Podcasts by Glocal Citizens
Do you dream about “doing something” abroad? Then consider Glocal Citizens required listening in the due diligence, trusted advisor and inspiration department. In each episode, your host, Florence Adu visits with dynamic diasporans making local and global impact designing and applying their craft. Florence and her guests discuss the personal and professional dimensions of glocal citizenship and round out the conversation with a deep dive into to the business of their business, covering the technical and operational components of the work of “doing something."
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Episode 201: On Becoming a Public Health Champion with Fiona Gambanga from 2023-12-12T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is a fellow podcaster and we met as fellow members of a global #BWiD (Black Women in Development) Connect networking group. Born and raised in Harare, ...
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Episode 199: Intelligence as a Way of Business with Suki Fuller Part 2 from 2023-12-05T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe a...
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Episode 200: Angel Fair Africa @10 with Eric Osiakwan Part 1 from 2023-11-28T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, we interrupt our scheduled Part 2 conversation with Suki Fuller to give some shine to a milestone event taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. Co-founded by ...
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Episode 198: Intelligence as a Way of Business with Suki Fuller Part 1 from 2023-11-21T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In some circles, my guest for this two-part episode could be thought of as a spy by a different name. With roots in Jamaica, and raised between the Middle East, Europe a...
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Episode 197: Distilling Lifescapes From the Road with Dante Bowen Hendricks from 2023-11-14T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I’m joined by a longtime friend as we both were about to hit the road for weekend adventures fitting our global missions. Photographer, Dante Bowen Hendricks fo...
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Episode 196: Thoughts on the African Dream with Nyamal Tutdeal from 2023-11-07T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode is like the jetway bridging me between my two locations this week. From my Continental base in Accra, South Sudanese-Ethiopian-American, Nyamal Tutdea...
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Episode 195: Shaping Pan-African Progress with Christa Elise Sanders from 2023-10-31T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the opportunity to catch up with Christa Eiise Sanders, an International Education professional with over 20 years of progressively responsible and divers...
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Episode 194: Inside the Singer’s Voice with Jeremiah Abiah from 2023-10-23T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I have the pleasure getting to know a longtime friend even better from insights into his professional world. An internationally recognized recording artist, voc...
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Episode 193: On Catalytic Capital with The Money Maker, Eric Collins from 2023-10-17T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this week’s episode I found myself in a hidden gem of a community in East London with a not so hidden gem in the European investment space, Eric Collins. Eric, born ...
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Episode 192: Always Mentally Prepared with Ky Adderley Part 2 from 2023-10-10T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Light...
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Episode 191: Always Mentally Prepared with Ky Adderley Part 1 from 2023-10-03T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Light...
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Episode 190: Come Chop with Stanley Lumax from 2023-09-05T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting a social innovator who intersects not only my local experiences in Brooklyn and Accra, he is the husband of my gue...
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Episode 189: Venture Capital for the Mulitcultural Mainstream with Garnet Heraman from 2023-08-29T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the pleasure of hosting the gentleman who opened the invitation to what is now Glocal Citizens. As you listen to the episode, you’ll under...
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Episode 188: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 2 from 2023-08-22T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and cre...
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Episode 187: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 1 from 2023-08-15T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re traveling from Canada to the north of Ghana and back again in this two part conversation with Ghanaian-Canadian, Hawa Kombian. As an intentional, passionate and cre...
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Episode 186: Beaming Bold with Audra Gordon from 2023-08-08T05:00
Hi there Glocal Citizens! If you like the idea of being bold, you’ll love the idea of “Beaming Bold”after listening in on thes conversation with my guest, Aurda Gordon. Audra’s journey began in the...
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Episode 185: Building An Ecosystem for Youth Development with Kojo North from 2023-08-01T05:00
August Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off my favorite month of the year (it’s my birthday month) is a Ghanaian Brit by way of the Netherlands, Kojo North. A proud Ghanaian, Kojo has built a su...
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Episode 184: On Being a Science Mercenary with Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Part 2 from 2023-07-25T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator...
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Episode 183: On Being a Science Mercenary with Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Part 1 from 2023-07-18T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we’re taking a trip to the stars and back with astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator...
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Episode 182: Branding Experiences with Begay Downes-Thomas from 2023-07-11T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode comes to you from Dakar, by way of New York City and [Banjul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjul "smartCard-inline) in The Gambia. My guest, Gambia...
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Episode 181: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 3 from 2023-07-04T05:00
Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episod...
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Episode 180: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 2 from 2023-06-27T05:00
Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episod...
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Episode 179: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 1 from 2023-06-20T05:00
Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! I’m fresh off of a couple of weeks of ramping up the summer in Europe where the sun was truly a superstar right alongside my guest for the next few episod...
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Episode 178: When Women Speak with Aseye Tamakloe Part 2 from 2023-06-13T07:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at...
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Episode 177: When Women Speak with Aseye Tamakloe Part 1 from 2023-06-06T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at...
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Episode 176: The Generative Artist's Way with Kai Turner from 2023-05-30T05:00
Greeting Glocal Citizens! This week we’re visiting the US’s Golden State (https://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/state-symbols/nickname-golden-state/) in a back-to-the-future kind of moment. A New York nati...
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Episode 175: Innovation in Acculturation with Kobina Ankomah Graham Part 2 from 2023-05-23T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Bri...
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Episode 174: Innovation in Acculturation with Kobina Ankomah Graham Part 1 from 2023-05-16T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Ghanaian-Briton, DJ, lecturer, cultural writer and researcher Kobina “Kobby” Ankomah Graham. Raised between the alternate realities of Ghana and Bri...
