Ghana Announces New Tourism and Cultural Hub to be Opened Next Year in New York
Ghana Announces New Tourism and Cultural Hub to be Opened Next Year in New York
Hon. Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture for Ghana, has announced the official opening of a Tourism and cultural hub in New York to serve the North American Market and help promote tourism to Ghana. He made the announcement at the Destination Ghana Networking event that was held in New York City on 18th September 2022.
The event, a collaboration of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, the Ghana Tourism Authority and the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre brought together business leaders and leaders of the African diaspora community to network and learn more about the opportunities for tourism, business and investment in Ghana. The event also served as an opportunity to engage with the community and learn more about what their needs were when travelling to Ghana.
“The U.S. is very important to Ghana in areas of culture and tourism,” Hon. Awal said. The United States accounts for the largest number of tourists that visit Ghana annually, making them a significant place of marketing to Ghana. “We’re going to open a Cultural and Tourism office in New York next year to serve as the tool and vehicle to drive culture and tourism between the U.S. and Ghana. By March next year it will happen and I can assure you that it will help facilitate all the issues of our tourism and
culture.”
Members of the Ghanaian delegation included, Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of Ghana Tourism Authority, Yofi Grant, CEO, Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Ekow Sampson, Deputy CEO, Ghana Tourism Authority, Annabelle McKenzie, Director, Beyond the Return Secretariat.
The event was graced by Rocky Dawuni, Grammy-nominated artist, Barkue Tubman, Chief of Staff of Essence Communications, Jerry Adinkra , Cultural and Tourism Ambassador and members of the Ghanaian and historical diaspora community. The event was well attended and also featured cultural performances.
“We are building a Ghana brand that will be a hub for tourism and culture in West Africa. We need your support to build that Ghana brand and drive a lot of tourists from New York to Ghana every year,” Hon Awal said. The Consul General of the Ghana Mission in New York , Ambassador Atta Boafo assured the gathering that the processes of obtaining visas would be simplified and also addressed that Ghanaians abroad could use both their Ghana passport and U.S. passport when travelling to and from Ghana with ease.
Akwasi Agyeman, CEO of the Ghana Tourism Authority highlighted the activities lined up for December in Ghana this year which includes Afrochella, Taste of Ghana, AfroNation, Little Havanna, Detty Rave amongst others and invited the African Diaspora to be part of it.
The minister also assured everyone that important tourist sites are undergoing renovations and will be modernized to create a better travel experience. Earlier this year the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park and Museum were closed for renovations. Hon. Awal said it will reopen next year. “We will have a fully furnished and modernized Kwame Nkrumah
Memorial Park by March of next year, ” he said. “The museum is being expanded and refurbished.”
The minister’s announcement was part of the Destination Ghana Networking event in New York. The Destination Ghana campaign was launched earlier this year in London, U.K. to promote Ghana as a tourism destination worldwide. Hinged on the fact that Ghana is at the centre of the world, the campaign builds off the strength of Ghana’s Year of Return campaign which encouraged the diaspora to come to Ghana and helped boost international arrivals to over 1.1 million in 2019.
YouTube Creators Festival introduces free Masterclass for female content creators
The Second edition of the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana has introduced a free Masterclass for female content creators as part of its quest to annually celebrate and engage content creators across the region in its second edition.
This novel day-long educative masterclass will encourage and empower Ghanaian women to delve into YouTube content creation as well as develop their technical capacities as content creators by practically harnessing hands on skills in their creativity.
This was disclosed in a statement to the press by the co founder of YouTube Creators Festival Ghana, Samuel Barimah Amoaning.
“We are pushing for an inclusion in YouTube Content Creativity. We have realized that most women in this space have not yet explored their potential that much as compared to the male counterparts. Though there are many female creators, the males dominates in terms of growth and recognition. Our research and survey shows that they are mostly lacking practical skills and content direction. Knowledge about content monetization, copyrights, video editing, social listening and other subjects are missing mostly. ;he said adding to that “it is also an avenue for us to empower a lot of women in that field.”
