Glocal Citizens

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week's guest is my first "World Banker." Born and raised in Denmark and currently based in Nepal, Jonas Ingemann Parby is a Senior Urban Specialist in the South Asia Region with the World Bank. Jonas has led and worked on lending operations and analytical products in more than 20 countries across Latin America, Africa, South East Asia, and South Asia. His expertise focuses on local governance and decentralization, urban resilience, municipal finance, and housing. Before joining the World Bank Group, Jonas served as Adviser at DANIDA (Danish Agency for Development Assistance) and worked for several international NGOs. Prior to relocating to Nepal with his wife and daughter, Jonas lived and worked in the United States, Cambodia, Thailand, Uganda, and Peru. Fluent in five languages, Jonas also has a particular fluency in nature where he finds the best kinds of mindset hacks through his global and local adventures. In this conversation we learn quite a bit about the project development process at the World Bank and some of the solution-scaping activities that Jonas has been involved in implementing.

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00:10:17 "Why the Where?"
00:14:24 "Jonas' Glocal Speak"
00:42:57 "Jonas' Mindset Hack"

Where to find Jonas?
On [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/jonas-ingemann-parby-24b6042)
On Facebook
On Instagram
On Twitter

Other topics of interest:
Nepal Urban Governance and Infrastructure Project
On Climate Change Mitigation
On Namaste
Danish Children's Songs

Special Guest: Jonas Ingemann Parby.

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week on the podcast we have another two-part conversation, with one of Ghana’s foremost creative culture practitioners. Aseye Tamakloe is a filmmaker and lecturer at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) and a PhD candidate at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Legon - both in Accra. She has worked as editor, director and producer on a number of local and international productions. As a freelance editor, her works include, award-winning films such as Perfect Picture, by Shirley Frimpong–Manso, Chronicles of Odumkrom:The Headmaster, by Ernest Kofi Abbeyquaye, Who is Afraid of Ngugi by Malian filmmaker, Manthia Diawara, and Freetown by US filmmaker, Garret Barty. She is a co-programmer for the Film Africa Festival, London’s biggest celebration of African and African diaspora cinema presented by the Royal African Society. She was also the Festival Manager and Director of the European Film Festival, Ghana. (EUFFGH). She is the founder and festival director of Ndiva Women’s Film Festival which aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation and preservation of work by, for and about women. And, most recently she is director and editor of the documentary film When Women Speak.

Keep reading for a wealth of further insights into topics discussed during our conversation. I learned so much about African cinema history and present, and I have a feeling from this session with this Glocal Citizen, you will too!

Where to find Aseye?
When Women Speak Film
On [LinkedIn](linkedin.com/in/aseye-tamakloe-28729a2a)
On Instagram
On Facebook
On Twitter
On YouTube

Who is Aseye reading?
Paulo Coelho
Ama Ata Aidoo
[Kofi Awoonor]((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kofi_Awoonor "smartCard-inline")
Leila Aboulela
Okyeame Literary Magazine
Toni Morrison
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Who is Aseye listening to?
Culture
Amakye Dede
Opera Greats

Other topics of interest:
Film, Form and Culture by Robert Kolker
Alice Guy-Blaché
D.W. Griffith
Mr. Mensah Builds a House
The Boy Kumasenu
GFIC - Ghana Film Industry Corporation
1966 Coup d’Etat in Ghana
Hamile: The Tongo Hamlet
I Told You So
Five Fingers for Marseilles
Ghana Academy of Film and Television Arts
Fescpaco
Black Star International Film Festival
NCWD in action
Gen Z (Zoomers) vs Millennials
Abantu Ghana
About Desiderata ...

From Lagos, I traveled to London in early March 2020 where I met COO of LinkCommerce.com, Kwame Acheampong. Kwame is another of those definitive glocal citizens that I love to visit with. Ghanaian by parentage, he grew up in both Europe and Ghana and has lived and worked in a number of countries across the globe. Kwame is an innovative, results driven entrepreneur, with extensive experience in technology, sales, digital marketing, online advertising, digital and web environments, ecommerce and multimedia, especially music production. He describes himself as responsible, dependable, practical, proactive and organized multi-tasker, problem solver and people person, thrives in diverse, fast-changing environments with steep learning curves. Prior solidifying himself as a true “techie", Kwame worked as a Sound Engineer, which presented him with the unique opportunity to work with some of the world’s top artists and numerous music and creative projects. Be sure to stay tuned for both Parts 1 and 2 of this fun and information packed hour with Kwame “tha Prof” Acheampong.