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Episode 173: Coming Home to Belong with Dr. Juleen Christopher Part 2 from 2023-05-09T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day)...
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Episode 172: Coming Home to Belong with Dr. Juleen Christopher Part 1 from 2023-05-02T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off the midway point between the Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice--the reason behind the ancient observation of May Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day)...
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Episode 171: Destination Africa with Abena and Ekow Richardson from 2023-04-25T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we’re back on the trailblazing path and once again, it is all about Destination Africa! Our guides are my guests, the Ghanaian-Briton duo Abena a...
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Episode 170: Sistah Scifi and our Afrofuturist Present with Isis Asare Part 2 from 2023-04-18T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanf...
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Episode 169: Sistah Scifi and our Afrofuturist Present with Isis Asare Part 1 from 2023-04-11T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanf...
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Episode 168: On Being Authentic_African with Joannes Hotagua from 2023-04-04T05:00
April Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, we’re venturing west from Ghana along the coast to Sierra Leone by way of the US to settle here in Accra. My guest, Joannes “Joe” Hotagua is a Sierra Leo...
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Episode 167: Herstories 2023: What is your Craft? from 2023-03-28T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast, rather than one last guest rounding out our March 2023 herstories series, I went into our archives with aspecific goal of putting together a sal...
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Episode 166: Indigenous Stories as Monuments and Narrative Activism with Samba Yonga from 2023-03-21T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s herstory comes to us from southern Africa. We’re exploring Zambia in a big way, especially the role that women have played in forward movement in the country...
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Episode 165: Bigger Than Africa with Yasmina Edwards from 2023-03-14T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s herstory comes to us from New York, via France, Benin and Nigeria. Yasmina F. Edwards, born in France, and spending summers traveling to Africa including her...
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Episode 164: Going with Grace with Alua Arthur from 2023-03-07T05:00
March Greetings Glocal Citizens! ICMYI it's Women’s History Month! As is our tradition here on the podcast, all month we’re featuring herstories of women moving and shaking around the world. This ...
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Episode 163: Black History, Black Presence, Black Progress with Dr. T.J Desch-Obi, Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo, Bara Diokhane, Mustapha Njie, and Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz from 2023-02-28T08:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! As February comes to a close, and with it the annual call to attention, remembrance, and action that is Black History Month in North America, I decided to curate a Black ...
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Episode 162: Practicing Positivity with Gabriel Ansah from 2023-02-21T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I’m taking you along with me on one of the stops on my winter tour in the US. Last month my travels took me to Missoula, Montana for the state r...
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Episode 161: Translating Culture and Language in Talking Books with Taiye Ayoola-Adedeji from 2023-02-14T05:00
Valentine’s Day Greetings Glocal Citizens! It’s happy hearts day and this week's episode is especially close to my heart because we’re talking learning and language, culture and heritage in multige...
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Episode 160: Black Mixcellence Part 2 with Colin Asare-Appiah from 2023-02-07T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have Part 2 of the Black Mixcellence duet. Ghanaian-Brit Colin Asare-Appiah joins me to talk the history of the term “mixology,” his journey from bar hand to...
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Episode 159: Black Mixcellence Part 1 with Tamika Hall from 2023-02-02T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I have the first of a “spirited” two-part conversation with the authors of Black Mixcellence--Cuban-Jamaican-American writer, Tamika Hall and another fellow cou...
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Episode 158: To Tour a Nation with Pelu Awofeso from 2023-01-24T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast, it’s another gem of a conversation that started at the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. My guest, Nigerian geologist turned journalist, Pelu ...
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Episode 157: Buy the Book with Eghosa Imasuen from 2023-01-10T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week is a flashback to October 2022 when I spent a weekend with writers at the Pa Gya! Literary Festival (http://writersprojectghana.com/pagyafest/) in Accra. I met...
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Episode 156: On Soft Landings and Star Gazing with Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay Part 2 from 2023-01-03T07:00
Holiday greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast is the first of a two part conversations with architect, artist and multi-faceted creative, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay. Until returning ba...
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Episode 155: On Soft Landings and Star Gazing with Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay Part 1 from 2022-12-27T05:30
Holiday greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast is the first of a two part conversations with architect, artist and multi-faceted creative, Robertson Ahomka-Lindsay. Until returning ba...
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Episode 154: Activism in Techpreneurship with Stacy Kirk from 2022-12-20T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! 'Tis the season of gift giving, and have I got a wonderful gift for you in this week's episode. As an entrepreneur, Agile Transformation Coach, and speaker, my guest, Jam...
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Episode 153: Writing Life's Realities with Michelle Chikaonda Part 2 from 2022-12-13T05:00
Greeting Glocal Citizens! As we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle A...
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Episode 152: Writing Life's Realities with Michelle Chikaonda Part 1 from 2022-12-05T05:00
Greeting Glocal Citizens! As we ease into the last month of 2022, we're adding another country to our Glocal Citizens tour with a trip to Malawi. My guest this week is Malawian-American, Michelle A...
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Episode 151: Food Science and Culinary Innovation with Wanida Lewis Part 2 from 2022-11-29T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We have another two part in depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday ...
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Episode 150: Food Science and Culinary Innovation with Wanida Lewis Part 1 from 2022-11-22T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We have another two part in-depth conversation with a very dynamic Diasporan. Part 1 goes live the week of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The genesis of the holiday ...
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Episode 149: Leveling up Leadership with Michelle Awuku-Tatum Part 2 from 2022-11-15T05:15
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Miche...
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Episode 148: Leveling up Leadership with Michelle Awuku-Tatum Part 1 from 2022-11-08T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is another long-time friend with a transformational vocation--helping leaders meet the challenges of high impact leadership. A British-Ghanaian, Miche...
