Some members of the Executive Women Network with First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo (middle) when they called on her.
Close to 200 professionals, women leaders and entrepreneurs have booked their place for the maiden Executive Women Network Annual Conference slated for October 20th, 2017 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra.
The conference, to be held under the theme: Rebranding Ghana to drive business growth – the perspective of women leaders, is a call to action for leadership, across every facet of the economy to move from rhetoric to action in rebranding Ghana to attract investment and profitable partnerships.
The conference, which will be chaired by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo will feature distinguished speakers such as David Ofosu-Dorte, Exeutive Chairman, AB & David, Akua Owusu-Nartey, Regional CEO, Ogilvy Africa, Yoofi Grant, CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC), among others.
The conference will feature celebrated business leaders and panel discussants such as Lucy Quist, an international business leader and Co-founder of EWN, Patience Akyianu, CEO of Barclays Bank Ghana, Professor Robert Hinson from the University of Ghana Business School and Patrick Awuah, Founder and President of Ashesi University.
Other celebrated panelists include Fatima Alimohammed, CEO of African Brand Warrior, Adelaide Ahwireng, CEO of Fio Enterprises, Theresa Ayoade, CEO of Charterhouse Ltd, Ivy Apea Owusu, CEO of Cirrus Oil, Yvette Atekpe, Regional Managing Director, Internet Solutions Ghana Ltd.
To ensure that the young people of Ghana have a stake, a special session will seek the views of millennials in repositioning Ghana for business growth, investment and tourism with panelists, including Petra Aba Asamoah, Genera Manager, Commercial for Media General, Ama K Abrebrese, celebrated TV host and actress and Nadia Kuorkor Amasa, a student from Ashesi Unversity.
The conference is the biggest gathering of women leaders in Ghana and presents participants with the opportunity to be inspired and empowered to play a key role in rebranding Ghana for business growth.
BY Jamila Akweley Okertchiri