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#speakup barometer | Ghana

Ghanaian digital participation experts

DW Akademie interviewed experts on access, media and journalism, innovation, digital rights and society to support the research for the speakup barometer.

  • Students from Ghana Institute of Journalism (DW/J. Endert)

    Students from Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)

    Twenty-five students contributed to our research and took part in a group discussion at the GIJ about digital journalism and digital participation. Alive to both the potentials and the threats of digital media, the students viewed themselves as guardians of journalistic ethics and quality standards in the future.

  • Vivian Affoah, Senior Programme Officer for Freedom of Expression Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Vivian Affoah, Senior Program Officer for Freedom of Expression Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

    Vivian is one of MFWA’s longest serving staff members. She coordinates projects and activities on the safety of journalists, anti-impunity, and digital rights. She also supports the conduct and writing research reports focusing on the state of freedom of expression in West Africa.

  • Raymond Acquah, Program Coordinator, MyJoyOnline Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Raymond Acquah, Program Coordinator, MyJoyOnline

    Raymond is an experienced journalist and program coordinator skilled in editing, market research, and television broadcasting. He works as a presenter and fact checker. At MyJoyOnline he oversees online activities.

  • Precious Ankomah, program manager bei penplusbytes in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Precious Ankomah, Program Manager at penplusbytes

    Precious holds a Masters of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana. After working in the media for some years, she has gained expertise in news writing and reporting for both online and offline audiences. In her role as program manager for new media innovations, she manages relationships with one key stakeholder, the media.

  • Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Adarkwa, National Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (DW/J. Endert)

    Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Adarkwa, National Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet

    Kwaku is a public policy development, management, and reform specialist. He is the Ghana coordinator at the Alliance for Affordable Internet (a4ai). In 2014, he concluded a 35-year career in the civil service, where he became chief director at the Ministry of Communications. He helped to formulate Ghana’s first ICT policy, plans for socio-economic development, and telecom policy.

  • Vanessa Otchere, journalism student from Accra in Accra, Ghana (DW/S. Fischer)

    Vanessa Otchere, journalism student, "techpreneur", blogger and founder of a startup called TicketEx

    Vanessa Otchere is an entrepreneur at the forefront of Ghana’s digital revolution. She has just set up TicketEx, an online platform for buying bus tickets. Having entered her final year at university, she splits her time between studying and getting her company off the ground. She does the front end of the business while the developer does the back end.

  • Ashwin Ravinchandran, General Manager MEST Incubator in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ashwin Ravichandran, General Manager MEST Incubator, Accra

    Originally from India, Ashwin is an interactive designer and developer, specializing in UI/UX. His expertise spans engineering, research, and web development. He joined the MEST team in 2015 as a technology teaching fellow concentrating on design, scale/strategy and innovative technologies. In 2017, he joined the MEST management team as the Accra incubator general manager.

  • Ghana re:publica Accra (DW/Julius Endert)

    Jemila Abdulai, Blogger and Founder of Circumspecte.com

    Jemila is a Ghanaian blogger, writer and digital marketer. In 2007, she founded Circumspecte.com, a digital platform and lifestyle blog “dedicated to capturing meaningful insights, imbibing digital skills, spurring interaction and inspiring creative action on/for/by Africa(ns).”

  • Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh Executive Coordinator Curious Minds in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh, Executive Coordinator Curious Minds

    Kingsley studied geography at the University of Ghana and began working with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation during his national service. Since then, he has become an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, and a mentor at Curious Minds.

  • Ghana re:publica Accra (DW/Julius Endert)

    Regina Honu, CEO Soronko Academy

    Regina is the CEO of the Soronko Academy, a training facility that runs the Tech Needs Girls Project. Tech Needs Girls is a mentorship program where they teach girls to code and work with technology. They also provide classes for Schools that will like to include coding and design thinking in their curriculum and Adults and people in university who want more practical technical skills.

  • Ibukun Onitiju, Director of Digital, Ringier Africa Digital Publishing Ghana / pulse.fm, Product Lead Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ibukun Onitiju, Director of Digital, Ringier Africa Digital Publishing Ghana / pulse.fm, Product Lead

    Ibukun is a young and vibrant media professional with extensive experience and expertise in digital marketing and digital media. He leads Pulse Ghana – Ghana's popular online news and entertainment platform.

