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WEDNESDAY
AUGUST
05,
2020

Entrepreneurs
Foundation
of 
Ghana:
A
decade
of
rewarding
 entrepreneurial
excellence EFG
Founder
Sam
Ato
Gaisie

BY
PATRICK
PAINTSIL

U

n e m p l o y m e n t
 remains
 an
 age-old
 canker
 of
 the
 Ghanaian
economy.
The
average
 graduate
busily
chases
after
nonexistent
 jobs,
 and
 to
 many,
 the
 idea
 of
 a
 successful
 life
 is
 securing
 a
 “white-collar”
 job
 with
all
its
perks.
 For
 decades,
 the
 phrase
 “I
 need
 a
 job”
 has
 been
 firmly
 cemented
 in
 the
 mind
 of
 the
 Ghanaian
 graduate
 and
 within
 the
 larger
 society,
 leaving
 entrepreneurship,
 which
 is
 the
 most
 sustainable
 solution
 to
 unemployment,
 to
 only
 a
 few
 risk-takers
and
people
with
some
 bit
of
innate
business
acumen. It
 is
 this
 preference
 for
 jobchasing
 over
 job-creation
 that
 has
 left
 many
 people
 searching
 for
 jobs
 that,
 undoubtedly,
 cannot
 be
 provided
 by
 the
 government.
 A
decade
ago,
Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
 Ghana
 (EFG),
 a
 private
 non-partisan
 and
 nonprofit
 organisation,
 founded
 by
 Sam
Ato
Gaisie,
set
out
to
change
 the
 narrative
 on
 entrepreneurship,
 based
 on
 the
 firm
 conviction
 that
 it
 was
 only
 by
 harnessing
 the
 power
 of
 entrepreneurship
 and
 innovation
 that
 the
 Ghanaian
 economy
 could
 grow
 and
 people's
 living
 standards
 could
 be
improved. The
 mission
 was
 to
 create
 and
 maintain
 an
 enabling
 entrepreneurship
 environment
 that
promotes
vibrant
small
and
 medium
enterprises
to
uplift
the
 economy
 and
 the
 quality
 of
 life
 of
each
individual. The
 broad
 vision
 spearheading
this
noble
venture
 was
 EFG's
 quest
 to
 contribute
 towards
 addressing
 unemployment
 by
 rewarding
 entrepreneurship
 and
 championing
 a
 shift
 from
 unemployment
 to
 selfemployment
and
creation
of
jobs
 through
 development
 of
 entrepreneurship
 across
 the
 country. One
 way
 it
 was
 going
 to
 do
 this
was
through
the
prestigious
 Ghana
 Entrepreneurs
 Awards,

an
 annual
 awards
 scheme
 to
 identify
 and
 appreciate
 individuals
 who
 chose
 to
 be
 wealth
and
job
creators—persons
 whose
 foresight
 and
 entrepreneurial
 tenacity
 has
 seen
 the
 formation
 of
 a
 robust
 private
sector
that
is
driving
the
 nation's
development. If
 EFG
 was
 born
 out
 of
 the
 growing
need
to
take
sustainable
 actions
 to
 propel
 Ghanaian
 businesses
to
greater
heights,
the
 annual
 awards
 event
 was
 the
 platform
on
which
the
goal
could
 be
 achieved.
 The
 event
 also
 provided
 the
 avenue
 for
 Ghanaian
 entrepreneurs
 to
 connect
 with
 their
 foreign
 counterparts
in
a
bid
to
increase
 their
 capacity
 for
 networking
 and
entrepreneurial
success. Themes
 and
 deliberations
 at
 these
 gatherings
 have
 always
 assisted
 entrepreneurs
 and
 the
 business
 community
 to
 influence
 dialogue
 on
 the
 economy
 to
 ensure
 that
 their
 specific
 needs
 are
 at
 the
 forefront
of
the
decision-making
 process. Founder
 Sam
 Ato
 Gaisie,
 at
 these
 events,
 has
 mostly
 encouraged
the
youth
to
take
up
 entrepreneurship
 so
 as
 to
 develop
 themselves
 and
 create
 jobs
 for
 others
 through
 joint
 partnerships
and
other
forms
of
 capital
 mobilisation,
 and
 to
 strive
 to
 build
 globally
 competitive
brands.
 EFG
 has
 diversified
 its
 activities
 over
 time
 with
 other
 initiatives
 that
 seek
 to
 improve
 the
 country's
 entrepreneurial
 landscape. EFG's
Made
in
Ghana
Awards
 (MIGA)
 serves
 an
 even
 more
 nationalistic
 purpose:
 to
 bring

