Ghana

Rita Siaw is a professional teacher with 8 years’ work experience and a passion for improving rural education. Currently, she is the Assistant Head Teacher, Curriculum Leader, and Guidance and Counseling Coordinator at her school. She hosts radio shows to educate the public on health and youth and women related issues. Rita is the Founder… read more »

Ricardo has been the head of the Dental Department of the St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital in Hwidiem for the past four years, where he instituted weekly clinical meetings and revived mortality audits. He also played a major role in establishing various skills training programs and is the deputy general secretary of the Ghana Dental Association… read more »

Princess Sekyere is a corporate communications professional and news anchor at Etv Ghana, with over four years’ experience in public and community relations. She is currently the director of Kingdom Concepts Consult, a media communications company that specializes in corporate social responsibility and where she advises, designs, and implements strategies and campaigns for companies and… read more »

Dziedzorm ‘JayJay’ Segbefia is General Partner of BraveHearts Expeditions and works as Expedition Leader on the firm’s experiential learning adventure activities. His company won this past year’s StartUp Cup Ghana Business Model Competition, from which he was personally acclaimed and honored with the Ghana Angel Investor Network’s coveted Most Promising Entrepreneur 2013 Award. Dziedzorm Kwaku… read more »

Dr. Isaac Secorm has over six years of experience in medicine. Currently, Isaac is the acting Medical Superintendent of the Worawora Government Hospital, where he performs both clinical and administrative functions. He is a lead facilitator for quality improvement activities in the Volta Region, started and chairs the Town Health Planning Committee meetings, and has… read more »

Wedadu Sayibu has over ten years of experience in development work with a focus on women’s empowerment and child protection. Wedadu is currently the executive director of the Women Support and Activists Group (WOSAG), where she is responsible for supervising and leading program design and implementation to advance the sexual and reproductive health rights of… read more »

Ramatu Safiano Baba has an IT background in web and application development. She has ten years of experience in the telecom industry and is currently the business intelligence (BI) manager at Vodafone Ghana, responsible for the delivery of business intelligence solutions within the company. Ramatu is a member of the Ghana Muslim Academy – an… read more »

Abdul-Razak Mohammed Raji is an Animal scientist and a Veterinary para-professional, with over ten years of experience as an animal health and production practitioner. He currently works with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and focuses on animal management, disease handling, and control as well as public health promotion. Abdul-Razak also teaches and provides consultancy… read more »

Gifty Quarshie-Ngissah has over six years of experience in private sector health administration and management in Ghana. Currently, Gifty is the medical director of the Midway Clinic, a 37-year-old private practice with 30 beds, where she coordinates activities for all the medical teams and leads the hospital management team in the establishment and implementation of… read more »

Isaac Quaidoo is an entrepreneur from Ghana and a graduate from University of Cape Coast School of Business. He has over a decade of experience in the agricultural sector, providing quality farm produce for the people of his community and providing free pollination services to farmers. He co-founded Nexlinks Company Ltd. in 2007 and has… read more »

Edward Owusu Prempeh has over eight years experience in the construction industry and the fruit sales trade. Currently, Edward is the CEO at Balanced Construction Limited and Cocofresh Fruities Enterprise which focuses on design and construction as well as coconut fruit retail. Both companies have created significant job opportunities for the youth and also champion… read more »

Afua Serwah Akoto Prempeh is an environmentalist who has worked in the field of environmental management and rural development for over three years. She currently serves as a Program Officer at the Western Regional Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ghana. As part of her work, she strives to build a structured and… read more »

Lincoln Winimi Peedah has over eight years of experience in various fields of rural microfinance, commodity value-chain financing, and entrepreneurship. Currently, Lincoln is a credit manager of Toende Rural Bank Ltd, where he focuses on credit delivery for the rural productive poor. He has created employment for the youth in his area through his series… read more »

Enoch Owusu Sekyere has over 5 years’ experience as a Corrections Officer in the Ghana Prisons Service. He is a social worker by profession and focuses on counseling inmates and developing their capacities for social functioning. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Philosophy degree in Social Work from the University of Ghana…. read more »

Evans Owusu Amankwah has five years’ professional experience in the teaching profession as a Cambridge English Teacher and Oxford Teacher’s Club member. Evans founded the Midstream Literary Agency and has been promoting professional English language teaching and learning across Ghana. With a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science (with emphasis in English) and… read more »