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  • How This Ghanaian Content Creator Grew to 100K Followers

    How This Ghanaian Content Creator Grew to 100K Followers

    Clifford Borweh, popularly known on social media as Lord Scott, started posting on YouTube in 2022 and built a career in tech content creation, amassing a following of more than 100K across social media platforms.  The Beginning Clifford’s content journey began on YouTube in 2022, where he leaned fully into what he loved: tech. “Everything…

  • Where Can I Exchange Foreign Currency in Ghana?

    Where Can I Exchange Foreign Currency in Ghana?

    You earn in dollars or euros, and you are wondering where to exchange foreign currency in Ghana; there are several options available. You can exchange foreign currency through licensed forex bureaus, bank branches, airport exchange counters, and digital fintech platforms. For many people today, the best option is not just about location. It is also…

  • Countries With Lower Currency Than Ghana

    Countries With Lower Currency Than Ghana

    If you’ve ever sent money across Africa or you’re planning a trip from Ghana to another African country, you may have wondered how the Ghanaian cedi stacks up against other currencies on the continent. The cedi has had a volatile few years, but in nominal exchange-value terms, it still sits above a number of African…

  • How Stella Inabo Built a Marketing Career from Writing ₦3k/Month Articles

    How Stella Inabo Built a Marketing Career from Writing ₦3k/Month Articles

    Stella Inabo went from ₦3,000 per article to making as much as $9,000 a month in-house at a B2B SaaS company. She now runs her own consultancy, advises businesses on content strategy, and has built a reputation as someone who understands both the craft and the business side of marketing. It Started With Writing Stella…

  • How to Save in Dollars in Nigeria With Accrue

    How to Save in Dollars in Nigeria With Accrue

    Saving money in Nigeria is no longer just about discipline. It is also about protecting the value of what you save. With inflation, currency depreciation, and rising living costs, many Nigerians are looking for better ways to preserve their purchasing power. That is one reason dollar savings have become more appealing. Saving in dollars can…

  • This Marketer Earned ₦50k Once. Now, He Nets Seven Figures In Dollars

    This Marketer Earned ₦50k Once. Now, He Nets Seven Figures In Dollars

    Benjamin Shotala, popularly known as Technical Ben is a builder shaped by pressure, resourcefulness, and reinvention. Trained in mechanical engineering, he now works at the intersection of marketing, business, and product, while also building a gamified productivity startup. The Beginning Benjamin’s path into marketing began with necessity. He studied mechanical engineering because, like many people…

  • “My Son Gave Me Grandchild” — Six Mothers on Their Most Memorable Mother’s Day Gift

    “My Son Gave Me Grandchild” — Six Mothers on Their Most Memorable Mother’s Day Gift

    Mother’s Day gifts are often imagined as flowers, perfumes, wrappers or carefully wrapped boxes. The things that can be bought quickly, delivered neatly, and photographed for social media. But when you ask mothers what their best Mother’s Day gift actually was, the answers are rarely about the price tag.  We asked six mothers about the…

  • How This Student Turned Saving 90% of Her Income Into a Habit

    How This Student Turned Saving 90% of Her Income Into a Habit

    Joyce Yetsa Amable is a biomedical engineering student at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, juggling a career in social media and content marketing while still in school. In this episode of Money Story, I sat with Joyce to discuss the small businesses she started as a child, how a random Instagram job application…

  • How Nathan Ojaokomo Built A B2B Writing Career From Scratch

    How Nathan Ojaokomo Built A B2B Writing Career From Scratch

    Nathan Ojaokomo is a B2B SaaS writer who built his career amid the pandemic’s uncertainty, turning a side hustle into a freelance business that has included clients such as Vimeo and HubSpot. I sat with Nathan to discuss how he found B2B writing, the early gigs that barely paid, how freelancing has changed in the…

  • How Shaunn Turned Content Creation Into Brand Deals In Dollars

    How Shaunn Turned Content Creation Into Brand Deals In Dollars

    Shaunn Armah, widely known as Shaunn, is a storyteller-first creator whose career is defined by curiosity, context, and craft. Many people know him for tech content, but his work has evolved into something deeper: helping audiences understand why things work the way they do. From inconsistent posting at school to going full-time in 2024, Shaunn’s…