Samuel Amoaning, who is also an accomplished YouTuber, believes this event has the potential of reducing “youth unemployment in Ghana” while ensuring millennials capitalize of the ever-growing digital trend.
The Masterclass is scheduled for Friday, November 25, 2022 at the Bluecrest University College.
Organized alongside co-creators and official event planners, Impact Concept Solution Africa Limited (ICS Africa Ltd), the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana will bring all content creators across the region to engage, educate and inspire the global YouTube community.
The 3-days long independent convention will climax with the Creators Awards night & Concert, which will acknowledge and recognize the influence and hardwork of creative content creators in Ghana. This year’s Festival will witness the likes of Nas Daily, Wode Maya, Jessica Osei – Saforo, Ameyaw Debrah, Kwadwo Sheldon and many other influential content creators.
The festival is powered by Entamoty Media Ltd and other local and international partners.
YouTube Creators Festival introduces free Masterclass for female content creators
The Second edition of the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana has introduced a free Masterclass for female content creators as part of its quest to annually celebrate and engage content creators across the region in its second edition.
This novel day-long educative masterclass will encourage and empower Ghanaian women to delve into YouTube content creation as well as develop their technical capacities as content creators by practically harnessing hands on skills in their creativity.
This was disclosed in a statement to the press by the co founder of YouTube Creators Festival Ghana, Samuel Barimah Amoaning.
“We are pushing for an inclusion in YouTube Content Creativity. We have realized that most women in this space have not yet explored their potential that much as compared to the male counterparts. Though there are many female creators, the males dominates in terms of growth and recognition. Our research and survey shows that they are mostly lacking practical skills and content direction. Knowledge about content monetization, copyrights, video editing, social listening and other subjects are missing mostly. ;he said adding to that “it is also an avenue for us to empower a lot of women in that field.”
Samuel Amoaning, who is also an accomplished YouTuber, believes this event has the potential of reducing “youth unemployment in Ghana” while ensuring millennials capitalize of the ever-growing digital trend.
The Masterclass is scheduled for Friday, November 25, 2022 at the Bluecrest University College.
Organized alongside co-creators and official event planners, Impact Concept Solution Africa Limited (ICS Africa Ltd), the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana will bring all content creators across the region to engage, educate and inspire the global YouTube community.
The 3-days long independent convention will climax with the Creators Awards night & Concert, which will acknowledge and recognize the influence and hardwork of creative content creators in Ghana. This year’s Festival will witness the likes of Nas Daily, Wode Maya, Jessica Osei – Saforo, Ameyaw Debrah, Kwadwo Sheldon and many other influential content creators.
The festival is powered by Entamoty Media Ltd and other local and international partners.
YouTube Creators Festival introduces free Masterclass for female content creators
The Second edition of the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana has introduced a free Masterclass for female content creators as part of its quest to annually celebrate and engage content creators across the region in its second edition.
This novel day-long educative masterclass will encourage and empower Ghanaian women to delve into YouTube content creation as well as develop their technical capacities as content creators by practically harnessing hands on skills in their creativity.
This was disclosed in a statement to the press by the co founder of YouTube Creators Festival Ghana, Samuel Barimah Amoaning.
“We are pushing for an inclusion in YouTube Content Creativity. We have realized that most women in this space have not yet explored their potential that much as compared to the male counterparts. Though there are many female creators, the males dominates in terms of growth and recognition. Our research and survey shows that they are mostly lacking practical skills and content direction. Knowledge about content monetization, copyrights, video editing, social listening and other subjects are missing mostly. ;he said adding to that “it is also an avenue for us to empower a lot of women in that field.”
Samuel Amoaning, who is also an accomplished YouTuber, believes this event has the potential of reducing “youth unemployment in Ghana” while ensuring millennials capitalize of the ever-growing digital trend.
