The Ghanaian in me would have projected Dr. Nkrumah over Nelson Mandela but for the abundance of tolerance and conciliation that Madiba exhibited, post-apartheid (independence), made him a distinct and profound trailblazer accross borders globally

Until we learn to give credit, not even always where it is due, all mal-happenings - whether its by our fault or otherwise - would be equally shipped to our doorsteps

We understand it still that there is no easy road to freedom. We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success. We must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building, for the birth of a new world. Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all.

Whoever coined the word POWER, am sure, never imagined politicians' obsession with it

What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.

The reason African businesses do not thrive past a generation is their lack of a long-term stategy against competition and importantly political uncertainty.