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Episode 147: A Souljourner Life with Hasira Soul Ashemu from 2022-11-01T05:00
New month greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode is all about roots and rooting. I've known my guest for more than half my life going back to our roots in Denver, Colorado. From our Angeli...
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Episode 146: The Ungrind with Michelle Donald from 2022-10-18T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! I'm back in Accra, hurray for endless summer living! Each year as the summer fades in the northeastern hemisphere, I make my way back to the equatorial region to meet the...
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Episode 145: Fit to Flow with Terry Singh Part 2 from 2022-10-11T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This two part experience will takes us on a journey through multiple planes of being and thought with my guest, fashion designer and trend setter, Terry Singh. Born and...
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Episode 144: Fit to Flow with Terry Singh Part 1 from 2022-10-04T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This two part experience will takes us on a journey through multiple planes of being and thought with my guest, fashion designer and trendsetter, Terry Singh. Born and ...
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Episode 143: Writing History's Present with Anna Malaika Tubbs from 2022-09-19T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest and I cross paths not only as fellow Stanford Alums, but also as Ghanaians. Born in Mexico and raised around the world, a Ghanaian-American, Dr. Anna M...
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Episode 142: Design Thinking Your Why with Tiambi Simms from 2022-09-13T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's guest fully embraces glocal citizenship; she has a place called "home" on three continents.A Brooklyn native, Tiambi Simms' passion lies in building solutions...
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Episode 141: Drumming and Dancing in Academia with Farai Malianga Part 2 from 2022-09-06T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode is home grown in a sense as I had the chance to chat with long-time friend and collaborator, Farai Malianga. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Farai's jour...
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Episode 140: Drumming and Dancing in Academia with Farai Malianga Part 1 from 2022-08-30T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode is home grown in a sense as I had the chance to chat with long-time friend and collaborator, Farai Malianga. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Farai's jour...
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Episode 139: Connecting Communities with Asmeret Berhe-Lumax from 2022-08-23T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week is all about the "local" in glocal. I'm hosting longtime friend, neighbor and soon to be public official, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax. Asmeret was born in Asmara, Erit...
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Episode 138: Energetic Communication with Adama Sesay from 2022-08-16T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! As the August moon is now on the wane, we're taking in the moon's full splendor from beginning to end in conversation with professional astrologer, empowerment alchemist,...
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Episode 137: Adulting as a Third Culture Kid with Adja Sakho Part 2 from 2022-08-09T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! It's a new month, my favorite of the year, and we're kicking it off with a two part conversation that bloomed during the Dakar leg of my spring tour. Joining me for this ...
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Episode 136: Adulting as a Third Culture Kid with Adja Sakho Part 1 from 2022-08-02T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! It's a new month, my favorite of the year, and we're kicking it off with a two part conversation that bloomed during the Dakar leg of my spring tour. Joining me for this ...
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Episode 135: Soul Food and Black Smoke Storytelling with Adrian Miller from 2022-07-26T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's conversation is a great complement to a favorite summer past-time and what many consider delicacy--Barbecue. My guest is fellow Coloradan and Stanford Alum...
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Episode 134: Toward Unity of Purpose with Daisry Mathias from 2022-07-19T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast you're in for a real treat. We're journeying to Namibia in Southern Africa by way of Morocco in North Africa where my guest and I recently met. ...
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Episode 133: From Animation to Ecosystems with Adamu Waziri from 2022-07-12T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week had to opportunity to reconnect with another of my children's educational content brethren. Abuja-based creative, Adamu Waziri is the creator of the popularBino...
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Episode 132: Uncommon Conversations with Dereca Blackmon Part 2 from 2022-07-05T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni As...
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Episode 131: Uncommon Conversations with Dereca Blackmon Part 1 from 2022-06-28T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast I have the first of a handful of interviews that came about in a back to the future-esque way. This spring, the Stanford National Black Alumni As...
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Episode 130: Glocally Speaking with Ronda Železný-Green, Salim Rollins and Nyamal Tutdeal from 2022-06-21T05:00
Summer Solstice Greetings Glocal Citizens! This year, we're saying so long to spring with a bit of a bang as here in the US--yes, I'm back in Brooklyn for the summer, the Juneteenth holiday and Fat...
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Episode 129: The Art of the Return with Bara Diokhané from 2022-06-14T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week the podcast is coming to you from my recent trip to the Dakar Biennale where I met my guest, Bara Diokhané, thanks to Muhammida El Muhajir from EP27 (https://gl...
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Episode 128: Rooting Youth Aspirations in Imagination with Eddie Mensah from 2022-06-07T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the program we're daring to imagine a world where justice prevails and particularly where the aspirations of young athletes in Africa is concerned. My guest...
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Episode 127: Crowdfunding African Agribusiness with Nana Opoku Agyeman-Prempeh from 2022-05-31T05:00
Greeting Glocal Citizens! In our conversation this week, Iam inspired by the work of this high growth serial entrepreneur with experience building businesses in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Gha...
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Episode 126: Healing in Breathing with Zee Clarke from 2022-05-24T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Zhalisa "Zee" Clarke founder of Reclaiming Flow (https://www.zeeclarke.com/companies), where she leverages her toolkit of meditation, breathwork, yo...
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Episode 125: Globalizing Health and Care for Impact with Sam Baddoo from 2022-05-17T09:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we're talking innovation in migration. My guest, serial entrepreneur, Sam Baddoo joins me from his current base in Columbus Ohio, shortly after a...
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Episode 124: Facilitating Transformation with Femi Taiwo Part 2 from 2022-05-10T05:00
May Greetings Glocal Citizens! With May Day just behind us, in this two-part conversation, my guest and I touch on topics very related to the evolving nature of work and especially the role that hi...
