From the very beginning we knew our little baby was NOT going to be a household name. Rather we wanted her to be the unknown giant upon whose shoulders many Smart Ghanaians would stand and lead our nation and the rest of the continent towards a safe, just, and prosperous future. And while things have been moving quite uneasily slow for us, we’re moving forward nonetheless.

A major initiative currently underway is a center to be run in conjunction with the Institute of Mathematical sciences, an institution founded and headed by our very own Prof. Allottey.

Yesterday, accompanied by my two partners in crime - Christopher Bennett and Remy Edmundson - I went to inspect the status of work on a facility at McCarthy Hill, Accra, which is likely going to be our new home. This facility currently houses the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and is being expanded to temporarily accommodate the yet-to-be-launched Allottey Andam University College.

We couldn’t have access to indoor facilities, but here are some photos we took from the compound. Enjoy.

Just looking spying around…

On top of the world ….

… with Christopher Bennett

Another shot with Christopher Bennett up the roof

Christopher Bennett and Remy Edmundson

Starting the journey back to ground zero…

Almost down now…

This beast will give us Internet access… for the time being

Man… George Appiah loves to squat!

It’s been a good day… we’re ready to return home now!

Yesterday’s training for the Greater Accra Regional heads of the National Board For Small Scale Industries’ Business Advisory Centers went on as scheduled, but not without problems. The training which was to start at 9am could only be started after noon!

First Zipnet, NBSSI’s ISP decided a fine Monday morning like that was the perfect time for their service to go down. And since I possibly couldn’t teach about Internet without access to the Internet, we had to wait and hope. After waiting for a while, it was apparent to us we were going to wait all day. So we decided to change venue, from the NBSSI’s headoffice to the Greater Accra regional office.

But the regional office also had its own challenges. There’s no network of any sort available (at least not in the office we used). So after struggling to get a dialup account working on my laptop computer, we had to also put up an ad-hoc network, so all participants could access the internet via my laptop.

Anyway, in the end, the training went surprisingly well. I guess much of the magic came from the participants’ open and friendly attitude, and a high level of motivation to learn.

Here are some photos from the event, taken by my colleagues Remy Edmundson and Christopher Bennett.

Setting up the ad-hoc network

Training in full swing, after the long wait

Michael and Philomike, Participants

Gladys and Anthea, Participants

Remy helping participants

Chris helping participants

My joy, when it was all over

The training continues today. Will, keep you updated.