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  Popular Nigerian comedian, actor, and activist, Adebowale ‘Debo’ Adedayo, widely known as Mr Macaroni, has shared a deeply personal story about his past financial struggles, leading to bankruptcy, indebtedness and suffering betrayal. In a heartfelt post on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, the entertainer revealed how he became a victim of financial scam – a failed investment, and financial recklessness, which left him in crippling debt, amounting to over half a billion Naira. Mr Macaroni, known for his comic skits and social activism, disclosed that the financial troubles began around 2021/2022 when he fell victim to a scam and simultaneously lost all his savings in a failed investment. Despite the setback, he kept his struggles private. “If you know me well enough, you would know I do not like to share my problems. I could be going through the worst and at the same time helping others solve their own problems, but I just would never share mine,” he wrote. The comedia...

In my 25 years of leading teams, building multiple businesses, and recruiting talent, I have noticed a pattern: the loudest employees on social media often deliver the least value and impact.  The ones constantly posting about “working extra hours,” “putting in the work,” and “posing as experts in their field" on LinkedIn more often than not, are underperformers. The real top performers are too busy executing. However... that doesn’t mean you should shy away from sharing your accomplishments either. I know it’s not easy and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you want to go far in your career, you have to be very vocal about your work. Sure, there are "lowkey" people who are doing amazing and don’t need the publicity, but only a few of them get what they truly deserve. Your work won’t speak for itself—you have to Find the balance between making noise and being valuable, because real value isn’t in the noise, it’s in the results! We love saying, “My work will speak for...

Gideon Aryeequaye appointed as the Executive Secretary of CAA marks  the beginning of a new dawn for the creatives. Kojo Preko Dankwa (FOCAP President) writes I am happy with the current government in appointing a substantive executive secretary for the Creative Arts Agency(CAA).   Indeed, this shows the level of interest, energy, and zeal to see the Creative Arts sector grow up.  This is not a government that didn't take seriously the Creative Arts sector but rather toyed with the business and lives of the Creatives by shamelessly living it in the hands of the former  President's  Daughter (Gyankroma Akuffo Addo) to operate as if  it was her personal property.   Ministers couldn't speak the truth to power and did not have the balls to drop Gyankroma Akuffo Addo but rather allowed her to deepen the woes of the creative arts sector as the illegal executive secretary of the Creative Arts Agency. When FOCAP and I decided to blow the whistle of being citiz...

We Must RESET Our Music Industry  C.E.O of Speech Production Mr. Enock Agyepong writes Music is more addictive than any drug. The more you ignore it, the more it follows you just like your shadow. Simply put, people will never stop loving music, and as a result, there will always be individuals willing to invest in it. However, many who have invested in music over the years have seen no returns because the industry lacks proper structures and security for investors. Many have been bruised and have no intention of ever returning to this industry. Some have been defamed and disrespected by the very brands they supported. Others have abandoned music entirely and some have resorted to dog farming whiles others are selling phones. Yet, instead of fixing the mess, we seem more interested in exploiting the “broken system." In football, managers cannot simply steal players from another team without facing severe consequences. When a foreign club buys a local player, his former team someti...

Letter to Honourable Abla Dzifa Gomashie, Movie Director Peter Sedufia Writes Dear Honourable Abla Dzifa Gomashie,  Good morning, Mamaga.  I want to use this morning to publicly congratulate you on your appointment as the substantive minister for a sector that I belong to - the ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts . A sector that arguably provides more employment to individuals outside the government employment architecture. I'll not waste time beating about the bush. The taxes imposed on the creative economy are a great disincentive. It makes it extremely difficult to keep pursuing anything creative art in Ghana. I'm sure being a former partaker of the industry yourself, you're no stranger to this. I don't know how things are working in the music side, so I'll stick with the film industry where I belong.  Let me quickly bring to your attention that as things stand, for every 100% sale we make in the already scanty/very limited cinemas, the government take...

Curatorial Statement: Pains of No Return ...........“Body, mind, and spirit all combine to make the creature human and divine. The earth is the expression of enslaved souls. Affirm the mind, the messenger of the hour of human brutality. To speed between yourself and the source of power. Would you know that life is abundant, and love is doubled for all you give? There is no greater means than helping someone to live, instead of enslaving them through the body, mind, and spirit” Collier (2009). The transatlantic slave trade remains one of the most brutal and dehumanizing episodes in human history. In examining its legacy, Pains of No Return confronts the profound inhumanity of the trade while honouring the resilience of those who endured it. This mixed-media art installation seeks to evoke a visceral response, shedding light on the enduring impact of this dark chapter in Ghana and by extension Africa’s history and the broader African diaspora. Drawing from extensive research, the exhibit...

  ALMOST CRIED WHEN I UNDERSTOOD WHY TRUMP DIDN'T INVITE ANY AFRICAN LEADER AT HIS INauguration.  UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING NOW At a press conference held in Washington, at the White House, Trump made profound statements against African leaders. Donald Trump explains his statements against Africans: If after 50 years of independence you have not built the necessary infrastructure for your people, are you human? Donald questioned. If you sit on gold, diamonds, oil, uranium, iron, copper, silver, magnesium, crude oil, gas, if your people die of hunger, without health and with nothing to live on, with terrible education, do you feel human? - Donald said. If you stay in power, you buy weapons abroad to kill your own citizens, are you human? If you despise and shoot your own citizens like nothing, who will respect them? If you become a thief in your own country, stealing all the resources destined for your country, while most of your brothers are miserable, starving and living very poo...