Star-Worthy Job Opportunities in Ghana!

Going back to Ghana for good?

If you stay telling people you'd move to Ghana "today-today" if the right opportunity came your way, Chale, this could be it. Rancard Solutions is looking for a Software Engineer and a Product Manager. If you're interested get more deets here.

Star Power: Ghana's Blitz the Ambassador is Headlining a Concert at Lincoln Center on 8/7

Hey, Stars! Ghana, South Africa, and Rwanda will be represented "Live from the Continent" -- by way of  Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park Bandshell on 8/7 at 7pm for FREE. Get the deets here!

STAR 100 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: NANA EYESON-AKIWOWO

Eyeson-Akiwowo is the founder of African Health Now

MEMBER SINCE: 2006

WHY SHE'S A STAR: For most of us, Ghana at Christmas is usually reserved for straight “cheeling”, but for Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo it ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none, as it were. Appalled at the lack of access to basic health care maintenance in Ghana e.g. check-ups, regular blood tests, and screening, Nana organized the “Gift of Life @ Christmas” health fair. Lobbying co-workers and friends for donations, and assembling a team of healthcare professionals, she goes to some of Ghana’s most vulnerable centers including Jamestown, Accra and Kumasi Market to administer diabetes testing, distribute condoms, check blood pressure, and offer basic counseling. The fair has served over 300 Ghanaians, and ultimately gave birth to what is now African Health Now.

100% FAIL: PARENTS SOLD KIDS AS LABORERS FOR AS LITTLE AS $100

Minisanene? Aba nkwaseasem? Cheku ta? WTF?!! Back in May, the NY Times reported that 116 kids who had been forced into labor — some as young as 4 — were rescued. Better than last year’s numbers (in a 2010 sting, 284 children were rescued), but deplorable all the same. As Lil’ Wayne would say, “Please sa’e the babies!”

Check out OrphanAID Africa, an org committed to supporting vulnerable families so they don't have to give up their kids.

GET THIS PARTY STAR-TED: FACE2FACE'S "I AM AN AFRICAN" NETWORKING MIXER

Chilling meets shilling at Face2Face Africa's upcoming networking event. If you've got business to handle, do it over drinks and purposeful conversation. Face2FaceAfrica is committed to bringing Africans together to change negative perceptions of the continent. Click to RSVP.