COLUMNIST: RANSFORD BEKOE

Between Kumasi and Accra: A Highway of Hope and Hazard

Jul 31, 2026 | Feature Article

The return journey from Kumasi to Accra often begins with mixed emotions. There is always the joy of leaving the Garden ...

Inside a Toyota Voxy Ride to Kumasi

Jul 28, 2026 | Feature Article

The day had already taught me a lesson in patience before I ever stepped into the Toyota Voxy. I had boarded a Sprinter ...

Leadership – What it is, and what it is not

Mar 21, 2025 | Feature Article

In corporate organizations, political circles and social networks among other groupings, one often hears the term lsquo ...

Of Okada, Aboboyaa and Streetlights in Accra. How to survive daily death assassi...

Mar 12, 2025 | Feature Article

In the past few years, I took a step back from writing to reassess my focus. Immersed in academia, I harboured a desire ...

Advocacy to Decolonize Education in Africa

Towards Academic Decolonizing in Africa

May 12, 2023 | Feature Article

Introduction Undoubtedly, education is a powerful tool that nations use to facilitate socioeconomic development. ...

COVID-19 infections – Are we all sick in Ghana?

Jul 6, 2020 | Feature Article

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark is one of the memorable lines in William Shakespeare rsquo;s drama title ...

Aerial view of Kigali, capital of Rwanda

Enforcing COVID-19 Safety Protocols – If all Africa were Rwanda

May 26, 2020 | Feature Article

One of the countries in Africa which is noted for its remarkable enforcement of rules and regulations is Rwanda. Eve ...

Gravitating African Universities towards Entrepreneurism

Apr 28, 2020 | Feature Article

The ordinance for higher education is knowledge generation. Beyond this, universities equally strive to exploit knowledg ...

Author Emmanuel John Hevi with a copy of his first book

COVID-19 Resurrects the Writings of a Man called Emmanuel John Hevi

Apr 17, 2020 | Feature Article

Recent reports of discrimination against Africans in China in the wake of the new coronavirus pandemic have cast my mind ...

COVID-19 Stimulates Call For Investment In R&D In Africa

Apr 15, 2020 | Feature Article

Introduction: Universities rsquo; Response To COVID-19 Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and playw ...

COVID-19: When Breath Becomes An Essential Commodity

Apr 9, 2020 | Feature Article

We are not in normal times This statement has been echoing from the four corners of the earth continuously for t ...

COVID -19 Exposes Universities’ Unpreparedness For Virtual Classrooms

Apr 4, 2020 | Feature Article

Universities, together with research institutions and other institutions providing tertiary education, play pivot ...

Ransford Bekoe

Ransford Bekoe works with the Association of African Universities (AAU) whose headquarters is in Ghana. He is currently the Partnership Manager of the AAU. He writes about educational, health and social issues and also interviews academic mentors on their life achievements.. More A motivational speaker, reader and leadership training facilitator.