Interview with AMEYAW DEBRAH

· Hello, please introduce yourself and what you do ?

I am Ameyaw Kissi Debrah, a celebrity and lifestyle blogger from Ghana.

· How did you start off?

My journey in media started after the University. While at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, I won the Best Publishing student award, and it was sponsored by Ovation International magazine. As part of the prize, I was given the chance to do my National Service at the magazine after soon. After completing National Service I stayed there a bit until I got introduced to the Voices of Africa project. This was how I started my journey online. I was given a Nokia phone to use to make video reports for the project, which was uploaded on africanews.com.

· Why blogging? What informed your idea?

I think blogging just found me. As part of the Voices of Africa project, I was invited to speak about mobile phone reporting at the Highway Africa summit at the Rhodes University in South Africa. There, I met bloggers from all over the world and so when I returned to Ghana I decided to start my own blog as well. So when my contracted with Voices of Africa ended, I focused on my blog. I love the idea of having a voice to talk about things I love, in my own way, just as I want it.