down
the
Ghanaian's
preference
 for
 foreign
 products
 by
 highlighting
 some
 equally
 valuable
 options
 that
 can
 be
 obtained
locally. Mr.
 Gaisie
 believes
 that
 the
 Ghanaian
 entrepreneur
 could
 attain
 greater
 heights,
 expand
 his
 business
 reach
 and
 enhance
 brand
 competitiveness
 with
 the
 needed
 support
 from
 his
 immediate
market.
 In
 2017,
 EFG
 introduced
 the
 Made
in
Ghana
Business
Quality

manufacturing
 of
 premiumquality
products,
importation
of
 quality
 products,
 and
 quality
 delivery
 of
 services
 in
 Ghana,”
 Mr.
 Gaisie
 said
 at
 the
 maiden
 event
 held
 at
 the
 Movenpick
 Ambassador
Hotel
in
Accra.
 Another
 platform
 created
 by
 EFG
 is
 the
 Ghana
 International
 Business
 Network,
 which
 is
 a
 platform
for
interaction
between
 top
 Ghanaian
 entrepreneurs,
 foreign
 investors,
 and
 the
 diplomatic
 corps
 in
 Ghana.
 It

Made
in
Ghana
Awards

Awards
 to
 recognise
 companies,
 products,
 and
 services
that
are
blazing
the
trail
 when
 it
 comes
 to
 conformity
 with
 competitive
 standards
 and
 quality
of
their
offerings. The
 foundation
 identified
 that
in
order
for
the
local
market
 to
accept
locally-produced
goods
 and
services,
such
offerings
must
 be
 market-worthy
 and
 offer
 something
 akin
 to,
 if
 not
 better
 than,
imported
products. The
Made
in
Ghana
Business
 Quality
Awards
was
therefore
an
 initiative
 established
 with
 the
 aim
 of
 promoting
 effective
 quality
 management
 methodologies
 by
 Ghanaian
 enterprises
to
improve
industrial
 competitiveness. “The
country
cannot
achieve
 the
'Ghana
beyond
Aid'
initiative
 without
 emphasising
 quality
 of
 leadership
 from
 the
 public
 and
 the
 private
 sectors,

Ghana
Entrepreneur
&
Corporate
Executive
Awards

seeks
 to
 develop
 sustainable
 strategic
 business
 alliances
 and
 investment
priorities
to
enhance
 domestic
 and
 international
 business
 partnerships
 and
 also
 create
new
opportunities. All
 of
 these
 initiatives
 serve
 unique
purposes,
but
the
bigger
 goal
of
EFG
is
the
creation
of
the
 Entrepreneurs
 Association
 of
 Ghana,
 which
 will
 serve
 as
 a
 business
 lobby
 and
 advocacy
 group
 with
 membership
 across
 all
spheres
of
the
economy. This
 year,
 EFG's
 Ghana
 Entrepreneurs
 and
 Corporate
 Executive
 Awards—as
 the
 Ghana
 Entrepreneurs
Awards
has
come
 to
be
known—celebrated
its
tenth
 anniversary
 under
 the
 theme,
 “Celebrating
 Ten
 Years
 of
 Entrepreneurial
 Excellence
 and
 Business
 Development
 in
 Ghana”.
 The
 event
 was
 held
 virtually
 due
 to
 Covid-19
 restrictions
on
public
gatherings,
 and
 was
 streamed
 live
 on
 selected
 electronic
 media
 platforms
 and
 social
 media
 channels.
 Mr.
 Gaisie's
 resolve
 to
 contribute
 meaningfully
 to
 the
 development
 of
 the
 domestic
 entrepreneurial
 space
 remains
 unabated,
 and
 to
 him,
 a
 decade
 of
 recognising
 astute
 jobmakers
 and
 employers
 is
 a
 stepping
 stone
 to
 advance
 EFG's
 noble
 cause
of
pushing
prosperity
and
 wealth.

