Richard Brandt's guest appearances

Richard Brandt

Black to Business

emploYAY

AfricaX Podcast

Dominique Broadway

Sakita Holley

Tonya Rapley

Ashley Fox

Dev Aujla

Danetha Doe

Keisha Blair

Ticora Davis

Christina Brown

Lamar Tyler

Jeremy Brown

Damon Brown

Steve White

Robert Fortune

Malcolm Harris

OwlTail

Get a different perspective on work: Richard Brandt, Founder of Codetrain in Ghana, Africa, shares insights about work in Ghana which is not only about yourself, but about the community and being beneficial to other people.We can learn how Ghanaians are looking at problems from the very basic core without taking anything for granted, so they might detect lots of opportunities along the process which can be essential for driving innovation. Richard explains how they make sure to train their students based on their individual strengths, why Ghana brings a lot of advantages and why it might become THE tech hub in Western Africa. We learn about the role of women in work and why they’re about to run in similar family vs career tradeoffs soon, which have not existed in the past. He reminds us that work is about solving problems after all. Richard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrandt3/Codetrain Website: https://codetraingh.com/Contact Richard  richard[at]codetraingh.com

Get a different perspective on work: Richard Brandt, Founder of Codetrain in Ghana, Africa, shares insights about work in Ghana which is not only about yourself, but about the community and being beneficial to other people. We can learn how Ghanaians are looking at problems from the very basic core without taking anything for granted, so they might detect lots of opportunities along the process which can be essential for driving innovation. Richard explains how they make sure to train their students based on their individual strengths, why Ghana brings a lot of advantages and why it might become THE tech hub in Western Africa. We learn about the role of women in work and why they’re about to run in similar family vs career tradeoffs soon, which have not existed in the past. He reminds us that work is about solving problems after all. Richard on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrandt3/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardbrandt3/</a> Codetrain Website: <a href="https://codetraingh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://codetraingh.com/</a> Contact Richard richard[at]<a href="http://codetraingh.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">codetraingh.com</a>

#09 | Richard Brandt - Work lessons from Ghana (tech, africa, startup, innovation, women in tech)

Africa X

Richard Brandt is the Founder and CEO of Codetrain, the first technology accelerator in Ghana to train young people to build apps and software.  Codetrain’s holistic approach connects its students to job and mentorship opportunities in addition to providing the practical skills needed to build a career in web and mobile application development, design, and online marketing.  To date, Codetrain has held two boot camps at the British Council in Accra and provided training and mentorship to over 300 university students from Ashesi, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana Technology University College, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, IPMC, and NIIT. Nearly half of university graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa are unable to land jobs. The proliferation of smartphones, high speed internet and the digitization of our economy means that Africa will need a talent base that will possess the needed skills to support this infrastructure.  In order for there to be continuous development in the years to come, Africa must bridge the skills gap and provide employment opportunities for our youth. This is the problem Richard seeks to address with Codetrain. DURING THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSSED:  The future of tech in Africa Creating an educational business How to know your business idea will work Going from team “solo” to adding to your team How your business can partner with African software developers  STAY CONNECTED: Richard: Website |  Instagram | Twitter  | Facebook Black to Business:  Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Richard Brandt is the Founder and CEO of <a href="http://codetraingh.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codetrain</a>, the first technology accelerator in Ghana to train young people to build apps and software.  Codetrain’s holistic approach connects its students to job and mentorship opportunities in addition to providing the practical skills needed to build a career in web and mobile application development, design, and online marketing. To date, Codetrain has held two boot camps at the British Council in Accra and provided training and mentorship to over 300 university students from Ashesi, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana Technology University College, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, IPMC, and NIIT. Nearly half of university graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa are unable to land jobs. The proliferation of smartphones, high speed internet and the digitization of our economy means that Africa will need a talent base that will possess the needed skills to support this infrastructure.  In order for there to be continuous development in the years to come, Africa must bridge the skills gap and provide employment opportunities for our youth. This is the problem Richard seeks to address with Codetrain. DURING THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSSED: <ul> <li>The future of tech in Africa</li> <li>Creating an educational business</li> <li>How to know your business idea will work</li> <li>Going from team “solo” to adding to your team</li> <li>How your business can partner with African software developers</li> </ul> STAY CONNECTED: Richard: <a href="http://codetraingh.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> |  <a href="https://www.instagram.com/codetraingh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/codetraingh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>  | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/codetraingh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> Black to Business:  <a href="http://blacktobusiness.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blacktobusiness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/blacktobusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blacktobusiness1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

17: The Future of Tech in Africa x Richard Brandt of Codetrain