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Episode 123: Facilitating Transformation with Femi Taiwo Part 1 from 2022-05-03T05:00
May Greetings Glocal Citizens! With May Day just behind us, in this two-part conversation, my guest and I touch on topics very related to the evolving nature of work and especially the role that hi...
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Episode 122: Finding the Magic in Every Talent with Natasha Moore from 2022-04-26T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest, Jamaican-born Natasha Moore, is a longtime friend that blessed me with a visit to Ghana over the recent Easter holidays. Our relocation stories synced...
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Episode 121: A Revolution of Solutions with Luther Lawoyin from 2022-04-19T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! As many struggle with increasing food prices and potential shortages, many Africans, particularly urban dwellers have been at the whim of markets and failed policies. As...
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Episode 120: Transitional Justice Now with Makmid Kamara Part 2 from 2022-04-12T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode brings to mind a lot of "What nexts?" in the context of conflicts, wars across the globe. My guest has his mind on this as a matter of everyday practi...
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Episode 119: Transitional Justice Now with Makmid Kamara Part 1 from 2022-04-05T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode brings to mind a lot of "What nexts?" in the context of conflicts, wars across the globe. My guest has his mind on this as a matter of everyday practi...
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Episode 118: Archives, Art and Freedom Dreams with Nydia Swaby from 2022-03-29T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week in our final #herstory in our 2022 March series, I'm happy to welcome Black feminist researcher, writer, and curator Nydia Swaby. Nydia is a Jamaican-American a...
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Episode 117: The Call of the Justice Warrior with Ayisha Osori from 2022-03-22T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the program, I had the opportunity to chat with Nigerian writer and activist, Ayisha Osori. Ayisha, also a lawyer, consultant and communication strategist h...
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Episode 116: From Polyglot, to Professor, Policy Advisor to Art Patron with Ekua Yankah Part 2 from 2022-03-15T05:00
International Women's Day Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you know IWD was first celebrated in 1911? Commemoration of the date was the outgrowth of the suggestion by Clara Zetkin, a communist activi...
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Episode 115: From Polyglot, to Professor, Policy Advisor to Art Patron with Ekua Yankah Part 1 from 2022-03-08T05:00
International Women's Day Greetings Glocal Citizens! Did you know IWD was first celebrated in 1911? Commemoration of the date was the outgrowth of the suggestion by Clara Zetkin, a communist activi...
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Episode 114: Faith to Flow with Shailaja Menon from 2022-03-01T05:00
March greetings Glocal Citizens! I discovered my guest this week in conversation with friend and guest of Episode 73 (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/73), Jaykumar Menon. Knowing that I practice...
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Episode 113: When @HewasFunny and Techpreneur merge with Jon Laster from 2022-02-22T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's guest and I share a bit of our own personal Black history going way back to grade school, when his younger brother and I were in the same class from Kindergar...
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Episode 112: The DNA at the Intersection of Culture, Science and Business with Dr. Gina Paige from 2022-02-15T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week, my heart is indeed warmed (I hope you all had a love-filled Valentine's Day) as I prepare to travel back to Ghana, leaving winter behind for 2022. I'm excited ...
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Episode 111: [re]Presenting Superheroes in Living Color with Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira Part 2 from 2022-02-08T05:00
New month greetings Glocal Citizens! February in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month]and my guest comes to us from a bedrock c...
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Episode 110: [re]Presenting Superheroes in Living Color with Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira from 2022-02-01T05:00
New month greetings Glocal Citizens! February in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month]and my guest comes to us from a bedrock c...
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Episode 109: In the Relationship Lab with Erica Daniel Part 2 from 2022-01-25T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have part two of my conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began her profession...
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Episode 108: In the Relationship Lab with Erica Daniel Part 1 from 2022-01-18T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have part one of a juicy two-part conversation with an emerging global health leader with a unique range of international experiences. Erica M. Daniel began ...
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Episode 107: Illustrating Impact with Chidiebere Ibe from 2022-01-11T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's guest has recently become hot topic across traditional and social media platforms. His black fetus illustration went viral ushering his medical career in with...
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Episode 106: Mindset Hacks to Start the New Year! from 2022-01-04T05:00
New Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! As we usher in 2022 aka double deuces, this week’s episode is all about mindset. We’re going back into the Global Citizens archive for a compilation of mindset h...
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Episode 105: Connecting Story to Substance with Brigitte Perenyi from 2021-12-28T05:00
Holiday Greetings Glocal Citizens! 'Tis the season for gratitude, cheer and new beginnings which is exactly what this week's guest offers in story and insight. Brigitte Perenyi is an award-winning ...
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Episode 104: Building the Square on the Longest Street in the World with Ayobisi Osuntusa from 2021-12-21T05:00
Season's Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I'm sharing heartfelt cheer and lots of laughter as I meet with one to Africa's education super stars. In the past decade, her organization has quietl...
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Episode 103: Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Nyamal Tutdeal Part 2 from 2021-12-14T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! I had a great time with my guest this week who joined by for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [...
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Episode 102: Conflict Analysis and Resolution with Nyamal Tutdeal Part 1 from 2021-12-07T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! I had a great time with my guest this week who joined me for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [...
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Episode 101: Thoughts on AI and Wellness with Nadhir Douma from 2021-11-29T21:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Ten years on, after the Arab Spring bloomed, we're taking a virtual tour to Tunisia. There I met with Nadhir Douma a ICT specialist with an eye on continuous improvement...
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Episode 100: Making the Most of the Return with Ivy Prosper from 2021-11-23T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! As of this week we've been on this journey for 100 Episodes!! Hurray :)and thank you all for joining me on this mission. I continue to be very much committed to manifes...
