Speaking

Every talk drawn
from real work.

Real institutions, real crises, real decisions. No theory. No generic frameworks. Honest insight from the inside.

Africa Rising Symposium
Africa Prosperity Dialogues
IFC EDGE Design Competition
Speaking Topics

Five areas. All drawn from the work.

01
Brand & Positioning

Why Most Ghanaian Brands Are Built on Sand

What positioning really means, why most organisations get it wrong, and what it takes to build a brand that earns lasting institutional trust.

02
Leadership Communication

The Leader Is the Brand

How leaders communicate — under pressure, in public, and in the everyday moments nobody is watching — determines the credibility of their entire institution.

03
Governance & Institutions

Trust as Institutional Infrastructure

Why Ghana's strongest institutions are built on communication discipline — and what it costs when public bodies treat messaging as an afterthought.

04
Marketing Strategy

In Ghana, Distribution Is the Strategy

What it takes to build a marketing approach that actually reaches people across all sixteen regions — not just the audience inside the ring road.

05
African Business

AfCFTA and the Gap Between Framework and Reality

Drawing on direct experience at the Ghana Free Zones Authority — what African free trade means on the ground, and what Ghana's private sector must do to benefit.

Speaking History

Eight engagements.
2023 – 2026.

Speaker
Lead Moderator
Judge
2026 · Accra
New Wine Temple — PCH
ICGC · Practical Christianity Hangout · The Art of Communication
Speaker
2025 · Accra
EMY Africa Rising Symposium
EMY Africa · Africa's Defining Decade
Lead Moderator
2025 · Accra
The Quiet Conversation
Jesse Agyepong & Associates · Inaugural Monthly Series
Speaker
2025 · Accra
Ghana Green Building Summit
IFC & Reall · 6th Edition · Sustainability Forum
Lead Moderator
2024 · Accra
3rd IFC EDGE Design Competition
Students Design Competition Awards Night
Speaker
2023 · Accra
Brand-CON Africa
Maiden Edition · Brand Strategy Conference
Speaker
2023 · Accra
EU Circular Economy Competition
European Union · Season 2
Judge
2025 · Accra
New Wine Temple — PCH
ICGC · Practical Christianity Hangout · Building an Effective Network
Speaker
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