The Right Kind of African
In the wake of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day just about a week ago, certain musings I have been harbouring for some time now seem to have...
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Vako Ferguson
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
Investing for Impact
The very term 'investing' seems to imply an act that will reap outcomes that will have a strong 'impact' eventually. Thus, the phrase...
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Vako Ferguson
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Factor is Female
As a child growing up, with the strong presence of my father, at the time, I never held any notion of limitation to my ability to do...
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Vako Ferguson
- Jun 14, 2021
- 4 min
Leapfrogging to the Sun
Metaphorically, the sun is a symbol for hope, a brighter tomorrow, a vision for the future; but literally, it is also an all-encompassing...
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Vako Ferguson
- May 10, 2021
- 3 min
The Profit in Performing Arts
What comes to mind with the word 'profit'? Some may have an almost visceral reaction to this: on one spectrum, loathing the very idea,...
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Vako Ferguson
- May 3, 2021
- 3 min
Agriculture in Africa: Blessing or Bane?
I write about Africa because it is my native land, where I have spent the most years of my life, and a place that I believe requires...
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Vako Ferguson
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Your Health and You
We've all heard the usual social mantras throughout our lives from 'we're all in this together' to 'no man is an island'. Couple that...
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Vako Ferguson
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Faith, Work and Happiness
For some time, I had struggled with how to make my Christian faith work together with everyday life: my education, career and mundane...
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Vako Ferguson
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
Passion or Power Play
Let’s face it. We’re not all going to be the next Keynote Speaker of some major world event or even the most trending Influencer within...
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Vako Ferguson
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Building the New You
At certain points in our lives, we may be given the opportunity and become beset with a niggling desire to re-invent ourselves, to...
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Vako Ferguson
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Legacy
Nobody decides which family they are born into, but it turns out, that as we do grow, we are likely to start considering what we will...
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