By George Agboklu
Accra, July 10, GNA – Miss Abena Amoakoaa Sintim Aboagye, Ghanaian digital content creator, known on TikTok as @Chefabbys, has been named to the prestigious inaugural TIME100 Creators 2025 list released July 9, 2025
TIME magazine, highlighting her influence, said: “As one of the food creators featured on TikTok’s Global Discover List this year, Abena Amoakoaa Sintim-Aboagye—known on social media as @Chefabbys—is a name to watch in the space.”
With over 1.4 million TikTok followers, Sintim-Aboagye’s short videos showcase her culinary knowledge in traditional Ghanaian dishes such as jollof rice, as well as other African recipes like babenda (from Burkina Faso) and amiwo (from Benin).
“When you cook a country’s traditional food, you learn its values, its struggles, and its soul,” she told TIME Magazine.
“Every ingredient has meaning. Every method carries memory. It teaches you respect for the people and the heritage behind the dish,” she said.
Also featured on this year’s list is Khabane Lame (Khaby Lame), the Senegalese-Italian viral sensation who holds the title of TikTok’s most-followed creator with 162 million followers.
The influential magazine noted that with changes in consumer behaviour that accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic, digital creators, the entrepreneurs who had built businesses through significant online followings, have emerged to shape our culture.
TIME stated that the TIME100 Creators list is in recognition of how significantly these individuals are changing the way people inform themselves.
“They are changing what we watch, how we spend our time, what we buy, and how we vote ”it stated.
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Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong