web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:01:06 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Glocal Citizens - Episodes Tagged with “Cameroon” https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/tags/cameroon Tue, 08 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. en episodic Dynamic Diasporans Making Local and Global Impact Florence Amerley Adu Glocal Citizenship is the recognition that we are simultaneously citizens of our local communities and of the world as a whole. It's about understanding how local actions have global impacts and how global issues affect our local communities. As Glocal Citizens, we strive to be informed, engaged, and responsible individuals who work to create a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. Explore the intersection of local and global impact with Glocal Citizens! Hosted by Florence Amerley Adu, this podcast delves into the experiences of inspiring individuals bridging their local selves with the wider world. Through engaging conversations with Dynamic Diasporans, Florence explores the personal and professional journeys that define Glocal Citizenship. Along the way, get to know more about the business of their business, including the technical and operational aspects involved in the work of manifesting a new world. Go beyond the headlines and discover how individuals are shaping a more just and sustainable world, both in their own communities and on a global scale. no borderless mindset, pan-africanism, pan-african progress, dynamic diasporans, solutionscape and stretch salon, entreprenuership, argoadu llc, gbekembe, mmofra channel, culture, business, travel, glocal, global citizen, africa, ghana, new york, florence adu, florence amerley adu, leap transmedia productions, glocal citizens podcast, social entrepreneurship, beyond the return, year of return, tourism, expat living, diaspora, mindset hack, glocal speak, returnee, reparative justice Florence Amerley Adu florence@leaptransmedia.com Episode 279: On Being a Venture Catalyst with Tina Mbachu Obodozie https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/279 c9632d31-8c16-48a0-b80b-b43cdf05640c Tue, 08 Jul 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 57:37 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week’s guest, Tina Mbachu Obodozie (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/tina-mbachu-obodozie) first joined me in conversation in 2021, thanks fo the #BWiD Connect Whatsapp group. Since our first chat, she has shifted to a bi-continental lifestyle, based mostly in Nigeria as the new Exectuive Director of the Innovate Africa Foundation (https://www.innovateafricafoundation.org), while also managing her business activities in Canada. As a business and sustainable development expert specializing in business design, social impact assessment, and strategy development, her cross-sector career includes technology, natural resources, and the creative economy, where she has led teams, formed partnerships, and built development programs and incubators supporting market-creating innovations. Tina has worked with organizations like DMZ-a Toronto-based tech incubator and global startup ecosystem as well as Plan Canada, securing millions in funding and driving social and economic change. A recognized thought leader and ecosystem builder, she was named The Peak Emerging Leader 2024 in the Entrepreneurship category. Where to find Tina? @catalyst Venture (https://www.catalystventure.ca/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinambachu/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tinambachu/) What’s Tina reading? Conjure Women (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/579838/conjure-women-by-afia-atakora/) by Afia Atakora Other topics of interest: About World Product Day (https://techpoint.africa/news/innovate-africa-fund-product-day/) What is Product Development all about? (https://www.productplan.com/learn/what-is-product-development/) More about Innovate Africa Foundation founder, Christian Idiodi (https://www.svpg.com/team/christian-idiodi/) What is a susu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susu_(informal_loan_club))? Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie. Tina Mbachu Obodozie, Innovate Africa Foundation, executive director, entrepreneur, Catalyst venture, founder, glocal citizens @5, glocal citizens podcast, leap transmedia productions, dymanic diasporans, borderless mindset, cameroon, Nigeria, canada, lagos, christian idiodi, susu, florence adu, florence amerley adu, brooklyn, denver, argoadu llc, gbekembe, business, global citizen, expat, returnee, leadership, pan-african progress, The Peak Emerging Leader, the dmz toronto, travel, digital nomad, passport heavy Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week’s guest, Tina Mbachu Obodozie first joined me in conversation in 2021, thanks fo the #BWiD Connect Whatsapp group. Since our first chat, she has shifted to a bi-continental lifestyle, based mostly in Nigeria as the new Exectuive Director of the Innovate Africa Foundation, while also managing her business activities in Canada. As a business and sustainable development expert specializing in business design, social impact assessment, and strategy development, her cross-sector career includes technology, natural resources, and the creative economy, where she has led teams, formed partnerships, and built development programs and incubators supporting market-creating innovations. Tina has worked with organizations like DMZ-a Toronto-based tech incubator and global startup ecosystem as well as Plan Canada, securing millions in funding and driving social and economic change. A recognized thought leader and ecosystem builder, she was named The Peak Emerging Leader 2024 in the Entrepreneurship category.

Where to find Tina?
@catalyst Venture
On LinkedIn
On Instagram

What’s Tina reading?
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Other topics of interest:
About World Product Day
What is Product Development all about?
More about Innovate Africa Foundation founder, Christian Idiodi
What is a susu?

Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie.

