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SPEAKERS
Derrick Ashong
CEO & Founder @ Take Back the Media (Ghana)

One of the world’s foremost experts on multi-platform content, Derrick N. Ashong (DNA) is an Emmy-nominated media maverick who has spent 25 years redefining the crossroads of culture, technology, and finance. Among social media’s earliest influencers, Derrick is a trailblazer who pioneered video podcasting with the likes of Oprah and John Legend. He now leads TBTM – an award-winning 21st-Century tech-driven studio, that turns culture into currency for creators and audiences with Fortune 100 giants like Mastercard.

With roots stretching from Ghana to Brooklyn, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, Derrick’s global perspective has fueled interactive media innovations that have earned him three Emmy nods, a Royal Television Society Award, as well as 7 international honors for his groundbreaking interactive TV format Take Back the Mic (1.1 billion impressions worldwide).

He got his start as a Billboard Award-winning songwriter and an actor in Steven Spielberg’s Amistad, and went on to create multi-platform magic with Oprah, Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, ABC-Disney, Al-Jazeera, Univision, and Africa’s biggest telco MTN, among others. He has captivated audiences at the UK Parliament, United Nations, and elite institutions like Harvard, MIT, and Stanford Business Schools, speaking on issues of Technology, Culture, and Society.

Whether interviewing global icons like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Kofi Annan and superstars like Kevin Hart, Zoe Saldaña, and Ice Cube, or electrifying stages at the Mobile World Congress, UNESCO, CISAC, and the Milken Institute, Derrick commands attention in rare air – delivering magnetic presentations that resonate globally.