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Hello 2019! I am 35 years old now. That is a watershed moment age. Just after my birthday, I was named African Male Youth of the Year 2018. You can read about it on various news sources and read what I also said about it here . In 2019 and beyond, I want to be an even better leader. Yeap. bit.ly/VimViewsVersions I want to write about more posts around leadership like I have done in the past too . But the point of this blog post is to share with you some cool articles written about me , praising my leadership abilities, etc. Ato Ulzen-Appiah is a Ghanaian Star https://www.konnectafrica.net/ato-ulzen-appiah-is-a-ghanaian-star/ I met Ato Ulzen-Appiah http://tokpatic.nandaseye.com/i-met-ato-ulzen-appiah/ Meet Ato Ulzen Appiah, the Mighty African Who Shuns Speaking and Acts to Motivate https://amoafowaa.com/2014/12/22/meet-ato-ulzen-appiah-the-mighty-african-who-shuns-speaking-and-acts-to-motivate/ 9 heroes of modern day Ghana worth celebrating just as Dr. Nkruma...

Many thanks for all the support you have all given my blog over the years, especially last year. I set a goal to write 233 blog posts and I met it , even though it was extremely hard.  I have set the same goal for myself this year and though I am behind schedule I shall meet it again. I hope you enjoy the ride, get inspired, learn a few things, have a number of laughs and become an avid reader, and commenter, and sharer :-) I have been nominated for the Blogging and Social Media Awards organized by  +BloggingGhana . This is happening as part of their +BlogCamp Ghana  event. I am nominated for best male blogger - (Ato Ulzen-Appiah), best blog (mightyafrican.blogspot.com + +Mighty African ) and best Google+ profile (+AtoUlzenAppiah).  Kindly go to  www.blogcampghana.com/voting/  and vote massively for me to win. It's a fairly easy process to do so.  It's interesting to see how I have almost 3 times the number of followers on Google+ as on Twitte...

I was invited to host the #MomoAccra ( Mobile Monday ) end-of-year party at +233 Jazz Bar & Grill together with Dorothy Gordon, the Director-General at the KACE-AITI . The main organizer,  +Nana Fosu  directed me, to talk through some major developments that happened on the tech scene in Ghana. I loved the positive energy during the event and the positive news people left the venue with. A celebration of our achievements and accomplishments. Proof that we are succeeding and making things happen. Music to my ears. I led the discussion to bring out many things that happened in Ghana's tech industry this year. There's more to come, with an eye on the over-subscribed  +Barcamp Accra  happening on  December 23rd  at the  World Bank office , but let's recap some of what has happened in this year. Ghana had been crying for iHub type spaces and then after  +mFriday 's Tech Hub was launched last year, 2013 saw the launch and opening of 2 com...

Today at the #MomoAccra end-of-year party at +233 Jazz Bar & Grill,  +Nana Fosu  directed me, the host, to talk through some major developments that happened on the tech scene in Ghana. Lovely idea. A chance to celebrate accolades chalked, accomplishments met and good news lived. I haven't been as present on the tech scene in Ghana due to work commitments at  +Rancard  but I've followed many of what has happened. I led the discussion to bring out many things that happened in Ghana's tech industry this year. There's more to come, with an eye on the over-subscribed  +Barcamp Accra  happening on December 23rd at the World Bank office , but let's recap some of what has happened in this year. The Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Ghana (WASPAG) was formed to unify the voices of players in the tech (especially mobile) industry and help shape policy and regulate the industry. It's also to support local tech innovation. Companies th...

The first time I heard of +kobla nyomi  was when he'd gone to participate in the Google Internship program in Zurich in 2010. For an Ashesi student, it's a regular occurrence for one to do an internship with a top-class company or institution for the summer, but this is Google we are talking about here. Kobla was one to watch . I'm not sure I met him in person until I was at Rancard. So now I've been watching him . Late last month, he won the MTN Apps Challenge in Ghana, picking up a cool GHC 10,000 and a trip to San Francisco. Are you going to have a watch on him now? :-) Sometime this year, when I was thinking through cool Ghanaian apps and technologies, I remembered that Kobla Nyomi had built an Oware computer game. It was a 3D app and on Android too. I googled for info on it and found very little, apart from this Ashesi.edu post and another. So I asked him, " What happened to the app? " He said something like " Oh, I haven't really touched ...

I didn't wake up remembering that today was 23-3. I knew it was 23rd March, the day of Blogcamp Ghana 2013 aka #blogcamp13 . But did I remember that the date itself was 23-3-2013? As in, 23rd day of the 3 month? Nah. But do you get it? Today was 23-3 . That's like the perfect day to signify the number 233 , which is Ghana's number. I guess every 23rd March is gonna occupy a special place in my heart. The #233moments posts at 2:33pm on every 23rd March will be that extra special. But like I said, today was the day many bloggers and social media enthusiasts gathered at Blogcamp. But boy, was it an interesting day! I had been approached by a Presec mate during the week to do some lessons on how to use social media to some people taking a professional course on this day. I told him I couldn't do it because I would be at Blog Camp and that everyone I knew who could do this would be there too. If you could do this, but weren't gonna be at BlogCamp if you were ava...

