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Join a network of change-makers, doers, and entrepreneurs at #BarcampTakoradi 2025 where you can learn, share, network, konnect and be mentored. This free networking forum is happening on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at the Shippers Council Conference Hall , Takoradi from 9am-4pm . It is themed: Impact | Innovation | Quality . Barcamp Takoradi 2025 follows 120+ Barcamps organized primarily by the GhanaThink Foundation as part of the Barcamp Ghana program. Dora Agyapongma Ampaabeng was introduced to Barcamps in 2014 through Herbert Achempong who she befriended via Curious Minds. She decided to take advantage of the social enterprise (GhanaThink) to get to know people. Her first Barcamp was at Takoradi Technical University (formerly Takoradi Poly) and she enjoyed speaking to people with diverse opinions. In an interview with Y 97.9 FM , she stated: “Right after that, I became a volunteer with the logistics team. Everything around GhanaThink taught me the need to volunteer and giv...

For 15+ years, GhanaThink through Barcamp Ghana has consistently delivered on its promise to empower Ghanaian youth, help drive their personal development, and foster innovation across Ghana . Operating as a social enterprise, GhanaThink Foundation ensures that the program is not only impactful but also strategically managed for long-term sustainability. The extensive reach, high participant engagement, powerful online testimonials via #BarcampGhanaImpact, and the tangible successes of its alumni, including the many named individuals, clearly demonstrate Barcamp Ghana's profound and enduring contribution to Ghana's human capital development. Barcamps in Ghana are free networking forums . The resource personnels for these have been REAL. REAL stands for Resourceful, Experienced and Accomplished with a proven record of great Leadership skills and impact. Some of the recent mentors at Barcamps - post covid-19 - have included Awura Abena Agyeman, Nathan Quao, Isaac Sesi, Ese...

“Imagine you have gone to your favorite bar in Ghana with a few friends, amidst a lot of people you do not know. It is like you have camped at a bar. You would have conversations that matter to you. Now, remove the alcohol, the music, add a lot more groups of friends, add the strangers, networki ng, interaction and keep the good vibes . Then you have a Barcamp”. Ato Ulzen-Appiah , the director of the GhanaThink Foundation talks about how he and his fellow co-founders learnt about Barcamps, participated in one in the Googleplex in California ( Barcamp Africa 2008 ), organized the first one in Ghana and have now taken it personal, towards its vision of building a critical mass of young patriotic, passionate, positive, proactive, progressive and productive people in Ghana . A Barcamp, according to GhanaThink, is a free forum which is all about learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. The GhanaThink Foundation is a social enterprise that mobilizes and organizes talent for the prim...