The third cohort of AWE celebrated the graduation of 85 female entrepreneurs, marking a significant milestone in their journey to success.”

NAME: Irene Akyere Ennin-Wilson

EMAIL: : [email protected]

TEL: 0274158008

Irene Akyere Ennin-Wilson is a creative designer with a passion for fashion and teaching. In her desire to impact the fast-changing world of fashion, STYLO RNQUE was birthed with focus on durability, genuine sustainability and slow fashion. Akyere’s vision is to create an apprenticeship program blending both formal and informal methods of teaching fashion. Her personal and shared experiences have helped her to gain insight into how to adapt a tailor and seamstress-based approach to a fashion business-focused education. Akyere, drawing from years of creating exceptional clothing for customer specific clients, has successfully crafted a contemporary brand with an afro – fusion twist – STYLO RNQUE. In the next few years, Akyere hopes that her business will become a fully-fledged fashion design institution known for its innovation and creativity. Training from the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) project makes this dream a possibility. STYLO RNQUE also has a pay–itforward program that allows a select number of underprivileged children within its environs enjoy Christmas with the gift of a new dress

NAME: Rosemary Ama Dokua Sackey

EMAIL:[email protected]

TEL: 0548565285 / 0247563678

I am Rosemary Ama Dokua Sackey, a tailor’s daughter who expresses my passion for the creative arts through my brand, Dokua Nsoroma Products (DN Products). I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana, Legon, where my entrepreneurial journey started. Back on campus, I was privileged to have been blessed with a second-hand laptop in level 300. However, I couldn’t afford a laptop bag to keep the laptop in good shape. Prior to that, I challenged myself to make a fanciful strapless bag to the admiration of all who set their eyes on it. This brought in some orders and eventually led me to consider venturing into this new opportunity as a business after school. Now, DN Products is an arts & craft brand which deals in the manufacturing of affordable laptop bags, backpacks, branded
notebooks, wall frames and star-shaped lighting products all made with African fabric. Our theme, ‘A beautiful display of Ghana & Africa’ highlights our aim of showcasing authentic African craft and educating people on interesting facts about Ghana and Africa through printed slips attached to our products. As in every business, my entrepreneurial journey has had it highs and lows too. For sustenance, I always remind myself that there is absolutely nothing I cannot achieve if I set my mind to it and I work hard at it not forgetting my prayers. I am very thankful for the opportunity with AWE to revamp my business.

NAME: Pearl Yiiyiwa Boadi

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0277552019 

Pearl worked with Millicom International Cellular (Tigo), PZ Cussons, Olam Ghana and GB Foods in various capacities. She has a first degree from the University of Ghana and a Master’s degree from the Anhalt University, Germany where she graduated in 2017 with MBA International Trade. Pearl developed the passion for children’s clothing and grooming since 2017 and this passion grew stronger at the end of 2018 during her first pregnancy. She knew that with the lack of kid grooming centres as well as a shortfall in locally produced kids’ clothing, she needed to put her dream into action and make it a reality. She started FS Kids Clothing in December, 2019 with the hope of becoming a household name in kids and adolescent fashion for both boys and girls aged 0 to 15, using authentic, local fabrics. She intends starting FS Kids Salon, a grooming centre for both boys and girls aged 0 to 15. Pearl has the vision of opening three more branches of the salon by 2023, starting her own kids’ hair care range as well as having a fashion school to train young women to give them some employable skills. Pearl hopes to obtain all the requisite skills, through the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), to achieve her dreams through the training sessions, mentorship and networking opportunities of the program.

NAME: Yayra Kokui K. Seshie

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0207195437

Ayacqs Construction Ltd was established as a private owned limited liability company with Yayra overseeing the general operations of the company. Yayra is motivated by seeing satisfying smiles on the faces of her clients. She seeks to encourage young girls to pursue their dreams irrespective of their current circumstances. Ayacqs designs and builds with style. The craft of designing lies on our imaginations as we forge forward and develop together. Ayacqs currently possesses basic machinery, tools, and the right skills to execute any construction assignment. The team comprises architects, civil engineers and skilled artisans and has a number of informal and formal staff. Ayacqs believes in consistency, commitment, hard work and integrity

NAME: Barbara Tetteh Gavor

EMAIL: : [email protected]

