Ghana

George Asante manages the Markets business across Africa excluding SA. He joined the Corporate and Investment Banking team in SA from Ghana where he was the Director: Country Treasurer & Head of Markets for Barclays Ghana. Prior to that he worked in the Emerging Markets Structured Products Group at Barclays Investment Bank (Barclays Capital) based… read more »

Paul Asamoah is a young Entrepreneur and the Chief Executive Officer of Skytrust, highly reputable financial company in Ghana. MCIPS holder and Financial Management by profession, having been in the sector for the past Seventeen (17) years, Paul Asamoah is also the founder and current Shareholder of Skytrust, Serving over 2500 Ghanaian indigenous Business within… read more »

Kwabena joined Verdant Capital in 2014 to open the firm’s office in Accra, Ghana. Kwabena has direct experience working in the International Financial Institution sector as a Senior Private Sector Officer at USAID and has broad corporate, entrepreneurial and transactional experience in Ghana and beyond.

Samuel Kwabi Ameyaw has over 11 years banking experience spanning from retail banking, loan recoveries and microfinance in reputable institutions like Opportunity International Savings & Loans Limited, Access Bank and Nationwide Microfinance Limited. Until his current job, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Home Support & Allied Microfinance Limited located at Tesano in Accra…. read more »

Chuma Ajene is Director of the Investments & Corporate Development team at Atlas Mara where he leads acquisitions, non-core asset divestitures and broader corporate development efforts, including debt and equity fundraising. Prior to joining Atlas Mara, Chuma was a member of the Global Investment Banking team at Deutsche Bank where he was involved in the… read more »

Dr. Ziem Bernard is a practicing physician with seven years’ experience with Ghana health service. He currently works as the municipal director of health services in the Lawra municipality in the Upper West Region. He is responsible for the oversight of the entire health sector in the municipality. He is also a public health physician… read more »

Victoria Yeboah is a professional midwife, social worker, advocate, and educator. She is a foster parent for orphans and needy children. Victoria is the founder of Greenlife foundation, an NGO that works to assist pregnant women, adolescents, and children in Ghana.Her team works in areas where access to healthcare is a challenge. Victoria Yeboah runs… read more »

Mary Watson has been a practicing educator and humanitarian volunteer for the past seven years, who believes in educating, empowering and influencing young people positively to be changemakers in society. Mary is currently the projects officer for Implementers, a multi-sectorial development-management organization, writing literacy content and training teachers for ZE-LEAP, a USAID-funded project to accelerate… read more »

Florence Toffa has over five years’ experience in non-governmental organization management and transforming lives in Ghana through mobile technology entrepreneurship training. She is the director of Mobile Web Ghana. She oversees the day-to-day management of the organization; initiating new projects, recruitment and supervision of staff, managing budget, sourcing for funding, organizing and coordinating training, and… read more »

Josephine Akuba Buah has six years’ experience in food product development, food processing, value addition to underutilized crops, postharvest management, and food service. She is the co-founder and general manager of Hosserv Company Limited, a food processing and service start-up. She is passionate about promoting food security, ensuring the health and well-being of people. She… read more »

Eyram’s love for comics and games instilled his interest in game programming at an early age. Eyram Akofa Tawia co-founded LetiArts on his conviction that Africa will make a salient contribution to the world of games, a vacuum that Africa needs occupying to spark new professions and boosting Africa’s GDP. Eyram is currently CEO for… read more »

Abena Tannor has over eight years’ experience as a medical doctor and is a Family Physician Specialist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana. She holds a masters’ degree in Rehabilitation from the St. George’s University of London. She currently leads the first multidisciplinary Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation team in Ghana, which educates and… read more »

Naa Dedei Tagoe is a Geomatics Engineer specializing in photogrammetry, GIS, and remote sensing. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology in Ghana with over six years of teaching and research experience. She has been involved in the training of small-scale miners in resource optimization and tailings disposal practices. Naa… read more »

Bright Sowu has three years’ experience in the field of anti-corruption. Bright is the Senior Research Officer of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), a coalition of state institutions and private sector and civil society organizations working to reduce corruption and promote good governance. Bright holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge,… read more »