Blogcamp 2013 happened today. On 23-3-2013. :-) Over 400 blogging and social media enthusiasts gathered to learn more about digital media, network, share ideas and commune. There was also the small matter of the Ghana Social Media Awards 2013. Here is the list of winners. Best Original Content poetrysoundbites.blogspot.co.uk Best Creative, Literary Short Stories, Poetry Blog ganyobinaa.com Best Organisational Blog accradotalttours.wordpress.com Best Technology Blog techy-africa.com Best Citizen Journalism Blog circumspecte.com Organisation with Best Social Media Presence Vodafone Ghana Personality with Best Social Media Presence MutomboPercy the Poet (@MutomboDaPoet) Best   Business   & Commerce Blog estockanalysisblog.com Best Showbiz and Entertainment Blog ameyawdebrah.com Best   Lifestyle Blog ganyobinaa.com Best Activist Blog adventuresfrom.com Best Photo Blog africaphotographer.blogspot.com Best Bl...

The very first  Ghana National Youth Achievers Awards (NYAA)  were held under the auspices of President John Dramani Mahama on October 25 this year. Congratulations to all the winners, some of which I am proud to know personally. I already reacted to the whole NYAA, but let's dig into the winners proper. Because just giving you the list is boring. If you wanna learn some more, say #morevim! Sarkodie and Becca won for Music. BET Award wins, Channel O nominations, Museke Awards wins, they deserved it. Jackie Appiah won for Performing Arts, she's not the fairest Ghanaian, so she must be doing very well as an actress because of her acting skills :-p. She's still cute too, those IPMC billboards do her some good justice. Jackie's best ever casting was in The Perfect Picture , arguably one of Ghana's best ever movies. The director of that movie, Shirley Frimpong-Manso won for film.  The Fashion winner is surprising as it is refreshing, Fred Deegbe's Heel the...

The manner in which I first heard about the Ghana National Youth Achievers Awards (NYAA) were  some interesting circumstances. First, they was the notion that some of the organizers behind it should not have been behind it or should have been supporting something else that I support. And then my mother also called me about it saying my aunt was encouraging me to apply. The Awards were held recently and many deserving people that I know of won but I never ended up applying. But the latter part is not the point, the former - celebrating Ghanaian youth achievement is the point of this blog post. But I still have to tell you why I didn't apply. First, I wasn't excited by the involvement of CharterHouse (which organizes entertainment type awards shows, what would that mean for these awards?) and RLG (who as a tech company is not exactly supporting innovation in Ghana like it should, yeah I said it). And then you have the government angle, endorsed by the sitting president, Joh...

One of Museke's proudest moments! DR Congo crooner Fally Ipupa , Senegal’s Viviane Ndour and Didier Awadi were the top winners at the 2011 Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards that took place on September 24 in New York City. The ceremony happened amidst cheers and proud celebrations from fans of African music and African musicians alike. Afrotainment’s studios were given a makeover in preparation for the event that will certainly have left a great impression on all involved. Benin’s very own Angelique Kidjo , gave an impromptu acapella performance following her acceptance of her award. Kidjo was recipient of the Afrotainment MOAMA 2011’s Lifetime Achievement Award - her first ever, which she said she was glad that it was an award bestowed upon her by fellow Africans. The show was hosted by Afrotainment presenters, Zimbabwe’s Farai Gundan - who was dressed by Nigerian haute couture designer Alphadi - and Zambia’s Tivo Shikapwashya . The red carpet ceremony was h...

Our favorite African music website, Museke.com is having one of its proudest moments this Saturday on the occasion of the Afrotainment Museke Online Africa Music Awards. Read the press release announcing the performers, etc below Fally Ipupa and Viviane Ndour headline 2011 Afrotainment Museke Online African Music Awards performers! …. Angelique Kidjo to win Lifetime Achievement Award Afrotainment Family of Channels and Museke Inc have gone all out in ensuring that the first ever broadcasted Afrotainment Museke Online Africa Music Awards will be a mélange of African creativity. The event will fuse elements of dance, fashion and music in celebrating the best in African music, as chosen by the fans. A Celebration of African Creativity Rwandan-born Iyadede will join melodic Viviane Ndour of Senegal, Ghana’s own highly acclaimed wordsmith Blitz the Ambassador , Afropean sisters Les Nubians and the increasingly popular Congolese star Fally Ipupa will all be providing a...