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Ghana has gold. Ghana has cocoa. Ghana has some of the most resourceful, creative, and resilient people on the continent. So why are we still poor? That is the question A-Plus has been asking his entire life — and he has never stopped demanding an answer.

In this episode of the Masterminds Podcast, Richie Mensah sits down with Kwame Asare Obeng — musician, activist, Member of Parliament, and one of Ghana's most unapologetically outspoken voices — for a conversation that covers everything from growing up as a rebel in Saltpond, to using music as a political platform, to what he would change in Ghana's Constitution if he had the power. A-Plus breaks down why Ghana's politicians are scared of their own electorates, why the people are just as responsible as the leaders, and why he believes Ghana can build something the world has never seen from Africa — starting right now.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why A-Plus has always been a rebel — and why that was never a bad thing
• How he used music as a platform when he had no newspaper, no microphone and no connections
• Why power resides where the people decide to place it
• Why Ghana has every resource it needs and still has no excuse to be poor
• The three constitutional changes A-Plus would make to fix Ghana's governance system
• Why politicians are scared of electorates — and how that fear keeps the country poor
• Why the people are just as responsible for bad leadership as the leaders themselves
• What it took for A-Plus to win his parliamentary seat without buying a single vote

Chapters

00:00 – Intro 02:02 – Meet A-Plus: The Rebel From Saltpond 06:21 – Growing Up Different and Thinking Different 10:28 – His Father, the First Private School and Community Roots 13:03 – Faith, Identity and Making Decisions for Yourself 23:39 – Using Music as a Political Platform 25:57 – Organized a Demonstration in Secondary School — and Got Sacked 30:52 – Ghana Has No Excuse to Be Poor 40:54 – Politicians Are Scared of Their Electorates 47:21 – Africa and the Future: Stop Talking, Start Building 53:10 – Building a City in Gomoa by 2036 01:05:39 – The People Are Also the Problem 01:11:09 – Three Constitutional Changes Ghana Needs 01:24:38 – Final Message: You Have No Excuse

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