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Episode 99: From Activist Musician to Building Innovator with Yaw "Zoh Zoh" Boateng from 2021-11-16T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! I'm live on the streets of Accra this week on the podcast with my guest, Yaw "Zoh Zoh" Boateng. He is a Ghanaian activist musician and builder transforming items typicall...
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Episode 98: A Few Good Things with Tina Mbachu from 2021-11-09T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week comes to us from Toronto, Canada by way of her native Cameroon. Tina Mbachu is a bilingual, social impact specialist and international development pro...
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Episode 97: In Pursuit of Humanity United with Kehinde Togun from 2021-10-26T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Around this time last year, the world--Africa particular witnessed the rise of a new and notable class of activists in the #EndSARS protests which was punctuated by a bru...
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Episode 96: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 2 from 2021-10-19T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizen! For this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi auth...
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Episode 95: Fighting for Honor with Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi Part 1 from 2021-10-12T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two part conversation we're continuing on a narrative transformation path in conversation with another writer, author and researcher--meet Dr. T.J. Desch-Obi aut...
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Episode 94: Giving to Help, Helping to Give with Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo from 2021-10-05T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we're venturing down to South Africa where we meet one of Africa's most prominent experts on African philanthropy. Dr. Bhekinkosi Moyo, born and raised in Zimba...
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Episode 93: Unpacking Complicated Issues with Sef Ashiagbor from 2021-09-28T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! It's a new season and across the globe elections and government transitions are top of mind and all over the headlines. For professionals like my guest this week, Ghanaia...
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Episode 92: Pathways to Digital Citizenship with Ronda Železný-Green from 2021-09-21T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week has travelled to more than 60 countries and worked on five continents. Currently based in southern Spain, Dr. Ronda Železný-Green is a digital changema...
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Episode 91: A LiveWell Initiative for Africa with Adebisi Bright Part 2 from 2021-09-14T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For our next two-part conversation we're discussing health policy solutions for living well in Africa with my guest, CEO and founder of Nigeria's LiveWell Initiative (LWI...
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Episode 90: A LiveWell Initiative for Africa with Adebisi Bright Part 1 from 2021-09-07T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! For our next two-part conversation we're discussing health policy solutions for living well in Africa with my guest, CEO and founder of Nigeria's LiveWell Initiative (LWI...
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Episode 89: Modeling a Life of Art and Experiences with Elizabeth Rollins-Moskowitz from 2021-08-31T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast it's our first family affair. In a one year later flashback, I had the pleasure of meeting Elizabeth "Liz" Rollins-Moskowitz, mother of my guest...
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Episode 88: In the Grassroots of Democracy with Gemima Neves Barlow from 2021-08-24T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet our first Cape Verdian guest by way of Angola and New England in the United States. She's Gemima Neves Barlow, the deputy regional director for Southern...
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Episode 87: Jumping and Pivoting into Beautiful Spaces with Jackie Edwards-Flowers from 2021-08-17T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Earlier this month the world's eyes turned to Tokyo, Japan for the long awaited 2020 Summer Olympics which inspired me to connect with a former Stanford University track ...
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Episode 86: The Long and Short of Filmmaking with Will Niava Part 2 from 2021-08-10T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're welcoming August with a doubleheader featuring Will Niava, an award winning Ivorian-Ghanaian film director based but not bound to Montréal, Canada. After his educa...
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Episode 85: The Long and Short of Filmmaking with Will Niava Part 1 from 2021-08-03T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're welcoming August with a doubleheader featuring Will Niava, an award winning Ivorian-Ghanaian film director based but not bound to Montréal, Canada. After his educa...
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Episode 84: An Artist Blooms in Brooklyn with Beverley Watson from 2021-07-27T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I meet with another artist with Caribbean roots. Beverley Watson is a ceramic sculptor, art therapist and licensed educator specializing in children with specia...
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Episode 83: The Path of a Global Solutionist with Ivonne Cameron from 2021-07-20T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Panamanian-American, Ivonne F. Cameron. Another serial entrepreneur, Ivonne who is based in the Washington, D.C. Area is currently CEO of ISE Intern...
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Episode 82: From Building Construction to Building Leaders with Mustapha Njie from 2021-07-13T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Gambian real estate mogul, Mustapha "Youthman" Njie. Mr. Njie has over 30 years of proven experience in the building and property industry. He is th...
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Episode 81: Making Visible the Unremembered with La Vaughn Belle Part 2 from 2021-07-06T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In the next conversation it's a "Throwback Tuesday" as I reconnect with another old friend who is taking us on a journey between her home country of St. Croix to Denmark ...
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Episode 80: Making Visible the Unremembered with La Vaughn Belle Part 1 from 2021-06-29T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In the next conversation it's a "Throwback Tuesday" as I reconnect with another old friend who is taking us on a journey between her home country of St. Croix to Denmark ...
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Episode 79: On Science and Imagination with Chinedu Echeruo from 2021-06-22T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! I've crossed the Atlantic Ocean and landed safely in NYC for my annual #BKSummer. My guest this week takes me back to my first NYC summer. The summer when I decided that...
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Episode 78: Cultivating a Productive Pandemic Pivot with Maya Gilliam from 2021-06-15T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the treat of hosting a woman with sights on a healing revolution. Maya Gilliam is a serial entrepreneur as owner of Hempress Farms and Ma’ati Spa located...
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Episode 77: Pioneering African Edutainment with Nisha Ligon from 2021-06-08T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's episode is close to heart. I have as my guest Bangkok born, VA raised, globally trained and now achieving honorary Mbongo status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, N...
