Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Mahamud Bawumia says Africans should have a can-do mindset, and my inner man laughed. Has he visited the various hubs in Ghana, impact Hub, ho node, Meltwater, ISpaceGh and all? oh no. There are young people with a can-do mindset in these corners trying hard to solve problems. Some need as little as $20k to turn their ideas around. Can-do mindset? there are young and promising companies in Ghana that can do some of the things we contract foreign companies to do. Or even attach local companies and foreign companies to for future transfer and operation yet no we don’t.

Yes of course, in his own words “we can do what other countries and continents have done. It is not rocket science” clearly it is not rocket science. A people with a can-do mindset will be nullified by a can-steal leadership. We need to plug the holes.

People with valid and proven business ideas are sidelined because they are not part of this or that political party, corruption is running down the public and even the private sector, citizens are dying for lack of beds in hospitals, taxes are killing startups, interest rates have the bold sign of “Don’t Dare” written all over them and inaccessible to small businesses, people are losing their prices personal belongings and possessions to preventable flooding yes as trivial you may think this is, a good friend who runs a travel and tour business hasn’t been to work all week cos his house was taken over by the Monday night rains, his car, sofa, electrical appliances are all gone. He has lost a lot of business in the past week, etc. we have a can-do attitude but the environment is very trying sir, very trying

Did you hear the case of Aloma Akua Ingram? Who was made Nkosuo Hemaa (Queen of development), I guess you have not. Lemme give you a gist… Aloma is a Jamaican American she visited Ghana a few years back and took a trip to Obosomase where she was made Nkosuo Hemaa. She fell in love with Ghana, the people, the place and the culture she wanted to be part of the development in Ghana. She set up a school, Aloma international Academy not for students alone but also to educate teachers on innovative teaching skills because she believed education is a driver for our development. Not to bore with a long story, she mortgaged her house in the United States to raise money for the academy, sadly she fell in the land litigation black hole. The land she had purchased for her project was sold to multiple people ushering her into a plethora of issues. Now she has been in court for the past 1 year and more facing adjournments and lawyers bailing on her. You may want to read about her or if it is easier, watch her video on youtube via the link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=213&v=mBD5PEjMm1I

Need I draw your attention to the two young men in koforidua who are Minning electricity from waste cassava? Or the young man years ago who years ago who converted a petrol car to an electric car I know you were not in power but you had a voice but you chose to do politics with that voice. You say “We have to believe that We must have a mindset of making things possible, not one of thinking major achievements are impossible” it is as though you are describing the attitude of Ghana but not knowing we have that already.

Aloma’s Story is one of many and as said earlier many Ghanaians are bred with yenta no saa so we do not like to go public with the challenges we face, these two brothers would probably either rot in koforidua or be picked up to a foreign country. but trust what we lack is not the Can do spirit.

I hear parliament has approved over $22m loan facility for MPs to purchase vehicles to aid in their work, I hear you have purchased brand new cars for the presidency yet those who are supposed to have a can-do mindset (the startups) need just a little

You make a poignant statement “The most important transformation is the transformation of our mindset” and this ties in with every other challenge we face I remember someone say some time ago at a conference that African countries have two major problems: mosquitoes and politicians. If politicians can just commit to empowering the private sector as much as they do their foot soldiers we would be better off