Nana Amoako
I am a
Built for those who want everything.
- Projects shipped
- 60+
- Years building
- 5+
- Disciplines
- 14
- Ventures started
- 4
- Papers & essays
- 4
- Technologies
- 40+
The 30-second intro
I'm Nana, a computer scientist from Ashesi who keeps starting things. I've run marketing for a faith-based fashion brand, built a photobooth business from carpentry up, co-founded a fitness community, and shipped a pile of software along the way. Some of it worked, some of it didn't, and I learned from all of it.
Ventures
What I've accomplished so far.
Things I started, and where they are now.
GlamPhotoBooth GH · Founder & CEO
A Ghanaian-built, AI-assisted photobooth: wooden frame by local carpenters, DSLR, instant prints.
What happened: Validated with 200+ guests at the UBORA Awards; 95%+ positive feedback; organisers asking about bookings.
What I learned: 85 surveys before a single plank. Talking to customers first saved me from building the wrong booth.
1NRI — The Brand · Chief Marketing Officer
Brand, content strategy and launch frameworks for a faith-based fashion label.
What happened: Built story-driven product releases and multi-platform content roadmaps.
What I learned: A good launch is a story with a calendar attached.
Stride Society · Co-Founder & Brand Designer
A health and fitness community. I designed the brand and ran the promo.
What happened: Launched with its own identity and events.
What I learned: Communities grow on consistency more than on branding.
Revamp · Founder & Full-Stack Developer
Custom poster and wall-art e-commerce with Paystack and Spotify integration.
What happened: Shipped the platform; paused while I work out distribution.
What I learned: A finished product isn't a business. Distribution is the other half.
Featured
As written up by Ashesi.
Times my university wrote about the work, the awards and the people I served.
Ashesi University · Quasar Awards 2026 · May 2026
Outstanding Capstone Project: DuoSign
DuoSign, my gloss-based approach to automated ASL generation, won Outstanding Capstone Project in Computer Science at the 2026 Quasar Awards Night.
Ashesi University · Commencement 2026 · May 2026
Show and Tell: DuoSign on film
One of five senior capstones Ashesi featured on its Commencement 2026 page: a browser tool that turns text and speech into sign language through a digital avatar.
Ashesi University · Student Council · 2025
Ashesi Student Council Executive, 2025
Profiled by Ashesi as a member of the Ashesi Student Council's 2025 Executive Team.
Hobby wall
When I'm not working…
What I'm listening to
On rotation right now.
Now · October 2026
- → Recording the first monthly update video (October 2026).
- → Rebuilding this site into my little corner of the internet.
- → Taking GlamPhotoBooth GH from pilot to paid bookings.
- → Recovering and archiving years of Canva and Behance work.
Reading & thinking about
- The Mom Test · Rob Fitzpatrickreading
- Steal Like an Artist · Austin Kleonre-reading
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications · Martin Kleppmannslowly
Civic writing & research
Public thinking.
Civic education research paper
The People Are the Bosses
Government of the people, for the people, by the people
Civic education research paper
Broken Routes
Why Ghana's public transport system fails the people who need it most
Civic education research paper
Know Your Road Rights
Road law, police powers and the citizen's guide to a traffic stop in Ghana