# **Danfo Radio**

Danfo Radio

One of my amazing virtual experiences by [Yinka Bernie](https://www.yourcanvas.xyz/jaded/) is Danfo Radio. It is more of a listening experience however you get to have a carousel of visuals. The name Danfo is from the public transport buses or lorries in cities in Nigeria just like “Trotro” here in Ghana.

> *Amazing for workflow and ambient listening*

Great playlists and vibe. My favourite go-to to have on rotation would be the Vibes and Chills playlist.

View **[website](https://www.danforadio.com/)**.

Find Danforadio on [twitter](https://twitter.com/danforadio)

An Alternative is [lofi.cafe](https://www.lofi.cafe/).

# **Lifeat Spaces**

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Depending on how much internet you use, this virtual experience would be essential for your work or study routines. It comes with various categories of virtual environment, music, sounds and montages that feel so unique.

I used this for about a week and I loved the dedication the creator and the community have for adding features and updates.

> ***Note**: The website streams content from Vimeo, Youtube and other sites and this may drain your data. Still enjoyable especially the cafe and campus ambience.*

If you love to say in a virtual space during deep work, this is a great platform for you.

# **Drive and Listen**

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[Drive & Listen (driveandlisten.herokuapp.com)](https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/)

Just like Lifeat Spaces, this virtual space allows you to free your isolation and work from home cravings.

For about 6 months straight this year, I have worked from home and Chale it has been hard. When I am missing outside, this virtual space allows me to take a drive to places around the world.

Although virtual, there is this sense of solitude in experiencing such beautiful sceneries and enjoying great street noises.

> ***Note**: this may drain your data*

View **[website.](https://driveandlisten.herokuapp.com/)**

# **A Little Timeline**

**Chatrooms:** I remember ICQ my first contact of community-on-the internet even before social media. After that exposure followed AOL’s AIM, Yahoo Messenger and then Nimbuzz. As a young individual at the neighbourhood internet cafe, I was not an avid user of those chatrooms nor was my experience impressive. It served more as a virtual space for escaping into — representing the genesis of communities.

**Video:** I experienced Youtube really late. I knew it existed but I couldn't afford the data to connect to the platform. Video was an interesting medium to connect with people. I caught up with Youtube in University first year and it was one of the best experiences I felt joining in on experiences worldwide. Working, learning or just relaxing with content, the video format content world was always a great virtual space for people looking to connect.

Communities formed around lo-fi music and gaming created exceptional experiences for me. Currently, through Twitch and Facebook Gaming that experience can be emulated.

**Podcasting**: Now, 82.4 per cent of podcast listeners spend more than seven hours a week listening to podcasts. I enjoy podcasts as a virtual space to listen to a story or a discussion on a subject while feeling close. Podcasting is one of the fastest-growing forms of content creation.

*Follow me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nxmiji). Have a good one.*

Virtual Spaces For Working From Home

Looking for a product design role. Interested in working with fintech, web3 and B2B space 

Amazing at product discovery, detailed on craft 

Product Designer 🧽

Imagine your space in a virtual world. I have always wondered what it would mean to be connected and the opportunities that open for people around the world. Facebook(now Meta) recently announced a glimpse of their future for the metaverse — which is a concept of connecting a world of virtual communities where people can play, work and interact.

Personal Reflection as a product designer

Just a self analysis of my journey in 2022

Agile Meets Design Thinking

Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

Studied Political Science and Philosophy.

Partnered on one of the biggest design events in Ghana. As a Figma Community Advocate, I met so many interesting figures in the design industry and networked with the best designers and engineers in the country.

DEX Artmosphere 5.0

​Collaborated with a  great team to organize our first Friends of Figma in-person event in Accra, Ghana. 
This event presented an opportunity for designers, creatives, and industry professionals to come together and discuss design matters, share experiences, and network.

