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Ghanaian blogger and radio personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Barimah Amoaning Samuel is a Ghanaian blogger and radio personality.[1] He was the host of Entamoty Live on Class FM in Accra.[2]
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Amoaning Samuel was born in the Central Region of Ghana. He studied Broadcast Journalism at the Ghana Media School and is the founder of Entamoty Media Limited.[3]
As a radio personality, Amoaning highlighted the dangers of social vices, including revenge porn and drug abuse. His advocacy against revenge porn includes a push towards the criminalization of the act by the lawmakers of Ghana.[4] Joining the fight against drug abuse, he has been reported on different media championing a call for ban on the use of Tramadol.[5]
In 2021, Amoaning started the Zeepay YT Creators Festival in collaboration with ICS Africa and as part of the Government of Ghana's Beyond the Return campaign.[6] The initiative developed further to equip female creators and youth with digital skills to close Ghana's unemployment rate gap.[7][8]
In 2018, Barimah was voted among the top 50 most influential bloggers in Ghana;[9][10] an annual ranking organised by Avance Media, a Ghanaian media and public relations agency.[11] He was one of 18 speakers at the TEDxAccra series of African thought-leadership events dubbed Africa Dialogues in 2017.[12]
In 2019, Barimah was nominated for both Male Entrepreneur and Overall Entrepreneur of the year at the Achievers Summit and Awards.[13] He also emerged winner of the popular vote for the Blogger of the Year at the Social Media and Entertainment Awards in July 2019.[14]
In 2020, Barimah won Digital Marketer of the Year at the Youth Excellence Awards ceremony.[15] He was listed among the 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians for the second time by Avance Media in 2021,[16][17] and won the Vlogger of the Year award on behalf of Entamoty Media at the Ghana Most influential Youth Awards that same year.[18]
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