Ghanaian entrepreneur and Former Senior Partner Manager at Twitter in Africa, Bernard Sokpe known by many as Meister has shared that working with Twitter came as the best opportunity to amplify the voices of Africans on the global scene.
In an exclusive interview with Y 107.9 FM’s Brown Berry on “Ryse n Shyne’, he disclosed his earlier hesitant to work with the social media brand as he already had a business of his own. However, he identified that he could such capacity for the benefit of the continent.
“I wasn’t sure I wanted to work for Twitter when they first reached out to me because I already had my company. But I looked at the opportunity to reach a lot of people and impact them,” he said.
According to him, Africans have little or no representation on the global scene hence, have long been misconstrued with wrong perceptions from the western world.
Meister was identified as the iconic link at Twitter who helped Africans, especially Ghanaians earn the ‘blue tick’ verification badge. For him, that was his effort to add African voices to global conversations.
“The media out there doesn’t have time to share the African story so we need to start thinking of contributing to the world. Everything we do now we need to start thinking beyond the borders and that is my thing now,”
“Like when I was in Twitter I verify everyone and make sure everybody get into conversations that spark this mindset and change. It was all about putting them on kind of thing so that our voices as collective and Africans will be heard,” he added.
He encouraged African talents and creatives to not limit their potential to the continent but also direct it beyond far-reaching spaces across the world – “let’s dream big because they have just little idea about what we have.”
“We Africans are doing amazing work but we lack the representation which is why it is very important to me to help create the visibility that we need globally,” he added.
Meister has hinted at opening a creator space for Ghanaian talents and impacting the culture with different kinds of knowledge to harness their craft.
By: Jude Tackie