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This week’s guest, Tina Mbachu Obodozie first joined me in conversation in 2021, thanks fo the #BWiD Connect Whatsapp group. Since our first chat, she has shifted to a bi-continental lifestyle, based mostly in Nigeria as the new Exectuive Director of the Innovate Africa Foundation, while also managing her business activities in Canada. As a business and sustainable development expert specializing in business design, social impact assessment, and strategy development, her cross-sector career includes technology, natural resources, and the creative economy, where she has led teams, formed partnerships, and built development programs and incubators supporting market-creating innovations. Tina has worked with organizations like DMZ-a Toronto-based tech incubator and global startup ecosystem as well as Plan Canada, securing millions in funding and driving social and economic change. A recognized thought leader and ecosystem builder, she was named The Peak Emerging Leader 2024 in the Entrepreneurship category.

Where to find Tina?
@catalyst Venture
On LinkedIn
On Instagram

What’s Tina reading?
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Other topics of interest:
About World Product Day
What is Product Development all about?
More about Innovate Africa Foundation founder, Christian Idiodi
What is a susu?

Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie.

]]> Episode 98: A Few Good Things with Tina Mbachu https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/98 a370bde0-7b7b-4684-af3e-4c384870d070 Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0500 Florence Amerley Adu full Florence Amerley Adu 49:41 no Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week comes to us from Toronto, Canada by way of her native Cameroon. Tina Mbachu is a bilingual, social impact specialist and international development professional focused on Africa and the intersection of gender equality and economic empowerment. She is passionate about social entrepreneurship that fosters the creative economy on the continent and also builds opportunities for job creation. She is also the owner of A Few Good Things, an online store with the aim to highlight talented African designers whose work has sustainable and ethical production practices at its core. As a complement to A Few Good Things is her start-up enterprise Atelier MBOKA (https://www.instagram.com/atelier_mboka/?hl=en), which is focused on building an inclusive value chain for fashion accessories. If you're a social entrepreneur in the making or simply curious about the how to optimize social impact for your own work places, Tina is a resource ready and able to be your guide. Where to find Tina? www.tinambachu.com On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinambachu/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tina.mbachu/?hl=en) A Few Good Things on IG (https://www.instagram.com/afewgood_things/?hl=en) What's Tina reading? True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00I3LC9HU&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_1RNA61P4QNGFCKXV0ZDY&tag=glocalcitiz0e-20) by Thich Nhat Hanh What's Tina listening to? On Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7wmvZq3NDBnGWrFjeItNwa?si=b25d611d2ed543b3) Other topics of interest: The Black Innovation Program @ DMZ (https://dmz.ryerson.ca/about) Bamileke People of Cameroon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamileke_people) Kizomba (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyrKfR-6gdQ) *When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie. leap transmedia, glocal citizens podcast, tina mbachu, cameroon, toronto, Atelier MBOKA, amsterdam, dmz incubator, ryerson university, social impact specialist, black innovation program, social entrepreneur, a few good things, florence adu, florence amerley adu, ghana, business, coaching, travel, kizomba, cop26, bamileke people, Thich Nhat Hanh, Greetings Glocal Citizens!
My guest this week comes to us from Toronto, Canada by way of her native Cameroon. Tina Mbachu is a bilingual, social impact specialist and international development professional focused on Africa and the intersection of gender equality and economic empowerment. She is passionate about social entrepreneurship that fosters the creative economy on the continent and also builds opportunities for job creation. She is also the owner of A Few Good Things, an online store with the aim to highlight talented African designers whose work has sustainable and ethical production practices at its core. As a complement to A Few Good Things is her start-up enterprise Atelier MBOKA, which is focused on building an inclusive value chain for fashion accessories. If you're a social entrepreneur in the making or simply curious about the how to optimize social impact for your own work places, Tina is a resource ready and able to be your guide.

Where to find Tina?
www.tinambachu.com
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
A Few Good Things on IG

What's Tina reading?
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh

What's Tina listening to?
On Spotify

Other topics of interest:
The Black Innovation Program @ DMZ
Bamileke People of Cameroon
Kizomba

*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!

Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie.

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My guest this week comes to us from Toronto, Canada by way of her native Cameroon. Tina Mbachu is a bilingual, social impact specialist and international development professional focused on Africa and the intersection of gender equality and economic empowerment. She is passionate about social entrepreneurship that fosters the creative economy on the continent and also builds opportunities for job creation. She is also the owner of A Few Good Things, an online store with the aim to highlight talented African designers whose work has sustainable and ethical production practices at its core. As a complement to A Few Good Things is her start-up enterprise Atelier MBOKA, which is focused on building an inclusive value chain for fashion accessories. If you're a social entrepreneur in the making or simply curious about the how to optimize social impact for your own work places, Tina is a resource ready and able to be your guide.

Where to find Tina?
www.tinambachu.com
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
A Few Good Things on IG

What's Tina reading?
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh

What's Tina listening to?
On Spotify

Other topics of interest:
The Black Innovation Program @ DMZ
Bamileke People of Cameroon
Kizomba

*When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support!

Special Guest: Tina Mbachu Obodozie.

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