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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
Thank you very much @Abocco for making time for this interview. We really appreciate you time and efforts. #BloGh #BOW
A: Thanks 2 @BloggingGhana 4 choosing me as #Blogger of the Week. I did a live-blog of this interview here :-)http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com/2012/09/mighty-africans-live-blog-of-blogger-of.html … #BOW #BloGH
If u're a blogger who loves Ghana, #FF @BloggingGhana. Umbrella organization for all Ghanaian & Ghana-loving bloggers. #BloGh#BloGha
Ato Ulzen-Appiah @Abocco
Thanks to @couragedarling @nana_fynn @gamelmag @nas009 &
@kajsaha @springingly @kobbyannor @BloggingGhana for the questions. #BOW #BloGH
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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
.@Abocco do you have any advice or tips for the youth of Ghana/Africa?
A: @BloggingGhana tips for the youth of Africa - be ambitious. don't play small. look for inspiration around and not far away from you. #BOW
@BloggingGhana The best way 2 predict the future is 2 create it. I lived my passions & I am creating mine. We can create what we want. #BOW
Internet/technology is at our disposal. It really puts the power in our hands. Let's not just consume technology, let's create some. #BOW
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Q: AlessondraSpringmann @springingly
@BloggingGhana @Abocco @mightyafrican What was the weirdest part of MIT? :)
A: @springingly The weirdest part of MIT for me was seeing how many atheists there were there n how many didn't care about religion. #BOW
@springingly coming from a heavily-religious school like #Presec, I was one of a Spiritos at MIT. I headed a religious group sef. #BOW
@springingly my faith was questioned but I knew how important God, my faith & deeds were to me. I was not about to be swayed. #TYLJ #BOW
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Q: Kajsa Hallberg Adu @kajsaha
I want to ask @Abocco how come he started blogging and why he returned to Ghana when he did #BOW @BloggingGhana
A: @kajsaha I answered both questions earlier. I'm live-blogging this so u'd see answer later. :-) @BloggingGhana #BOW #BloGH
@kajsaha I started blogging because I had so many things to tell the world, especially Ghanaians. I couldn't keep it to myself. #BOW
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Q: Michael Annor @kobbyannor
@BloggingGhana @abocco @mightyafrican How much of his MIT/Stanford education does he use daily, and what was most difficult about returning.
A: @kobbyannor I use a lot of it daily. Not just the education, but the experiences I have. Education/schooling is only 30% classroom. #BOW
@kobbyannor my passions have changed as I've grown. I've become more versatile. Nothing I've studied b4 is a waste cos I apply it all. #BOW
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Q: Tell us a little more about your other projects ie; @Museke @fienipa@Ghanathink etc #BOW #BloGh
A: @Ghanathink was born out of a number of Ghanaian youth in the US being homesick. Young people wanted to discuss #Ghana #BOW#BloGH
@Ghanathink became a portal to mobilize & organize young Ghanaian talent to #Ghana's service. Thinking _> + talking -> + doing. #BOW :-)
@GhanaThink incubated projects that gave birth 2 @Museke @kasahorow @barcampghana, etc. "We can make things happen ourselves" #Tsooboi! #BOW
@Museke started as a project to create a database of Ghanaian music lyrics. It didn't exist. There was a gap and then an opportunity. #BOW
The lyrics project became popular & due 2 the demand, @Museke was born as a business to document African music lyrics, messages & info. #BOW
@Museke was born with focus moving from #Ghana to #Africa. Cos we knew Africans would start listening 2 #Africanmusic from everywhere. #BOW
Maybe I should write other blog posts to celebrate how far @GhanaThink Foundation & @Museke have come. Gives us all #morevim. #BOW
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Q: Gameli Adzaho @gamelmag
.@BloggingGhana I want to know where @Abocco the@mightyafrican derives his vim from. Is this source of vim universal?#BOW
A: @gamelmag I derive my vim from my personal ambition. I'm stubborn about making the best things happen. My vim comes from my positivity. #BOW
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Q: Nana Fynn @Nana_fynn
@BloggingGhana @Abocco @mightyafrican where does he get his inspiration from? and what's his biggest aspiration in life? #BOW#blogh
A: @Nana_fynn I'm inspired by my cultural neighborhood. Inspired by overcoming odds & being ambitious. Inspired by making "us" the best. #BOW
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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
Which one in this list would you take as your best? African Music, Waakye, or Party? #BloGh #BOW
A: @BloggingGhana choices? #Africanmusic. I absolutely love listening to African music. I learn with music, sing in public, etc. #BOW @Museke
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Q: Major Courage @couragedarling
@abocco who is your favourite blogger? @bloggingghana #BOW#BloGH
A: I'm not sure I have a favorite blogger. But I really did love those "Letter to Jomo" entries by George Sydney Abugri in the Graphic. #BOW
I will write a blog post about my favorite blogger as I don't have one :-) @couragedarling @BloggingGhana #BOW #BloGH @mightyafrican
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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
.@nas009 of @adventurefrom asked "what inspired #233moments?"#BOW #BloGh
A: @BloggingGhana Well, cos I love Ghana so much I started loving the number 233 in 2011. I would use the number at every opportunity #BOW
Since I loved 233, I started loving 2:33pm. So I thought, why not do something special at 2:33pm (& maybe 2:33am) every day? #BOW #233moments
So #233moments would be a time where people tell d world what they're doing or something @ 2:33pm anywhere they're with #Ghana in mind. #BOW
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Q:Major Courage @couragedarling
@Abocco @ghanablogging which is your personal best blog post and why?
