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It's your voice that everyone wants to hear. Have an idea or dream? Get Started, With a Nescafe. @Abocco is from Ghana. He is one of the great talents getting started in Africa. #getstartedafrica pic.twitter.com/C5nuPlGVUP — NESCAFÉ Africa (@NescafeAfrica) April 24, 2015 Here's a video where I talk about my passions,  +Barcamp Ghana  amongst other things. Watch it and be inspired to get your dream started.

I've blogged about the  +Junior Camp Ghana  program started and grew. As part of providing value to high school students in Ghana, primarily through, we organized Junior Camps in Ketasco , Kalpohin and Augusco .  +GhanaThink Foundation 's Junior Camp Ghana program has grown into 21 events since January 2013. It includes a collaboration with the +Ahaspora Ghana  Young Professionals in mentoring some senior high school students. Our first major partner is  +Webster University 's Ghana campus, which we truly appreciate. Our +Diaspora Camp  member  +Thelma Boamah  applied for a grant to run an internship program for high school students last year. After working through it, getting the grant and supporting more junior camps, we are at the point where the Junior Camp Ghana Internship Program is live. Before I leave you with details, I'll like to recognize those who have led us to this point under the leadership of Thelma.  +Gamel...

I've done what people will call emceeing at many Barcamps in Ghana. I'm the default  +Barcamp Ghana  emcee, but am trying to change that. I won't be emceeing +Barcamp Accra  this Saturday. This year, I've emceed the weddings of my two sisters. I'm not sure I did a great job but I will do this better and better. Who knows? I should get  +Kafui Dey MC 's "How to MC any event" book. Maybe I'll become a professional emcee.  On December 3, 2014, I emceed the Vodafone Ghana AppStar Awards and Exhibition at the Fiesta Royale Hotel . This was the first I had emceed a professional event. I wasn't able to experience the event like an attendee because I was a different kind of participant. But that's why there is Twitter and hashtags :-) I announced the day on Twitter. 2:33pm in #Accra , #Ghana . The @VodafoneGhana Appstar winners will be announced tonight. Stay tuned to #AppStarGH for more. #233moments — Ato #bcaccra Dec 20 (@Abocco) Decembe...

It's been a busy year for the +Barcamp Ghana  program. On Saturday, we have our 14th Barcamp this year, which will also be the 8th Barcamp in Accra, since 2008. Barcamp Accra 2014 is a free networking forum where people will learn from, share and network with each other. It's a place for you to get inspired, motivated, connected, learn about opportunities, learn, share, promote in a fun environment. You won't get the full picture until you come. Or check out some photos . We've championed people starting up, making change, doing and being entreprising. For this Barcamp, we'll focus on how to grow what has been started and is doing well. Go on, register here ! The +Barcamp Accra  team has seen a lot of changes, and this is also mostly because the  +GhanaThink Foundation  is growing. Folks move on to new roles, responsibilities, etc. As such this year's team is pretty new. In fact, most of the core team was not directly involved in organizing Barcamp Accra 20...

Today, I was on TV3's New Day morning show talking about the +Ghana Volunteer Program . I went with  +Dieu-Donne Gameli  who organized an NVDay activity  this year , as well as Utopia Wishlist's  +Kofi Asare Aboagye  who organized NVDay activities  last year and this year . Bridget Otoo asked us some great questions, especially about +GhanaThink Foundation  too. Many thanks to  +nana aba Anamoah  who set up this interview. On this occasion of International Volunteer Day, the GVP team is using this opportunity to promote volunteerism in Ghana and account for its work so far. You can read more about this from our press release below. Aside our TV3 interview, we have a lot of media engagement as part of the anniversary.  +William Osilaja Boampong  of the GVP team was joined by  +klenam fiadzoe , an NVDay14 activity organizer with the Rotaract Club of Accra South, interviewed by +Benkoku Avle . The GVP lead  +Ela Asare ...

I sit in my father's home office in Kumasi as I type this blog post. +Barcamp Kasoa  is tomorrow morning. I won't be there. I'll be in Kumasi like I was today for my sister +Stacey Mensah 's engagement. She gets married tomorrow and aside collecting 'akonta sekan' amongst other things, I have to emcee the reception. Just like I did for Tracey Mensah's wedding which fell on the same day as Barcamp Ashesi . I trust the  +Barcamp Kasoa  organizing team, ably supported by the  +Barcamp Ghana  team, to hold a successful Barcamp tomorrow. This will be our 41st Barcamp, after  +Barcamp Sunyani  last weekend, which was the 40th. Go,  +GhanaThink Foundation , go! Barcamp Kasoa was born out of the initiative of  +Elorm Billy-Awittor  &  +Mawuli Tsikata  who wanted to bring the Barcamp goodness to Kasoa. The first event faced a number of challenges, including the serious thought of considering having it at Methodist University Coll...

I first learnt about Jumia via a billboard in Lagos (on the main bridge connecting the island and the mainlands) sometime in 2013. I was in Las Gidi working with external and internal clients for Rancard. Given what we know about putting billboards and their costs, I was giddy about seeing these - for an ecommerce website nonetheless. I later found out it was a ‘popular’ website for Nigerians to buy items online. Amazon for Nigeria . This month, still Africa’s leading online retailer, Jumia , launched in Ghana. Ghana is the latest African country Jumia is operating in. Akwaaba, Jumia . Jumia first launched in 2012 and has already successfully brought e-commerce to Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Uganda and Cameroon . If you know more about Jumia, you know it’s actually managed by Rocket Internet , one of the most aggressive tech companies worldwide. With German type efficiency and American type aggression and African type resourcefulness, Jumia is growing...