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Episode 76: Making Space for Transformation with Elvina Quaison from 2021-06-01T05:00
June greetings Glocal Citizens! We're nearly halfway through "the year after" and in the spirit of reimagining spaces and places for our new next, my guest this week is all about personal developme...
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Episode 75: Investing in Future Africa with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji from 2021-05-25T05:00
African Unity Day Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we're back in Nigeria with one of Forbes' 30 under 30 in Enterprise Technology (https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2018/enterprise-technology...
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Episode 74: Writing and Styling with Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond from 2021-05-18T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week comes to us from Queens, New York by way of Accra, Ghana. She is Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, the author of Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly called...
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Episode 73: Open Source Solutions with Jaykumar Menon from 2021-05-11T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is a social entrepreneur that is on the cutting edge of solving for some of our most pressing global challenges. In this timely conversation I meet w...
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Episode 72: Developing Visionary Spaces with Kofi Anku from 2021-05-04T05:00
May greetings Glocal Citizens! It's a new month and on the heals of May Day celebrations in many parts of the world, my guest this week is a shining example of job creation in an emerging economy. ...
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Episode 71: Empowering African Creatives with Buddha Blaze from 2021-04-27T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're back in Nairobi this week and we're talking the business of being a creative in Africa. Moses Mbasu, better known as Buddha Blaze is the Talent Manager at BLAZE Ken...
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Episode 70: A Medicanja Evolution with Andray Mckenzie from 2021-04-20T05:00
420 Greetings Glocal Citizens! In observation of what is now International Cannabis Appreciation Day, we're going to the home of "Cannabis Culture" -- Jamaica! This week I'm hosting Andray Mckenzi...
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Episode 69: Toward Designing a Digital Self with Troy White Part 2 from 2021-04-13T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're journeying to Nairobi by way of Philly and along the way learning age old insights in the branding and media space as well as new and interesting innovations in the...
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Episode 68: Toward Designing a Digital Self with Troy White Part 1 from 2021-04-06T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're journeying to Nairobi by way of Philly and along the way learning age old insights in the branding and media space as well as new and interesting innovations in the...
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Episode 67: The Future is Female with Claudine Moore from 2021-03-30T19:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In this final installment of my March herstory tribute, I'm happy to host yet another inspirational entrepreneur and consummate #GlocalCitizen. Claudine Moore is British...
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Episode 66: Storytelling for Structural Change with Esther Armah from 2021-03-23T05:00
Kɛ ɔde ɛ Glocal Citizens! I'm greeting you in the father tongue of this week's guest, Esther Armah, Founder and Executive Director of The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice - a global institute p...
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Episode 65: On Mentoring African Entrepreneurs with Toyin Dania from 2021-03-16T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Nigerian Brit, Toyin Dania. Toyin is an Entrepreneurial Specialist, currently with @MESTAfrica where she is the project manager for the Digilogic pr...
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Episode 64: Humanitarian CoCreating with Sarah Adeyinka Part 2 from 2021-03-09T05:00
Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's "hello" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on ...
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Episode 63: Humanitarian CoCreating with Sarah Adeyinka Part 1 from 2021-03-02T05:00
Ẹ n lẹ [en-le] Glocal Citizens! That's "hello" in Yoruba which is hometown glocal speak for this week's guest, Sarah Adeyinka. Sarah is a humanitarian researcher currently carrying out research on ...
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Episode 62: An African Hempire in the making with Nana Kwaku Agyemang Part 2 from 2021-02-23T05:00
Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens! I'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of ...
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Episode 61: An African Hempire in the making with Nana Kwaku Agyemang Part 1 from 2021-02-16T05:00
Greetings from Ghana Glocal Citizens! I'm back in Accra and diving into a hot topic across the globe - Cannabis: to free or not to free the weed. This week my guest is the Founder and President of...
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Episode 60: Investing in Urban Improvement with Jonas Parby from 2021-02-09T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week's guest is my first "World Banker." Born and raised in Denmark and currently based in Nepal, Jonas Ingemann Parby is a Senior Urban Specialist in the South As...
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Episode 59: Empowering L'Afrique Femme with Aissata Sidibé N'dia from 2021-02-02T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! In preparation for this week's episode, I was excited to spend some time tuning my Francophone ears AND eyes watching episodes of African Woman 2.0 (https://www.youtube.c...
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Episode 58: Uncovering Truth in News with Milton Allimadi Part 2 from 2021-01-26T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're straddling borders between East Africa and New York City on this week's episode as I visit with Milton Allimadi, publisher of The Black Star News (https://www.blac...
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Episode 57: Uncovering Truth in News with Milton Allimadi Part 1 from 2021-01-19T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're straddling borders between East Africa and New York City on this week's episode as I visit with Milton Allimadi, publisher of The Black Star News (https://www.blac...
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Episode 56: In a Holy Room with Somi Kakoma from 2021-01-12T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet another creative mover and shaker, literally. Born in Illinois to immigrants from Rwanda and Uganda, acclaimed vocalist&songwriter, Somi Kakoma has bui...
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Episode 55: The Power of the Pen with Sala Patterson from 2021-01-05T05:00
Happy New Year Glocal Citizens! We're starting 2021 on a "write" note. This week my guest is Sala Elise Patterson, a communication, content and brand strategist, and writer. Sala began her career ...
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Episode 54: Infusing Technology into Anti-Corruption and Advocacy with Joy Namunoga Part 2 from 2020-12-29T05:00
Holiday Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is Joy Namunoga, currently an Advocacy Officer in Governance and Social Accountability at ActionAid International. Joy is a Ugandan, based in ...
