The Sound of Accra Podcast

Most African businesses have a great product and almost no sales system. Mike Adonteng of Africa Sales Academy shows how to fix that. In this episode of The Sound of Accra, Adrian sits down with Mike Adonteng, founder and CEO of Africa Sales Academy and Ovule Consulting. Mike has worked in B2B tech sales since 2006, from SDR to account executive to sales leadership. Today he trains sales teams and leaders across Africa, the UK and Europe. What you will learn: -Why one salesp...

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/lGU40fnYj3c Most of Ghana’s infrastructure woes including flooding feels like endless cycles of chaos. But what if the solution isn’t just government reform, but entrepreneurs and startups stepping into the gap? In this snippet, Adrian uncovers how innovative Ghanaian minds are turning crises into opportunities, from AI-powered flood sensors to solar backup systems, transforming the country’s biggest challenges into economic breakthro...

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/JV0-ldp7nv8 Most talent isn't enough, discipline transforms raw ability into global excellence. Ghana's 2026 World Cup qualification and Asamoah Gyan’s journey reveal the vital mindset shifts that drive lasting success. This clip uncovers how to master your weaknesses by adopting a discipline-focused routine that outperforms talent alone. Gyan’s advice: “Draw your flaws daily.” We explore why consistency and relentless self-impro...

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/qHdoyy_5Cxk In this snippet, Adrian sits down with the team behind PawaPay to unpack one of the most underrated stories in African fintech: how mobile money, starting with M-Pesa in 2007, quietly became the blueprint for everything the crypto world now calls "stablecoin." The core idea is when mobile penetration grew across Africa, people were already handing over shillings, kwacha and cedis to mobile network operators to buy air...

A woman in Houston, Texas is on a video call picking out gate colours for a house she's building in East Legon Hills. A house she's never stood inside. In this episode of the Sound of Accra Podcast, Adrian Daniels breaks down one of the most important and least talked about stories in Ghana's growth right now: The relationship between diaspora remittances and Ghana's real estate boom. In 2024, Ghana received close to $6.5 billion in remittances — almost four times the countr...