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GhanaThink via Barcamp Ghana driving Tema's communities to be more entreprising and create wealth

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BarCamp Tema 2019 is a free networking forum bringing people together for a day of learning, sharing, networking and mentoring. It would be held at the Ghana Ports & Harbour Authority's Conference Room (2nd Floor, GPHA Towers) on June 15 . The theme is " Building enterprising communities, and creating wealth ." Barcamp Tema 2019 seeks to raise a community of young people who are very able and ingenious in business dealings (enterprising) and would be able to make money and create wealth. The #bctema resources lead, Peter Asare Nyarko who has also run multiple financial literacy breakouts at Barcamps adds: “ True wealth is about a lot more than just money. Yes, it’s true that financial independence is all about money, but living a wealthy life isn’t. This distinction is critical ”. Barcamp Tema is organized primarily by the GhanaThink Foundation , an organization based both in Ghana and the USA. GhanaThink has successfully organized 96 BarCamps in Ghana , as...

#MIghTyAfrican origins: Tertiary Education at Stanford

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On January 11, 2019, I  joined the  Success Drive  Whatsapp platform to be featured, share, answer questions, etc.   This was set up by Derrick Obeng of  Campus Radio Ghana . This was similar to the conversation I had with the  NUGS Volta Region Bloc Women's Platform  to share and discuss  volunteeringh , following after  Barcamp Ho  coordinator  Courage Christson Tetteh  had done something similar with them earlier.  Pamela Klutse  made that one happen and I blogged about it as well. 2 awesome people who all were part of the  Barcamp Ho 2018   organizing team. We discussed many things on the Success Drive  show , it was like a hot seat -  #KonnectKouch  ( watch this space ).  Edith Bannerman , the host, asked me: " So studying at  MIT  and Stanford ? How did that go? "  I picked up  #MightyAfrican  from my tertiary education in the US.  Let's dig int...

#MIghTyAfrican origins: Tertiary Education at MIT

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I was approached by Derrick Obeng of Campus Radio Ghana to join their Success Drive Whatsapp platform to be featured, share, answer questions, etc. This happened on January 11, 2019. I loved the conversation I had with the  NUGS Volta Region Bloc Women's Platform  to share and discuss volunteeringh , following after Barcamp Ho  coordinator  Courage Christson Tetteh  had done something similar with them earlier.  Pamela Klutse  made that one happen and I blogged about it as well. 2 awesome people who all were part of the  Barcamp Ho 2018   organizing team. We discussed many things on the Success Drive show , it was like a hot seat - #KonnectKouch ( watch this space ). Edith Bannerman , the host, asked me: " So studying at  MIT  and Stanford ? How did that go? "  I picked up  #MightyAfrican  from my tertiary education in the US.  Let's dig into that. I hope you find some oil you can use.  Studying at...

Listing Leadership Lines

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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...