OhemaaTalks Podcast

OhemaaTalks
OhemaaTalks Podcast

OhemaaTalks is an educational and entertaining platform created to have empowering discussions on socioeconomic and political affairs whilst showcasing intellect, talent, culture and history.

Episodes

  1. Episode 8: The US electoral system

    09/02/2020

    Episode 8: The US electoral system

    At a young age Elaine immigrated from Ghana to the United States. She immediately fell in love with the country as she experienced the beautiful scenery, observed the diverse people, and admired the numerous opportunities. Her family had a great start to life in the U.S. when they were blessed with subsidized housing in what was considered a “good” school district.   After receiving a college degree in political science and economics, Elaine went on to marry her best friend, Keenan Nietmann. They started a family soon after and relocated from Maryland to Georgia in her last year of law school in 2011. Elaine settled in Georgia as a wife, mother, and lawyer, and when her second born son was diagnosed with autism, she witnessed firsthand the shortcomings of the healthcare system and special education federal programs in addressing his needs. To make matters worse, the private sector referrals were often expensive, contained long waiting lists, and had short day schedules that were not conducive to the schedules of most full or part-time working parents. Elaine's experience with advocating for her son with special needs, while working as a public defender, guardian ad litem, and family law attorney in GA's Congressional District 4; motivated her to run for the U.S. Congress in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District in June, 2020.  Elaine credits her Christian faith to her ability to handle and successfully balance the duties of her law practice and family of six while still advocating for her son’s special needs. Living by the words of her parents, Elaine believes that the goal of hard work will never be lost when you give it everything you’ve got! You can follow her on: Instagram https://instagram.com/elaine4education?igshid=164cmddyenm25 Facebook https://m.facebook.com/attorneynietmann/

    58 min
  2. Episode 7: Imposter syndrome and Race

    08/18/2020

    Episode 7: Imposter syndrome and Race

    I was joined by the lovely Vanetta Morrison, an ACC (Association of Christian Counsellors) accredited counsellor, with over 2 years experience, specialising in Integrative counselling. She has worked with diverse clients, focusing on mild to moderate anxiety and depression, abuse, trauma, relational conflict, low self esteem and grief & loss. Vanetta is also a life & career coach, leveraging 12+ years of leadership, management and  psychology experience and facilitating significant individual and organisational successes; both in the Higher Education and charity sector.  Founder and Director of 'The Blueprint Way' - her own coaching and counselling agency, Vanetta has made it her mission to help millennial women of colour develop and maintain emotional wealth, so they can sustainably live the life they love. Don’t forget to visit ‘The Blueprint Way’ (https://blueprintway.com/ ) to download a free e-copy of the F.R.A.U.D Framework. It’s available for a limited time.  Please checkout and support Vanetta’s personal projects: The Antiracism Book Club: available on Spotify and  anchor.fm/theantiracismbookclub  That Morrison Life YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMI0MVq-K2TW5jX6iwFHYg  As promised, you can find out more information on imposter syndrome on: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-019-05364-1.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918302435.https://www.paulineroseclance.com/pdf/ip_high_achieving_women.pdf.https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(19)30607-5/fulltext

    45 min
  3. Episode 6: Global Compliance

    08/05/2020

    Episode 6: Global Compliance

    Adeyemi (Yemi) Johnson – LL. B, MA, Chartered Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute for Investment and Securities (CISI) Yemi has over 25 years of financial services regulation and compliance experience, including 3 years as the Head of Compliance, MLRO and Company Secretary of GTBank (UK) Ltd, the UK subsidiary of GTBank Nigeria Plc.  He has also held senior compliance and MLRO roles at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, Investec Asset Management, AXA Investment Managers, Law Debenture Investment Management and gained valuable consulting experience from KPMG UK Ltd.   In 2010, Yemi established OpenSpaces Compliance Consultants Ltd (OpenSpaces) an independent global financial services regulation and compliance consulting firm. Since inception, OpenSpaces, has assisted several financial services companies in the UK, Nigeria and South Africa in strengthening the effectiveness of their compliance and anti-money laundering function and provided strategic advice on integrating compliance into their business as usual processes and the development and enhancement of their compliance culture.    Yemi is also a regular speaker at compliance conferences, workshops and seminar in Nigeria and was a facilitator at the 2018 Annual Retreat of the Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (ACCOBIN). OpenSpaces clientele include the following companies:  UK                                                                           | §  FirstRand Bank §  Ashburton Investment Management §  Silk Invest Ltd §  IIFL Wealth (UK) Ltd §  Manulife Asset Management (Europe) §  Ltd §  London Clearing House §   Gulf International Bank Ltd §  Tranzfar Ltd § Euro CCP  Nigeria | §  CSL Stockbrokers Ltd §  The Nigerian Stock Exchange §  FBN Merchant Bank (Formerly FBN Capital) §  Capital Bancorp Plc §  Veritas Glanvile Asset Pensions Ltd (Pension Fund Administrator) §  Association of Chief Compliance Officers of Banks in Nigeria (ACCOBIN) §  GTBank Plc