TEL: 0501216683

Barbara is a self-motivated and result-oriented graduate with a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghana. She is a trained Aircraft Loading Supervisor, the first ever female SAL (Supervisor of Aircraft Loading) at the Kotoka International Airport. She has a rich experience and the potential to develop and grow a business in the beauty and fashion industry, a passion she has nurtured from childhood. As an enthusiastic learner who grasps new concepts and technical skills, Barbara, through self-learning, has been able to acquire skills as a hair stylist and has started making beautiful wig caps for clients, while providing them styling, braiding and weave fixing services. She joined the esteemed Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program to develop her passion of becoming an entrepreneur who will impact and transfer the knowledge acquired to society by helping the unemployed in her community. To her, the AWE program is an opportunity to establish herself to contribute to the growth of the economy. She has years of practical experience to enable her start a salon with the aim of growing it into a
complete unisex fashion hub and expand with diversity in retail of all kinds of hair care products and accessories in the short to medium term.

NAME: Dora Naana Sarfoah Amoah

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0244947044

Dora Naana Sarfoah Amoah, the team leader of CarisGold is a passionate food enthusiast with a background in food and nutrition and over 12 years of experience in the hospitality industry as the head of conference and events. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Linguistics. Her passion led her to start juicing in her own kitchen for family and friends and
this hobby developed into a business which made her resign from her regular corporate job to focus on the business. She loves reading, cooking and networking. She is currently working on her new products which include infusions or cocktails made from local ingredients like lemon, ginger, hibiscus and lemon grass. She is passionate about enhancing the lives of young people by training them to empower them acquire skills to make them employable to help eradicate poverty from her community.

NAME: Eunice Fofo Robertson

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0242746547

In an attempt to meet the food needs of the working class by offering affordable and a healthy food alternative, the idea for ADUANEPAPA was birthed. ADUANEPAPA commenced business in 2018 with three employees preparing and delivering well-branded and packaged lunch packs for staff of corporate organisations. Customers have the option of choosing from a variety of food options and also the luxury of having their lunch planned according to their food needs and nutritional requirements. The company is customer-centric, health-conscious and dedicated to offering the best of customer experience in the fast-food delivery industry. As a modern company, we seek to operationalize a food request app and partner with a reliable
delivery service provider while improving on our menus and expanding our reach and customer base. The CEO, Eunice Fofo Robertson is a brands and communication professional with specialty in brand auditing and media management. Over the years, Eunice has leveraged on her experience in communication and customer service to build and promote sustainable brand equity for agencies like the National Service Scheme, MTN/aYo and Visual Lab Media Ltd. She holds a Master’s degree in Brands and Communication Management. She is a food enthusiast and an aspiring food photographer and blogger.

NAME: Fuseinatu Latif

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0244345621

Fuseinatu Latif is the founder of Ready Foods and currently works at MTN as a commercial reporting analyst. My expertise includes data analytics, business strategy and customer experience. The passion for setting up Ready Foods was heightened during the lockdown caused by the novel coronavirus, where tubers of yam bought in bulk were useless after just a short period of time. These tubers cannot be stored and when refrigerated, tasted flaccid after preparation. The original taste and texture were also lost in the process. I intend to make Africa’s perishable crops (yam) available all year round, which in turn will reduce the annual post-harvest loss suffered by farmers. This will greatly help with sustainability, job security and the global food chain. Ready Foods will provide fresh, clean and sliced tubers ready for frying or cooking while locking in the original taste and texture. This will help reduce cooking time by saving its customers preparation time while providing consistent pricing. The foods range will include yam, cassava, sweet potatoes and plantain. Our hallmark is to provide authentic, nutritious and convenient foods for the everyday person. Ready Foods, cooking made easy!.

NAME: Grace-Ann Obuo Ababio

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: : 0205896790

As an entrepreneur, educator, event planner, presenter and customer service personnel, Grace-Ann Obuo Ababio has 14 years’ experience in the sales and marketing, education, presenting, event and customer service industries. She has worked with different clients and groups including not-for-profits, individuals, fast-moving consumer goods, banking, female entrepreneurs, education and events. Shea Clan by Gee is an indie beauty brand that uses
natural and organic plant oils and butters to formulate amazing bath and body products like body butters, body oils, black soap, powders and soy candles. The company has built a good reputation in customer service and women empowerment. An example of empowering women is dealing directly with a female entrepreneur (Anfaani Organics) from northern Ghana for the supply of our raw materials like shea butter, baobab oils and cocoa butter.

