Derrick N. Ashong, Founder, AMP Global Technologies

Derrick N. Ashong (DNA) is the three-time Emmy-nominated creator and host of the 2021 Telly-Award-winning TV show, The Mic, and the founder of AMP Global Technologies.  A son of Accra, Ghana, he also grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn and in the Persian Gulf, during the first Gulf War, excelled academically, and made it to Harvard University. He would go on to become a TV host and producer, and Billboard-recognized Hip Hop songwriter. He is a pioneer in producing multi-platform interactive content for global audiences, and has hosted his own radio show for Oprah; a TV show for ABC/Disney; has spoken at the United Nations, MIT, Harvard and Stanford Business Schools, the London School of Economics, and UK Parliament on issues of Tech & Society; and launched a ground-breaking interactive series for Al-Jazeera English that won a Royal Television Society Award in its inaugural season. Constantly breaking barriers, and redefining his own paradigm, His Take Back the Mic app (available in Google & iOS stores) allows fans to earn mobile data rewards for discovering and amplifying great content.