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Episode 53: Infusing Technology into Anti-Corruption and Advocacy with Joy Namunoga Part 1 from 2020-12-22T05:00
Holiday Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is Joy Namunoga, currently an Advocacy Officer in Governance and Social Accountability at ActionAid International. Joy is a Ugandan, based in ...
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Episode 52: On Being a Protagonist with Jason Page from 2020-12-15T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is adopted Londoner, Jason Page.Before relocating nearly 12 years ago, Jason called Brooklyn, Denver, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and Chattanooga "home"...
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Episode 51: Portal into Agro-forestry with Wellington Baiden from 2020-12-08T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We've been together a whole year already..Hurray!!I thank you for tuning in with me and my guests week after week for business and lifestyle insights around the world. T...
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Episode 50: Let's talk about Beauty by Baze Mpinja from 2020-12-01T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week "B" stands for "beauty" and Baze Mpinja, a Congolese-American writer, editor and consultant based in Brooklyn, New York.Born in New Hampshire after her parent...
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Episode 49: Real Egypt with Samir Abbass Part 2 from 2020-11-24T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're in Africa (by way of Spain) this week and its a real roots conversation with CEO and owner of premier travel and tour company, Real Egypt. Meet entrepreneur and Eg...
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Episode 48: Real Egypt with Samir Abbass Part 1 from 2020-11-17T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We're in Africa (by way of Spain) this week and its a real roots conversation with CEO and owner of premier travel and tour company, Real Egypt. Meet entrepreneur and Eg...
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Episode 47: On Mythology and Humanity's "Ever Fonky Lowdown" with Wynton Marsalis from 2020-11-10T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I had the great treat of meeting the Maestro Wynton Marsalis, managing and artistic director of Jazz @ Lincoln Center which he co-founded in 1987. He's produce...
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Episode 46: Finding your "Miraculous Me" with Karishma Singh Kelsey Part 2 from 2020-11-03T05:00
Kia ora Glocal Citizens! That's Māori for "hello." We're globetrotting across many oceans for this two part conversation taking us to New Zealand where we meet social entrepreneur, Karishma Singh...
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Episode 45: Finding your "Miraculous Me" with Karishma Singh Kelsey Part 1 from 2020-10-27T05:00
Kia ora Glocal Citizens! That's Māori for "hello." We're globetrotting across many oceans for this two part conversation taking us to New Zealand where we meet social entrepreneur, Karishma Singh...
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Episode 44: Impact Investing for Diverse, Inclusive Growth with Tara Sabre Collier from 2020-10-20T09:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week I catch up with Tara Sabre Collier. She’s a UK-based international strategist and impact investment professional with a track record of supporting social enter...
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Episode 43: Impacting African Health on the Go with Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo Part 2 from 2020-10-13T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Founder and President of African Health Now, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo. AHN is a community-based organization that provides primary health care to women, chi...
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Episode 42: Impacting African Health on the Go with Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo Part 1 from 2020-10-06T05:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Founder and President of African Health Now, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo. AHN is a community-based organization that provides primary health care to women, chi...
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Episode 41: Empowering Patients using Healthtech Interconnectivity with Dr. Muri Raifu Part 2 from 2020-09-29T05:00
Autumn Glocal Citizens! For the next two episodes, we’ll be visiting with healthtech entrepreneur and neurosurgeon, Dr. Muri Raifu. Muri is another Ghana native, by way of Nigeria. A scholar-athle...
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Episode 40: Empowering Patients using Healthtech Interconnectivity with Dr. Muri Raifu Part 1 from 2020-09-22T05:00
Autumn Glocal Citizens! For the next two episodes, we’ll be visiting with healthtech entrepreneur and neurosurgeon, Dr. Muri Raifu. Muri is another Ghana native, by way of Nigeria. A scholar-athle...
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Episode 39: More Love Now with Kenny Allen Part 2 from 2020-09-15T05:00
Selam Glocal Citizens! We’re back in East Africa by way of Washington D.C. for this twopart conversation with singer, songwriter, music producer and designer, Kenny Allen. Kenny is a singer/songwr...
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Episode 38: More Love Now with Kenny Allen Part 1 from 2020-09-08T06:00
Selam Glocal Citizens! We’re back in East Africa by way of Washington D.C. for this two part conversation with singer, songwriter, music producer and designer, Kenny Allen. Kenny is a singer/songw...
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Episode 37: Soul Flowing with Salim Rollins from 2020-09-01T13:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We’re getting mindful this week on the podcast. I'm with the Co-Director of Synergy Yoga in Nairobi, Salim Rollins. Salim is a White Plains, New York native that calls N...
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Episode 36: STEM as a Tool for Social Change with Amanda Obidike from 2020-08-25T09:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my guest is Amanda "Chirpy” Obidike, founder and Executive Director of Stemi Makers Africa. Amanda's expertise span from Project management and Operations, Edu...
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Episode 35: Amplifying Literacy with Cliff Schmidt from 2020-08-18T11:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we meet Cliff Schmidt, is the Executive Director of Amplio Network, a Seattle-based nonprofit that provides inclusive digital technology to help governments and...
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Episode 34: Seeding Snacks of Africa with Stacey Enyame from 2020-08-11T09:00
Hello again Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is Stacey Enyame, Founder and Chief Snacker at Snacks of Africa. In this fun-filled conversation we learn more about Stacey’s journey as the daughter...
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Episode 33: From Festivals to Forests with Kofi Debrah from 2020-08-04T12:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week is a farmer after my own heart. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Oko Forests in Ghana. Oko Forests develops agroforestry systems with their network of sm...
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Episode 32: Storytelling Sans Frontieres with Chiké Frankie Edozien Part 2 from 2020-07-28T01:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We have another two-part conversation featuring writer, journalist, professor and currently Director of New York University Accra, Chiké Frankie Edozien. Like me, NYU is ...
