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The Kumasi Konnect initiative is growing. When we first promoted it, a gentleman called  +joseph osei  emailed us saying - "My name is joseph, i work with Ultimate Radio, and I will like to be involve in the Kumasi Konnect initiative". I knew of Joseph, because I had seen him email the  +BloggingGhana  mailing list and knew he lived in Kumasi. I was really happy that he approached us about getting involved in  #KumasiKonnect . I knew what exactly we wanted him to do, since he was with Ultimate Radio and was a blogger he'd help us with marketing. After finally reaching him via Twitter , the team asked him to recap the first event. He came back with a post that talked about the first event which featured Frank Boateng and the second (upcoming event) featuring Valerie Okudzeto . Foresight. Get tickets for  tickets for this one at Ego Tickets . Below is the press release he wrote and circulated amongst many websites (albeit edited a bit). I love Joseph's...

Sometime last year,  +kofi yeboah  had an idea for a monthly meetup. He had returned from Kenya where he attended the Amani Institute and was brimming with ideas. I admired Kofi, he reminded me of myself when I was younger. To a great extent, that's probably only because he is younger than me. I've known him since  +Barcamp Cape Coast  2011 and he's grown into being more awesome, aspirational and inspirational. I wasn't surprised when he sought to organize a monthly event for social entrepreneurs in Accra. Today, that idea has given birth to Kumasi Konnect and a lot more like it are about to follow. Watch this space. Kofi ended up moving to Kumasi late last year to start his national service with  +Clean Team Ghana . Today, he's traveling to Singapore to represent Clean Team at the BOP Convention Expo. I've heard many great things about Singapore from friends like  +Curtis Vanderpuije  and I know Kofi will come back and share a lot of great exper...

The first time I went to Tamale was for +Barcamp Tamale 2011. Ever since then, I always look forward to visiting again. When there is the opportunity to meet the young movers and shakers, the young changemakers, doers and entrepreneurs there, it is a huge added bonus. That's what Barcamp Tamale is about. If you are in or around Tamale, you can't miss this event on August 23rd. If you can't be there, tell someone who can. Stay tuned to the hashtag #bctamale. Kudos to the organizing team of +Mohammed Muntasir Nashiru   +Yakubu H.Yakubu   +Kwaching Jessica   +maccarthy lomotey   +Enoch Robot Boy Appiah Junior   +Peter Awin  with the able support of +Leonard Hagan   +kofi yeboah   +Kobe Subramaniam  and the +Barcamp Ghana  team of the +GhanaThink Foundation . Barcamp Tamale 2014 is a free networking forum bringing people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue on Tamale, Ghana and beyond. It will take place on Augus...

I haven't released my Togolese alter-ego. My friend Thelma gave me some helpful material to learn French but my fluency is nowhere close to what it could be. So allow me to start off this blog post with some more English. Or you can skip it all to the French part. I have already given you great info with the title of this blog post :-) It's very exciting for us at the GhanaThink Foundation to partner with the US Embassy in Ghana to organize TechCamp West Africa . Sounds a lot like Barcamp right? Yeah. You can learn more about multiple Tech Camps done all over the world at this website and at this wiki . Tech Camp West Africa will bring together some of the most influential, innovative and impactful young people in West Africa for a weekend of ideas, actions and projects. GhanaThink and the US Embassy in Ghana look forward to all the cool things that will happen this weekend of November 14-16 . We're looking for applicants, as this is open to citizens of Ghana, Togo,...

Earlier, the GhanaThink Foundation was approached by the US Embassy - State Department to collaborate and organize a Tech Camp. Sounds a lot like Barcamp right? Yeah. These Tech Camps are done and pushed by the Tech @ State Department. You can learn more about multiple Tech Camps done all over the world at this website and at this wiki . It's very exciting for us at the GhanaThink Foundation to partner with the US Embassy in Ghana to organize TechCamp West Africa . It will bring together some of the most influential, innovative and impactful young people in West Africa for a weekend of ideas, actions and projects. I am looking forward to all the cool things that will happen this weekend of November 14-16 . We will surely leverage the success of this event to do more with GhanaThink and in Ghana afterwards. Adapt, Empower, Measure! We're looking for applicants, as this is open to citizens of Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia. If you...

There have been 2 Junior Camps at St. Augustine's College and I haven't been to any of them. I will make sure to go the next one. Funny thing is, if we allow  +Wilson Seyram Ameamu  and his Augusco boys, they will have a Junior Camp every single term. I couldn't attend JCAugusco on June 14th because I was in Ho attending the funeral of the late Eli Aidam, a  +GhanaThink Foundation  member who helped start  +Barcamp Ho . Thankfully, the  +Junior Camp Ghana  (JCG) program is in able hands, and its team members  +Nathaniel Alpha ,  +Eunice Mintah Young  and  +francis kumadoh  are able to hold the events down pat. The second JCAugusco was a success, with the support of the  +Barcamp Cape Coast  team. This was the 6th Junior Camp following that on  January 30, 2013  at  +Keta Senior High Technical School , on  July 13, 2013  at Kalpohin Senior High School, the first #JCAugusco on   J...

Junior Camp Ketasco started us off on   January 30 , 2013. The +Junior Camp Ghana  program expanded with Junior Camp Kalpohin on  July 13 ,  2013. St. Augustine's College grew it more on  July 27 , 2013. JCG is now 9 events strong. The team made up of +Nathaniel Alpha +Pedel Oppong   +francis kumadoh   +Kofi Kafui Kornu +Eunice Mintah Young , Esinam Yevu have been doing a great job. Award-winning blogger Francis , who joined the +GhanaThink Foundation  after attending +Barcamp Cape Coast  & organizing a National Volunteer Day (NVDay) activity in 2013, blogged about the JCG journey so far in a press release that's been published on +ModernGhana.com . Kudos to +Gameli Adzaho   +Naomi Selorm   +Wilson Seyram Ameamu   +Christabel Dadzie   +Freda Obeng-Ampofo   +patrick Boakye   +Christian Junior Worgbah   +Dominic Hotor   +Thelma Boamah  and co who have played instrumental roles in making...

I've blogged about the +Junior Camp Ghana  program various times on this blog. We're coming off the month of June which had 3 Junior Camps in schools in separate regions of Ghana. I'm proud of the work the team has been doing. +Nathaniel Alpha +Pedel Oppong   +francis kumadoh   +Kofi Kafui Kornu +Eunice Mintah Young , Esinam Yevu have been doing a great job. Eunice , a Ghana Institute of Journalism graduate, is availing herself to her marketing role and wrote this press release that's been published on +ModernGhana.com  and +spyghana.com . Read below. Junior Camp Ghana (JCG) is a program by the GhanaThink Foundation , an NGO based in both USA and Ghana, that has been engaging the minds of numerous students in the regions of Ghana since its inception in 2013. Junior Camp Ghana was birthed when Nathaniel Alpha , who is currently the Team Lead, initiated the maiden event at Keta Senior High School after participating in “ BarCamp Tema 2012 ”. This event w...