Thoughts and Progress
Walking Towards Progress of 1.3 Billion Thriving Africans.
Last weekend someone passed a comment in a group discussion saying, “Lucy is obsessed with this cashless thing and I just don’t know why!” Someone else added,, “she sure is and I can’t understand why she won’t let it go, now 7 years and counting – Lucy, Rwanda heard you, you can stop now!” Amusing, […]
Another excerpt from one of my favorite moments with President Kagame. Rings true everyday and a principle we must maintain each day. especially you our youth! “They called us a small failed state. But we refused to fail. We refused to be small. We are not small. Choosing not to be small has a price. […]
“Our democracy, our quest for transformation provides us with the desire, the energy to give ourselves that dignity. When we give our citizens access to health, education, food security, tools of communications…there is no basis for any accusations. No one can teach us about the importance of human rights…we know it more than anyone.” President […]
Africa would be far ahead in giving our children a great place to grow up. Last weekend I was driving through a neighborhood in Accra, with BIG new houses, with expensive cars to match. However, the roads were so bad that my friend kept saying, don’t use this one, use the other many times, saying […]
Life is a beautiful journey, filled with many a bad time but even more great moments/memories. When those great moments are met with purpose, there are no words to explain how powerful and exciting life can be. Many of us wake up each day to go work for something. My hope is that it will […]
Last week I had the unforgettable pleasure of visiting Dakar for the very first time on this #CashlessAfrica tour. Dakar is one of the most beautiful and promising cities I’ve visited so far, certainly the most welcoming and friendly. The welcome from the plane, down to immigration – luggage and the hotel, I experienced unmatched […]
This excerpt is a gem, one of the best and most inspiring I’ve read. Thought I’d share – hope are as encouraged as I am and share🙏🏾. “Dare to Be When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light. When there is […]
There’s nothing more inspiring than seeing a vision on paper, working to make it a reality and especially SEEING the results in lives of people being simplified for the better. This is by far the most exciting aspect of this 8 year journey, in spite of the long hours, sleepless nights, tears (which I cried […]
They said it would never work – they’ll never accept because cash is king! Well, here we are….moving FORWARD🙏🏾 The journey continues….
I am a tea lover and will choose to have it over any beverage anywhere. Our household especially loves black tea with spices like cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, lemongrass and mint. As usual, I boil water, put our special spice mix and a teabag for only seconds because the doctor says I should limit my caffeine. […]