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Visiting Labadi beach, Accra, Ghana

Okay so I have been on business trip since the last 4 months. My journey took me to 3 continents and 8 countries. So I’m in Accra, Ghanas capital. All work and no play, they say makes jack a dull boy. So my Ghanian friends took me out last week Sunday. They wanted to go…

Nigerian romance scammers & the IRS data breach

The United States government accidentally gave $50 million to a group of criminals this year. Hackers successfully filed thousands of fraudulent tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which issued refunds for at least 15,000 of those returns to about 5,000 bank accounts. We know the hackers used a large set of personal data,…

Africa’s commodities slump is a gold mine for investors

The recent downturn in Africa’s commodities markets might seem to signal dark times for the continent’s emerging economies. The slump in global oil prices prompted Angola’s government to end fuel subsidies; weak copper rates dramatically reduced the value of Zambia’s currency; and J.P. Morgan delisted the Nigerian naira from the Emerging Markets Bond Index. But…