OhemaaTalks Podcast

I was joined by the lovely Vanetta Morrison, an ACC (Association of Christian Counsellors) accredited counsellor, with over 2 years experience, specialising in Integrative counselling.

She has worked with diverse clients, focusing on mild to moderate anxiety and depression, abuse, trauma, relational conflict, low self esteem and grief & loss.

Vanetta is also a life & career coach, leveraging 12+ years of leadership, management and psychology experience and facilitating significant individual and organisational successes; both in the Higher Education and charity sector.

Founder and Director of 'The Blueprint Way' - her own coaching and counselling agency, Vanetta has made it her mission to help millennial women of colour develop and maintain emotional wealth, so they can sustainably live the life they love.

Don’t forget to visit ‘The Blueprint Way’ (https://blueprintway.com/ ) to download a free e-copy of the F.R.A.U.D Framework. It’s available for a limited time.

Please checkout and support Vanetta’s personal projects:

The Antiracism Book Club: available on Spotify and anchor.fm/theantiracismbookclub

That Morrison Life YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMI0MVq-K2TW5jX6iwFHYg

As promised, you can find out more information on imposter syndrome on:

• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-019-05364-1.
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918302435.
• https://www.paulineroseclance.com/pdf/ip_high_achieving_women.pdf.
• https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(19)30607-5/fulltext

Adeyemi (Yemi) Johnson – LL. B, MA, Chartered Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute for Investment and Securities (CISI)

Yemi has over 25 years of financial services regulation and compliance experience, including 3 years as the Head of Compliance, MLRO and Company Secretary of GTBank (UK) Ltd, the UK subsidiary of GTBank Nigeria Plc. He has also held senior compliance and MLRO roles at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, Investec Asset Management, AXA Investment Managers, Law Debenture Investment Management and gained valuable consulting experience from KPMG UK Ltd.

In 2010, Yemi established OpenSpaces Compliance Consultants Ltd (OpenSpaces) an independent global financial services regulation and compliance consulting firm. Since inception, OpenSpaces, has assisted several financial services companies in the UK, Nigeria and South Africa in strengthening the effectiveness of their compliance and anti-money laundering function and provided strategic advice on integrating compliance into their business as usual processes and the development and enhancement of their compliance culture.

Yemi is also a regular speaker at compliance conferences, workshops and seminar in Nigeria and was a facilitator at the 2018 Annual Retreat of the Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (ACCOBIN).
OpenSpaces clientele include the following companies:

UK

| § FirstRand Bank § Ashburton Investment Management § Silk Invest Ltd § IIFL Wealth (UK) Ltd § Manulife Asset Management (Europe) § Ltd § London Clearing House § Gulf International Bank Ltd § Tranzfar Ltd § Euro CCP
Nigeria
| § CSL Stockbrokers Ltd § The Nigerian Stock Exchange § FBN Merchant Bank (Formerly FBN Capital) § Capital Bancorp Plc § Veritas Glanvile Asset Pensions Ltd (Pension Fund Administrator) § Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (ACCOBIN) § GTBank Plc

I’m joined by Nii Kotei Nikoi, a photographer, graphic designer, teacher and a media enthusiast to discuss the power of global media. He is broadly interested in popular culture, its power to shape how we see the world and to cause social change.

He’s also a podcaster, you can listen to his show Our Culture on Soundcloud and Apple Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/user-17380883

He has two academic articles out:

• Reflections of an international graduate student in a North American Communication Department https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0163443719831183
• Hiplife Music in Ghana: Postcolonial Performances of the Good Life https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/10392

Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by @kevinbmore. Kevin is a graphic artist with over 10 years’ industry experience across all design disciplines. He offers brand, digital and print design services using tools such as Adobe CS, Indesign, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator. He is also the creator of the graphics for Ohemaa Talks. You can contact him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram under @kevinbmore.

Follow me on Twitter: @Ohemaa_Talks and Instagram: @ohemaatalks.

Stay healthy

Akwaaba/ Welcome to OhemaaTalks!
I am often asked how I have managed to maintain my female relationships. This question stems from a misconception of female relationships which are not immune to the challenges experienced in other forms of relationships. I am joined by three of my closest girl friends to discuss some of the challenges we’ve had and the strength that comes from having girlfriends.

Background of the guests:

Jolene Adogoba is a Relationship Officer at the Agriculture Development Bank Ghana. She’s also an entrepreneur and CEO of Tima Africa; a crafts company that specialises in woven baskets from Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana.

Shaneke Ellis is a Business Consultant with over 10 years’ experience advising clients in a number of areas including business development, marketing, financial planning and risk management. She has extensive experience in law, housing and international affairs and is currently an Insurance Specialist at Eunisure and a Business Development and Operations Manager for Supportive Link and Link Estates.

Josephine Nzuruba is a trained lawyer with experience in the legal and financial sector. She is currently the Head of Policy Compliance at the London Stock Exchange Group and remains active in the legal sector through her dedication to pro bono work.

Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by @kevinbmore. Kevin is a graphic artist with over 10 years’ industry experience across all design disciplines. He offers brand, digital and print design services using tools such as Adobe CS, Indesign, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator. He is also the creator of the graphics for Ohemaa Talks. You can contact him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram under @kevinbmore.

Follow me on Twitter: @Ohemaa_Talks and Instagram: @ohemaatalks.

Stay healthy

Join me as I discuss the socioeconomic impact on legalising cannabis with Dr Stephen Wemakor is a psychiatrist working at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, the 2nd largest referral centre in Ghana.

He is a Member of the Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons, Psychiatry Faculty and has interests in mental health promotion and research.

You can reach him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-wemakor-0a092a142/

For listeners in Ghana looking for more information on Mental Health can contact the Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG), a NGO situated in Accra.

Contact details
Phone: +233 302 781712
Mobile:+233 24 4314241
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @mehsog

Rehab facilities finder in Ghana and other parts of Africa can be found on Rehab Path: https://rehabs.africa/location/ghana/
More information on alcohol or drug addiction, recovery or treatment is available on the Alcoholics Anonymous website.https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/members/fellowship-magazines

I look forward to hearing from you on Facebook+Instagram: @ohemaatalks. Twitter @ohemaa_talks.

*Apologies for the static audio on this episode, we had some connectivity issues during the recording but hope you can still enjoy the episode.
Stay healthy.