A: personal blog post? I'm going with Velkom the Vim Views & Versions where I announced what my blog is about. http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com/2011/02/velkom-vim-views-versions.html #BOW
Q: Major Courage @couragedarling
@Abocco @ghanablogging That unique love for Africa..... where did you get that from?
A: @couragedarling I got my unique love for Africa simply cos I wanted to prove to everyone that Africa also is valuable. #BOW
@couragedarling I didn't like how Africans didn't like Africa as much as Americans loved America. Made me 'passionate'. #BOW @mightyafrican
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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
.@Abocco Which blog post is your most memorable post, and why?#BloGh #BOW
@BloggingGhana definitely the 1 when I announced that I was moving to #Ghana. I chose Republic Day to write it.http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com/2011/07/returning-to-source-of-all-my-vim-ghana.html … #BOW
@BloggingGhana I was making a major announcement. Up until the post, only a few loved ones knew I was moving to #Ghana. Mouthpiece. #BOW
@BloggingGhana I had too many people to tell the news, so I had to use the one space I could reach many loved ones, my own blog. #BOW
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Q: BloggingGhana @BloggingGhana
“@couragedarling wants to know how you came up with your handle . @Abocco #BOW #BloGH”
A: @BloggingGhana @couragedarling I learnt about the name #Abocco while at KNUST JSS. Folks said it meant "JE" or something cool. #BOW contd
@BloggingGhana @couragedarling the opposite of Abocco was Abotsi. I liked the name Abocco & I called myself "General Abocco Darling" #BOW
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Q: Major Courage @couragedarling
@couragedarling: @abocco @ghanablogging What got you into blogging and what was ur first blog post about?
A: Abocco - @couragedarling Started loving writing in #Presec. Loved to express myself. Internet became a home 2 share my thoughts & opinions. #BOW
I started loving writing in general when I was at Presec. I loved to express myself and opinions then. When I found the internet, I found a home to share my thoughts and opinions. #BOW #BloGH
@couragedarling @ghanablogging I started blogging on @GhanaThink's GhanaConscious platform. See it here - http://ghanaconscious.ghanathink.org/blogs/abocco #BOW
@couragedarling My first blog post on GhanaConscious was called "GhanaThinking was born in us" See here - http://ghanaconscious.ghanathink.org/blogs/abocco/2005/08/ghanathinking-was-born-us #BOW @GhanaThink
@couragedarling I love to live freely. After one particular episode, I just had to blog it. And then mightyafrican.blogspot.com was born #BOW
@couragedarling My 1st @mightyafrican blog post was "Chale, I'm a hustla! I'm a, am a hustla!". Link - http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com/2008/08/chale-im-hustla-im-am-hustla.html #BOW #BLOGH
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Q: Blogging Ghana - @Abocco tells us how you came by the name "mighty African"#BOW #BloGh
A: Abocco - When in MIT, I started calling all African students MIghTy Africans cos it was cool. They adopted the name & it’s used today. #BOW
But one friend started calling me MIghTy African a lot cos I pioneered the name. So it took the name then. @mightyafrican#BOW
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Just posted a #233moments update on Twitter, Facebook & Google+.
It's 2:33pm in #Accra, #Ghana. Doing a live blog of my #BOW twitterview with+BloggingGhana. Check http://mightyafrican.blogspot.com/
I am going to try and gather everything here as well :-)
I was named as Blogging Ghana’s Blogger of the Week on Monday. As part of it, I will be interviewed on Twitter on various subjects. You can follow it on Twitter with the #BOW & #BloGh hashtags.