The Masterclass is scheduled for Friday, November 25, 2022 at the Bluecrest University College.
Organized alongside co-creators and official event planners, Impact Concept Solution Africa Limited (ICS Africa Ltd), the YouTube Creators Festival Ghana will bring all content creators across the region to engage, educate and inspire the global YouTube community.
The 3-days long independent convention will climax with the Creators Awards night & Concert, which will acknowledge and recognize the influence and hardwork of creative content creators in Ghana. This year’s Festival will witness the likes of Nas Daily, Wode Maya, Jessica Osei – Saforo, Ameyaw Debrah, Kwadwo Sheldon and many other influential content creators.
The festival is powered by Entamoty Media Ltd and other local and international partners.
ENTAMOTY MEDIA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTS A 3 DAY YT CREATORS FESTIVAL
Ghana saw the largest gathering of digital content creators at the first ever Zeepay YT Creators festival last weekend. This initiative by Entamoty media ltd in partnership with ICS Africa was one of the highly anticipated events in the month of November as well as the Governments’ official ‘Beyond the return’ event being forecasted. Africa’s biggest creator, Mark Angel, Ghana’s leading YouTuber Wode Maya, Kenya’s Miss Trudy, CEO of Menta Music, Yonny Friedman and the French Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Anne Sophie Avé were some of the special guests of the festival.
The 3-day (26 – 28 November) creators festival began with a tour for creators and influencers. Before the tour started there was a special meet and greet session amongst creators, the media, and Mark Angel. The Accra City tour with creators was a fun filled and an exciting road safari expedition with the Ghana Tourism newly launched double decker buses for experiencing Ghana. Creators were driven through Ako Adjei Interchange, Ring Road Central, Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, Accra Digital Center, Boxing Emporium, James Town, Light house, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Independence Square and ended at ATIC. Since the bus was filled with content creators, all you could see is selfie sticks, tripods, cameras, and smart phones in the air just for them to catch a glimpse of the amazing sceneries in Accra Ghana.
The second day which was regarded as the main day of the festival, took place at Zeepay head office in cantonment from 9am to 5pm. The activities scheduled included keynote presentations, one on ones, panel discussion sessions, master class, brainstorming and virtual reality experience. Despite being a full day’s summit, the Saturday event was engaging, informative yet devoid of boredom; at one point some participants didn’t want it to end. The master class was the most insightful session as both creators and potential content creators were able to undergo practical class to learn subjects like YouTube content monetization, Seo and algorithm growth and basic video editing techniques. The class was led by Rick Aqua, Mordin Bi Taiwan and Cyber Reviews. Mark Angel and Wode Maya had one on one to share their success stories and inspired fellow creators about the art of content creation. Other Speakers included CEO of Zeepay Andrew Takyi Appiah, CEO of Menta Music, Yonny Friedman, Media personality Jessica Osei – Saforo, Nadia Modoc, Steven Blessing Ackah and the French Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Anne Sophie Avé. Other Speakers who took on the panel discussion included MzGee, George Britton, Kwadwo Sheldon, Ivy Prosper and Lakeisha Ford. The summit ended with an exclusive influential party hosted by Zeepay Ghana.
The creators Awards and concert at Accra City Hotel on Sunday 28th November climaxed the whole Zeepay YT Creators festival. It was a night of glamour, fashion, and excellence. Creators turned up in their afrocentric costumes looking all elegant and alluring for the night. Some of the content creators who took home a golden plaque included Jessica Opare – Saforo who won YT Creator of the Year, Ivy Prosper as Travel Creator, Mark Angel and Wode Maya winning the Zeepay YT African Influencer of the year and the YT Diaspora Creator of the year respectively. The event is an Entamoty Media Initiative in partnership with ICS Africa Limited and support from Zeepay Ghana.
