL STATEMENT!!! INNOVATION, INNOVATION, INNOVATION!!!! THIS IS WHAT WE LACK IN GHANA. YOUNG BOYS & GIRLS SELLING DOG CHAINS ON THE STREETS OS ACCRA............. YES WE HAVE AS AN EXAMPLE USHER FORT STANDING & CRUMBLING A GREAT TOURISTS ATTRACTION THAT CAN PROVIDE JOBS FOR MORE THAN 100 OF OUR POOR CITIZENS. TOUR GUIDES, CLEANERS, SECURITY GUARDS, COOKS, DISHWASHERS, CLEANERS - ARTIFACT SELLERS, TAXI DRIVERS etc. the list is endless YET WHAT HAVE WE DONE ABOUT THIS SINGLE VENUE??? AND WE HAVE A MINISTER OF TOURISM?????? INNOVATION,INNOVATION, INNOVATION!!!
Jeff, UK 10 years ago

Oh! You are talking about travelling leaders. How about those of us who lived and schooled in those countries and have managed to work our way into positions in either government or high corporate positions. Most lived on the ...
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Oh! You are talking about travelling leaders. How about those of us who lived and schooled in those countries and have managed to work our way into positions in either government or high corporate positions. Most lived on the periphery of life in those countries. Their friends were mostly from the developing world, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, Kenyans, Ugandans, Jamaicans etc, who virtually had nothing to show them.They lived and worked amongst these same people. So, are you surprised? How can you travel for a few days and understand how something that took years to conceive and execute. It takes more than just a few days of travel to think of implementing what you see.
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

SORRY JEFF, YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG. WE DO NOT HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL!!! IF YOU RESIDE IN THE UK, YOU KNOW THERE ARE STREET LIGHTS, YOU SEE THE LEVEL OF SANITATION AND EVEN SHOULD YOU SPEND A DAY IN SOME OF THESE DEVELOP ...
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SORRY JEFF, YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG. WE DO NOT HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL!!! IF YOU RESIDE IN THE UK, YOU KNOW THERE ARE STREET LIGHTS, YOU SEE THE LEVEL OF SANITATION AND EVEN SHOULD YOU SPEND A DAY IN SOME OF THESE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK SOME OF THEIR MANNERS. YOU DO NOT NEED A YEAR TO SEE THAT THE TOILETS IN ENKLAND ARE CLEAN. NOW WHEN IT COME TO MANUFACTURING A DAY OR TWO WITH A COMPANY IS MORE THAN ENOUGH- I AM SURE YOU ARE NOT IN BUSINESS. FINALLY, WHEN YOU MEET THESE SO CALLED BUSINESSMEN, FIRST ON THEIR MIND IS TO GO TO MARKS & SPENCER AND BUY THINGS FOR THEIR GIRLFRIENDS THEN THEY WANT TO DRINK LOTS WHISKEY SO THE CAN BOAST ABOUT IT ON THEIR RETURN!!! WEV NEED A COMPLETE CHANGE IN OUR ATTITUDE.
Sakura 10 years ago

You are right. Getting a PhD, MA, or MSc abroad and going back to Ghana does not make you a better manager...they lack the hands on experience in risk taking and management. They rush home without any experience whatsoever of ...
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You are right. Getting a PhD, MA, or MSc abroad and going back to Ghana does not make you a better manager...they lack the hands on experience in risk taking and management. They rush home without any experience whatsoever of how to run affairs in their areas of expertise. Why? Because there are perks, cars, and a big ego awaiting them in Ghana.

Just read or listen to some of the statements coming from the GSE and SEC on improving liquidity on the stock exchange. Listen to statements coming from Ato Forson, Fiifi Kwettey, and some ministers and you realize that we are being guided by morons. Yes, they do possess those respective titles/degrees, but they don't get it.

How many MDs in Ghana (beside foreign companies) can talk about where they want their entities to be in 5 or 10 years? They only look forward to the day they will be replaced so they can assume ownership of their bungalows and the cars. How sad it is! For example, what we are seeing at the Electricity Corp. of Ghana is one massive under investment (probably no investment at all) even though funds were allocated for capital expenditure, be it maintenance or new.

