In the Spotlight: Some enterprising women entrepreneurs from Ghana
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Ghana, once known as “The Gold Coast,” is now shining for a new reason – its unstoppable women entrepreneurs. Ranked third in Africa for the highest proportion of women business owners, Ghana is witnessing a powerful shift, where women are no longer just supporting the economy – they’re driving it. According to the 2021 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs, women make up a substantial portion of the country’s business landscape, with nearly 46% of the entrepreneurial workforce made up of women, as per the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.
The Silent Rise of Ghanaian Women in Business
These women lead ventures in agriculture, healthcare, tech, fashion, education and more. From introducing climate-smart farming methods to building digital platforms that solve real-world problems, they are redefining what entrepreneurship looks like in West Africa. However, despite their remarkable contributions, many face persistent barriers – lack of credit, limited access to training & the burden of informal work.
But they’re not backing down.
With increasing government support, international partnerships & grassroots movements, Ghana’s women entrepreneurs are overcoming odds and building a future that blends profit with purpose. They are more than business owners – they are pioneers, problem-solvers & nation-builders.
Now we can take a look at some enterprising women entrepreneurs from Ghana.
- Kate Quartey-Papafio, Founder & CEO, Reroy Cables
Kate Quartey-Papafio is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Reroy Cables Limited one of the leading manufacturers of electrical cables in Ghana.
Reroy Cables manufactures electrical and telecom cables and conductors predominantly for the international market, but has a significant domestic presence as well. In 2003 the company started operations and exports mostly to countries in the ECOWAS sub-region.
Recently, the company has completed the construction of a new Manufacturing Plant, making it the largest Electrical Cables Manufacturing Plant in Ghana.
- Ruka Sanusi, Founder & CEO, Alldens Lane
Ruka Sanusi is Founder and CEO of Alldens Lane in Ghana. It is a boutique business strategy, consulting and coaching services firm. With 20+ years of international consulting experience, she has worked in 16 countries across Africa in senior management positions with two global corporations (PwC and Crown Agents) as well as with the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Corporation, the development assistance vehicle of Commonwealth nations.
Backed by a deep, strong knowledge of business management, strategy development, and organisational transformation she is passionate about creatively and dependably supporting women entrepreneurs and growing businesses across the world.
https://alldenslane.com/ruka-sanusi/?v=6848ae6f8e78
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruka-sanusi-80aa66202/?originalSubdomain=gh
- Winnifred Selby and Bernice Dapaah, Co-founders of Afrocentric Bamboo
Like many other countries in Africa, Ghana is battling to find sustainable solutions to a number of socio-economic problems like – the need for affordable transport, effective ways of fighting poverty and unemployment, and the need to create more sustainable social entrepreneurs.
Winnifred Selby has a vision and an innovative approach to start solving such problems and she co-founded Afrocentric Bamboo with Bernice Dapaah, at a very young age – when she was just 15! It is a company that manufactures and markets bicycles made from, of all things – bamboo.
Today, she heads what has become a growing brand. Designed in-house, Afrocentric Bamboo bikes are sturdy, affordable and made to tackle the high terrain and rough roads of rural Ghana. She actively demonstrates through her positive approach to sustainable entrepreneurship that young people can improve their own economic futures through such projects.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winnifred_Selby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_Dapaah
- Ady Namaran Coulibaly, Co-Founder, Bolingo
Ady Namaran Coulibaly is Co-Founder & Quality and Compliance Manager of Bolingo Consult, which is a language services company established in 2019.
Supported by a strong workforce, they currently have offices in Ghana and Rwanda. Through Bolingo Consult, she supports organisations and businesses looking to engage populations in Africa in their mother tongues and expand their reach within the continent.
Besides, she is an ardent promoter of African languages, having co-founded the African Languages Conference.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adycoulibaly/recent-activity/all
https://www.instagram.com/adyncoulibaly/?hl=en-gb
- Diana Dwamena, Founder & CEO of Mahiri-Telehealth Limited
Diana Dwamena is the Founder & CEO of Mahiri-Telehealth Limited, a telehealth and digital transformation company founded in 2014, which has its headquarters in the UK.
She was an original board member of the Healthcare Federation of Ghana (2017 – 2022) and part of the Telehealth Stakeholder Group setup by Ghana Health Services (GHS) in 2015.
Interestingly, today she is recognized as a trailblazing strategist and tech-savvy innovator who has been shaping the digital transformation landscape for over two decades. With her impressive track record of pioneering impactful technology solutions.
Recognition has come her way too. In August 2023, she was featured in a Lionesses of Africa’ Startup Story for another of her companies in the digital learning and EdTech space, The Learning Nuggets Company Limited.
https://www.mahiri-telehealth.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mahiri-telehealth-limited/?originalSubdomain=uk
- Dentaa Amoateng, Founder & President, GUBA
Dentaa Amoateng MBE is the President and Founder of the Grow Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise, which is a social enterprise organisation dedicated to the advancement of diaspora Africans and Africans through various socio-economic programs and initiatives.
She is a multi-hyphenate, backed by rich years of experience in the acquisition of funding, deal brokering, lobbying and facilitating Diaspora development.
She is the current Liaison Executive Officer for the Greenwich-Tema Meridian Link, working to secure trading and business networks between both cities. It is significant that she started the business way back in 2009.
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