Glocal Citizens

This episode marks my last conversation from the road for the time being. Wrapping up my Winter 2020 tour, I had the pleasure of meeting with Akua Gyekye at a bustling London eatery—please pardon the sound. Akua is Facebook’s Public Policy Manager for Africa and MENA Elections; she focuses on issues relating privacy, safety and security, freedom of expression, the impact of the Internet on economi...

From Lagos, I traveled to London in early March 2020 where I met COO of LinkCommerce.com, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame is another of those definitive glocal citizens that I love to visit with. Ghanaian by parentage, he grew up in both Europe and Ghana and has lived and worked in a number of countries across the globe. Kwame is an innovative, results driven entrepreneur, with extensive experience in tec...

From Lagos, I traveled to London in early March 2020 where I met COO of LinkCommerce.com, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame is another of those definitive glocal citizens that I love to visit with. Ghanaian by parentage, he grew up in both Europe and Ghana and has lived and worked in a number of countries across the globe. Kwame is an innovative, results driven entrepreneur, with extensive experience in tec...

For this week’s episode, I am rounding out my Lagos tour with a visit to the famed @JazzholeLagos cafe and bookshop in Ikoyi where I met Funsho Ogundipe composer of the Glocal Citizens theme music 419afrobeat.com featuring the legend and recently departed Tony Allen. Funsho is a Nigerian pianist, music director and composer, he is known for his work with the Afrobeat band Ayetoro. As musical direc...

Greetings, Glocal Citizens! In this interview, I am still in Lagos, Nigeria at the offices of Osaretin Oswald Guobadia, co-founder, EVP and COO of DBH Solutions, a building infrastructure and top tier technology solutions provider in West Africa. “Oz" or “Ozzie" as his friends call him, is a business strategy and technology consultant with over 20 years’ experience. His interests also span venture...

Greetings, Glocal Citizens! One of my last trips of 2020 was to Lagos, Nigeria where I took in the 2020 edition of Social Media Week Lagos and met up with a few long-time friends. First up is Amaechi Okobi, Group Head Corporate Communications and External Relations at Access Bank PLC. Amaechi is a marketing and communications professional with over 20 years marketing experience having worked in co...

Welcome back Glocal Citizens! Thanks for joining us for the third and final installment of our conversation with Bushcraft entrepreneur, Asio Highsmith. in this episode, we dive deeper into the art and craft of forging new relationships with the environment. Check out the show notes from Part 1 of this series, to get to know a bit more about Asio’s background. Please do comment, share and if you h...

Hello all, thanks for joining me for another episode of Glocal Citizens. I am currently in Accra, Ghana social distancing and on lockdown like most of the world in an effort to stay safe and stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. I recorded this interview with Actor/Model/Entrepreneur, Asio Highsmith earlier this year and given his passion for the land, it is a right o...

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For the next few episodes we'll be digging deep into the mind of Actor/Model/Entrepreneur, Asio Highsmith. On screens and print you may have seen Asio in some of our all time TV favs like Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit or in campaigns for Capital One Bank, Art of Shaving or Land's End. And, if you're familiar with Fort Greene, Brooklyn, you ma...

Hello again from Reykjavik! This week I'm sitting down with another fellow podcaster and Ghanaian, Edem Adzaho. Edem is a Writer, Educator and traveller, who is passionate about helping people take steps in the direction of their greatness. She hosts the Vamejo Travel Podcast, where she helps shape the positive narrative of Africa by talking to Africans and non-Africans passionate about traveling...

In this episode I'm in Reykjavik, Iceland getting my full winter on adjusting to six hours of daylight while gazing out at sideways blowing, sleety snow. While there was a bit too much weather to see the Northern Lights, I did have a chance to visit with fellow podcast host and Digital Creator, Jewells Chambers of the All Things Iceland podcast. Jewells was born and bred in the Bushwick, a neighbo...

This week my guest is Jamaican-Ghanaian Morris Sinclair, founder of Motherland Media, a PR and tourism marketing focused on promoting Ghana as the premier destination for Afro-tourism, business, cultural learning and lifestyle events. In his work and travels Morris leverages his international business contacts and key trusted partnerships to ensure that his clients benefit from curated public-priv...

