Instant reflections of life in Ghana today

Thursday December 7^th, 2023

First today from the Daily Graphic among others – 

“The Chief Executive of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Akwasi Aygeman, has disclosed that the average spending of a tourist who visited Ghana in the first quarter of 2023 reached almost $3,000.  According to him, the figures are based on a research carried out by the GTA to track the expenditure of tourists in Ghana. “The development shows that the economy benefits a lot from these visits and maybe we have to do more to improve the experience of these tourists”, he said on PM Express.”

Tourism is so important to the Ghana economy – 3.1 billion dollars (US) a year. That’s why the pandemic was such a disaster to Ghana. Tourism almost disappeared. Making tourists welcome is vital, and Kotoko airport is one of the easiest African airports for tourists in my experience. There are plenty of good hotels with nice pools, plenty of nice places to eat and to visit. This is a side of our life which we cannot afford to ignore. 

And this – 

“A teacher with the Olokinne High School, Ojowo, Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, reportedly slumped on the school and died. The incident was said to have happened on Thursday morning and has left the community in shock. She was confirmed dead at the hospital she was rushed to. She was a Christian Religious Knowledge teacher and married to a retired Principal. She should be in her 50s and either on Grade Level 13 or 14.”

As I said last week, we in this Continent are used to sudden death. Perhaps this story shocks you, and of course it shocks us as well. The difference between Africa and Europe is that in Ghana we shrug. “That’s  life” we say. It is.

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