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AUGUST
05,
2020

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Dr.
Daniel
McKorley: An
entrepreneurial role
model
of
our
times

G

roup
Chairman
of
the
 Mc D a n
 G rou p,
 D r.
 Daniel
McKorley,
is
one
 of
 Ghana's
 top
 serial
 entrepreneurs
whose
selfless
 commitment
and
investments
 have
helped
to
create
jobs
and
 wealth
for
thousands
of
young
 Ghanaians.
 Through
 hi s
 charity
organisation,
McDan
 Foundation,
 he
 has
 also
 contributed
meaningfully
to
 society
through
various
social
 and
economic
interventions.

His
 desire
 to
 create
 opportunities
 for
 the
 youth
 led
 him
 to
 introduce
 the
 McDan
 Entrepreneurial
 Challenge
 (MEC),
 a
 competition
 that
 solicits,
 nurtures
 and
 supports
 workable
 business
 ideas
 of
 young
 and
 budding
 entrepreneurs. Dr.
 McKorley's
 contribution
 to
 the
 domestic
 entrepreneurial
 landscape
 and
 society
 at
 large
 has
 seen
 him
 scoop
 several
 awards
 over
 the
 course
 of
 his
 journey,
 his
 latest
 being
 the
 “Outstanding
Entrepreneur
CEO
 of
the
Decade
2010
-2020”
at
the
 10th
 anniversary
 edition
 of
 the
 Ghana
 Entrepreneur
 and
 Corporate
Executives
Awards. In
 this
 interview,
 Dr.
 McKorley
 shares
 with
 Business24
 his
 aspirations
 and
 passion
 for
 entrepreneurship
 and
 how
 he
 is
 changing
 the
 mindset
 of
 the
 Ghanaian
 youth
 from
job-chasing
to
job-making. You
 have
 been
 recognized
 among
 the
 top
 Ghanaian
 entrepreneurs
 of
 the
 decade,
 which
 is
 a
 reputable
 achievement.
 As
 a
 serial
 wealth
 creator,
 what
 fascinates
 you
 about
 entrepreneurship
 and
 how
 did
 you
 become
 one
 of
 Ghana's
top
business
moguls? DM:
 I
 am
 an
 ardent
 believer
 in
 the
 can-do
 spirit,
 very
 resourceful
 and
 a
 man
 of

integrity.
I
have
come
this
far
by
 the
 grace
 of
 God
 and
 through
 hard
 work.
 I
 never
 give
 up
 no
 matter
the
challenges. It's
not
that
easy
to
start
and
 nurture
 a
 young
 business,
 but
 you
 have
 overseen
 and
 built
 a
 chain
 of
 top
 globally-accepted
 Ghanaian
 brands.
 How
 did
 you
 navigate
the
various
obstacles
as
 a
 young
 entrepreneur
 to
 get
 to
 where
you
sit
today? DM:
 Continuous
 persistence
 pays.
Risk
taking
has
its
rewards
 and
 making
 the
 right
 investment.
Once
I
set
my
heart
 on
a
project,
I
give
it
my
all
with
a
 lot
 of
 discipline
 and
 commitment. As
a
serial
entrepreneur,
you
 have
set
up
various
initiatives
to
 groom
 young
 Ghanaians
 from
 job-chasers
 to
 self-made
 business
 persons.
 What
 is
 the
 motivation
 and
 drive
 behind
 these
noble
acts? DM:
 Entrepreneurship
 is
 what
 Ghana
 and
 Africa
 needs.
 I
 believe
 in
 investing
 in
 the
 dreams
 of
 young
 entrepreneurs
 for
jobs
and
wealth
creation.
I
do
 that
 through
 mentoring
 and
 providing
 critical
 funding
 to
 support
 and
 promote
 viable
 projects.
Giving
back
to
society
is
 my
passion. One
 of
 your
 numerous
 projects
 is
 the
 McDan
 Entrepreneurial
 Challenge
 (MEC).
 Tell
 us
 about
 how
 that
 idea
 started
 and
 how
 it
 has
 helped
to
shift
the
mindset
of
the
 youth
 towards
 entrepreneurship? DM:
The
MEC
was
my
idea
to
 reduce
 unemployment
 among
 the
 Ghanaian
 youth
 and
 inspire
 the
youth
of
Ghana
to
believe
in
 their
dreams.
Through
MEC,
we
 have
 been
 able
 to
 train
 several
 hundreds
 of
 young
 entrepreneurs
in
both
skills
and
 business
 development,
 and
 created
thousands
of
jobs
for
the

