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From the growing up, education, career and entrepreneurship, Martinson and Judah share, discuss and invite others to share with you on the subject of life, arts and business in Africa. This is going to be a fun and learning experience for us all so don't forget to subscribe and share with a friend.
Building a creative career as a man in Africa is one of the most difficult thing any African want to do. Yet Gifty Commey, creative director of Ogivia brand is defying more difficulties to build a successful business as a creative entrepreneur. This inspiring conversation will encourage you to pursue your dream even when you are underestimated.
Ogivia Instagram: @ogivia.productstudio
@ogiviapixels
@ogiviamedia
The L.A.B. Africa Podcast Instagram: @thel.a.b.africapodcast7949
Martinson's Instagram: @pas_mac
Judah's Instagram: @judah_domino
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The life of an artist on this continent is not an easy one. That is why we are excited to share the story of how Jonathan Okoronkwo is building a life as a fine artist and exhibiting at one of the biggest arts galleries in Ghana. This incredible story of twist and turns and ups and downs will inspire and encourage you to pursue your dream.
Jonathan Okoronkwo's Instagram: @jonathanokoronkwo
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Martinson's Instagram: @pas_mac
Judah's Instagram: @judah_domino
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Our first guest of this season is a very creative person, an entrepreneur and a lawyer (in training) who started the first made in Ghana sneaker designs. Paakwesi Mensah-Aborampah is the founder of one of Ghana's fast growing made in Ghana brand M.A. Clothing. They make some of the most beautiful locally made male and female shoes, bags and cloths. We hope this inspiring and enjoyable conversation encourages you to bring your ideas to life.
M.A. Clothing Instagram: @ma.shoes_worldwide
The L.A.B. Africa Podcast Instagram: @thel.a.b.africapodcast7949
Martinson's Instagram: @pas_mac
Judah's Instagram: @judah_domino
Link Tree: //linktr.ee/thelabafricapodcast
Welcome to season 3 episode 1 of The L.A.B. Africa Podcast. For the last 6 months we went missing from uploading new podcast or videos. This however was necessary because we wanted to build upon the brand we've started. We hope you are able to appreciate the developments that has gone into this season's podcast and everything we do.
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Martinson's Instagram: @pas_mac
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With the support of our listeners and our dear guests, we were able to record a successful season of The L.A.B. Africa Podcast. So in this season finale, we share our experiences in producing one of the fasters growing podcasts in Ghana and Africa. We hope this also encourages anyone who hopes to start his/her own podcast. Season you in the next season.
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In this episode, we have a interview a young who has build a really successful snack bar and restaurant in Accra, He share his journey with us on how he decided to start his business right after completing senior high school. His story is inspiring and encouraging to us and we hope it inspires and encourages you too.
Within the past few months in Ghana, high cost of fuel, poor performance of the Ghana cedis, high cost of living and the low minimum wages have caused many Ghanaians to raise their voices in complaints or go on strike. However, that didn't deterred the government from introducing the E-levy (electronic transactions levy) and possible increase in electricity and water tariffs. In this episode, Tasha joins Judah and Martinson to discuss what the E-levy and the high tariffs are and their general opinion on how these affects the ordinary Ghanaian.
In one's pursuit of career or entrepreneurial dreams, one of the most challenging things most individuals face is balancing work and relationships. In this episode, we ask certain questions most people are probably not asking before or in relationship and we try to answer them using our some of our own life experiences and stories of others as well. We hope you enjoy this discussion and learn from it as well.
As a follow up to our last cryptocurrency conversation with Farooq, we decided to hangout and have a conversation with Linda Yeboah or "Lin", founder of Fufu Sapiens NFT Project to understand a bit more about NFTs and how her project is going to help more young Africans to capitalize their talents and also introduce them into the crypto space.
The LAB Africa Podcast YouTube channel:
Fufu Sapiens:
Twitter, Instagram, YouTube: @fufusapiens
Writing, Launching and selling books as an African writer is not a simple feat. In this episode we have a conversation with three African authors who share why they chose to author books, their challenges and success and their hopes for the future of African authors.
