Ansah Podcast Tony K Ansah Jr.

 On July 26th of 2019, I (Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr or T.A.) had the pleasure of interviewing Shadrack Frimpong (S.F.). A Ghanaian young man who is the founder and C.E.O. of Cocoa360, a community-based initiative in Ghana that uses proceeds from cocoa farms to run health clinic and tuition free schools for girls. 

He is the winner of the following accolades: President's Engagement Prize Winner 2015, YACE Award 2016, CocaCola Young Achiever 2017, Queen's Young Leader Award Winner 2018, Forbes 30 Under 30 2018, Richard J. Estes Global Citizenship Award 2019, Muhammad Ali Award 2019, and many more. 

The purpose of our conversation was to talk about his personal development as an entrepreneur. Although there’s a saying “to not mix business with pleasure,” our persona influences risk we take as humans, especially for those willing to create a social enterprise that helps farmers, families, and females to live a prosperous, healthy and literate life like Shadrack Frimpong.

  

Without any further or due, the following is the short summary of our full interview. 

Read now and be inspired!

T.A.: What would you do without getting anything in return for it, such as money?

S.F.: Already doing it via Cocoa360. I’m currently not on salary.

T.A.: What gives you tremendous joy in life?

S.F.: To live for the glory of God.

T.A.: What is something you would do every day if you could or something you can’t survive without doing it every day? 

S.F.: Prayer! Pray 3 times a day. Relationship with God allows me to lead. The rest takes care of itself.

T.A.: What is your strong Why for the passions you have?

S.F.: My upbringing from living on the cocoa farm and experiencing poverty first-hand as a child has been the driving force behind everything that I do.

T.A.: What is your special gift or talent that people compliment you on?

S.F.: I’m a good communicator & convincer. That is, I possess exceptional communication skills.

T.A.: What’s 1 strength and 1 weakness that you have?

S.F.: Lack of patience is a weakness of mine. Micromanagement is another weakness because leadership requires an understanding that people work at their own speed. My strength is being apologetic to others.

T.A.: What is 1 future goal or 1 upcoming goal that you have right now?

S.F.: I try to take it 1 day at a time. I’m currently studying public health to lead the next phase of Cocoa360.

T.A.: What are your action plans to make these goals possible?

S.F.: The major plan is to work hard at school. To soak in enough knowledge as possible.

T.A.: Do you believe in accountability?

S.F.: Yes, it’s very huge.

T.A.: How will you assess your progress?

S.F.: As I look back over the years, we’ve made a lot of amazing progress within 2 years as a team at Cocoa360.

It was great having a conversation with you brother. Until we speak again, stay blessed, stay strong, peace be unto you, later. 

 This episode 17 and article was originally posted at tonyansah.com/2019/08/14/inner-views-from-the-multi-award-winning-shadrack-frimpong/ on August 14, 2019.     

Hello world. My name is Tony Ansah and I’m the host of this podcast. 

This is the 16th episode. Podcast is about progressive solutions, progressive developments, and progressive innovations happening in the world, especially those involving Africa.  

Today, we’ll be the start of something new. Whereby, this is the audio form of an article written by yours truly aka Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr and on 7/31/2019. Title of article is LIST OF 10 AFRICAN INNOVATIONS FOR JULY 2019.  

Almost every single day there’s an innovator/innovation or an inventor/invention coming out of Africa. Within the many African creators/creations in existence, there are some worth highlighting and shedding light on. The following are 10 of them that were written and spoken about for July 2019. Enjoy African innovations at their finest! 

This article was originally posted on tonyansah.com July 31, 2019. The original article can be viewed here. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tony K Ansah, Jr., M.P.A. is a self-published author and a social entrepreneur based in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He has written and published several books and content via poems, quotes, fiction, non-fiction, blogs and articles. Tony is also the founder and owner of Ansah Africa, a consulting and marketing startup that connects donors in the U.S.A. with nonprofits in Africa to solve global problems, which was established in 2017.

Hello world. My name is Tony Ansah and I’m the host of this podcast.

