By Megan Gignac Aw man, I’ve been dreading this blog post since the day we arrived, because if you’re reading this, it means I am back home in America and my journey in Ghana has ended. Before arriving in Ghana, I didn’t have many expectations. Full transparency, I decided to go on the trip on Read More …
By Megan Gignac I’ve never been out of the United States before this trip, so naturally, I came to Ghana expecting a lot of new experiences. Before coming here, I already knew I would stand out. I knew my long blonde hair, fair Irish skin, and American accent would make me visibly not from here. Read More …
By Megan Gignac This week at my internship at Innova DDB, I was assigned to work with the media buying team called P2P. They are a smaller company, about 7 people, under the big parent company of Innova. Luckily, I have some media planning experience thanks to Senyo, whose media planning class I took last Read More …
By Megan Gignac Hi friends! Here are some updates from my fourth week in Ghana. I hope you enjoy! After I got the first week of my internship under my belt, I was feeling confident and getting in the groove of corporate life in a new country. At the end of our long work week, Read More …
By Megan Gignac It’s Sunday night. We are just coming off the adrenaline high we experienced while attending the biggest rivalry in Ghana’s football match: Asante Kotoko versus Accra’s beloved Hearts of Oak, who unfortunately fell short in a 1-2 loss. Now that we were home for the night, the time had finally come to Read More …
By Megan Gignac If there’s one thing I know for certain, it’s that coming on this trip was hands down one of the bravest things I have ever done. For starters, I had never been outside of the United States before. My friends and family thought it was very bold of me to choose Africa Read More …