Wode Maya
Celebrity
- Birthday
- November 8, 1990
- Age
- 35
- Birthplace
- Kofikrom
- @mrghanababy
About
Berthold Kobby Winkler Ackon (born March 3, 1994), popularly known as Wode Maya, is a Ghanaian YouTube personality, vlogger, digital media influencer, and aeronautical engineer. His name Wode Maya (Wǒ de Mà yà) translates as “Oh my God” in the Chinese language. In 2017, he took a video in a bus where seats were empty beside him and other passengers stood due to his skin colour and the video went viral. He is acclaimed to be one of the top and most Influential YouTubers in Africa.
Wode Maya is from Ahekofi, Kofikrom, a town in the Western region of Ghana. He attended the Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU).
He was still a student when he started vlogging in China about his experiences and later quit his job as an aeronautical engineer. His moniker Wode Maya comes from the Mandarin expression wǒ de mā ya (我的妈呀, lit. “Oh, my mom!”), which is an interjection that roughly equates to English “Oh my god!” In December 2021, he started his own real estate company and said it will be known as “CHARLIEMAG Estate” located in East Legon. He was one of six prominent YouTubers from around the world invited to cover the annual conference of the…
Awards & Recognition
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