Hondred Percent URL: https://linktr.ee/hondredpercent Judah Domino URLs:
Judah Domino Rhema: "Their Words, My Actions" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MT7QRB8/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_T351DPA5Z7SH90TTKM2B
"29 Loving Me , Her And Her" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VF6WGK3/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_1PY1WJZQ3STB6H0Q272Z
Emma Ofosua URLs:
A mentor to many visual and spoken word artists, Sir Black aka Yibor Kojo Yibor is one of the most influential personalities in the creative space here in Ghana. As a founder of Ehalakasa Talk Party, his stage is one of the platforms that top spoken word artist had to start from and be recognised. In this episode, we unravel the myth about his personality and how he is influencing the art scene in Ghana. To watch the YouTube of this podcast visit the link below and also check out Sir Black and Ehalakasa's socials. The L.A.B. Africa Podcast YouTube:
Sir Black IG: @oohblack2018 FB: @Yibor Kojo Yibor Ehalakasa: IG: @ehalakasa FB: @Ehalakasa TW: @ehalakasa
Cryptocurrency has become part of the conversation of lots of African youth and news items. In our attempt to contribute to this conversation and also demystify certain aspects of cryptocurrency, we invited Farooq M an expert in digital asserts and cyber security to help us understand and also take the right steps into investing in cryptocurrency or digital asserts.
Besides the many challenges an entrepreneur faces in Ghana, the current high inflation in the country makes doing business unbearable. In this episode, Judah and Martinson explains what are the causes of inflation and how they both are trying to survive and grow their businesses in these challenging moments. We hope some of the tips they share encourage and help you go through some of the challenges you also face in your business.
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Failure is an inevitable part of life and as an entrepreneur, failure is expected at some points. However, what you do with the failures that inevitably come is what Judah and Martinson discuss in this episode of The LAB Africa podcast. They both share some lessons and benefits even that have come out as a result of some of the failures they faced in their varied years of starting their own business.
Judah and Martinson pulls from their years of doing business and creating their own companies, some of the skills necessary for survival or growth as an entrepreneur.
Welcome to season 2 of the LAB Africa podcast. In this season Judah and Martinson discusses and invite wonderful personalities to share from their expertise on very interesting subjects that relates to business and arts on the continent of Africa. Thanks for choosing to listen to us for you are special to us.
Soon the season is over and the year's almost come to an end. Thank you to all our faithful listeners and supporter. We look forward to season 2 early next year.
In this episode of personality of the month, we were joined in our studio by one of Africa’s top documentary and visual story tellers. He shares his journey and experience to building a film company in Africa with us. Enjoy and let us know what you think
What is a good business idea? And how does one execute a good business idea? In this episode, we discuss with Ammishaddai Ofori, an innovative and business coach, how to identify a good business and idea, how to execute and scale it up to a global market. Enjoy and share.
In this episode of personality of the month, we are joined by one of Instagram's sensational visual artists, Eli Mensah. He shares with us his journey to his career and some few tips to upcoming artists. We hope you enjoy and get inspired.
Relationship choices are one of the most important choices we make a human and as African youth, one of the most confusing. In this podcast Tasha and Nicole join us to discuss some of the misunderstanding about dating and friendships. We hope you enjoy and learn something from this conversation.
In this episode, we discuss and share with you some of the things we have learnt and experienced while building a business in Ghana. We believe some of these tips will help put you or your business in the right place here in Ghana or any part of Africa.
Abilities documentary film link- https://bit.ly/3HgoLBR
Even though poetry is a major part of many African cultures, the poets or spoken word performers are not enjoying the recognition that they deserve. So in this episode, Hondred Percent (@hondredpercent) and Emmanuella James (@chisoooooom) join us from Nigeria and Ghana to discuss the state of poetry in Africa.
In our first feature of personality of the month is a poetry band that Judah and I have been part of for the past 5 years now. In our attempt to change the poetry and spoken word scene in Ghana, Judah, Ammishaddai and myself, Martinson, formed Poetry TINS to perform spoken word fused with music. Join us as we go through memory lane on how we met and started the band and some of our most memorable moments.
In this episode we discuss one of the failures of many Ghanaian businesses or enterprises, which customer service experience. Martinson's wife, Tasha joins in this conversation to share some of her personal experiences as a well travelled individual.
Join Judah and I as we try to understand and hopefully unveil the purpose of the #fix_the_country conversations which is currently trending in Ghana and certain parts of Africa.
As a follow up to our last episode, we invite Reginald, a 23 year old tech entrepreneur in the fin-tech industry in Ghana to discuss why and how to start your own business in Ghana after graduating university.
In our first episode for this season, we discuss one of the major challenges of the African youth, unemployment, and share our thoughts on some of the possible solution to this worry problem. Judah and I share our experiences on this unemployment issue and how we worked to build our businesses despite this challenge.
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