Do we have to reinvent the wheel in Ghana so our people can enjoy life? Not most of the time or not at all!! Do we need a new national capital, or airport, etc., when our children study in dilapidated classrooms and the sick are dying in our hospitals? Imagine the number of jobs that would be created if we decided construct a bullet train from Accra to the north and across the country. Just imagine the jobs that would be created and relief to traffic jams if the government decided to build a subway system in Accra! These are some of the things our PhDs, etc., can think about.
sweden 10 years ago

Jeff you are 200% wrong,I took some andvance mechinery to Ghana December 2012,for mass production for cars and mechinery parts for export and internal use,i built a new building for the company.i went to ECG for electriciy i ...
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Jeff you are 200% wrong,I took some andvance mechinery to Ghana December 2012,for mass production for cars and mechinery parts for export and internal use,i built a new building for the company.i went to ECG for electriciy i then paid 4500.00ghc and the receit given to me the wrote 1ghc 50p on it and the current connect to the building was domestic current not industrial.I then went baack to ECG for high tention ECG said i should 135000,00ghc old cedis is 1,350 billion.why why why ghana..I brought 5 employers to sweden to learn about the machinery that they can oprate in ghana.am having alot of innovition that i wanted to introduce in to ghana.5 TD drawers with knowlegde in CAD and INVETOR.....ghana is corrupt from A to Z
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

“Our leaders travel a lot and see a lot of things. The key question is: are they learning from these to transfer them back here and change the way we solve problems. THEY R SIMPLY SELFISH N MORE IMPORTANTLY STUPID....

“Our leaders travel a lot and see a lot of things. The key question is: are they learning from these to transfer them back here and change the way we solve problems. THEY R SIMPLY SELFISH N MORE IMPORTANTLY STUPID....
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

NO OUR LEADERS ARE NOT SELFISH - THEY ARE CLUELESS. THEY ARE THERE AS WINDOW DRESSING (PAST & PRESENT GOVERNMENTS). THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION THAN WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ACHIEVE.

NO OUR LEADERS ARE NOT SELFISH - THEY ARE CLUELESS. THEY ARE THERE AS WINDOW DRESSING (PAST & PRESENT GOVERNMENTS). THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE POSITION THAN WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ACHIEVE.
Paa Kodwo 10 years ago

IF REALLY THESE MEN YOU MENTIONED ARE TRULY ECONOMIC MANAGERS, PROFESSORS, DEANS,HEADS OF DEPARTMENT,lECTURERS and PhD'S,THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE POSITION TO DELIVER IN SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TO TURN THE WHEELS ...
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IF REALLY THESE MEN YOU MENTIONED ARE TRULY ECONOMIC MANAGERS, PROFESSORS, DEANS,HEADS OF DEPARTMENT,lECTURERS and PhD'S,THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE POSITION TO DELIVER IN SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TO TURN THE WHEELS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND BETTER STANDARDS OF LIVING IN GHANA.

PROFESORS AND SCIENTISTS IN THE MIDST OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT, DESTITUTION AND EXTREME POVERTY.

OH LORD OF HOST, WHERE ARE WE THEN IN THIS UNIVERSE

TO THEM, THE GOVERNMET HAS TO PROVIDE EVERTHING FOR THEM WHILE THEY WATCHED AND PRAYED

THEY SHOULD BE DEEMED AS VERY SHAMFUL AND DISGRACEFUL PEOPLE ON EARTH.

