Barcamp Accra Press Release

BarCamp Accra 2013 is a free networking forum on

Monday, December 23, 2013 at the new World Bank Office in Accra. The theme

is “Exercising ethics to engineer excellence”. This Barcamp will be the

28th organized by the GhanaThink Foundation as

it builds a network of young change makers, doers and entrepreneurs in

Ghana.

Corruption has been a big theme in Ghana this year, and a lot of us have

read and listened to media reports in anger and disappointment. After the

initial reactions fade away, we realize that attitudes of corruption and

dishonesty are deeply entrenched in our society and we wonder what we can

do about it as ordinary Ghanaians.

At Barcamp Accra, we intend to discuss, in interactive sessions, issues of

ethics, corruption and most importantly, how we can achieve excellence

without being unethical. There will also be the popular speed mentoring

sessions with many inspirational people. Some of our confirmed resource

personnel include *Shamima Muslim, Nhyira Addo, Bernard Avle (CITI FM),

Kwame Gyan (Airtel), Kinna Likimani (Ghana Decides), Gloria Buckman (Plan

It Ghana), Joseph Hudson (Tigo), Kimathi Kuenyehia (Top Lawyer), Nana Amoah

(Google), Hannah Acquah (Acumen Fund), Valerie Labi (Clean Team Ghana),

Eugene Akoto-Bamfo (Osramba), Eric Osiakwan (AngelAfrica), *etc. We'll cap

off the day with breakout sessions.

Come network, learn and share with some of the brightest and best youth in

Ghana. It's a free event with free breakfast and lunch from 8am to

5pm. Register

today at http://bit.ly/bcaccra13. You can also register by sending "Barcamp

Accra + Your Name + Your Email Address" to 1945 on all networks. This event

is sponsored by GhanaThink Foundation, Google, World Bank, DKT

International, Gold Coast Clothing, Nandimobile, etc. Media partners are

Spy Ghana, Ghana News Agency and CITI FM.

---- Barcamp Accra team for the GhanaThink Foundation