According to the Creative Director of the Zeepay YT Creators Festival, Barimah Amoaning Samuel, the team’s goal is to establish a hub of content creators in Ghana where young people who wish to pursue digital content creation will be trained and equipped with skills and given incentives like cameras, laptops, smart phones, and MiFis to assist in their everyday creation. He appealed to both individuals and private organizations who wish to support this project to reach out to Entamoty Media, because he believes that equipping young people with digital skills is one of the ways of reducing the unemployment rates amongst the youth in Africa. Other notable partners include Mentamusic, Avance Media, Accra city hotel, Africa World Airlines, Beyond the Return, Blogging Ghana, Ghana Gold Expo, Twellium Ghana, Edward Asare, Oasis Magazine Africa, Wiflix Ghana, Music Africa, pulse Ghana, WatsUp Tv, Digital Times Africa, Ghana.
BY JANET OWUSU
Itel Ghana Donates Library and School Items worth GHC40,000 to Ayikai Dablo M/A school
Itel Ghana Donates Library and School Items worth GHC40,000 to Ayikai Dablo M/A school
Itel Ghana this Friday 24th June 2022 embarked on yet another corporate social responsibility project themed “ itel Wandering Library Project” in the Ayikai Doblo M/A Basic School.
itel hopes that everyone enjoys a better life. To this end, itel uses the LoveAlwaysOn (LAO) charity project to convey care and goodwill for consumers and the community. This is why we embark on the Wandering library project. It is a mobile library and a different form of a library that has two feet and will be at places where it is needed. The main purpose is to promote education and sow the seed of knowledge to a wider and farther place through learning.
In attendance was the district Education Director, Community heads, School authorities and representatives of itel. Itel company donated items ranging from text books, Storybooks, workbooks, branded bags, bottles, Bin and many items to the school.
The itel team were met with colorful performances and recitals form the pupils. itel also surprised the school with their brand ambassador Kuami Eugene who thrilled the school with some hit international hit songs and interacted with the school pupils.
According to the Head master of the school Mr Joseph , They appreciate the support itel had given them and they will go a long way to improve studies as well as teaching and learning in general. He promised they will to put the items to good use.
In an interview with the Digital Marketing Manager Mr. Tuekpe Michael, itel will continue to support and create impact in communities it does business in. He highlight that the goal of itel is provide equal and affordable access to enjoy better life hence itel will create sustainable impacts through these charity activities to improve lives and communities.
ITEL HOLDS MASSIVE DANCE AND RAP COMPETITION THEMED “ITEL 3X CHALLENGE”
ITEL HOLDS MASSIVE DANCE AND RAP COMPETITION THEMED “ITEL 3X CHALLENGE”
On Tuesday 21st of June 2022, itel Ghana held a rap and dance competition for its fans at Circle Tip toe lane. The Challenge themed “itel 3x Challenge” was held to increase awareness on their new and highly innovative smartphone release the itel P38Series. In attendance were more than 3,000 people in the hub of the mobile phone market. The event was graced by influential celebrities such as DKB, Akuapem Poloo, Tulenkey, E-Flex and the itel brand ambassador Kuami Eugene.
The winners received many amazing prizes ranging across all of itel’s product categories which included TVs, P38 Smartphones, itel headset, itel Power banks, itel earbuds etc.
The event which showcased many talent was arranged to highlight the main selling post for the itel P38 series which is its 3times faster charging function. It’s refreshing to see that itel understands the necessity of having a fully charged phone and doing so in no time at all. If you’ve ever been stranded due to a dead battery; you live in an area where you’re never able to charge your phone up to 50% due to power outage, or your phone goes off less than an hour into a game on every single occasion, it is time to move over to a brand that understands the situation and offers you more talk and play time.
You no longer must wait for countless hours to see your phone fully charged. With the itel P38 series, itel’s first offering of fast-charging smartphones, you can get a full 100% charge in 150 minutes- that’s only 2½ hours. This is supported by the 3x fast-charge feature that offers 3 times the speed of other regular phones, most of which take as much as 7½ hours to fully charge.
