Glocal Citizens
257 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGlocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale.
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Episode 228: Local Perspectives on Development Communications with Emilly Okello-Juma
June 25, 2024 09:00 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBSummer Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week, comes to us via fellow Glocal Citizen, Yana Fleming (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/yana-fleming). Like Yana, Emilly Okello-Juma is a seasoned communications and program management professional. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Emilly’s work has taken her to points near and far across around the world. She has 13 years of experience working in communications roles including on-continent support across all regions in Africa on ...
Episode 227: The Artist and the Designer with Elike Nkansa Part 2
June 18, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! I met Elike Kofi Nkansa, a multifaceted creative with a background in literature and art with a keen interest in fine detailng, one afternoon at a place called the Green Butterfly Market (https://greenbutterflyghana.com/greenbutterflymarket/) in Accra. He was seated in front of a beautiful portrait tapestry which I eventually purchased after visiting his flagship boutique and seeing a sampling of his portfolio. He trained as an architect and is the designer for his ...
Episode 226: The Artist and the Designer with Elike Nkansa Part 1
June 11, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! I met Elike Kofi Nkansa, a multifaceted creative with a background in literature and art with a keen interest in fine detailng, one afternoon at a place called the Green Butterfly Market (https://greenbutterflyghana.com/greenbutterflymarket/) in Accra. He was seated in front of a beautiful portrait tapestry which I eventually purchased after visiting his flagship boutique and seeing a sampling of his portfolio. He trained as an architect and is the designer for his ...
Episode 225: A Cup of Impact with a Side of Coffee with Robert “Bob” Bush, Jr.
June 04, 2024 09:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week we have a Glocal Citizens first so keep reading! I first met my guest, Robert “Bob” Bush, Jr., more than 15 years ago in a cute bistro in the Meat Packing District in New York City. At the time, he had been living in the Middle East for a couple of years as Managing Director and Senior Advisor for the Corporate Office of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoumis, Prime Minister of the UAE. As you’ll hear in the conversation this was in many ways a culmina...
Episode 224: #tbt...Jamaica with Stacy Kirk, Andray McKenzie, Beverley Watson, Suki Fuller, Morris Sinclair, Natasha Moore, and Nydia Swaby
May 28, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes - 76.1 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! Beach has been in heavy rotation in my mind lately so I decided to recreate the experience of being there through conversations with guests from a favorite beach destination - Jamaica. Our tour guides for this virtual experience are fellow Stanford alum and techpreneur, Stacy Kirk; logistics, supply chain and production systems expert, Andray McKenzie; ceramic sculptor and art therapist, Beverley Watson; intelligence advisor, author, and speaker, Suki Fuller; global...
Episode 223: Multilingual Transcultural Education and New Paradigms for Teaching and Learning with Dr. Shartriya Collier
May 21, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week and I go way back to the days of carefree Saturdays and Brooklyn Street festivals, before adulting was the order of our days. Fast forward and today, Dr. Shartriya Collier is an Associate Dean and Full Professor at the School of Education at Nevada State College (NSC), where she leads and supports a diverse and dynamic faculty and student body. She has over 21 years of experience in education spanning from PK-20 to adult education, with a focus on...
Episode 222: Toward Greening Communities--One Clean Street at a Time with Kwadwo Safo
May 14, 2024 09:00 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! The Glocal Citizens community has gifted us with another inspiring diasporan. Heneba Kwadwo Safo, a graduate of the University of Ghana in Civil Engineering is the founder and leader of the BuzStopBoys. The Buzstopboys is a volunteer group promoting a Clean, Green, Environment (CGEn) through patriotism. With brooms, dustpans and a strong sense of community spirit, the BuzstopBoys have become a driving force for positive change. Their initiative focuses on cleaning h...
Episode 221: Free Thinking and Maker Spaces with Paul Damalie Part 2
May 06, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s conversation comes to you in two parts and is courtesy of a connection made by my guest from Episode 34, Stacey Enyame (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/stacey-enyame). Recognizing the intersection between tech and community/economic development and my background, Stacey suggested I join the Keta MakerSpace community on WhatsApp--a brainchild of #GlobalGhanaian, Paul Kwesi Damalie. We go into detail about the community and the vision for the pla...
Episode 220: Free Thinking and Maker Spaces with Paul Damalie
April 30, 2024 09:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s conversation comes to you in two parts and is courtesy of a connection made by my guest from Episode 34, Stacey Enyame (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/stacey-enyame). Recognizing the intersection between tech and community/economic development and my background, Stacey suggested I join the Keta MakerSpace community on WhatsApp--a brainchild of #GlobalGhanaian, Paul Kwesi Damalie. We go into detail about the community and the vision for the pla...