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Episode 31: Storytelling Sans Frontieres with Chiké Frankie Edozien from 2020-07-21T11:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! We have another two-part conversation featuring writer, journalist, professor and currently Director of New York University Accra, Chiké Frankie Edozien. Like me, NYU is ...
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Episode 30: Global Creating and Building Capacity with Yana Fleming Part 2 from 2020-07-14T07:00
S̄wạs̄dī Glocal Citizens! (That’s Thai for “hello!”) Over the next two episodes you’ll be getting to know my next guest, the consummate glocal citizens poster child, Yana Fleming. Yana hails from ...
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Episode 29: Global Creating and Building Capacity with Yana Fleming Part 1 from 2020-07-07T01:00
S̄wạs̄dī Glocal Citizens! (That’s Thai for “hello!”) Over the next two episodes you’ll be getting to know my next guest, the consummate glocal citizens poster child, Yana Fleming. Yana hails from ...
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Episode 28: Scaling Up Africa with Olivia Asiedu-Ntow from 2020-06-30T04:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week my dynamic diaspora is Olivia Asiedu-Ntow, Co-founder and COO of Scale-up Africa. ScaleUp was born out of the need to develop, grow and sustain SME’s across Af...
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Episode 27: On Becoming Borderless with Muhammida El Muhajir from 2020-06-23T01:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! Last weekend, June 19th marked a more widespread interest and awareness around the observance of Juneteenth, the day when slavery ended in “earnest” for black people in A...
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Episode 26: Unpacking Africa and Future-casting with Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor from 2020-06-16T01:00
"The best time to have planted a tree is 10 years ago, the next best time is now.” ~ Chinese ProverbHello Glocal Citizens! "What the what?” is the first thing that comes to mind when I look back o...
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Episode 25: Three C’s - Corruption, Crime and Coaching with Leye Adenle from 2020-06-09T01:00
Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have a refreshing conversation with Nigerian author, Leye Adenle. Leye (pronounced Leye, not Leia like in Princes Leia) has written a number of short stories...
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Episode 24: Globetrotting, Facebook and Sci-Fi with Akua Gykekye from 2020-06-02T13:00
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 ...
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Episode 23: The Evolution of a Specialist Generalist with Kwame Acheampong Part 2 from 2020-05-26T06:00
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. Ghanaia...
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Episode 22: The Evolution of a Specialist Generalist with Kwame Acheampong Part 1 from 2020-05-19T03:00
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. Ghanaia...
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Episode 21: Afrobeat and Science Fiction with Funsho Ogundipe from 2020-05-12T01:00
For this week’s episode, I am rounding out my Lagos tour with a visit to the famed @JazzholeLagos (https://twitter.com/JazzholeLagos?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) cafe and...
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Episode 20: In Pursuit and African Entrepreneurship with Osaretin Oswald Guobadia from 2020-05-05T01:00
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 t...
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Episode 19: The “Cycology” of an Accidental Banker with Amaechi Okobi from 2020-04-28T00:00
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 Amae...
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Episode 18: Into the Woods with Asio Highsmith: The Art and Craft of Forging New Relationships with the Environment Part 3 from 2020-04-14T01:00
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...
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Episode 17: Into the Woods with Asio Highsmith: The Art and Craft of Forging New Relationships with the Environment Part 2 from 2020-04-06T13:00
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 t...
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Episode 16: Into the Woods with Asio Highsmith: The Art and Craft of Forging New Relationships with the Environment Part 1 from 2020-03-31T10:00
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 ...
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Episode 15: Travel Enthusiast Edem Adzaho Talks Adaptability in Career Development and Lifestyle from 2020-03-24T01:00
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...
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Episode 14: Content Creation, Delegating and All Things Iceland with Jewells Chambers from 2020-03-17T01:00
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 s...
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Episode 13: Tourism, Art and Forging a path to dual citizenship with Jamaican-Ghanaian Morris Sinclair from 2020-03-10T02:00
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, cu...
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Episode 12: Art, Architecture and Affirmations with Asare Adjei - Part 2 from 2020-02-18T02:00
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 ...
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Episode 11: Art, Architecture and Affirmations with Asare Adjei - Part 1 from 2020-02-11T02:00
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 ...
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Episode 10: Driving Social Change and Innovation with Valerie Labi, Country Director @iDEglobal.org from 2020-02-04T02:00
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 foun...
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Episode 9: Florence Adu and Nana Amoako-Anin talk Bliss in Accra and Beyond - Part 2 from 2020-01-28T02:00
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 t...
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Episode 8: Florence Adu and Nana Amoako-Anin talk Bliss in Accra and Beyond - Part 1 from 2020-01-21T01:00
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 Par...
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Episode 7: Glocal Citizens with Amma Gyampo from 2020-01-14T22:00
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 ...
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Episode 6: Glocal Citizens with Leslie Bentil, Founder and Director of Gutta Soles from 2020-01-07T22:45
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 th...
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Episode 5: Florence Adu Talks with Emmanuel Etim, Founder and Producer Refined Creative Part 2 from 2019-12-31T02:00
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 Geog...
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Episode 4: Florence Adu Talks with Emmanuel Etim, Founder and Producer Refined Creative from 2019-12-24T01:00
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 pr...
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Episode 3: Florence Adu Talks with Cordie Aziz of Environment360 Part 2 from 2019-12-17T02:00
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 Inte...
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Episode 2: Florence Adu Talks with Cordie Aziz of Environment360 from 2019-12-10T00:00
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 ...
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Episode 1: Coming Soon: Glocal Citizens from 2019-11-22T11:00
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 edu...
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