Changing the Narrative

By Changing the Narrative

A podcast initiative powered by Oldie But Goodie (a Ghanaian owned clothing brand) to encourage Ghanaian and African cultural patronage beyond clothing.

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How many episodes does Changing the Narrative have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.

Changing the Narrative episodes:

February 12, 2025 Building Communities using Tech with Julian Owusu
For the final episode of season 2, I sit with Julian Owusu, a problem solver, a man of excellence and a community builder. With the use of technology, Julian has found a way to build several communities under his company BUILD. Sit with us to get insight to the journey to BUILD.
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This season of the podcast is sponsored by ‪@newcomma‬, a social media platform for Black and African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. Join the New Comma community here https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD.
Interact with us:Instagram: https://instagram.com/changingthenarrativepodX: https://x.com/thectnpodFollow us on our other social media platforms: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/changingthenarrativepodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@changingthenarrativepodJoin our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/61defa82f544/thectnpodFollow Julian Owusu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yesjulianowusu/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julian-owusu/Keep up with BUILD onInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildthecompany/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/builthecompany/Come say hi: https://www.instagram.com/__birago
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40min
February 05, 2025 Innovating Impact: The DesignTheNext Perspective with Kwabena Osei Asare
On this episode of the podcast, I speak with Kwabena Osei Asare, the Digital & Impact Lead at Scolpta about their amazing initiative DesignTheNext.
Scolpta is a strategy and brand experience design agency in Accra, Ghana committed to nurturing the hearts and minds of young people in historically underserved communities bringing out the next changemakers through their initiative DesignTheNext. Kwabena and I delve into what DesignTheNext is about and what they are doing to ensure the young minds in Ghana are equipped through innovative ways outside of traditional education to propel them to higher heights for the future.
This season of the podcast is sponsored by ‪@newcomma‬, a social media platform for Black and African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. Join the New Comma community here https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD.
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41min
January 22, 2025 Sustainable Solutions with Nabeela Abubakari: Inside the goTo Initiative
This episode of the Changing the Narrative Podcast, we sit down with Nabeela Abubakari, a sustainability advocate and Founder the goTo Initiative- an initiative connecting individuals and businesses to innovative solutions and sustainable practices. The work Nabeela and her team does to ignite local change in our communities here in Ghana is very admirable. In this episode we discuss sustainability and how her initiative is contributing to bringing awareness and solving sustainability issues in Ghana.

This season of the podcast is sponsored by ‪@newcomma‬, a social media platform for Black and African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. Join the New Comma community here https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD.
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X: https://twitter.com/thectnpod
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nabeela_abubakari/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabeelaabubakari/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goto.gh/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/go-to-initiative/
Come say hi: https://www.instagram.com/__birago
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41min
January 15, 2025 Ghanaian Adventures: A Journey to Inclusive Travel with Akosua Shirley
Traveling within Ghana and other countries on the African continent has been something that has been growing very much within the community of Ghanaians and Africans. I speak mainly for Ghanaians as I am Ghanaian and I have a better judgment speaking on this topic with regards to Ghana. It is beautiful to see many of us appreciating the motherland and slowly understanding that a vacation can be had within one’s own country and also the sheer curiosity many have in knowing the Ghanaian culture. I speak with Akosua Shirley who intrigued me with her love for traveling across the different regions in Ghana and other countries outside of Ghana as a way people patronise what we have as a country.
This season of the podcast is sponsored by ‪@newcomma‬, a social media platform for Black and African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. Join the New Comma community here https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD.
Interact with us:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/changingthenarrativepod
X: https://x.com/thectnpod
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Join our mailing list: https://mailchi.mp/61defa82f544/thectnpod
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akosuashirley/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akosua-shirley-997474186/
Come say hi: https://www.instagram.com/__birago
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1h 3min
May 01, 2024 A Nourishing Change: A Vegan Journey with Zuu
On this episode, Zuu and I discuss his journey as a vegan and a vegan content creator. Being someone who consumes his content, It was a delight speaking to him and shedding more light on what he does as a vegan content creator because I believe he has a relatable voice within the space of vegan content creation in Ghana and beyond. If you're someone flirting with the idea of a vegan lifestyle or someone who is already on their vegan journey this is worth the watch.
This season of the podcast is sponsored by NewComma, a social media platform for Black and African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. Join the New Comma community here https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD.
Connect with Zuu on
NewComma: https://newcomma.com/zuutg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zuutg/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuutg/
Keep up with Zuu's vegan journey on
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theghanaianvegan/
Vegan Communities in Ghana
Vibrant Vegan Society of Ghana: http://instagram.com/vvesog
VEG Ghana: http://instagram.com/veg_ghana
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47min
April 17, 2024 Building Opportunities: New Comma’s Vision for African + Black Talent
We are back guys for the second season of the Changing the Narrative Podcast!