  • Tommy Annon-Forson, Program Director RABODEF Radio Academy Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Tommy Annon-Forson, Program Director RABODEF Radio Academy

    Tommy has been influential in the training of a number of the country’s top broadcasters at his school. The Rabodef Radio Academy is affiliated with international broadcasters such as Deutsche Welle (DW), Radio France International (RFI) and the American Embassy’s Information Service. Known as 'Uncle Tom', he is well respected for his immense contribution to broadcasting in Ghana.

  • Will Senyo, Co-founder & CEO Impact Hub Accra in Ghana (DW/J. Endert)Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Will Senyo, Co-Founder & CEO, Impact Hub Accra

    Through the Impact Hub Accra, William is on a mission to turn Accra’s Osu Ako Adjei district the city’s innovation heart, and the nerve center for Ghana’s entrepreneurs and boldest thinkers. His work tries to harness talent, tech, and capital for social good. He has driven the hub to become Accra’s premier startup hotspot.

  • Ameyaw Debrah, Blogger aus Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ameyaw Debrah, Blogger from Accra

    Ameyaw is one of Ghana’s most influential bloggers. He founded AmeyawDebrah.com, an entertainment website and blog that primarily publishes news about Ghanaian celebrities. Together with his production team he now runs various channels on different social media platforms but also works as a freelance journalist, video producer and reporter.

  • Kent Mensah, Journalist from Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Kent Mensah, Journalist from Accra

    Kent is an award-winning online journalist, radio personality, and blogger with 14 years of experience in print and online journalism. He works for Starr FM, the international news agency, AFP, and as a lecturer at Central University College. He studied journalism in Ghana and Germany.

  • DW Akademie - Recherchereise in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Victor Asante, Senior Manager, Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC)

    Victor is in charge of research, monitoring and evaluation at Ghana’s Universal Service Fund, the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC). He is passionate about the digital participation of the unconnected and is a vocal advocate for the removal of barriers to access. He is a member of the global advocacy group, Alliance for Affordable Internet in Ghana.

  • Jerry Sam, project coordinator at Penplusbytes in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Jerry Sam, Project Coordinator at Penplusbytes

    Jerry is a journalist and trainer. He is the director of programs and project manager for the African Elections Project (www.africanelections.org). For Penplusbytes, he works on the implementation of digital projects for monitoring elections and fighting against corruption.


  • Students from Ghana Institute of Journalism (DW/J. Endert)

    Students from Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)

    Twenty-five students contributed to our research and took part in a group discussion at the GIJ about digital journalism and digital participation. Alive to both the potentials and the threats of digital media, the students viewed themselves as guardians of journalistic ethics and quality standards in the future.

  • Vivian Affoah, Senior Programme Officer for Freedom of Expression Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Vivian Affoah, Senior Program Officer for Freedom of Expression Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

    Vivian is one of MFWA’s longest serving staff members. She coordinates projects and activities on the safety of journalists, anti-impunity, and digital rights. She also supports the conduct and writing research reports focusing on the state of freedom of expression in West Africa.

  • Raymond Acquah, Program Coordinator, MyJoyOnline Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Raymond Acquah, Program Coordinator, MyJoyOnline

    Raymond is an experienced journalist and program coordinator skilled in editing, market research, and television broadcasting. He works as a presenter and fact checker. At MyJoyOnline he oversees online activities.

  • Precious Ankomah, program manager bei penplusbytes in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Precious Ankomah, Program Manager at penplusbytes

    Precious holds a Masters of Arts degree in Communication Studies from the University of Ghana. After working in the media for some years, she has gained expertise in news writing and reporting for both online and offline audiences. In her role as program manager for new media innovations, she manages relationships with one key stakeholder, the media.

  • Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Adarkwa, National Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (DW/J. Endert)

    Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Adarkwa, National Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet

    Kwaku is a public policy development, management, and reform specialist. He is the Ghana coordinator at the Alliance for Affordable Internet (a4ai). In 2014, he concluded a 35-year career in the civil service, where he became chief director at the Ministry of Communications. He helped to formulate Ghana’s first ICT policy, plans for socio-economic development, and telecom policy.

  • Vanessa Otchere, journalism student from Accra in Accra, Ghana (DW/S. Fischer)

    Vanessa Otchere, journalism student, "techpreneur", blogger and founder of a startup called TicketEx

    Vanessa Otchere is an entrepreneur at the forefront of Ghana’s digital revolution. She has just set up TicketEx, an online platform for buying bus tickets. Having entered her final year at university, she splits her time between studying and getting her company off the ground. She does the front end of the business while the developer does the back end.

