Ghana Ladies in Tech Awards Digital Times Africa As Best Media House Supporting Female Entrepreneurship.
Ghana Ladies in Tech Awards Digital Times Africa As Best Media House Supporting Female Entrepreneurship.
An army of entrepreneurs and startups have risen to develop and build tech-inclined solutions and products to ease the economic strain in Africa.
Concerning this, African media houses have caught up with the revolution and have become reliable mouthpieces for these entrepreneurs and innovators. One of such media houses stationed at the forefront to curate and promote relevant and credible content is Digital Times Africa.
Digital Times Africa has been awarded the Best Media House supporting female entrepreneurship. Founded in 2020 and spearheaded by five players, Digital Times Africa has put in efforts to shine the light on women entrepreneurs, peak into every hook and cranny to dig out relevant content, and drive conversations that have accelerated innovation and growth within the African tech ecosystem.
“As a corporate media agency putting businesses in the limelight, driving conversations, and reporting in-depth analysis, winning the award encourages us and confirms that we are growing fast and making impacts. We identified a huge gender divide within the industry and we sought to correct that. We partnered with certain organizations such as Ghana Tech Lab and Kumasi Hive who are also championing the cause. These partnerships among others gave us the needed advantage to accelerate female entrepreneurship. Women have a lot of potentials and for the years ahead of us, we will continue to tap into that and show the spotlight on them,” Digital Times’ Team Lead Richard Joseph stated.
He continued, “For our next phase, it is our objective to go beyond reporting to meet the demand of tech enthusiasts. We believe that technology affects every individual and in light of this, we will venture into the informal areas and bring to light the vitality of technology in those areas. We want to elevate and update every African and not just a section of people in technology.”
“Digital Times Africa (DT Africa) is on a mission to create stellar digital content for the benefit of empowering entrepreneurs, startups, technology enthusiasts, and policy pillars.”
Since its operation, the multimedia agency has produced “The Digital Factory,” a virtual dialogue series that welcomes experienced industry players and aspiring ones to share, question, and propose solutions to Africa’s tech ecosystem problems. Digital Times Africa has also leveraged the art of collaboration and has made impacts with significant industry players like SAGE Nigeria, Startup Accra, Hacklab Foundation, and SIA-Africa. The media house also boasts of its successful events such as “Africa’s Digital Future” and “Creative Confab”.
Source: Digital Times Africa
About Digital Times Africa:
For us at Digital Times Africa; Bridging the gap between the African Tech, Entrepreneurial, Innovation ecosystems, and traditional industries is key to pave the way for exponential partnerships and strengthening of the African Digital ecosystem.
We are the fastest-growing publications covering the business of technology, digital innovation, entrepreneurship, and the startup ecosystem on the African continent providing unparalleled insight and analysis, influential events, and hosting conversations with major players. We are playing a significant role in understanding tech in Africa.
More info on www.digitaltimes.africa
Abiola Bawuah Wins “Humanitarian of The Year 2021” In Humanitarian Awards Global.
Abiola Bawuah Wins “Humanitarian of The Year 2021” In Humanitarian Awards Global.
The Humanitarian Awards Awards Global (HAG) has named Mrs. Abiola Marufatu Bawuah the Regional CEO West Africa of the United Bank for Africa as the Winner of the Humanitarian of The Year Category at the 2nd Annual HAG Awards held over the weekend at Labadi Beach Hotel.
The Humanitarian Awards Global stands to celebrate and honor the extraordinary gifts the world has been blessed with. Awards were presented to organizations and individuals working to achieve the SDGs. Additionally, philanthropists and NGOs in the area of healthcare were honored, with special recognition for personalities that played vital roles in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic locally and internationally.
The HAG Awards Board this year selected Mrs. Abiola Bawuah as winner of the category for her progress and impact which has been remarkable over the years. She has inspired many young women, rising through the ranks and breaking gender barriers. She launched the Abiola Bawuah Foundation (ABF); a non-profit organization poised to positively impact the lives of deprived young girls. Her foundation has among other things, provided underprivileged girls who hitherto had no hope of getting an education with quality education.
Abiola Bawuah thanked the organizers and dedicated the award to all women. She also noted that, a good Samaritan paid her fees in Achimota School which has brought her this far hence her resolve to support young girls through school. “This is the reason I have dedicated 100% of the proceeds from my book “Chosen” to support the young enterprising girls to have access to quality education.” She advised all ladies to set their minds on targets and remain focused so they can surpass the exploits of their counterparts.
Mrs. Bawuah has not only been a great influence to women in society, but her drive to soar higher forever remains a motivation for future generations to come.
She climbed the corporate ladder to occupy executive positions in different Financial Institutions before moving to UBA Ghana, where she was made Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO). She rose to the position of Regional CEO of UBA West Africa 1 before being given the charge for the whole region.
Ghana to Host The First Local Conference of Youth to Develop a National Youth Statement on Climate Change
Local Conference of Youth (LCOY), is a localized version of the global Conference of Youth (COY) both organized by the official Youth Constituency to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) known as YOUNGO. COY is a youth precursor event to the Conference of Parties (COP) which is hosted annually. At COY, youth participants from all over the world gather to develop a global youth statement that is presented to the COP Presidency.