Episode 219: Spotlight on the Producer with Sasheen Artis Part 2
April 23, 2024 09:00 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/217). Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp ...
Episode 218: Spotlight on the Producer with Sasheen Artis Part 1
April 16, 2024 09:00 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast we have another fellow Stanford Alumni – #chocolatecardinal, with a mini masterclass as a great follow-up to my conversation with creative director, Francis Brown (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/217). Sasheen Artis, born a New Yorker in Harlem, currently based in Los Angeles, California, is bi-coastal in her lifespan to date, spending her entire adult life on the West Coast. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a temp ...
Episode 217: On Building Animation Ecosystems in Africa with Francis Brown Part 2
April 09, 2024 09:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MBApril Greetings Glocal Citizens! As you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights. Francis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film...
Episode 216: On Building Animation Ecosystems in Africa with Francis Brown Part 1
April 02, 2024 09:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBApril Greetings Glocal Citizens! As you listen to this week’s episode you may catch a hint of showers as part of the sound track for this conversation with long-time collaborator, Takoradi, Ghana’s own Francis Brown. As the saying goes, showers bring flowers and in this two-part conversation we’re definitely cultivating a bouquet of beauty and insights. Francis is one of the first professionals that I worked with when I arrived in Ghana; at that times he was a student at Ghana’s National Film...
Episode 215: A Web of Wellness with Kadiatou Sibi
March 26, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This month we’ve traveled to three continents on our herstory tour and our final destination is the west coast of the US by way of The Gambia. My guest, Kadiatou Sibi, started in the world of work after finding her voice (literally), in university when she began traveling the world as a lead singer of the band, Belizbeha. Following a successful career in media, entertainment, and teaching, she focused on entrepreneurism to launch A Web of Wellness (AWOW). With over ...
Episode 214: Deep Dialogues and Enabling the Possibility of Change with Yaliwe Clarke
March 19, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week, we’re flashing back to my trip to Cape Town last November. I met my guest, Yaliwe Clarke through sister-to-sister connection, literally. Her sister and mine are friends and as we (my sister and I) were in SA together our meeting was inevitable. Yaliwe, who is of Zambian and British parentage found her way to South African nearly two decades ago from Zambia, where she spent most of her life. She is the immediate past Director of the African Gender Institut...
Episode 213: Globalizing Local Initiatives with Valerie White
March 12, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode and herstory really hit close to home. We recorded this interview on Ghana’s Independence Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ9ZcXEXOh0), March 6th--or 6th March as we say in Ghana. And while days like this are meant to be celebrations of freedom and recognition of the work and struggles that went into the founding of the republic, my enthusiasm was half-hearted. If Africa, Africans and all people of the African Diaspora are honest with oursel...
Episode 212: Reimagining Effective Mental Health Care with Sara Reed
March 05, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes - 61 MBWomen’s Month Greetings Glocal Citizens! If it’s March then it’s all about herstories here on the podcast and first up we’re in London by way of Hopkinsville, Kentucky with mental health futurist, Sara Reed. She is an empathic leader, mental health futurist, and practitioner in psychedelic-assisted therapy. I came across Sara’s work when listening to a session the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Global Summit (https://www.psychedelicassistedtherapysummit.com/?r_done=1) last year, and my curiosit...
Episode 211: Everyday Activism with Hakeem Oluseyi, Juleen Christopher, Kobby Graham, Samba Yonga, Eric Collins
February 27, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week on the podcast it’s flashback February. Inspired by last year’s Black History Month compilation episode (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/163), for this week, also dedicated to Black History Month, I’ve selected glocally speaking, mindset hacking and solution-scaping excerpts from conversations over the past year. Starting with the Science Mercenary, Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/hakeem-oluseyi) on how reconceptualizing o...
Episode 210: Me + You + Art + Wellness with Marlea Edwards
February 20, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! I’m back in Accra and it’s HOT and HUMID, but thankfully not so dusty--I’ve successfully evaded the Harmattan! A significant contrast to the environs for my guest this week who dials in from her hometown of London, England. Raised between London and Brooklyn with roots in Jamaica, Aruba and Donimica, Marlea Edwards was drawn to the creative arts from theatre to photography, storytelling, mythology and anthropology from an early age. She is an award-winning, multi-di...
Episode 209: Healthtech Solutions and Tools for Engagement with Dana Weeks Part 2
February 13, 2024 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/children-of-the-vietnam-war-131207347/) and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation (https://www.blackangeltechfund.com), cr...
Episode 208: Healthtech Solutions and Tools for Engagement with Dana Weeks Part 1
February 06, 2024 10:15 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! Kicking off February, we have a double-header in conversation with another Stanford Alum and fellow “Track Girl.” Born in Vietnam (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/children-of-the-vietnam-war-131207347/) and raised in New York, Dana Weeks is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of MedTrans Go, a healthcare technology start-up based in Atlanta, GA. Prior to MedTrans Go, she co-founded the Black Angel Tech Foundation (https://www.blackangeltechfund.com), cr...
