Social Media Week kicked off for the very first time in Accra, Ghana yesterday, 11th of September. It launched at the Accra Mall with industry leaders, agency heads and many people in attendance. The theme of the week-long event is “ACCRA IS CONNECTED”
Here is the CEO of Echohouse Ghana Limited, Beryl Agyekum Ayaaba giving her opening remarks. EchoHouse is is responsible for co-ordinating the event in Accra.
Yolanda Cuba, CEO of Vodafone Ghana CEO, used this opportunity to flag off the ‘Get 1000 Businesses online’ initiative which seeks to introduce 1000 informal businesses to social media.
Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas, innovations and insights into how social media and technology are changing business, society and culture around the world. Human connectivity is being reimagined and SMW seeks to understand how humanity and technology will come together to change the ways we live, work and create. SMW hosts conferences on six continents, including Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Australia and Asia.
SMWi, an Independent Social Media Week, provides community organizers around the world with the opportunity to host an independently organized event during one of the four editions of the Social Media Week conference.
Here are highlights from the launch
The event is from the 11th to the 15th September and it will host speakers from academia, corporate bodies, startups and more.
Here is the schedule of events