NAME: Juliet Azedi Ajaab

EMAIL: : [email protected]

TEL: 0243169773

Juliet Azedi Ajaab merged her love for fashion and business to form Zedi, a unisex ready-to-wear clothing line. She is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology who started her entrepreneurship journey just a few months after working in the corporate world. Her health challenges started her journey in business prematurely. Zedi was born early but is doing very well now. The brand aims to make shopping for Ghanaian clothing easy, simple and fun by carrying trendy clothes and accessories in a variety of sizes. Zedi is customer-focused and makes it a point to reward its customers through discount sales and other promotions. Keeping things simple and fun is certainly what Zedi is about.

NAME: Lawrencia Kyeiwaa

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0247774704

Lawrencia Kyeiwaa is a development educator who was led to start Lawren Naturals with the vision of making organic handwash and eco-friendly cleaning products that are safe, affordable and easily accessible. Her motivation was her suffering with the use of handwash with arsh synthetic chemicals. Lawren Naturals is driven by the need to help reduce and replace harsh chemical cleaning products with environmentally friendly products made with organic and natural ingredients such as coconut oil, corn oil, botanical extracts and others which provide countless benefits not only to the hand but the environment at large. As a development educator, she regards her business to be a tool to educate and inform people on the need to use organic products and go for eco-friendly products that are safer for their health. On
the quest to have a successful business, Lawrencia has embarked on a lot of research and studies in line with the business and with the hope that through the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), she will gain more entrepreneurial skills and support to improve her business.

NAME: Mawuena Aku Maglo

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0262442732 / 0245659936

My name is Mawuena Aku Maglo, a professional nurse. The combination of an urgent need to raise money to pay for my nursing degree in 2018 and my love for fashion birthed a business called ChichaulGH. I always had the desire to run my own business but didn’t know how, but the need at the time facilitated the leap. ChichaulGH is an online shop that is into female clothing and accessories. Our main target market are ladies between ages fifteen to late forties who love fashion trends and are willing to shop online. Our apparels are carefully selected from renowned designers and we aim for our clientele to be distinguished by defining vogue with our clothing. We cater for all budgets, which sets us apart from many of our competitors. In our catalogue, you will find both new and thrifted clothes that are in very pristine condition; and with skillful presentation of these clothes in high quality pictures for advertising on social media, many are impressed by the prices. The genuineness in our approach when selling has led to many repeat customers. We offer a range of delivery options to clients so they can receive the items at the place most convenient to them. The ultimate personal and business goal is to own modern boutiques with my own clothing line which will be worn by a wide array of ladies, feature on runways and give employment opportunities to women.

NAME: Mamle Tetteh

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0265123791

We’ve all had moments when we splurge too hard and make all the wrong food choices. Trust me, I’ve been there before! I never really cared about what I ate years ago until I was diagnosed with obesity and hypercholesterolemia. My blood cholesterol was extremely high, which forced me to take cholesterol medications every day for a whole year. The constant swallowing of medications was a nightmare for me. I tried everything, from strenuous workouts to starvation diets, but to no avail. It was a vicious cycle that I couldn’t seem to break on my own. Knowledge gained from my undergraduate degree in Dietetics and masters degree in Public Health Nutrition saved my life. The quality, quantity, frequency and timing of foods I ate, played a major role in helping me manage my health condition. I did more research on the job, and I realized I could empower other people with the knowledge I acquired and help them prevent or manage their health conditions without having complications. Working with a few colleagues and family members on managing their health condition was the foundation for creating and starting this private practice, Nourish Me Daily. At Nourish Me Daily, we bring nutrition down to the level of the Ghanaian context and actively help individuals prevent and manage the aforementioned health conditions. The main objective of this business is to pursue positive nutritional change, which is centered on preventive care through dietary lifestyle modification while providing scientific, evidence-based dietetic care to individuals across all age groups.

NAME: Patience Yaa Anam

EMAIL: : [email protected]

TEL: 0240457827

My name is Patience Anam I come from the Upper East region. I am the fifth of six children. Growing up, my mother sold doughnuts to take care of us and see us through school. I had no option than to help her in her trade. I often sold some doughnuts before going to school. This affected my concentration in class such that at age 13, I dropped out of school, even before I could complete junior high school. I then went ahead to help my mum for a while till one day when I told my mum I was going to look for a job that will fetch me some money to pay for my brother’s school fees. My mother managed to get a job in her friend’s big provision shop. I worked with my mum’s friend for 7 years before I thought of establishing my own business and started by selling fruits on a table in my neighbourhood. I managed to save over a period of
time from my fruit business. I still had the urge to do something bigger than selling fruits. I had the idea of establishing a pub. I managed to do this with my savings and was able to employ a staff to help me. Currently, my pub has expanded. I now have four workers and have managed to add a restaurant to the pub, where I sell food in addition to drinks. I want to expand my business to other parts of Ghana or across the world.