Where to find Kwame?

• www.kacheampong.com
• On LinkedIn
• IG - @thaprof

More about Kwame’s music story?

• Bootsy Collins and Fresh Outta ‘P” University
• Afroganic
• King Ayisoba
• Jean-Michel Jarre
• Fantasia Berrino
• Air Studios

What's Kwame Reading?

• Blinkist

Special Guest: Kwame Acheampong.

Greetings, Glocal Citizens! In this interview, I am still in Lagos, Nigeria at the offices of Osaretin Oswald Guobadia, co-founder, EVP and COO of DBH Solutions, a building infrastructure and top tier technology solutions provider in West Africa. “Oz" or “Ozzie" as his friends call him, is a business strategy and technology consultant with over 20 years’ experience. His interests also span venture capitalism and entrepreneurship, with significant interests in mentorship and funding startups. He is actively engaged on several boards, providing guidance and oversight for their business operations. He sits on the Alumni Board of Wesley College, USA. He is also a founding director of the Edo Global Foundation, an initiative focused on the development and support of the next generation Edo creatives; and the founder of Edo Development Organization, a non-partisan political and social group whose members collaborate on opportunities to support their respective communities. He is also involved in several other charitable initiatives through the Lagos Nigeria chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, where he is a founding member.

As a focused contributor to an African economic renaissance, Osaretin is also a burgeoning author. His first book, In Pursuit: Journeys in African Entrepreneurship is due to hit shelves this month.

Links of interest:
Where to find Osaretin?

• Reads: In Pursuit
• On LinkedIn
• On Twitter - @OsOsaGuobadia
• IG - @osaretin

What’s Osaretin listening to?

• Business Wars Podcast

What’s Osaretin reading?

• Range by David Epstein
• Talking to Strangers and other books by Macolm Gladwell
• What You Do is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz

Special Guest: Oseratin Oswald Guobadia.

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

Did you miss us? We missed you! September threw me for a bit of a loop with travel and wifi access which resulted in a brief break. My travels took me on a Northern Lights adventure through remote Alaska where we actually experienced the North Pole! Then it was a return to summer in the southern U.S. with a grounding trip to Atlanta, Georgia.

I’m back in NYC for this two-part episode and taking a stroll down a few Brooklyn memory lanes with my guest, Ky Adderley is a leadership and education expert, mentor, super connector; and networking guru, a persistent link between people and their dreams. He has conducted school reviews and training for teachers and principals on three continents – North America, South America, and Africa – working to increase the number of quality schools and leaders available to low-income children worldwide. He has been a leader in the education sector for 20 years, and has more recently pivoted in the direction of sports management. Coming from a family known for professional athletes he is no stranger to sports and operations. He was an All-American high school and collegiate runner at Georgetown University going on to run as an Olympic hopeful before hanging up his spikes to focus on giving back to the communities that raised him. Also an advocate for social justice education, he has been nicknamed by some: “Know Justice, Know Peace.” Ky has recently taken on a new role as Vice President of Maven Sports Group. We know this too will be a smashing success for Ky--Congratulations!!

Where to find Ky?
www.kyadderley.com
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On Facebook
On X

What’s Ky reading?
The Art of War by Sun Zu
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months by Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington

Other topics of interest:
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Mount Airy, Pennsylvania
Frank Gagliano
Ganas! meaning
Teach for America
KIPP and David Levin
Kung Fu Theater
Capoeira
Cannonball Adderley
Professional Football Hall of Fame Cornerback Herb Adderley
Nasifr Adderley
About Cash Money Records
Father Raymong Kemp
About Ky's work with Danielle Fazio
About Match Fit Academy

Special Guest: Ky Adderley.