The itel P38 has a 15W fast charge technology feature that gives you triple fast charge action. With only 10 minutes of charging, you’re guaranteed up to 3 hours of WhatsApp call. Just when you think itel has done enough, it beats its own record every single time. It is the only model within its price range that can deliver such a feat. Now you can talk more, play more, and enjoy more phone time with superior technology designed just for you.
According to the marketing communication Manager Mr. Michael Tuekpe, Itel would like to congratulate all participants on who performed at the “itel 3X challenge” and promises more of such event to engage fans and loyal users in the near future.
ITEL HOLDS MASSIVE DANCE AND RAP COMPETITION THEMED “ITEL 3X CHALLENGE”
ITEL HOLDS MASSIVE DANCE AND RAP COMPETITION THEMED “ITEL 3X CHALLENGE”
On Tuesday 21st of June 2022, itel Ghana held a rap and dance competition for its fans at Circle Tip toe lane. The Challenge themed “itel 3x Challenge” was held to increase awareness on their new and highly innovative smartphone release the itel P38Series. In attendance were more than 3,000 people in the hub of the mobile phone market. The event was graced by influential celebrities such as DKB, Akuapem Poloo, Tulenkey, E-Flex and the itel brand ambassador Kuami Eugene.
The winners received many amazing prizes ranging across all of itel’s product categories which included TVs, P38 Smartphones, itel headset, itel Power banks, itel earbuds etc.
The event which showcased many talent was arranged to highlight the main selling post for the itel P38 series which is its 3times faster charging function. It’s refreshing to see that itel understands the necessity of having a fully charged phone and doing so in no time at all. If you’ve ever been stranded due to a dead battery; you live in an area where you’re never able to charge your phone up to 50% due to power outage, or your phone goes off less than an hour into a game on every single occasion, it is time to move over to a brand that understands the situation and offers you more talk and play time.
You no longer must wait for countless hours to see your phone fully charged. With the itel P38 series, itel’s first offering of fast-charging smartphones, you can get a full 100% charge in 150 minutes- that’s only 2½ hours. This is supported by the 3x fast-charge feature that offers 3 times the speed of other regular phones, most of which take as much as 7½ hours to fully charge.
The itel P38 has a 15W fast charge technology feature that gives you triple fast charge action. With only 10 minutes of charging, you’re guaranteed up to 3 hours of WhatsApp call. Just when you think itel has done enough, it beats its own record every single time. It is the only model within its price range that can deliver such a feat. Now you can talk more, play more, and enjoy more phone time with superior technology designed just for you.
According to the marketing communication Manager Mr. Michael Tuekpe, Itel would like to congratulate all participants on who performed at the “itel 3X challenge” and promises more of such event to engage fans and loyal users in the near future.
Avance Media announces Top 30 Female Diplomats in Ghana List
Avance Media announces Top 30 Female Diplomats in Ghana List
Leading PR & Rating firm, Avance Media has announced the list of Top 30 Female Diplomats in Ghana. The list which was announced through the firm’s social media platforms was issued by the outfit to acknowledge and celebrate female diplomats who have been committed to excellently delivering their mission duties to support the development of Ghana.
The diplomats who have been spearheading various roles of diplomacy and development in Ghana are ranked as Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Heads of Mission and Country Directors working in the country on behalf of their countries, AU, UN and other diplomatic organisations.
According to the MD of Avance Media, Prince Akpah, therecognition which is being bestowed on the female diplomats is to acknowledge their accomplishments as a diplomat who has risen through the ranks to attain such a great height in a field dominated by males. He further reiterated that he believes this will be an inspiration to other women and through this honour, their works and story will motivate young women in Ghana and other parts of the world to follow in their career footsteps.