This is the twelfth episode. Podcast is about progressive solutions, progressive developments, and progressive innovations happening in the world, especially those involving Africa. 

Today, we’ll be continuing our news series. Whereby, this is the audio form of a blog written by yours truly aka Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr and on 7/29/2019. Title of blog is African News 4th week of July 2019. 

Almost every single day there’s an innovator/innovation or an inventor/invention coming out of Africa. Within the many African creators/creations in existence, there are some worth highlighting and shedding light on. The following are some of them that were written and spoken about for July 2019. Enjoy!

This blog was originally posted on tonyansah.com July 27, 2019. The original article can be viewed here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tony K Ansah, Jr., M.P.A. is a self-published author and a social entrepreneur based in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He has written and published several books and content via poems, quotes, fiction, non-fiction, blogs and articles. Tony is also the founder and owner of Ansah Africa, a consulting and marketing startup that connects donors in the U.S.A. with nonprofits in Africa to solve global problems, which was established in 2017.

Hello world. My name is Tony Ansah and I’m the host of this podcast.

This is the twelfth episode. Podcast is about progressive solutions, progressive developments, and progressive innovations happening in the world, especially those involving Africa. 

Today, we’ll be continuing our news series. Whereby, this is the audio form of a blog written by yours truly aka Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr and on 7/29/2019. Title of blog is African News 3rd week of July 2019. 

Almost every single day there’s an innovator/innovation or an inventor/invention coming out of Africa. Within the many African creators/creations in existence, there are some worth highlighting and shedding light on. The following are some of them that were written and spoken about for July 2019. Enjoy!

This blog was originally posted on tonyansah.com July 20, 2019. The original article can be viewed here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tony K Ansah, Jr., M.P.A. is a self-published author and a social entrepreneur based in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He has written and published several books and content via poems, quotes, fiction, non-fiction, blogs and articles. Tony is also the founder and owner of Ansah Africa, a consulting and marketing startup that connects donors in the U.S.A. with nonprofits in Africa to solve global problems, which was established in 2017.

Hello world. My name is Tony Ansah and I’m the host of this podcast.

This is the twelfth episode. Podcast is about progressive solutions, progressive developments, and progressive innovations happening in the world, especially those involving Africa. 

Today, we’ll be continuing our news series. Whereby, this is the audio form of a blog written by yours truly aka Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr and on 7/29/2019. Title of blog is African News 2nd week of July 2019. 

Almost every single day there’s an innovator/innovation or an inventor/invention coming out of Africa. Within the many African creators/creations in existence, there are some worth highlighting and shedding light on. The following are some of them that were written and spoken about for July 2019. Enjoy!

This blog was originally posted on tonyansah.com July 13, 2019. The original article can be viewed here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tony K Ansah, Jr., M.P.A. is a self-published author and a social entrepreneur based in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He has written and published several books and content via poems, quotes, fiction, non-fiction, blogs and articles. Tony is also the founder and owner of Ansah Africa, a consulting and marketing startup that connects donors in the U.S.A. with nonprofits in Africa to solve global problems, which was established in 2017.

Hello world. My name is Tony Ansah and I’m the host of this podcast.

This is the twelfth episode. Podcast is about progressive solutions, progressive developments, and progressive innovations happening in the world, especially those involving Africa. 

Today, we’ll be continuing our news series. Whereby, this is the audio form of a blog written by yours truly aka Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr and on 7/12/2019. Title of blog is African News 1st week of July 2019. 

Almost every single day there’s an innovator/innovation or an inventor/invention coming out of Africa. Within the many African creators/creations in existence, there are some worth highlighting and shedding light on. The following are some of them that were written and spoken about for July 2019. Enjoy!

This blog was originally posted on tonyansah.com July 6, 2019. The original article can be viewed here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tony K Ansah, Jr., M.P.A. is a self-published author and a social entrepreneur based in Rhode Island, U.S.A. He has written and published several books and content via poems, quotes, fiction, non-fiction, blogs and articles. Tony is also the founder and owner of Ansah Africa, a consulting and marketing startup that connects donors in the U.S.A. with nonprofits in Africa to solve global problems, which was established in 2017.