However, due to the inability of many young people to attend COY, LCOY was designed to increase participation in developing the global youth statement. Children and adolescents are among the most vulnerable to climate change, especially those in the Global South, which includes Ghana. As such, LCOY Ghana seeks to gather youth climate groups and relevant stakeholders to collaborate and develop Ghana’s National Youth Statement. This National Youth Statement will then feed into the Global Youth Statement that will be submitted to the COP26 Presidency in Glasgow, ensuring the youth actively participate in decisions that will shape our future.
The maiden edition to brainstorm on the content of this statement in Ghana will take place at the British Council, Accra Ghana on Thursday 23 September 2021 at 8 am. It is expected that at the end of the meeting the National Youth Statement will be drawn with emphasis on Climate Policies & Governance; Adaptation & Resilience; Gender Empowerment; Biodiversity, Nature-Based Solutions; Water Sanitation & Health; Renewable Energy; Climate Finance; Green Jobs, Capacity building to strengthen the youth climate movement in Ghana to jointly advocate, Support the government and private sectors to increase Ghana’s climate ambition and Launch Ghana’s Youth Climate Council (YCC) as a national hub for the youth climate movement.
Organising Committee:
Host Organisations: Green Africa Youth Organisation & United Youth Initiative Africa.
Partner Organisations: British High Commission; Canadian High Commission; British Council; GIZ Ghana; UNICEF
Supporting Youth Organisations: Strategic Youth Network for Development Ghana, Entrepreneurs Club Ghana, Ghana Youth Environmental Movement, Eco-Cura, McGharbins Network, Reusable Bags GH and 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon.
About Green Africa Youth Organisation
Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO), is a youth-led gender-balanced advocacy group that focuses largely on environmental sustainability and community development.
We are dedicated to developing the human interest to observe basic natural laws and adopt the behavior of living in harmony with nature. We seek a future where there is a balanced relationship between humans and the various natural systems on which they depend in such a way that all the components are accorded a proper degree of sustainability.
About United Youth Initiative Africa.
United Youth Initiative Africa -UYIA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating the next generation of youth leaders to transition Africa to a sustainable future. Our mission is to empower the youth to create sustainable solutions to help in the attainment of the UN Global Goals, empower the youth to take leadership roles and act as agents of positive change within their various communities. We envision to impact the African youth to help achieve the majority of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through our projects and activities.
YT CREATORS FESTIVAL & AWARDS NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
Finally YouTube creators community in Ghana will be rewarded and recognized for assiduous effort in content creation at the YT Creators Festival. Are you a youtube creator? Do you know any creator?
Nominations have been opened for all creators in the maiden edition of the YouTube creators Awards Ghana 2021.
The YouTube creators awards night, is the final day of the Ghana YT creators festival, it’s a night to honor and recognize hard working creators in Ghana.
The YouTube Creators festival is happening on the 25th – 27th November 2021 at the Accra Digital center.
The YouTube Creators Festival is the first ever 3 day long independent convention that will bring all content creators across the region to engage, educate and inspire in the global YT community. The conference will be climaxed with the Creators Awards night & Concert, which will recognize hard working and influential content creators in Ghana and beyond including Africa’s biggest youtuber Mark Angel. The festival is powered locally by Entamoty Media Ltd With several other local & international partners. Below are the categories. Main partners on this event include Menta Music, Digital Times Africa, Twellium Industrial Ltd, Ghana Tech Lab, Edwardasare.com, outright, Avance Media, Whatsup Tv. Oasis Magazine, Blogging Ghana, ICS Africa, music Africa Canada, Visit ytcreatorsfestival.com to nominate a creator now.
YT Tech creator
YT Food Creator
YT Travel Creator
YT Entertainment Creator
YT Educational Creator
YT Fashion Creator
YT Comic Creator
YT Lifestyle Creator
YT Beauty Creator
YT Gaming Creator
YT Reaction Creator
YT Music Creator
YT Web Series Creator
YT Dance Creator
YT Sports Creator
YT Gospel Creator
YT Video of the year
YT Couple Creator Of The Year
YT Creator of the year
YT Channel of the year
YT Humanitarian Creator
YT news and media publication creator.
Nominate a creator now at https://www.ytcreatorsfestival.com/yt-creators-awards/
RISING TEEN STAR NAYA VERA WINS NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT CELEBRITY BUSINESS AWARDS
RISING TEEN STAR NAYA VERA WINS NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR AT CELEBRITY BUSINESS AWARDS
Fastest rising Ghanaian afrobeat artist Naya Vera has won the new artist of the year at the just ended Celebrity business awards Ghana.
The awards ceremony which is to promote and celebrate young personalities blazing trails in the entertainment industry was held at the Paloma hotel on 11th September 2021.
The ‘Never leave me’ hit maker took to stage to thank all those supporting her music career although she is young and still coming up in this though Ghanaian industry. She later performed her popular mash up and ‘never leave me’ single on same stage.
With an impressive start, the talented afrobeat and dancehall songwriter Naya Vera, has more to offer as she continues to make waves with her unique sound not only in the Ghanaian Industry but the international scene.
By Barimah Amoaning Samuel
