What has the re-envisioning of Africa got to do with issues of diversity? Everything! This article first appeared in tbd* on 22 July 2021. What does the re-envisioning of Africa have to do with issues of diversity? Everything! How the continent is perceived shapes how her children are treated worldwide. First to be accused, last to be…
Author: Frederick Ahen
Frederick Ahen holds a PhD degree in International Business from the University of Turku, Finland. Frederick’s main research interests include strategic corporate responsibility, global sustainability, global health diplomacy and strategic political management in the pharmaceutical industry with particular focus on the institutions of emerging economies.
Poverty Voyeurism is unhealthy for both victims and perpetrators – Part II
Poverty voyeurism is an obnoxious behaviour that produces negative psychological, economic, and social consequences. The diasporan dilemma For the African diasporan, the single story from Africa imposes a forced way to present oneself as an African in order to fit the narrative that is authentically African. Dress wretched otherwise you will be suspected of dealing…
Poverty Voyeurism is unhealthy for both victims and perpetrators – Part I
Poverty voyeurism is an obnoxious behaviour that produces negative psychological, economic, and social consequences. In 2018, Aljazeera carried a story of tourists visiting the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. These tourists had travelled several thousand kilometers to watch and take pictures of the disadvantaged like wildlife. No consent given; no respect offered. People were just…
Are academic contradictions derailing the sustainability train?
Sustainability is a useful buzzword. Despite the current turbulence, it is one of the few things a vast majority of people seem to agree with; that we are not living sustainably. However, there is a nuanced and disturbing part to such a view. Not everyone consumes unsustainably. In the past decades, some had little to…
COVID-19: The good, the bad and the way forward
It is easy and perhaps natural to blame COVID-19 for our present ills, including lockdowns, masking fatigue, immobility, vaccine dilemma and stress. However, it was not unexpected. COVID-19, like all outbreaks, warned us in detail well in advance before it showed up. And when it did on a smaller scale, we allowed it to fester…
The scramble for vaccines
The way forward for low-income nations We know what the COVID-19 vaccine controversies are, but there is an urgent need for an actual solution. The accusations are that rich nations are hoarding vaccines; this, notwithstanding the COVAX initiative under the auspices of the WHO to ensure vaccine equity. But COVAX neither barred rich nations from…