Edem Adzaho is a trainer, author, public speaker and Ghanaian human resource consultant. She was voted 17th on the 2015 Most Influential Young Ghanaian list. [1]
Edem Adzaho is a trainer, author, public speaker and Ghanaian human resource consultant. She was voted 17th on the 2015 Most Influential Young Ghanaian list. [1]
Edem consults for the British Council in Ghana. She has held positions such as Intercultural Fluency Master Trainer, External Consultant and has served on the assessment board for selecting Ghanaians for the Tullow Group Scholarship Scheme which was facilitated by the British Council since 2012 until it was ended in 2016. Tullow Oil's flagship scheme was dedicated to giving young Ghanaians the opportunity to benefit from the country's recently discovered oil resources. [2] [3] [4] She is an external facilitator for the University of Ghana Business School's Centre for Management and Professional Development. [1] She has written two books: Your Degree Will Never Be Enough and The Global Graduates. [1] She was a speaker for TEDxAccra in 2016. [5] Edem is the Founder and Lead Trainer at The Global Graduate Academy. She is also the CEO of SPEC Consult Limited, an award-winning HR and Training Consultancy focusing on coaching and training young professionals, senior executives and companies who are keen to be globally competitive for nearly a decade. [6] Edem is also a writer, an educator and a traveller and has experienced 42 countries so far. [7]
Takoradi Technical University is a public tertiary education institution (university) located in Sekondi-Takoradi, the capital of the Western Region of Ghana. Takoradi Technical University was established as a government technical institute in 1954 and became part of the State Tertiary Education System. Later, after the passage of the Polytechnic Law of 1992, it was replaced by the Polytechnics Law in 2007. In 2016, the bill to convert six out of the 10 polytechnics into a fully fledged university received the unanimous approval of Ghanaian legislators.
Peace Hyde is a British-Ghanaian television producer, TV host, creator, journalist, and education activist. She is the creator and executive producer of Netflix's first African reality TV series Young, Famous & African, as well as the Head of Digital Media and Partnership and West African correspondent at Forbes Africa. She is the founder of Aim Higher Africa, a non-profit organization focused on improving the quality of education in impoverished communities across Africa. In 2019, she was awarded the African Social Impact Award at the House of Parliament, House of Commons in the UK.
Yawa Hansen-Quao is a Ghanaian founder, social entrepreneur and a feminist. She sits on the Board of Directors of Ashesi University, serves on the advisory board, Women's Institute for Global Leadership and Benedictine University. She is the founder of the Leading Ladies Network (LLN), a member of the African Leadership Network and the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers Community. She is a force to reckon with in the education and well-being of the girl child.
Robert Nii Arday Clegg Snr is a Ghanaian lawyer, television and radio journalist. He last worked at Starr 103.5 FM Ghana as a Morning Show host. Robert left Starr 103.5 FM Ghana in February 2017.
Phyllis M. Christian is a Ghanaian lawyer and consultant who has been called "one of the most influential women in Ghana". A lawyer by training, she is also the founder, chief executive officer and managing consultant of ShawbellConsulting, based in Accra. Her maternal grandfather George Alfred Grant, popularly known as Paa Grant, was one of the founding fathers of Ghana.
Ekow Mensah is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and speaker who is founder and CEO of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE).
Jemila Wumpini Abdulai is a Ghanaian blogger, writer and digital marketer. In 2007, she founded Circumspecte.com, a lifestyle blog dedicated to Africans. Her blog was a recipient of the African Blogger Awards in 2016.
Abigail Ashley is a Ghanaian television presenter, radio host, health advocate and the project leader for Behind My Smiles Foundation - a non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on kidney health. She is also the author of the book "A Decade of My Life" Behind My Smiles.
Barimah Amoaning Samuel is a Ghanaian blogger and radio personality. He was the host of Entamoty Live on Class FM in Accra.
Elizabeth Akua Nyarko Patterson is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur and the founder and executive director of the non-profit organization Girls Education Initiative of Ghana (GEIG).
Sophia Karen Edem Ackuaku is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Domeabra-Obom Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah is a Ghanaian transformational coach, mBIT Master Coach, corporate trainer, consultant, author, and columnist. In 2019, he became a Fellow of the Crans Montana Forum (CMF), an international organization based in Switzerland. In 2023, he became the first graduate globally to become a Fellow of the Institute of Commercial Management, United Kingdom. He is also the lead trainer and consultant at Zoweh Global Consult and he is the President and lead trainer for SLIT Africa, a non-profit organization based in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Foster Awintiti Akugri is Ghanaian entrepreneur and the founder and president of Hacklab Foundation, a non-profit organisation that promotes and empowers young entrepreneurs using technology in Ghana to solve local issues and create jobs. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.He was the youngest participant at the World Economic Forum's 48th Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland in 2018. Driven by his life's purpose to helping people find their path, Foster launched GrowthWithTiti in January 2021, an initiative with the mission to break down the complexities of finding your purpose, defining your mission, and navigating the grey to crush your goals. He hopes to leverage this platform to reach and impact one million people by 2025.
Winnifred Kyei Selby is a young Ghanaian social entrepreneur and the president of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana. She co-founded the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative with Bernice Dapaah at the age of 15. And At age 17, she established another business, the Afrocentric Bamboo Initiative. In 2018, she became the first Ghanaian to be inducted into the Royal Institute of Singapore.
Sandister Tei is a Ghanaian media professional who was named the Wikimedian of the Year in October 2020 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. She is the co-founder and an active volunteer of Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
Roberta Annan is a Ghanaian businesswoman and the founder of the African Fashion Foundation. She is also an investor, philanthropist, and a United Nations Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador. Annan was the youngest African to be inducted into the African Leadership Hall of Fame. A graduate of Carleton University and Georgetown University, Annan began her career with an internship at the U.N. headquarters in New York City. Annan is the owner of Annan Capital Partners, an investment company in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ALDG, a portfolio of assets in sustainable hospitality, agribusiness, and sustainable luxury in Africa.
Nana Kofi Asihene is a Ghanaian music video director, creative consultant, film producer and film maker.
Her Royal Highness Oheneba Lesley Akyaa Opoku Ware is a Ghanaian physician and diplomat. She is the ambassador of Ghana to the Russian Federation. Opoku Ware is also trained as a family physician. In 2017, she was appointed by Ghana's president as the Ambassador to the Russian Federation. She is also the ambassador to several other countries including Armenia.
Constance Elizabeth Swaniker is a Ghanaian sculptor, educator, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Accent & Arts and also the founder of Design and Technical Institute (DTI) in Accra.
Edem Mahu is a Ghanaian marine scientist who is a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana. Her research considers ocean health, oyster fisheries and climate change. She was awarded the 2022 American Geophysical Union Africa Award for Research Excellence in Ocean Sciences.
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