NAME: Shemimah Ishak Dapilaa

EMAIL: : [email protected]

TEL: : 0244709107

My name is Shemimah Dapilaa, a graduate of the Ghana Institute of Journalism with a degree in Communication Studies. While growing up I used to help my mum sell fresh hibiscus drink, some of which I used to take to school to sell to my friends. This was how I started my entrepreneurial journey. My colleagues in school patronized my drink so well that I made
enough profit to buy sweets and books. After my national service, I noticed they were a lot of fizzy drinks in the system which had health deficiencies. This rekindled my love for natural fruit juice, so I enrolled in a Juice & Cocktail training school, where I received a certificate upon completion. Event organizers needed a spice in their events and a variety of drinks available for guests, people needed to drink healthier to live longer hence the inception of DeShemz Bar & Cocktail, a mobile juice and cocktail bar service which can be setup anywhere, anytime, to serve healthy juice and cocktails. In our quest to expand and attract new markets, we are introducing our bottled natural fruit juice with no additives, which will be supplied to outlets, and on large quantity orders. This will make our products available for everyday consumption. We are looking forward to increasing sales by up to 50% – 60% in 2021, building customer trust, capturing new markets and acquiring machines to increase our production in the long term.

NAME: Felicia Afi Hohome

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0560561413

I am Felicia Afi Hohome, the CEO of Nuko Juicy and a Co-founder of Afitutsi’s Catering Service. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology with Dance from the University of Ghana. My journey as an entrepreneur began when I was in my final year at the university. It dawned on me that due to the unemployment rate the country is facing, since the educational system does not equip one with the expected entrepreneurial skills. With my background in Sociology, I decided to study my environment to understand the problems facing my society and how to provide solutions to these challenges. I then identified that, there are too many coloured flavoured drinks flooding the market, which have adverse effects on an individual after prolonged consumption. I decided to come out with an alternative for health-conscious people who want to live healthy. I realized a lot of people loved bissap, popularly known as sobolo, but
the conditions under which the beverage is prepared is highly questionable. I decided to repackage this drink for those who love it. I came up with Nuko Saps as the product. This product comes in two flavours for now and has been certified by the Food and Drugs Authority as safe for consumption. Aside the drinks, Nuko Juicy is introducing another product known as Nuko Hibiscus tea for tea lovers and those who want to maintain a healthy weight.

NAME: Elizabeth Ama Logbah

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0248169954 / 0204945740

Elizabeth Ama Logbah is a successful Ghanaian businesswoman who is a brewer of local drinks. I graduated from the Sikkim Manipal University, Accra with a Professional Advance Microsoft Excel and Marketing certificate. I have varied experience as a medical counter assistance (MCA) with Emef Development Center, a factory hand for four years with Danadams Pharmaceutical Industries and also serving as an Executive Secretary for Essar Plaza for six years. When it comes to passion and vision for life, I am passionate about immortalizing an unwritten legacy that will break bounds. My vision is to build an institution that will address the health needs of persons in our society with the use of natural or organic beverages, hence the start of
Elolo-Finest Local Drinks Enterprise. My business has served many in Ghana. Elolo-Finest Local Drinks Enterprise specializes in the production of organic local beverages like sobolo, asaana, zomkom, lamugin, fresh pineapple, carrot, cucumber and watermelon juices. Elolo-Finest is a mobile bar and operates as and when invited for an event, be it social or corporate. The business has served more than 200 events and very notable among them is the 100th birthday party for the former president of Ghana, (now late) Jerry John Rawlings mother, the late Victoria Agbotui. Elolo-Finest currently supplies drinks to the National Blood Service in Korle Bu, Accra.

NAME: Roxanne Oduro

EMAIL: [email protected]

TEL: 0556371006

Roxanne Oduro has worked in the education industry for 6 years as a coordinator and preschool manager. From her experience working in this industry, she developed the zeal for creating and establishing healthy relationships among parents, children and schools. This passion led her to establish HomeSchool Incorporated, an educational establishment that seeks
to train and counsel parents in child development so they can understand and develop better relationships with their children and be able to teach and assist children with homework. HomeSchool Incorporated also seeks to bridge the gap between parents and schools thereby promoting healthy partnerships and thriving school communities as a whole. Roxanne holds a B.A. Honours in Law with a French Minor and believes that public speaking is a powerful skill, which is why she is a member of Toastmasters and currently serves as the Vice President of Toastmot de Passe, a bilingual Toastmasters club in Ghana.