1. Sharing African & Ghanaian stories on Technology, Innovation and Ideas. www.macjordangh.com @MacJordan

2. Madam Doris Degadjor-Deha 3. From Keta (village) to Accra (Capital City) 4. Quest for Education My journey 5. Cold Weather in Ukraine 6. The major problem I see is that Africas story is written from somewhere else and not by Africans themselves. That is why the rest of the world looks at Africa and Africans and wants to define us. They want to shape the perception about Africa. The best thing we can do for ourselves is own our problems, own our solutions and write our own story. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda @ WEF, Davos. 7. How can we change the negative perception about Africa? 8. There are countless evidences of progress, growth, as well as political and economic vibrancy and stability on the African continue. 9. Foreign Direct Investment projects grew by 27% in 2011, pushing Africas share of the worlds investment to almost a quarter. FDI inflows, now about $80 billion should reach $150 billion by 2015, according to a BBC report. The African Development Bank has projected a 5.8 per cent economic growth rate for 2012 on the continent. 10. Nigeria, the continents most populous country has been enjoying steady economic growth since 2005 with recent figures putting growth as high as 7.5 per cent. For the period of 2009-11, Namibia had the highest number of computers, at 239 computers per 1,000 people; and Niger the lowest at 1 per 1,000. (MDG 8). Credit: www.worldbank.org/afr/stats 11. Blogging for Social Change Blogging Ghana 12. Blogging for Social Change Blogging Ghana 13. My blog > www.macjordangh.com 14. iPad time with my Nephew and Niece. 15. Ghana Decides: An Election Monitoring Project by @BloggingGhana 16. BlogCamp 2012 & 2013 by Blogging Ghana 17. Here is a FACT; The worlds impression of Africa is hopelessly outdated. 18. This is the new AFRICA 19. The major problem I see is that Africas story is written from somewhere else and not by Africans themselves. That is why the rest of the world looks at Africa and Africans and wants to define us. They want to shape the perception about Africa. The best thing we can do for ourselves is own our problems, own our solutions and write our own story. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda @ WEF, Davos. 20. Innovation and Technology Hubs in the New Africa. 21. The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) and the MEST Incubator provide training, investment and mentoring for aspiring Ghanaian software entrepreneurs with the goal of creating globally successful companies that wealth and jobs locally in Africa. 22. Across African cities from Accra to Nairobi to Cairo and Cape Town, technology innovation hubs are mushrooming around the continent and are playing a central role in the fledgling tech and entrepreneurial scenes in Africa. These islands of innovation hubs are being established to foster and promote local technological innovation. The hubs serve as incubators, meeting places for the local technology community as well as points of knowledge exchange. 23. The penetration of mobile technology in Africa has been radical and unprecedented. 24. See Africa Differently video on World Fastest growing economy in the world.