#CitiTrends

#CitiTrends

Ghana's leading technology-focused radio show providing insight on technology literacy. Nominated for the World Summit Award 2015 as the best and most innovative solution in Media & News from Ghana.

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July 5, 2023 51 mins
Health is the centre around which a lot of life evolves. Health tech, on the hand, does not seem to enjoy the same level of acknowledgement in Ghana. What is the state of the health tech space in Ghana? What is working and what is not? Where is the potential? George Kesse is my guest this week and he shares his experiences with us.
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Two amazing conversation for the price of one!

What could be better than that.

Press play to listen to Makafui Kwami, Founder of Mak Apps speak about his new app that is putting live music production on its head. It's called, LIVE CHOPZ.

Then turn up the volume to listen to CEO and Co-Founder of Ghana's first indigenous company and startup to be granted a manufacturing license for the manufacturing of electric vehicles in...

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What an enthralling episode this week's show is! Speaking with Paul Ninson about Tech, visual education and business. Three ingredients for creatives ANYHWERE.

Paul shares his story, his journey and his vision for creatives on the continent; and in Ghana.

Enjoy the show.

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FACTS are always sacred. Data helps to deduce facts.

Two items missing for a long time in the analysis of the tech ecosystem in Ghana.

Innovation Spark is helping to bridge that with the Ghana Innovation Ecosystem Report.

Massive body of work. Enjoy as we break it down.

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AI is the new buzz word.  But why should it be such a big deal? Tim is the CEO of COPIANTO AI and he shares insight on what the technology means for Ghanaians and Africans as a whole. 
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To pivot or not to pivot... That is the question.

It's actually much deeper than that and my guests on the show who joined my via zoom will give you better clarity on that.

Enjoy the show. 

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Valentine's Day edition of the show and we just couldn't help but dive into the global digital report put together by We Are Social and Meltwater. Lots of insights from Alice Mensah who is the Marketing Manager at Fido. 

Enjoy 

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Tough conversations always require the folks with the knowledge who can break it down to the barest minimum. That is what Dr Kavaarpuo did on the show this week when he broke down what it takes to navigate an economic situation like what we have in Ghana. He is candid as he is knowledgeable. Enjoy the episode.
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Content creation is big business today. It is changing lives and spawning new revenue streams folks didn't even know existed. It is a very open field now but question always remains, how do you cit through the noise? My guests, Two Video Content Creators who have really pushed the bounds of content creation in the past year share their hacks and frank opinions about what works and what does not based on their experiences. 

Emm...

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It feels good to return for another year of Citi Trends and this year i decided to kick things off with one of the most hard working in the tech space in Ghana today. He is the founder of TechNovaGH and a well of wisdom. Hope his lessons and thoughts inspire you and keep you pushing in the new year. 

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Platform Economies have often been touted to be the saviours of the new world of work. Offering flexibility, ease of payment and so much more. 

The reality however, is a bit different from that. 

Researcher. Dr Budu and digital driver, Elizabeth, join me to discuss these issues and more. 

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November 10, 2022 53 mins

Sat with two of Ghana's pioneers of the podcasting space, Donald Aryee and Cyril Afeku, cofounders of @thegoldcoastreport to talk openly about podcasting in Ghana. 

We touched on financing, gear, revenue, platforms and more. 

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Three guests from diverse backgrounds joined me to discuss value chains and how paying attention to them could propel your business to the next level. 

According to my guests, a lot of technology entrepreneurs do not pay attention to value chains as integral parts of their business. They see it as a function of procurement. 

Take a listen and let me know what you think.  

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E-sports is a multi-million dollar industry globally. Over 300 million stream content around E-sports. But, why is it such a big deal? Why should Ghanaians pay attention to it. 

I sat with the leadership of the E-Sports Association of Ghana to talk through this. 

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Automation of processes is so commonplace in our daily life that often, we tend to ignore it. 

In workplaces, a lot of people sometimes do not even know which part of their processes are automated. 

But is that all there is to it?

Just a swanky-new-digital-age-must-have?

Check out this week's show for more. 

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Online platforms play an increasingly important role in today’s digital economy. One example of the growing relevance of the platform economy are online labour markets. These two-sided platform marketplaces allow buyers and sellers of online mediated work to connect around the globe and transact tasks in various occupations, such as graphic design, translation work, or software development.

Platform labour markets deliver value to ...

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In the first of this series, we speak to founder of eCampus, a web and mobile based online teaching and learning (EdTech) platform, Cecil Nutakor as he opens shop in Dakar, Senegal. 

He shares lessons on what he learnt on the journey of expanding his business into new territories and some harsh realities he has had to deal with. 

Enjoy.

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The global creator economy is said to be worth over $100 billion, and Africans are mostly shut out of it. 

How do we gain a foothold in that space?

Brian shares some thoughts on that in this week's episode of the show. 

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Well, money makes the world go round.  At least, that is what they say.  The world of payments, receiving and sending, is what makes money move. Whether you consider it to be a transfer of value or funds or whichever, it needs to move.  Who makes it move, who benefits, how does the movement help businesses and entrepreneurs.  We tackle all this and more on the show this week. Enjoy.
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Joe is such an unassuming guy. However, he knows his stuff and that is what we enjoyed when he joined the show this week. 

Such great insight from both a personal and professional level on what Marketing Technology as a field of study and work actually means.

Very practical knowledge shared and very open about the details of what a job role in MarkTech actually means. 

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