    54 min
  4. Episode 4: Navigating female relationships

    07/09/2020

    Episode 4: Navigating female relationships

    Akwaaba/ Welcome to OhemaaTalks! I am often asked how I have managed to maintain my female relationships. This question stems from a misconception of female relationships which are not immune to the challenges experienced in other forms of relationships. I am joined by three of my closest girl friends to discuss some of the challenges we’ve had and the strength that comes from having girlfriends.  Background of the guests: Jolene Adogoba is a Relationship Officer at the Agriculture Development Bank Ghana. She’s also an entrepreneur and CEO of Tima Africa; a crafts company that specialises in woven baskets from Bolgatanga in Northern Ghana. Shaneke Ellis is a Business Consultant with over 10 years’ experience advising clients in a number of areas including business development, marketing, financial planning and risk management. She has extensive experience in law, housing and international affairs and is currently an Insurance Specialist at Eunisure and a Business Development and Operations Manager for Supportive Link and Link Estates. Josephine Nzuruba is a trained lawyer with experience in the legal and financial sector. She is currently the Head of Policy Compliance at the London Stock Exchange Group and remains active in the legal sector through her dedication to pro bono work.   Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by @kevinbmore. Kevin is a graphic artist with over 10 years’ industry experience  across all design disciplines. He offers brand, digital and print design services using tools such as Adobe CS, Indesign, Photoshop, Audition and Illustrator. He is also the creator of the graphics for Ohemaa Talks. You can contact him on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram under @kevinbmore.  Follow me on Twitter: @Ohemaa_Talks and Instagram: @ohemaatalks. Stay healthy

    1h 5m
  5. Episode 1: Life of a Silver Chief Nursing Officer

    05/13/2020

    Episode 1: Life of a Silver Chief Nursing Officer

    Akwaaba to the first episode of OhemaaTalks. The episode was inspired by our Care Workers everywhere and NHS England. I would like to thank all our Carers and key workers for their amazing work. I was joined by my friend and Senior Renal Nurse, Clayton Ellis. We discussed his journey into nursing and what inspired him to dedicate his life to the profession. Clayton has over 10 years’ experience and currently works at St George’s Hospital in the Renal Home Therapies Department. He studied at the University of the West Indies and then went on to work at the University Hospital of The West Indies for over 3 years before relocating to London in 2013. During his time at St George’s Clayton was given the opportunity to develop and grow the Home Therapies Department which enables patients who choose to be dialysed at home to live a more independent lifestyle. Clayton was tasked with educating, supporting and training renal patients in the community whilst empowering them with the knowledge of how to sustain an independent lifestyle whilst on dialysis. He was recently awarded the Silver Chief Nursing Officer Award medal for his success in this role which has helped to reduce hospital stay for renal patients and has provided greater flexibility for training needs in Home Therapies. The Chief Nursing award is a national initiative designed to reward the significant and outstanding contribution made by Nurses in England. Clayton was praised in the award entry for 'delivering excellent innovative care' and for being the 'epitome of what a role model should be for patient centred care'. Outside of work, Clayton is a keen photographer. You can enjoy some of his work on on Instagram: @allurepixels https://www.instagram.com/allurepixels/  Learn more about your kidney on the National Kidney Foundation https://www.kidney.org/ and The Renal Association https://renal.org/  We found a tutorial on how to correctly wear face mask and gloves https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/mar/31/how-to-correctly-wear-your-coronavirus-face-mask-and-gloves-video  I would love to hear from you on Facebook+Instagram: @ohemaatalks. Twitter @ohemaa_talks. Stay healthy.

    1h 30m

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