SAD WITHOUT FURTHER WORDS.
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

RELAX. IN EUROPE, FIRST YEAR SIXTH FORMERS MANUFACTURE SOLAR PANELS - TALK TO ANY GHANAIAN PROFESSOR IN GHANA & SEE IF HE CON EVEN PRODUCE A PIECE OS 'SHIT'.
I WAS IN GHANA LAST MONTH, HOPING TO SPEND A MONTH THERE. I WAS ...
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RELAX. IN EUROPE, FIRST YEAR SIXTH FORMERS MANUFACTURE SOLAR PANELS - TALK TO ANY GHANAIAN PROFESSOR IN GHANA & SEE IF HE CON EVEN PRODUCE A PIECE OS 'SHIT'.
I WAS IN GHANA LAST MONTH, HOPING TO SPEND A MONTH THERE. I WAS TAKING SOME TREATMENT THAT REQUIRED A MONTHLY INJECTION. I ARRANGED WITH THE HOSPITAL (IN EUROPE)& WAS GIVEN THE INJECTION TO TAKE TO GHANA. THE INJECTION HAD TO BE ADMINISTERED ON THE 18TH OF JULY BUT NOT LATER THAN 24TH. I WENT TO A TOP PRIVATE CLINIC IN ACCRA & MET GHANA'S LEADING SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD. HE NOR HIS NURSES COULD NOTR ADMINISTER THE INJECTION!!! I HAD TO CUT SHORT MY VISIT. YOU SEE, IN GHANA DEGREES ARE MEANT FOR SHOW NOT FOR HELPING THE MASSES
Tekonline.org 10 years ago

Innovation, as the name suggests, involves "newness", sometimes quite radically. Often, rules have to be broken, and one almost has to be a rebel in thought. But almost always, it involves coming up with something different f ...
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Innovation, as the name suggests, involves "newness", sometimes quite radically. Often, rules have to be broken, and one almost has to be a rebel in thought. But almost always, it involves coming up with something different from everything else.

A good example is the cellphone which is now ubiquitous. Ninety-nine percent only use it to make phone calls, although those with the smartphone variety might also browse the web or run apps.

But a few innovative engineers have created new uses for the cellphone. Any device can now have a SIM card. And with a bit of electronics, one can communicate with that device via the cellphone.

Farmers elsewhere are able to text probes in the soil. The probes text back, providing the farmer with the moisture content of the soil.

There are tiny devices for cars, for example iTrack, that are able to receive phone calls. When a call arrives, they quickly hangup, then text back with the GPS position of the car. (Thieves and wife-cheaters already hate iTrack!).

So, innovation doesn't even require a new invention; just a NEW way of using an existing invention.

In fact, the Patent Offices of the world are able to issue what is known as "Use Patents", for innovative use of existing inventions. The LED (Light Emitting Diode) has been invented for generating light. But say you find a way to repel mosquitoes with an LED of a particular color. That becomes innovation and qualifies for a Use Patent.

To be innovative, one has to avoid being always conventional. All table-tops have three basic shapes: square, rectangular, or circular. Innovation is coming out with a table with a TRIANGULAR top, for example.

However innovation needs to be USEFUL to mankind. Instead of creating a TV set that can be switched on by hand-clapping, one could instead design a hospital ward alarm device by which a patient in say, the middle of a heart attack, can trigger the alarm by clapping the hand.
Paa Kodwo 10 years ago

TELECOLINE.ORG

DO CELL PHONES AND LAPTOPS MAKE A NATION.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE,ROADS,TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION,EDUCATION, HEALTH FACILITIES, AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY, MANUFACTURING,PRODUCTION ENERGY, ...
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TELECOLINE.ORG

DO CELL PHONES AND LAPTOPS MAKE A NATION.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE,ROADS,TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION,EDUCATION, HEALTH FACILITIES, AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY, MANUFACTURING,PRODUCTION ENERGY,SAFE DRINKING WATER, SHELTER,SANITATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ARE ALL INNOVATIVE DRIVES FOIR THGE DEVELOPMENT OF A CXOUNTRY AND NOT SMARTPHONES, etc, etc.

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

ARE YOU ON A DIFFERENT PLANET??? IN GHANA, THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THA LIFE ITSELF. OUR LEADERS - PAST & PRESENT PUT THEIR FAITH IN THEM - THEY ARE THE 'IN THING'. YOU CALL A FRIEND IN GHANA & THE FIRST THING THEY ASK YOU IS ...
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ARE YOU ON A DIFFERENT PLANET??? IN GHANA, THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THA LIFE ITSELF. OUR LEADERS - PAST & PRESENT PUT THEIR FAITH IN THEM - THEY ARE THE 'IN THING'. YOU CALL A FRIEND IN GHANA & THE FIRST THING THEY ASK YOU IS A CELLPHONE. EVEN HERE IN EUROPE, WE USE OXEN FOR PLOWING - GO TO GHANA & THEY WILL BE TALKING TRACTORS - THAT THYEY CANNOT MAINTAIN!!! WHERE ARE OUR LEADERS? THEY CAN ENCOURAGE THIS FORM OF AGRAGRIAN ACTION AS STARTERS!!!
Tekonline.org 10 years ago

Very true.
All those things you listed are very important indeed, but they are much more EXPENSIVE to realize.

