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She quit banking after 20 years and turned to fish farming - The story of Aquatic Foods CEO
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After quitting her over 20-year banking career she turned to fish farming. But the challenges of being an entrepreneur will prove more costly than she anticipated as she'll soon come to realise. Watch Mabel Quashie, CEO of Aquatic Foods share the story of her journey to becoming the owner of a company focused on empowering the youth though the busi…
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The Ghanaian scientist on the verge of finding a cure for epilepsy
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A conversation on drugs, sex, aphrodisiacs and a Ghanaian neuropharmacologist’s quest to finding a cure for epilepsy. Listen to this episode of 21 minutes with KKB with a Neuropharmacologist, Researcher and Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr Priscilla Kolibea Mante.…
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How one question led to the creation of Ghana's largest platform championing STEM education
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It was a simple question. One as simple as "why is this bird able to perch on an electric cable without being electrocuted?" The aswer to this question in an explanation that followed led to an idea to create a platform that would help promote STEM educatio in Ghana at a time when many paid little attention to it. Years down the line, the baton has…
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The Bekwai-born Ghanaian with the fastest growing indigenous streaming platform in Africa today
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A national service opportunity would lead to a job role, and then a lifetime opportunity of many more of such with major corporations in and outside his home country Ghana as the years go by. A desire to however pursue further studies in the United Kingdom will open Louis up to a whole new set of possibilities, including the potential of actualizin…
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How the pursuit of a scammer birthed a business for US based Ghanaian, African Prodigy
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She was a regular 9 to 5 chic with a side hustle like many. Her base was Atlanta, USA and her shito business was booming. So much so, she needed representatives in Europe and elsewhere to help her meet the demand. A satisfying role, many would assume but her ambition was too huge to allow her settle on booming shito sales only so the African Prodig…
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The young Ghanaian creating a million brands and jobs
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Sydney Scott Sam is of the view that although entrepreneurship is the big thing to move Africa to where it needs to get, branding is the vehicle to drive the agenda. Sydney Scott Sam is a renowned leader in Africa’s brand marketing space. Young Scott Sam is leading a mission to help one million African entrepreneurs build a strong brand. Through th…
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From banking to celebrity hair styling - The story of Stickz, the man flourishing in a woman's world
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He has styled celebrities and artists in UK and US produced movies and series such as Treadstone, popular Nigerian series, Tinsel and a host of others. From styling the wives of Heads of States to working with the Africa Union and an endless list of celebrities in Ghana and Nigeria, Stickz is redefining the game in otherwise unfamiliar territory fo…
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Saving lives in hospitals, livelihoods on farms: The story of Dr Maureen Acquaye
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Dr Maureen Acquaye is a specialized Physician Anesthesiologist who sometimes plays the role of a General Practitioner in the United States of America helping save countless lives in the in level one trauma centers where she works in several hospitals across the United States. A fulfilling mandate, she says of her chosen profession, except there rem…
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The politically incorrect decision made by Ghana’s finest shoemaker – campaigning for change
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In 2013, the harsh economic conditions of the country would push a section of Ghanaians who would ordinarily be focused on running their business to form a ‘cult’ with a simple agenda, “campaign for change”. The movement saw the middle class of the country’s populace take a stance against what they termed bad governance at the time. Tonyi was one o…
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How a compliment got Tonyi Senayah to start the best-selling local manufacturing shoe brand, Horseman Shoes
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He was young and smart. So smart that he saw a business opportunity when friends continuously complimented him on how good his feet looked anytime they met. To them, he wore good quality custom made shoes from Italy. The truth, they were the handiwork of Master Effah whose rickety shop was only a few meters away from where Tonyi lived during his Na…
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How the car trunk of a banker became the hub of Ghana’s finest luxury human hair company – The Hair Senta story
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For four years, Gwen sold hair from the trunk of her car during lunch breaks to colleagues at the bank. On weekends, she would move to salons and attend to referrals she may have gotten in the course of the week. Today, she’s the Chief Executive Officer for The Hair Senta, a Luxury Human Hair company focusing primarily on providing luxury hair exte…
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In treating a sore lip she ended up creating world class edible skin care products – Amoabeng’s daughter shares Skin Gourmet story
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She’s the daughter of a Captain. Not just any Captain but one who bossed affairs in both the military and corporate world – Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the man described by many as the key architect of transformational banking in the West African country, Ghana. For a girl who grew up not knowing exactly what she wanted to do in life, it was easier walki…
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He quit his lucrative banking job to sell coffee – Owner of first ‘Akuapem coffee’ brand shares story
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It was his dream to secure a prestigious job at one of the leading banks in Ghana and an education from a top tier secondary school in the country – Achimota School, as well as further studies at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom was enough to put him on the right track to achieving greatness in the field of banking. But 12 months into…
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A desire to provide electricity for his grandmother led him to the production of Electric Vehicles in Africa
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From the humble streets of Asamankese in the Eastern region of Ghana, not many would have predicted that George (Jorge) Appiah will one day grow to become a colossus in engineering in Africa to the extent of creating significant change not only in the lives of family members, but also several others through job creation. The story of the technopren…
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