Avance Media is noted for its programs in promoting women’s leadership across the continent including the ranking of the 100 Most Influential African Women and 100 Women CEOs in Africa (in partnership with Reset Global People).
The list is part of the Avance Media Honours initiative which will set out to honour the 2022 Female Diplomat of the year which will be decided through a public voting exercise via www.avancemedia.org/vote
Listed in alphabetical order, below are the names of the 2022 Avance Media’s Top 30 Female Diplomats in Ghana.
1. H.E. Abibatou Wane-Fal – Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
2. H.E. Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira – High Commissioner of Rwanda to Ghana
3. H.E. Anette Chao Garcia – Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana
4. H.E. Dr Angela Lusigi – Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
5. H.E. Angela Trenton-Mbonde – Country Director, United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
6. H.E. Anne Sophie AVÉ – Ambassador of France to Ghana
7. H.E. Anne-Claire Dufay Demoulin – Representative, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF
8. H.E. Barbara Clemens – Representative, UN World Food Programme (WFP)
9. H.E. Birgit La Cour Madsen – Deputy Ambassador of Denmark to Ghana
10. H.E. Claudia Turbay Quintero – Ambassador of Colombiato Ghana
11. H.E. Daniela d’Orlandi – Ambassador of Italy to Ghana
12. H.E. Dr Erieka Bennett – Head of Mission, Diaspora African Forum
13. H.E. Esther Kiragu – Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
14. H.E. Eyerusalem Fasika – Country Manager, African Development Bank (AFDB)
15. H.E. Fatima Denton – Director, United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)
16. H.E. Frances Virginia Anderson – High Commissioner of Sierra Leone to Ghana
17. H.E. Grace Jeanet Mason – High Commissioner of South Africa to Ghana
18. H.E. Harriet Thompson – High Commissioner of United Kingdom to Ghana
19. H.E. Heike Friesel – Director, Goethe-Institut Ghana
20. H.E. Ifeoma Esther Charles-Monwuba- Representative, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
21. H.E. Imane Ouaadil – Ambassador of Morocco to Ghana
22. H.E. Ingrid Mollestad – Ambassador of Norway to Ghana
23. H.E. Juliette Babb-Riley – High Commissioner of Barbados to Ghana
24. H.E. Kati Csaba – High Commissioner of Canada to Ghana
25. H.E. Olga Syradin – Ambassador of Guinea to Ghana
26. H.E. Ozlem Ergun Ulueren – Ambassador of Turkey to Ghana
27. H.E. Regina Bauerochse Barbosa – Country Director, GIZ Ghana
28. H.E. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi – High Commissioner of Namibia to Ghana
29. H.E. Shlomit Sufa – Ambassador of Israel to Ghana
30. H.E. Virginia E. Palmer – Ambassador of USA to Ghana
Source: Avance Media
He Started a Blog to Promote Entrepreneurship in Ghana , This is the story of Charles Wundengba
He Started a Blog to Promote Entrepreneurship in Ghana , This is the story of Charles Wundengba
Entrepreneurship blogging is a niche many bloggers do not fancy but for Charles Wundengba, it is a passion to be pursued. Charles is a teacher, blogger, and digital marketer.
Charles blogs mostly on entrepreneurship but has other blogs for health, agriculture, and general news. In 2018, he was nominated for the Ghana 40under40 awards and also named among the Top 50 Bloggers in Ghana by Avance Media in 2018, 2020, and 2021.
He also promotes tech education in Ghana using the local Twi language on YouTube. In July 2020, Charles was named among the 100 Most Influential Personalities from Northern Ghana.
Charles Wundengba is the Founder and CEO of Wundef Media which comprises a list of blogs and provides PR services for brands.Wundef.com, Northernghana.net, Healthinfogh.com, Sindefeated.com, Agriceducation.com and Obuasitoday.com are all blogs under the Wundef Media.
In 2020, Charles Wundengba was featured in the August Edition of Kwik Advertizer Magazine.
