We're excited to kick off our second season and a new year of guests with the amazing Annette Abena of Diaspora Talks. Annette is a Ghanaian-British content creator, blogger, and podcast host connecting Africa's fastest-growing businesses to the Diaspora.  The London based 20-something joins us to talk about her travels on the continent and her passion for Africa, business & development. We talk about traveling to the continent during a pandemic (02:27),  why she started Diaspora Talks (08:25), finding an audience interested in serious topics as a young content creator (17:30),  future of tourism business in Africa (28:00), and educating millenials and gen z on the realities of moving to Africa (44:35). 

Guest: Annette Abena
Website (annetteabena.com)

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It's our first episode of 2022, sorry for our lateness! Trends and Tings is a recap of all the current news in the world of Black travel. This week we're recapping everything that happened in West Africa this past December. Tiffanie explains how pleasantly surprised she was with Nigeria, Jide talks about how Afrochella has turned Ghana into Las Vegas, and David talks about visa issues coming from the UK. The discussion was so good we had to do a part 2, coming next week. Big Chune: Fireboy DM...

Trends and Tings: February 24, 2022

We're joined by Mark Beckford and Lakeshia Ford, the founders of Pine x Ginja, to talk about the biggest Jamaican party in Ghana and their mission to connect the Caribbean to Africa. Find out more:linktr.ee/pinexginjaBig Chune:Amindi, Tessellated & Valleyz - Pine & Ginger

Pine x Ginja - Detty December 2021

We're joined by Mark Beckford and Lakeshia Ford, the founders of Pine x Ginja, to talk about the biggest Jamaican party in Ghana and their mission to connect the Caribbean to Africa. 

Find out more:
linktr.ee/pinexginja

Big Chune:
Amindi, Tessellated & Valleyz - Pine & Ginger 

We're joined by the men of Positive Vibes Only (PVO) to talk about their events in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana Find out more:https://linktr.ee/PVOGLOBALBig Chune:Zinoleesky - Kilofeshe Ayra Starr - Bloody SamaritanTion Wayne x Russ Millions - Body 2 feat. Arrdee, 3x3E1 & ZT, Bugzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, Darkoo, Buni

PVO - Detty December 2021

We're joined by the men of Positive Vibes Only (PVO) to talk about their events in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana 

Find out more:
https://linktr.ee/PVOGLOBAL

Big Chune:
Zinoleesky - Kilofeshe 
Ayra Starr - Bloody Samaritan
Tion Wayne x Russ Millions - Body 2 feat. Arrdee, 3x3E1 & ZT, Bugzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, Darkoo, Buni

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