Konzoom Shop joins Adrian on this week’s episode of The Sound of Accra Podcast. It is a rapid grocery delivery service on a mission to revamp the grocery industry in Africa. All orders received are processed, fulfilled and delivered within 60 minutes. Konzoom works with a selection of local farmers and entrepreneurs to bring to...
Creative Videographer and Digital Content Creator, Ken Daniels, returns to The Sound of Accra Podcast. This time he’s not making a virtual appearance, but a physical one! Big Ken spills the beans on his relocation back to the Big Ben aka London from Madrid! He also shares valuable lessons and insights from life in Spain...
On The Sound of Accra Podcast, we are joined today by Award-Winning Artist and Vocal Coach, Kingsley Ampoful. He has sung for President Nana Akufo-Addo at His Inauguration in 2021. He has also He was nominated for the prestigious Vodafone Ghana music awards show this year for the category of best male vocal performance and...
Adrian attended Building Startups in Ghana event in December2021. This was a fireside chat with experienced startup founders sharing their lessons from building their businesses and judging pitches. This took place at Buro in Osu, Accra. He shares over 20 lessons taken from the exclusive event. The panelist included: Stephan Eyeson – Survey 54 ,Julian...
In today’s episode, we recap the highlights from our second year running the Podcast. The Sound of Accra Podcast was originally established in 2020 and conceived by Adrian as far as September 2019. Thank you to all existing and new listeners, those who have left reviews on the Podcasting platforms. If you haven’t, you can...
Uber and Bolt have revolutionised the way we commute and travel across Accra and Ghana. However, it comes with it’s fair share of problems! We discuss everything from ordering taxis and Ubers for days and night outs and pot hole nightmares, to shipping your own car out to Ghana and failing MOT! For today’s show...
A research article on Numbeo ranked Accra, Ghana’s capital, second most expensive city in the world with regard to property price ratio. It also ranked Accra for lowest loan affordability. We debate this on today’s episode. Numbeo also revealed that Accra has the world’s highest Mortgage percentage income ratio, followed closely by Buenos Aires (Argentina)...
Yaa Ofori-Ansah joins Adrian in the hot seat today to explore the African and Ghanaian Travel Industry. Yaa is a multiple award-winning professional and the proud founder of Talking Drums Travel & Marketplace. She started Talking Drums following her passion for Africa, its development and her frequent (largely solo!) travel throughout her land of origin. ...
Adrian is joined once again with some members from Young Ghanaian Professionals (UK) who was last featured in season 1, for a highly engaging discussion on why everyone from the likes of popular Black Celebrities such as Dave Chappelle, Stevie wonder and US Rapper Nas (Nasir Jones), to fellow Africans and foreigners all relocating to...
Since preparing to fly over to Accra and arriving, I’ve had a number of friends, contacts and family approach me on the must do’s when flying over to Ghana. I’ve decided to pack all this information in a ten-minute PodBites episode. Show notes: https://thesoundofaccra.com/surviving-kotoka-international-airport/ Below are some of the key websites mentioned in this episode:...
Kobina Wood-Andoh joins Adrian in the hot seat today to explore the Factual Entertainment industry. Adrian sits down with Kobina Wood-Andoh, Assistant Producer who works in UK TV production. He’s been working in the industry for over 6 years working on some of UK’s biggest television shows. He usually specialises in working on Factual Entertainment...
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Since their 2017 Christmas Launch, Bolt (formerly Taxify) has come a long way in a short time to become Ghana’s leading Ride- Hailing / Ride sharing app service, and have supposedly knocked off Uber and friends off the top spot! Bolt is not only available in Accra, but has also expanded to Koforidua, Cape Coast,...
Have you ever read an article or a story, and thought to yourself, this would make a great movie? In this episode, we explore two different yet eyebrow-raising stories of two Ghanaians from different backgrounds pursuing their respective dreams in the media and creative arts industry, one a photographer raised in Ghana, the other a...
We have now entered September 2021, with the end of the year just around the corner. Whilst Ghana’s economy is showing some signs of progressive growth, while other reports are suggesting otherwise? In this episode of PodBites, we explore both sides of this topic. If you have an opinion you want to share, please get...
Sarah Friar is a wildy successful Irish Business Executive who went from working at a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, to becoming the CEO of a Unicorn Tech Company, Nextdoor, a hyper-local social network. We dig into her roots to discover what contributed to her success over the years in her career, including working...
Tokyo 2020 has been one of the better olympic tournaments for Ghanaians, who haven’t won a medal since 1992. On today’s episode, we explore a couple of Athletes who have setup startups or social enterprises on the back of their athletic careers including: Emmanuel Yeboah – A Ghanaian athlete and Disability rights advocate who won...