  • Ashwin Ravinchandran, General Manager MEST Incubator in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ashwin Ravichandran, General Manager MEST Incubator, Accra

    Originally from India, Ashwin is an interactive designer and developer, specializing in UI/UX. His expertise spans engineering, research, and web development. He joined the MEST team in 2015 as a technology teaching fellow concentrating on design, scale/strategy and innovative technologies. In 2017, he joined the MEST management team as the Accra incubator general manager.

  • Ghana re:publica Accra (DW/Julius Endert)

    Jemila Abdulai, Blogger and Founder of Circumspecte.com

    Jemila is a Ghanaian blogger, writer and digital marketer. In 2007, she founded Circumspecte.com, a digital platform and lifestyle blog “dedicated to capturing meaningful insights, imbibing digital skills, spurring interaction and inspiring creative action on/for/by Africa(ns).”

  • Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh Executive Coordinator Curious Minds in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Kingsley Obeng-Kyereh, Executive Coordinator Curious Minds

    Kingsley studied geography at the University of Ghana and began working with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation during his national service. Since then, he has become an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, and a mentor at Curious Minds.

  • Ghana re:publica Accra (DW/Julius Endert)

    Regina Honu, CEO Soronko Academy

    Regina is the CEO of the Soronko Academy, a training facility that runs the Tech Needs Girls Project. Tech Needs Girls is a mentorship program where they teach girls to code and work with technology. They also provide classes for Schools that will like to include coding and design thinking in their curriculum and Adults and people in university who want more practical technical skills.

  • Ibukun Onitiju, Director of Digital, Ringier Africa Digital Publishing Ghana / pulse.fm, Product Lead Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ibukun Onitiju, Director of Digital, Ringier Africa Digital Publishing Ghana / pulse.fm, Product Lead

    Ibukun is a young and vibrant media professional with extensive experience and expertise in digital marketing and digital media. He leads Pulse Ghana – Ghana's popular online news and entertainment platform.

  • Tommy Annon-Forson, Program Director RABODEF Radio Academy Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Tommy Annon-Forson, Program Director RABODEF Radio Academy

    Tommy has been influential in the training of a number of the country’s top broadcasters at his school. The Rabodef Radio Academy is affiliated with international broadcasters such as Deutsche Welle (DW), Radio France International (RFI) and the American Embassy’s Information Service. Known as 'Uncle Tom', he is well respected for his immense contribution to broadcasting in Ghana.

  • Will Senyo, Co-founder & CEO Impact Hub Accra in Ghana (DW/J. Endert)Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Will Senyo, Co-Founder & CEO, Impact Hub Accra

    Through the Impact Hub Accra, William is on a mission to turn Accra’s Osu Ako Adjei district the city’s innovation heart, and the nerve center for Ghana’s entrepreneurs and boldest thinkers. His work tries to harness talent, tech, and capital for social good. He has driven the hub to become Accra’s premier startup hotspot.

  • Ameyaw Debrah, Blogger aus Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Ameyaw Debrah, Blogger from Accra

    Ameyaw is one of Ghana’s most influential bloggers. He founded AmeyawDebrah.com, an entertainment website and blog that primarily publishes news about Ghanaian celebrities. Together with his production team he now runs various channels on different social media platforms but also works as a freelance journalist, video producer and reporter.

  • Kent Mensah, Journalist from Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Kent Mensah, Journalist from Accra

    Kent is an award-winning online journalist, radio personality, and blogger with 14 years of experience in print and online journalism. He works for Starr FM, the international news agency, AFP, and as a lecturer at Central University College. He studied journalism in Ghana and Germany.

  • DW Akademie - Recherchereise in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Victor Asante, Senior Manager, Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC)

    Victor is in charge of research, monitoring and evaluation at Ghana’s Universal Service Fund, the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC). He is passionate about the digital participation of the unconnected and is a vocal advocate for the removal of barriers to access. He is a member of the global advocacy group, Alliance for Affordable Internet in Ghana.

  • Jerry Sam, project coordinator at Penplusbytes in Accra, Ghana (DW/J. Endert)

    Jerry Sam, Project Coordinator at Penplusbytes

    Jerry is a journalist and trainer. He is the director of programs and project manager for the African Elections Project (www.africanelections.org). For Penplusbytes, he works on the implementation of digital projects for monitoring elections and fighting against corruption.