country.
Through
MEC,
we
have
 restored
 hope
 to
 a
 lot
 of
 Ghanaian
 youth
 who
 otherwise
 would
 have
 risked
 their
 lives
 travelling
to
Europe
through
the
 deserts
of
North
Africa.
We
are
a
 building
 a
 modern
 shea
 nut
 factory
 for
 the
 Winner
 of
 MEC.
 Alko
 Shea
 in
 Nasia
 in
 the
 Northern
Region.
I
have
invested
 over
 2
 million
 cedis
 in
 supporting
 viable
 entrepreneurship
 development
 through
my
Foundation. Apart
 from
 promoting
 entrepreneurship,
 you
 have
 invested
 extensively
 in
 various
 disciplines
 such
 as
 sports
 and
 also
 carried
 out
 social
 responsibilities
 in
 several
 communities
across
the
country.
 What
 is
 driving
 these
 selfless
 commitments? DM:
 Giving
 back
 to
 society,
 particularly
 the
 poor
 and
 vulnerable,
is
my
passion,
and
it
 is
 the
 right
 thing
 to
 do.
 I
 have
 been
 there
 before
 and
 I
 have
 suffered
 a
 lot
 while
 growing
 up
 and
 I
 share
 whatever
 God
 has
 blessed
me
with
the
poor.
I
have
 constructed
 modern
 Astro
 turfs
 for
 sports
 development
 in
 Labadi
 and
 La.
 I
 am
 about
 building
 a
 multi-million
 dollar
 modern
 sports
 complex
 in
 Bwaleshie
 and
 Teshie.
 I
 have
 enrolled
 hundreds
 of
 needy
 but
 brilliant
 students
 in
 basic
 and
 tertiary
 institutions.
 The
 McDan
 Foundation
pays
medical
bills
of
 so
many
needy
patients,
and
we
 recently
 donated
 three
 (3)
 dialysis
 machines
 with
 special
 chairs
to
the
37
Military
Hospital.
 And
we
will
continue
to
do
more!
 There
is
this
debate
about
the
 mismatch
between
industry
and
 academia
that
has
created
a
huge
 backlog
 of
 unemployed
 graduates
in
the
county.
What
is
 your
 view
 on
 this
 from
 the
 perspective
 of
 career
 development?

DM:
 Academia
 is
 not
 producing
 the
 type
 and
 quality
 of
 human
 resource
 needed
 to
 develop
Ghana,
especially
in
the
 21st
 Century.
 A
 lot
 of
 people
 graduate
 from
 the
 university
 with
degrees
and
yet
are
not
fitfor-purpose
 for
 industry.
 I
 don't
 employ
 certificates!
 I
 employ
 people
 with
 the
 right
 attitude,
 skill
sets
and
passion
to
succeed. What
would
you
recommend
 as
 possible
 measures
 for
 improving
 the
 entrepreneurial
 environment
in
Ghana?
 DM:
Government
is
doing
its
 best
 to
 create
 the
 enabling
 environment
 for
 socioeconomic
 development.
 I
 think
 we
 should
 empower
 the
 universities
 to
 shift
 their
 emphasis
from
book-
knowledge
 to
 proper
 skills
 training
 for
 industrial
 development.
 We
 should
 encourage
 artisanal
 training,
 for
 example,
 in
 bricks
 and
 tiles
 laying,
 metal
 fabrication,
 technology
 development,
 automobile
 engineering,
 basic
 agricultural
 engineering,
 etc.
 We
 should
 set
 up
 more
 skills
 development
 centres
 across
 the
 country
 and
 provide
 funding
 for
 micro
 and
 small-scale
 businesses
 to
 grow
 and
 develop.
 Already
 I
 am
 showing
 leadership
 through
 the
 McDan
 Entrepreneurship
 Challenge
to
build
the
capacities
 of
the
youth
for
jobs
and
wealth
 creation. What
 significant
 role
 does
 one's
 social
 networks
 and
 linkages
 play
 in
 his/her
 entrepreneurial
 journey,
 and
 in
 what
 ways
 have
 your
 social
 ties
 impacted
 on
 your
 success
 as
 a
 business
leader?
 DM:
 Social
 networks
 and
 linkages
 are
 critical
 for
 business
 development,
 and
 I
 have
 come
 this
 far
 largely
 because
 I
 have
 developed
 strong
 strategic
 networks
 with
 critical
 stakeholders,
and
through
these
 channels
 we
 have
 worked
 together
 to
 develop
 new
 ideas,
 products
 and
 services
 for
 the
 betterment
 of
 society.
 I
 encourage
 the
 youth
 to
 lead
 exemplary
lives
and
deliberately
 choose
 their
 friends
 and
 partners
 if
 they
 want
 to
 climb
 up.ushing
 prosperity
 and
 wealth.