Welcome back to the Glocal Citizens Podcast. We'll be spending the next two episodes with interdisciplinary artist, photographer, and architect--Asare Adjei. Asare is a Ghanaian-British living and working between London (UK) and Accra (Ghana). Asare’s work captures an essence of humanity and the duality of existence by the juxtaposing of various visual elements, materials and symbology to create a...

Welcome back to the Glocal Citizens Podcast. We'll be spending the next two episodes with interdisciplinary artist, photographer, and architect--Asare Adjei. Asare is a Ghanaian-British living and working between London (UK) and Accra (Ghana). Asare’s work captures an essence of humanity and the duality of existence by the juxtaposing of various visual elements, materials and symbology to create a...

This week we meet social innovator, Valarie Labi at the iDE-International Development Enterprises offices in the heart of Accra's innovation hub in Osu. Valarie is the iDE Country Director and founder of Sama Sama, a social enterprise catalysing sanitation and hygiene markets by integrating the entire sanitation value chain and with the aim of providing toilets to more than 300,000 people by the e...

In Part 2, we pick pick up the conversation with an introduction to the newest offering in Nana’s bliss portfolio, the Bliss Wellness Center, and we learn more about how her work with children is tackling the unspoken traumas inherent in the global child trafficking crisis. More about Nana and her work: Bliss Yoga Accra @nanaamoakoanin on IG @blissyogaaccra on IG TEDx Accra Oprah Magazine Touch a...

Hello Glocal Citizens! For the next two part interview, I visit with Nana Amoako-Anin, founder and owner of Bliss Yoga Accra and the Bliss Wellness Center at her lovely home in Accra, Ghana. In Part 1, Nana tells us about her transition from New York City powerhouse attorney to Accra-based wellness ambassador and market-maker. More about Nana and her work: Bliss Yoga Accra @nanaamoakoanin on IG @b...

This week, Glocal Citizens is coming to you from the DANN Residence in the East Legon neighborhood of Accra, Ghana. Our guest is DANN Residence owner, Amma Gyampo. Amma is an Entrepreneur at heart and advisor to Africa-focused Investors and SMEs on topics including Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Strategy, Diaspora Engagement, Sustainable Development, Impact Investment and Hospitality. With...

Hello again, Glocal Citizens! This week I catch up with Ghanaian-American entrepreneur, Leslie Bentil of Gutta Soles from his current home base in Switzerland (hence, we sound a little different this week over the phone line). GUTTA SOLES was established in 2012 in Accra, Ghana. The company's initial intention was to design a shoe that was durable enough to handle surface conditions in Africa. It...

In Part 2 of our conversation, Emmanuel goes into detail about what it takes to be a non-fiction storyteller in Africa, the ins and outs of working with major networks such as CNN and National Geographic, and what’s on his screens these days. Links of Interest Find out more about Emmanuel and the Refined Creative vision here . and On Linkedin On IG @emmanetim What's Emmanuel watching? Longmire on...

Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest for the next two episodes is Emmanuel Etim, founder of Refined Creative. Emmanuel is a Nigerian-American that now calls Accra home base of operations offering production and training services with the goal of raising awareness of international development and innovations through visual storytelling. In Part 1 of our discussion Emmanuel tells us about his early e...

In Part 2, we delve into the business of waste in Ghana and how Environment360 is making an impact with their programs in schools and in increasing number of communities across Ghana. Links of Interest Cordie Aziz on LinkedIn Environment360 Jaku and the Earth Defenders – Malaria Madness Special Guest: Cordie Aziz.

I’m excited to launch the Glocal Citizens Podcast with one of my favorite people here in Accra, Ghana. In this episode, I meet with Cordie Aziz, Founder and Executive Director of Environment360 at her office in the Adenta, Accra, Ghana. Environment360 harnesses the value of waste by creating inclusive waste systems that have economic and environmental impact in the communities that they serve. In...

Greetings Glocal Citizens! Let me introduce myself, I'm your host Florence Amerley Adu. I'm CEO and co-founder of LEAP Transmedia. Our vision is to seeds and sows a fertile ground for improving education and economic outcomes for Ghanaians and Africans across the diaspora. Do you dream about “doing something” abroad? Then consider Glocal Citizens required listening in the due diligence, trusted ad...