Chale, There Has To Be More

From Biomedical Engineering to Public Health Impact: Daniel’s Career Journey from Ghana to Lesotho I host my former mentor Daniel, a Ghanaian biomedical engineer currently in Lesotho, to discuss career, impact, and personal growth. Daniel explains choosing biomedical engineering over medicine due to an interest in improving health beyond conventional treatment, later adding nutrition and fitness c...

"Chale, There Has to Be More" | Ghana at 69 — Present & Future (Part 2) We're back with Part 2 of our Ghana conversation! In this episode, we continue with UncleSam and BenO as we move from Ghana's past into its present realities and future possibilities. We talk about why there is still reason to hope — from young Ghanaians groping in the dark who just need someone to swit...

In today's episode, I bring in a couple of fellow Ghanaians to talk about Ghana. We reminisce on the journey of Ghana and what the horizon looks like in the future. We talk about how Ghanaians at home and the diaspora can collaborate to build a stronger Ghana. We laugh and we reflect. The passion and love for Ghana comes through the episode and I hope you are encouraged to brighten the corner...

Roots in Kumasi, Faith in America: Ben on Community, Discipline, and ‘There Has to Be More’ I chat Benjamin Amankwah (“Ben”), a church “big brother,” about learning selflessness from home and church, encountering God young, and how church discipline, deep Sunday school teaching, strong mentors (including Maa Grace and others), and a motivating peer community shaped his faith and academics, includi...

Chale, There Has to Be More: Growth Mindsets, Habits, and Adulting in America I launch my podcast “Chale, There Has to Be More” and welcome my first guests—Maame, who just finished a PhD in biomedical engineering, and Togo, two longtime friends from Ghana who came to the U.S. around the same time as me and share a growth mindset. We talk about why this podcast fits who we’ve become, how reading an...