Ama Serwaa keeps a small folder on her laptop called “Memberships.” It holds nine years of receipts from a professional body she joined soon after her first job in Accra. One evening last month, she opened it, added up the numbers, and stared at the total for a while. Then she asked herself a question […]
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Nana Yeboah renewed her membership with the Chartered Institute of Leadership and Governance for the ninth year running last month. She did it the way she always does: an email reminder lands in her inbox, she transfers the fee from her Barclays account, and a receipt arrives a few minutes later. By lunchtime she has
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Yaw Mensah still remembers the exact date he was inducted into the Chartered Institute of Leadership and Governance. It was a Saturday morning in Accra, the hall was full, and he left with a certificate, a lapel pin, and a genuine sense that something important had just happened. Three years later, he was still exactly
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Kwame keeps his ICAG certificate in a nice frame in his sitting room in Kumasi. His mother is proud of it. His neighbours ask about it when they visit. Every year, without fail, he pays his subscription on time. He has never missed a renewal in twelve years. And yet, if you asked Kwame what
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