Welcome to the Keni Ribeiro blog, where Ghana’s stories are told. Fiction, non-fiction, a little bit of poetry. Here, we tell it as it is-emotional, raw, unfiltered. Here, we do community. Happy reading!
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Meet Keni
Ghana’s favourite storyteller
Maukeni Padiki Ribeiro has been telling stories and observing details for as long as she has been speaking. She prides herself in chronicling modern day Ghanaian history with her fictional stories, her famous story series and think pieces. From inter-tribal marriages and office romance to COVID-19 and presidential elections, she has written about it all.
Since 2014, her exceptional storytelling abilities, knack for finding and highlighting the most compelling aspects of any topic and her charismatic ability to entertain and inform have given her a loyal following across the globe. The blog was awarded Best Blog at the 2016 Ghana Blogging and Social Media Awards.
Her readers are ‘the world’s best readers’, with a sense of community that spans the world of Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Telegram and Instagram. Their comments are usually just as interesting as her stories.
Professionally, Maukeni is a communications and marketing executive with 9 years of extensive experience in brand and content development across several sectors- insurance, government communication, advertising, creative arts, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and banking. In 2024, she was named one of the top 100 Career Women in Africa.
When she is not developing characters by people watching, she is listening to music, catching up on pop culture on Twitter or eating either chocolate or kelewele.
For inquiries about commissioned work, trainings, speaking engagements and other services, reach her on info@keniribeiro.com or in the DMs on social media!
The KeniRibeiro Blog
Reviews from the readers
Keni is the master of audience development and for the nine years I have known her, she continues to grow this very important aspect of the life and work of a writer, especially one whose work is mostly digital.
— Elikem A.
The reason why we enjoy Keni’s writing so much is because she is telling our stories. Somehow she manages to capture our thoughts and feelings. Her characters feel familiar, like a neighbour, like looking at your own reflection.
— Nii Amar
Anything written by Keni will pull you in without permission.You will find yourself rooting for a character, laughing, crying, name it! Next thing you know, you are setting an alarm for the next episode.
—Ruth
Keni writes to uplift. She is able to capture her audience in the most unconscious of ways and keeps them connected to her material effortlessly. She has a way of weaving the seemingly disconnected pieces of a story together into complete works of literary art.
— Philip A.
Did someone say award-winning?
We won a award. It was kind of a big deal. Read all about it here.
Other KR things that might interest you
Trainings & Workshops ↗
To book for trainings and workshops on writing, blogging, digital marketing and content creation, kindly email info@keniribeiro.com.
Events ↗
Once in a while, the online connections and conversations move offline. We have organized reader-writer meetups.
We laugh, connect over our favourite characters, eat and have a great time. Catch up on past events here and here.
Project KCC ↗
Project KCC is a KeniRibeiro initiative to introduce Ghanaian children in public school to various forms of creative arts and to encourage them to take an active interest in them.
Read about Cohort 1 here.
Most recent posts
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Hate them or love them, dispatch riders in Ghana deliver everything- TV sets, good and disappointment.
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Patriotism has left the blood streams of Ghanaians. Everyday on social media, at least five people on my feed type the words ‘I for lef Ghana’ (pidgin for I have to leave Ghana), simply because they don’t see a promising future here. There is very little to believe in, to hope for, to be proud…
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Think MOMO charges, insensitive family members, zero enjoyment and japa plans.
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‘You, it’s okay. I will wear the blue nose mask everyone wears like that. It won’t cost me more than 10 cedis. It is not like this customized nose mask has the breath of life in it.’
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Ei, no be small be fruitful and multiply! Nana Addo said you should stay home and practise social distancing. You chose to go out of town to make a pandemic baby.
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‘Chale, I am tired. Everybody is going live on IG. Unnecessary fights on Twitter. Everyone is organizing post-COVID strategy webinars. Bro, we all don’t know what will happen post COVID.’
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Mama had them drinking some cleansing juice that smelt like a potion from a fetish priest in those Nollywood movies. Only God would know when WhatsApp got a medical degree.
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Of terrorist 4 year olds, internet funerals, Corona money and the end times! Episode 2 of the Covid-19 story series.
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Ei! You are going to do your panic buying at Koala? See eh, the Ghana, ebi two oo! The Better Ghana agenda is working for her!
Keni Ribeiro 