He launched Wundef.com in 2017 to promote entrepreneurship and tell the stories of young entrepreneurs.
Early Life
Charles Wundengba was born in Bunn, a suburb of Tongo in the Talensi District in the Upper East region of Ghana. His father was working in Obuasi so Charles joined his dad in Obuasi at age four. His dad lost his job a few months afterward.
Schools
In 1992, Charles started schooling at the Obuasi PresbyPrimary school where he continued to complete junior high school in the same school in 2001. He went on to TweneboahKodua Senior High school in Kumawu to study Science.
He then furthered on to the Wesley College of Education in Kumasi to be trained as a teacher. He became a graduate teacher after completing the University of Education, Winneba in 2012.
Charles has a Master of Arts in Strategic Communication from the University of Education, Winneba and currently studying for his MPhil in Strategic Communication at the same university.
Going into Blogging
In 2015, when visiting one mining community in the Ashanti region as part of a World Bank research on the impact of mining on mining communities, Charles met a group of young men who refused to talk about their issues with the Mining Company in their community because they believed it wouldn’t go anywhere. They explained that a lot of people have been there to listen to their stories but nothing good came out of it. They were fed up and they believed they just had to cope with the situation. Right there, Charles made up his mind to amplify the voices of the weak.
“When young people feel no one cares about them, they take the law into their own hands and the outcome could affect many lives,” he said.
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Later that year, he started Obuasitoday.com to deal specifically with news related to the Obuasi community and amplify the voices of the people there. Obuasitoday.com has become the most reliable online news portal for everything about Obuasi. Prior to starting Obuasitoday.com, Charles Wundengba had started Northerngh.com (now Northernghana.net) in March of the same year to promote and educate people on the history and culture of the Northern regions.
“There were so many misconceptions of people from Northern Ghana. Some people thought the north is always violent because of the news they always hear and see from the media. I wanted to change that narrative” he explained.
In 2016, Charles felt updates on his websites weren’t going as expected since he had to always call his web developers and lodge a complaint before his websites were updated. So he decided to learn website development. By June 2016, after a few months of watching tutorials on website development on YouTube and support from a friend, he had developed a Christian website called Sindefeated.com. Sindefeated.com’smain purpose is to promote Christian events, doctrines, and news. Two months afterward, he added an online radio to the Christian website, Sindefeated Radio. The radio was listed on TuneIn in August 2017 and in the same year nominated for the award of Best Christian Online Radio at the Shine Awards Ghana 2017.
Through Sindefeated.com, Charles organized Praizfest, a Christian event that successfully took place in Obuasi in 2017 and 2018 and then in Bolgatanga in 2019 in partnership with Minister Edwina in Bolgatanga.
In early 2017, Charles started Wundengba.com which sought to inspire young people to go into entrepreneurship. After partaking in the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) in Lagos, Nigeria (2017), where he met over 100 other young entrepreneurs and leaders from other West African countries, Charles Wundengba realized a lot of young people were changing the world in their own small ways but no one knew about them and the impact they were making. He then decided to promote the works of people who are causing a change in their own small ways. Wundengba.com was changed to Wundef.com the same year.. Wundef.com provides leadership, inspirational, financial articles and also profiles of entrepreneurs and inspirational leaders. Charles Wundengba has interviewed and profiled almost 100 young entrepreneurs across Africa. Other profiles were submitted by other writers in various African countries.
In November 2018, he organized the first Young Entrepreneurs Conference in Obuasi. In the same month Healthinfogh.com, a health-related website was also released by him. Since 2015, Charles Wundengba has been volunteering for the 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (350 GROC) as their Digital Team Leader.
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Career
Charles is a teacher by profession. Aside blogging, he is also part of the Aseda FM Morning Show Team since August, 2020.
Charles Wundengba got married in January, 2022 to Elizabeth Serwaah Wundengba.
