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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  was joined by team member  +krystabel vorsah  and Chris