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Barcamp Ghana 2009 Recap
Submitted by fie.nipa on Wed, 12/23/2009 - 16:03BarCamp Ghana 09 Recap
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Press Release
On December 22, 2008, over a hundred young Ghanaians met in Accra for BarCamp Ghana '08 to exchange ideas on entrepreneurship, innovation and development for a rising Ghana. This summer, the conversations moved to Washington, DC on July 25, 2009 where BarCamp Diaspora '09 brought together the African Diaspora to exchange ideas on doing business in Africa.
Media and publicity
The BarCamp Ghana team will be on a few radio shows as part of publicizing the event.
Sky TV will be covering the full event on Monday, December 21.
On Friday, December 18, Edward Tagoe, Mawuli Sikanku and Nii-Nai Kwade were on Radio Universe 105.7FM to talk about BarCamp Ghana 09. This was from about 8:20am to 9am.
Teleconferencing
Join the discussion:
Live feed at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/barcamp-ghana-09
Live Streaming (with comments enabled):
Livestream
UStream
Chat (with video):
Follow BarCamp Ghana 09 conversations on Twitter through @BarCampGhana
Twitter hashtag - #bcghana09
Skype: barcampghana
Google Chat/Talk: barcampghana
Keynote speaker BarCamp Ghana 09 - Patrick Awuah
Submitted by abocco on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 17:52
Patrick Awuah is the Founder and President of Ashesi University. We at BarCamp are excited to have him as the keynote speaker for the second BarCamp Ghana event on December 21, 2009 at the
Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST).
Sponsors
BarCamp Ghana 09 would not be possible without the generous support from a number of organizations.
You can become a sponsor by contacting the BarCamp Ghana team or donating below.
The organizations are
The GhanaThink Foundation
Logistics
If interested in carpooling from different locations, or getting a host for the Decmber 21 event, contact the BarCamp team or write on the wall for the Facebook event.
The address for the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) is 20 Aluguntuguntu Street, East Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Map
Organizing a breakout
There are two panels planned for BarCamp Ghana '09.
The first is a youth leaders/change makers panel. This will delve into how youth can lead now and create change.
The second is a roundtable discussion about leadership. This will discuss how youth can be better leaders and change makers.