The only "infrastructure" required for software development is the brain plus a laptop, and selling such sof ...
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Very true.
All those things you listed are very important indeed, but they are much more EXPENSIVE to realize.

The only "infrastructure" required for software development is the brain plus a laptop, and selling such software globally can earn Ghana enough foreign exchange for the more expensive projects. Ask India!
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

THANKS. QUITE INFORMATIVE. AFRICANS WILL PLAY CATCH UP FOREVER. THIS MIGHT SOUND BAD BUT BESIDES INNOVATIONS, WE HAVE TO COPY - PERIOD. OUR POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING BASE WAS DESTROYED BY THESE INDUSTRALISED COUNTRIES - WE DID ...
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THANKS. QUITE INFORMATIVE. AFRICANS WILL PLAY CATCH UP FOREVER. THIS MIGHT SOUND BAD BUT BESIDES INNOVATIONS, WE HAVE TO COPY - PERIOD. OUR POTENTIAL MANUFACTURING BASE WAS DESTROYED BY THESE INDUSTRALISED COUNTRIES - WE DID NOT ASK FOR THAT SO IF WE FOLLOW THEIR RULES, WE ARE GOING TO BE SLAVES TO THEM FOREVER.
Tekonline.org 10 years ago

Hi Kukrudu, One can only copy what one can SEE.
Yes, one can easily imitate a nice chair, or a cool bicycle, or a gorgeous house. But how do you copy a microprocessor, for instance? You wouldn't get anywhere even if you had ...
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Hi Kukrudu, One can only copy what one can SEE.
Yes, one can easily imitate a nice chair, or a cool bicycle, or a gorgeous house. But how do you copy a microprocessor, for instance? You wouldn't get anywhere even if you had a scanning electron microscope!
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago

Interesting to know that many don't have oversights to determination & their own future.

Elighten them comminent & dedication to CRIDs are the keys to unlock economic bondage. Creativity, Research, Innovation, Developm ...
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Interesting to know that many don't have oversights to determination & their own future.

Elighten them comminent & dedication to CRIDs are the keys to unlock economic bondage. Creativity, Research, Innovation, Development(CRID)

Innovations have no legal obligations to STEMICs men. Allow Sumsung & Apple to enjoy their legal pride. Empower your guys to innovate.

Science, Technology,Engineering, Maths,Innovation, Communication skills & systems (STEMICs)
asempa 10 years ago

how can Ghana have a good leader if election is rigged for the bad one

how can Ghana have a good leader if election is rigged for the bad one
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE ARSEHOLE!!! SO - AN IDIOT LIKE YOU HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN???
YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING WE DO NOT KNOW OR YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT!!!+

YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE ARSEHOLE!!! SO - AN IDIOT LIKE YOU HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN???
YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING WE DO NOT KNOW OR YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT!!!+
KUKRUDU 10 years ago

THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE HEARD PURE SENSE COMING OUT OF AN EDUCATED GHANAIAN'S MOUTH!!! A PROFESSOR WITH VISION - NOT THOSE PAPER TIGERS WE HAVE IN GHANA - FARTING, WOMEN CHASING EMPTY BARRELLS!!!

THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE HEARD PURE SENSE COMING OUT OF AN EDUCATED GHANAIAN'S MOUTH!!! A PROFESSOR WITH VISION - NOT THOSE PAPER TIGERS WE HAVE IN GHANA - FARTING, WOMEN CHASING EMPTY BARRELLS!!!
Prof 10 years ago

Our leaders hold the keys to success but because of corruption. Prof you have done well but next time just give a practical example on what you say so that others would quickly understand.

Our leaders hold the keys to success but because of corruption. Prof you have done well but next time just give a practical example on what you say so that others would quickly understand.

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