Season 2 is very exciting as the podcast is being sponsored by NewComma, a social media platform for Black + African creatives to share their work, find jobs and events. This is an exciting collaboration as some of CTN’s pillars are to share stories of black and African creatives as well create an awareness of creative jobs through the people interviewed on the show. This collaboration is very purposeful because with this season these pillars of CTN become more tangible with NewComma on board.

On this episode, I have the lovely Nigel and Natalie of NewComma to speak about the amazing platform they are building for black and African creatives worldwide.

Click https://newcomma.com/register?ref=CTNPOD to join the amazing community of creatives.

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55min
July 19, 2023 Transforming Ghana's Food Future with GFM
If there is one thing Ghana is rich in is it’s resources in food and the Ghana Food Movement understands that. It was a delight to speak to two members of the Ghana Food Movement- Lotte Wouters and Abdallah Smith, to shed light on the food system in Ghana, how we can all be a part of it in a very fun way to ensure we have a sustainable food future in Ghana and how to patronize our foods and utilize them in dynamic ways that we haven’t yet explored.
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35min
July 05, 2023 Shaping African Fashion Education with Frederica Brooksworth
African Fashion Education is a topic that isn't highlighted a lot in the fashion scene in Africa. It was an honor to have one of the Co-founders and Executive Directors of Council for International African Fashion Education (CIAFE) on the podcast to discuss all things African Fashion Education. On this episode, we discuss Frederica's journey, the vision and mission of CIAFE and how she is using her organization to raise awareness, to provide resources and provide opportunities in the African fashion education space.

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35min
June 21, 2023 Unlocking the Secrets of Hair Care with Yasmin Botchway
The relationship a lot of black people have with their hair hasn’t always been the best and some people till day still don’t have a good relationship with their hair because of some traumas when they used to get their hair done as kids. I can totally relate! It was lovely speaking to Yasmin Botchway, the owner of The YB Studio, a modern healthy hair studio in Ghana and also in the UK about hair care. Yasmin and I delve into her passion for hair and beauty, what healthy hair is and we also touch on how natural hair isn’t better than relaxed hair and vice-versa. I hope this episode challenges your perspective on how you view your hair and the relationship you have with it.
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32min
May 31, 2023 Your Travel is Sorted Chale with Vidette Adjorlolo
Traveling the African continent has been something that has been growing very much recently. What can we say, the continent is beautiful! The appreciation for the outstanding landscapes and culture in the diverse African countries by the world has been beautiful to see. This appreciation has also been very strong among the diaspora who are eager to know their roots. Vidette Adjorlolo is the founder and chief Chale at Sorted Chale, a travel start-up focused on building a community of chales who love Africa. The sole aim of the company is to make sure that you leave your experience destination with unforgettable memories, a new love for West Africa and friendships that will flourish in years to come. Enjoy this episode with Vidette as she speaks about how her passion for travel led to her purpose which is changing the narrative about how people think about experiencing the African continent through travel.
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32min

FAQs about Changing the Narrative:

How many episodes does Changing the Narrative have?

The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.