Accra Design Meetup

After experiencing and dealing with mental health issues around December, I decided to think about how to approach building an app that provided a safe space for patients going through such issues. I designed Safe Space as an exploration into building a solution that provided help for those struggling and in need of a solution.

Case study: Designing an android wellness app 🌱

I enjoyed working with various teams, interviewing users and interacting with a variety of stakeholders to take on this redesign.
I learnt a lot on usability testing and how to effectively  align user needs to stakeholders'. 

PASE App - Mobile design built for a wider audience for providing access to learning for young individuals looking to enter into tech.

PASE APP Project

Worked as a UI/UX Designer on the tech team  building UI assets and breaking down product challenges to provide meaningful experiences for users.

Complete Farmer Product

Led redesign workshops for a pension tech company helping build two flagship digital products for their 30,000+ customers. Conducted various research processes and collaborated with board digital transformation lead to capture key company objectives in design decisions.

Onboarding redesign

Finally live. 
Led the ground-up design for the company website interacting with stakeholders, clients and team, to build an impactful company website.
After multiple stakeholder meetings and deliberations, we landed on a release that aligned with marketing and sales.

Cross Switch Ghana Website

Working as a product manager for a local pharmacy to develop a pharmaceutical retail commerce mobile application providing access to medical drugs and service for customers. With the app, customers can browse through categories, select their desired items, and pay securely with various payment options.Delivery and logistics management is also designed using service design solutions.

Designed the whole app experience.

Currently group testing TestFlight and on Android

Healthtech Mobile App

Space for creating.
🌱 Design, Stories and Journeys.
Focused on building user-focused solutions for small businesses and startups with design.

Creative Design Agency

Joined a coworker to host this year's hour of code at Ghana Tech Lab streaming online.

Hour Of Coding

A tutorial session on Figma Autolayout use cases to use to maximize efficiency in design work and ideation.

Figma Community Event

Spoke on the design process of working as a product designer. 
Enjoyed the crowd and the conversations had in each designers' or developers' journey.
Visit URL for the whole presentation.

Design Process

I co-lead as a community manager to organise conversations for designers and tech professionals interested in growth, collaboration,  impact, and learning.

Community Lead

• Built UI assets for B2C digital products used by over 100 users.
• Interpreted product specifications and user psychology to influence a range of stakeholders
• Distilled complex product challenges into workable solutions for teams (developers, operations, marketers and other designers)
• Demonstrated usability and behaviour analysis through prototyping with Figma.
• Contributed to design collaborative reviews helping drive good design decisions.

* The company recently raised a $10.4 million pre-Series A funding round to consolidate its efforts.

UI/UX Designer

* 👨🏿‍💻\
  Designing financial solutions for merchants in the West Africa region, effectively helping merchants achieve financial management and operations success through design.

* Leading design within the team crafting valuable experiences across 10 in-house fintech products ( Mobile Apps, SAAS Platforms , POS Systems and Other digital interfaces)

* Led redesign workshops for a pension tech company helping build two flagship digital products for their 30,000+ customers. Conducted various research processes collaborating with the board and the digital transformation lead to capture key company objectives in design decisions.

Cross-Switch Ghana

Product Designer

Elevated success rates of early stage startups in incubation and acceleration by conducting product strategy workshops, resulting in an 80% increase.

Streamlined learning modules for nationwide students/learners by implementing the diamond design process, optimizing scripting and instructional design.

Enhanced tech hub processes within 3 months by incorporating sustainable design approaches and facilitating collaborative team sessions, leading to a 40% improvement.

UX/UI Designer / Design Instructor

Trained under a robust software engineering training track exposing myself to Software Engineering Basics and building business communication skills. 
Worked as a backend developer and scrum master  in my team till the end of my time of my training.

Software Engineer Trainee

Coordinated in the organisation of educational and professional internationally recognised examinations. 
Supervised closely in project management and coordination increasing satisfaction scores by 60% in 2018 
Collaborated in reducing exam incident rates by 40% across two years improving the company's reputation scores.

Hakeem Adjei

2021