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No matter how you look at it Linkedin remains one of most influential social media platforms.Aside from it's growing patronage among professional class and business leaders, the platforms provides invaluable opportunities for  learning and development. The above notwithstanding, it is important to note that certain actions or inaction s of us may undermine our ability to leverage the huge opportunities this blue platform provides. In this piece I share few. 1.Posting without positioning:Brand positioning is critical to both the professional and the algorithm. The algorithm needs to understand where it can place your content and who would be interested in having your content on their feed. Without a clearly defined brand positioning, you may fail to make the impact required impact on this platform. Personally, I have positioned as one that provokes social conversations in community. Alot of my most successful contents have achieved by consistent in provoking these kinds of conversat...

  Introduction Today, the mortal remains of the man Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba, will be laid to rest at Nsuta in the Ashanti region, where his life begun. It is an open secret that this process has neither been silk not smooth as his singing and talking voices. Indeed, this has been a long road to burial, one that, in my estimation, would further cement the legendary status of the man who commanded rare respect among his contemporaries, generations and the country, at large. The Man who commanded rare industry respect While alive, Lumba used scarcity to build an aura of grace around his presence. Truly, his presence was costly. Promoters and music connoisseurs have all attested to their difficulty in securing his services, for events. Consistently, the most recurrent themes in these narratives have been how the legend followed standards, time and procedures to the core. According to the few industry people around him, Daddy Lumba will not bend the r...

Having been in the advocacy space for some time, I have come to understand and always held the view that Ghana’s intellectual base was fast eroding. Over the weekend, this long held view was confirmed as results for the 2025 WASSCE came through. From every indication, the results have been abysmal in all fronts. Per the provisional results, •131,097 students (30.27%) failed English Language. •220, 008 students (50.54%) failed Core Mathematics. •161,606 students (39.87%) failed Integrated Science. •196,727 students (44%) failed Social Studies. While intellectualism goes beyond academic performance, this results, for me, reflects a weakening intellectual base of the country. This article explores the broader issue of the weakening intellectualism in the Ghanaian society. Intellectualism is not socially rewarding I have never seen a country where people are so scornful of critical thinkers and studious individuals than Ghana. People deride intellectualism, calling critical minds aca...