Episode 207: Digital Expertise for Greater Good with Stephen A. Newton
January 30, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s episode comes to us courtesy of a dinner hosted by EP 22/23 guest, Kwame Acheampong (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/kwame-acheampong). Kwame and my guest, Stephen Newton are longtime colleagues that recently rejoined forces at Aleph Group, Inc., a global digital advertising platform that connects brands with every digitally connected user in Africa where Stephen currently serves as the Managing Director Sub-Sahara Africa. With Jamaican lineage...
Episode 206: Wellness as a Way of Work with Tara Aura Purnell
January 23, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! I am sincerely grateful to my community of Glocal Citizens, especially as former guests have been delivering on sharing life experiences with me and the podcast in their communities. My guest this week is someone I met last December in Ghana while catching up with Nydia Swaby (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nydia-swaby) in Accra and I’m happy to share her story. Washington, D.C native, Tara Aura Purnell is a meditation guide, ritual artist, certified yoga...
Episode 205: On Organizing Labor with Tobias Bavnsgaard
January 16, 2024 10:00 - 54 minutes - 74.4 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! “The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. On Monday of this week, we celebrated global visionary, activist and minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For many, it is a time to reflect on how far the US and the world have progressed concerning civil/human rights for Black and colonized peoples. Dr. King’s work, especially as the Civil Rights Movement began casting a wider net on ...
Episode 204: Raising Digital Economies with Eric Osiakwan Part 2
January 09, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week on we’re moving into the new year with some wise words and insights in Part 2 of my conversation with Ghanaian investor and developer of new businesses, Eric Osiakwan. With 25 years of experience spanning 32 countries in Africa gained through a number of successful tech start-ups, Eric is a leading pioneer of internet in Africa. Having worked in multiple countries building internet service providers (“ISP”) and ICT businesses, some of his successful exits ...
Episode 203: Lifelong Learning with Monroe France
January 02, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBNew Year Greetings Glocal Citizens! Thank you to all that land here with us weekly to #listenandlearn about #DynamicDiasporans living, working and playing worldwide. I look forward to a new year of conversations that will include taking deeper dives into the whys and ways of reimagining global impact economics alongside continuing to travel far and wide with our guests. Stay tuned! This week, I’m joined by Monroe France the inaugural Vice Provost for Institutional Inclusive Excellence Tufts U...
Episode 202: Creating New Ecologies of Knowledge with Nana Oforiatta Ayim
December 18, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBGreetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s guest is fast becoming a cultural icon across her chosen disciplines. Ghanaian by ancestry and born in German and spending a formative part of her life in England, Nana Oforiatta Ayim is a writer, filmmaker, and art historian. She is Founder of the ANO Institute of Arts and Knowledge (https://www.anoghana.org/), through which she has pioneered a Pan-African Cultural Encyclopaedia, a Mobile Museums Project, and curated Ghana’s first pavilion at the Venice...
Episode 201: On Becoming a Public Health Champion with Fiona Gambanga
December 12, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBGreetings 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, Zimbabwe, Fiona Gambanga is a global health professional with more than seven years’ experience in qualitative and quantitative research, public health program planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. She has supported countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe in health wor...
Episode 199: Intelligence as a Way of Business with Suki Fuller Part 2
December 05, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBGreetings 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 and the United States, Suki Fuller (https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/suki-fuller/), an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows (https://www.cifellows.com/) is a women that is usually intent on not bei...
Episode 200: Angel Fair Africa @10 with Eric Osiakwan Part 1
November 28, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBGreetings 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 my guest, Ghanaian, Eric Osiakwan, Angel Fair Africa, happening November 28th - December 1st, brings selected and curated entrepreneurs to pitch to a room of angel investors with the intent of doing deals. Eric is an entrepreneur and investor with 25 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa an...
Episode 198: Intelligence as a Way of Business with Suki Fuller Part 1
November 21, 2023 10:00 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBGreetings 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 and the United States, Suki Fuller (https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/suki-fuller/), an intelligence advisor, author, acclaimed international keynote speaker and Fellow of The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows (https://www.cifellows.com/) is a women that is usually intent on not bei...
Episode 197: Distilling Lifescapes From the Road with Dante Bowen Hendricks
November 14, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 62.7 MBGreetings 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 found his calling as a young boy in Guyana when his uncle gifted him a rotating globe that sparked Dante's fascination with world cultures. After immigrating to Brooklyn as a teen, Dante set aside his passion for photography to work in his family's shipping business. But a trip back home reignited his...
