tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post2272774626555718632..comments2024-01-30T08:14:17.802+00:00Comments on The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana: As the Week Draws to a Close in Accra: Stanbic Must Leave Ghana's ADB Alone; MTN Ghana is Born but What's Changed?Emmanuel.K.Bensah IIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18425904642659360906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post-49387766573385603232007-08-06T22:24:00.000+00:002007-08-06T22:24:00.000+00:00Been reading your blog for a while and I thought t...Been reading your blog for a while and I thought to leave a note. I feel like you're not being really fair on the South Africans man. You sound all hypocritic when you talk about SA coming to take over the economy when in fact the Lebanese and Indians have been the ones in charge for a donkey years.<BR/><BR/> You should try to give credit to SA for at least striving hard to make an impact on Africa instead of us having all these other nationalities come to take away our stuff.<BR/><BR/>In one of your earlier comments regarding Stanbic, you stated that you would have felt better if it was a Nigerian entity that was doing such but I doubt your and other Ghanaians' sincerity towards any other group of Africans who seem to be excelling economically. <BR/><BR/>The Nigerian banks suffered a lot of bashing when they came in and they still do till date. I think Ghanaians cannot just stomach anything that's bigger than them.<BR/><BR/>The world is now a global village so you need to deal with the fact that institutions are expanding all over the world. If an Indian firm can buy up a European steel concern, why can't a South African company invest in a Ghanaian company? Or is it that skin colour supercedes everything else in your dictionary?<BR/><BR/>Word!!!!!!! <BR/><BR/>Have a nice week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643831236232701198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11648048.post-77137971596310800132007-08-06T01:30:00.000+00:002007-08-06T01:30:00.000+00:00Yessss, MTN definitely took the place by storm! Th...Yessss, MTN definitely took the place by storm! Their PR campaign is to be applauded! I happened to be in Papaye, Osu, when the 'launch' took off... I swore it was Carnival back home in the VI!<BR/><BR/>But I do support your sentiments, a la "Ghana for the Ghanaians". Foreign control of finance and telecommunications are seldom in the best interest of the locals. The Virgin Islands is unfortunately a prime victim of such.<BR/><BR/>P.S. It was nice chatting with you as well. I thought I had said something wrong when you made such a speedy exit... but the hotel was charging me even for the local call, so it worked out. :o)<BR/><BR/>God bless!peculiar VIrtuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12234583158459285499noreply@blogger.com