Episode 196: Thoughts on the African Dream with Nyamal Tutdeal
November 07, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.7 MBGreetings 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 Tutdeal, who is a conflict resolution and healing practitioner, joins us again to talk about, among other things, one of her homelands--Ethiopia, where I found myself (in Addis Ababa) for the weekend. Many may recall meeting Nyamal on the podcast prior to her move to Accra (https://glocalcitizens.fireside...
Episode 195: Shaping Pan-African Progress with Christa Elise Sanders
October 31, 2023 09:00 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBGreetings 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 diverse experience within the field of higher education. She is currently the Campus Director at Webster University (https://www.webster.edu.gh) in Accra, Ghana. A graduate of Spelman College (https://www.spelman.edu/about-us) and Columbia University, her expertise includes strategic planning, program de...
Episode 194: Inside the Singer’s Voice with Jeremiah Abiah
October 23, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 70 MBGreetings 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, vocal coach, songwriter/writer, style influencer, and entrepreneur, Ghanaian-Cuban-American, Jeremiah Abiah inspires artists around the world to learn, love, and live their voice. His creative talents and expertise have made him a sought-after coach for national and international singers, actors, rappe...
Episode 193: On Catalytic Capital with The Money Maker, Eric Collins
October 17, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBGreetings 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 an raised in the southern United States, has called London home for the nearly 10 years. He is a serial entrepreneur, investor, technology executive and host of Channel 4 business show, The Money Maker (https://www.themoneymaker.com), which is based on the highly successful US show The Profit on CNB...
Episode 192: Always Mentally Prepared with Ky Adderley Part 2
October 10, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBGreetings 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 Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is ...
Episode 191: Always Mentally Prepared with Ky Adderley Part 1
October 03, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MBGreetings 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 Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia. I’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is ...
Episode 190: Come Chop with Stanley Lumax
September 05, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBGreetings 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 guest on Episode 139, Asmeret Berhe-Lumax (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/asmeret-berhe-lumax) and on the Advisory Committee of Episodes 42/43 guest, Nana Eyeson-Akiwowo’s African Health Now (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nana-eyeson-akiwowo). A fellow Ghanaian, Stanley Lumax is...
Episode 189: Venture Capital for the Mulitcultural Mainstream with Garnet Heraman
August 29, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MBGreetings 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 understand more about how my guest’s investment ethic and a particular investment in a start-up podcasting network four years ago are at the intersection of our collective coming to being on this page. Born into multiracial family in Trinidad & Tobago, now based in Southern California, my guest is invest...
Episode 188: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 2
August 22, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 77.9 MBGreetings 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 creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clie...
Episode 187: Transforming the Future of Work with Hawa Kombian Part 1
August 15, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MBGreetings 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 creative leader who enables organizational founders’ and their teams to achieve operational sustainability and social vibrancy by building results-driven cultures of connection, Hawa is squarely focused on bridges all the dimensions of leadership toward more impact and sustainable presents for her clie...
Episode 186: Beaming Bold with Audra Gordon
August 08, 2023 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBHi 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 beautiful islands of St.Vincent and the Grenadines where she was born and Brooklyn, New York where she was raised. She is now now an expat living in Hong Kong for almost 12 years. As a Wealth Management and Business Development Professional with extensive experience in retail banking and retail fas...
Episode 185: Building An Ecosystem for Youth Development with Kojo North
August 01, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBAugust 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 successful career consulting software companies while dividing his time between London, Amsterdam, and Kumasi. With a keen interest in supporting Ghanaian software startups, he invests in and advises startups focused on driving digital transformation within the lodging and restaurant industries. Belie...
Episode 184: On Being a Science Mercenary with Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Part 2
July 25, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBGreetings 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, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysic...
Episode 183: On Being a Science Mercenary with Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi Part 1
July 18, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutes - 65.9 MBGreetings 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, and keynote speaker, Hakeem Oluseyi. Another fellow Stanford University Alum, Hakeem recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA headquarters. His work has resulted in 11 patents, and more than 100 publications covering contributions to astrophysic...
Episode 182: Branding Experiences with Begay Downes-Thomas
July 11, 2023 09:00 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBGreetings 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, Gambian-American, Begay Downes-Thomas was born and raised in New York City to Gambian parents and currently calls Dakar, Senegal her base. She has more than 20 years of experience as a senior advocacy strategist in strategic communication, partnerships, and media in the development sector - specifically i...
Episode 181: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 3
July 04, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 44.6 MBSummer 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 episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://...
Episode 180: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 2
June 27, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBSummer 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 episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://...
Episode 179: Pictures Worth Thousands of Words with James Barnor Part 1
June 20, 2023 09:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBSummer 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 episodes. James Barnor is a Ghanaian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana) photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street (https://...