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2020

Ministry
of
Business
Development:
Spearheading
 entrepreneurship
for
national
dev't

Dr.
Ibrahim
Mohammed
Awal,
Minister
for
Business
Development

BY
PATRICK
PAINTSIL

T

he
 Ministry
 of
 Business
 Development
 (MoBD)
 was
 born
 out
 of
 the
 government's
desire
to
build
and
 promote
 a
 robust
 domestic
 entrepreneurial
 space
 that
 will
 underpin
 the
 socio-economic
 development
of
the
nation.
 The
 ministry
 is
 responsible
 for
 the
 initiation,
 formulation,
 monitoring,
 and
 evaluation
 of
 national
 policies
 and
 programmes
 aimed
 at
 improving
 the
 entrepreneurial
 and
 technical
 skills
 of
 micro,
 small
 and
 medium
 enterprises
 (MSMEs),
particularly
the
youth,
 in
 line
 with
 the
 government's
 economic
 and
 social
 development
agenda.
 MoBD
 exists
 to
 create
 an
 enabling
 environment
 that
 fosters
 private
 sector-led
 investment
 for
 nurturing
 and
 sustaining
 businesses
 through
 the
 initiation,
 formulation,
 monitoring,
 and
 evaluation
 of
 business
policies
for
job
creation
 and
improving
livelihoods The
 objectives
 of
 the
 ministry
 are
 being
 pursued
 through
 some
 well-thought-out
 initiatives
and
programmes.
Key
 among
 these
 is
 the
 National
 Entrepreneurship
 and
 Innovation
 Programme
 (NEIP),
 which
 was
 established
 to
 facilitate
 the
 development
 of
 new
 businesses
 and
 assist
 their
 growth
 into
 top
 competitive

brands. Businesses
 that
 emerge
 from
 this
 initiative
 receive
 financing
 and
 business
 development
 services,
 and
 are
 assisted
to
tap
into
a
wide
supply
 chain
 and
 network,
 helping
 to
 create
 jobs
 at
 a
 widely
 distributed
national
level. The
 NEIP
 is
 set
 within
 the
 context
 of
 Ghana's
 long-term
 strategic
 vision
 of
 consolidating
 its
 middle-income
 status
 and
 building
 an
 industry-driven
 economy
 capable
 of
 providing
 decent
jobs
that
are
suitable
and
 sustainable
for
development.
 The
 NEIP
 is
 being
 run
 on
 four
 strategic
 modules,
 namely,
 NEIP
 Incubation
 and
 Acceleration
 Programme,
 NEIP
 Business
 Competition
 and
 Business
 Support
 Programme,
 NEIP
 Industrialisation
 Plan,
 and
 the
NEIP
Fund. NEIP
 Incubation
 and
 Acceleration
 Programme:
 This
 module
 provides
 a
 subsidised
 workspace
 for
 young
 entrepreneurs
 which
 is
 resourced
 with
 business
 development
 facilities,
 meeting
 rooms,
 conference
 rooms,
 shared
 office
 space
 and
 other
 related
services. NEIP
 Business
 Competition
 and
 Business
 Support
Programme:
This
is
a
 competitive
 activity
 for
 earlystage
 businesses,
 from
 which
 workable
 ideas
 are
 selected
 for

admission
 into
 Incubator
 Hubs
 and
 receive
 funding
 on
 set
 criteria. NEIP
 Industrialisation:
 This
 module
 works
 on
 the
 establishment
 of
 an
 industrial
 sub-contracting
exchange
to
link
 large
 industries
 in
 the
 supply
 chain
 process,
 and
 to
 enable
 start-ups
 become
 the
 supply
 chain
 for
 goods
 and
 services
 to
 feed
the
large
industries. The
 Fund:
 A
 privatelymanaged
 fund
 under
 the
 supervision
and
management
of
 NEIP
 and
 the
 Ministry
 for
 Business
 Development,
 which
 will
 mobilise
 funds
 through
 government
 support,
 grants
 from
 international
 agencies
 and
 the
 private
 sector
 to
 the
 serve
 the
 broader
 purpose
 of
 the
 programme. The
Presidential
Pitch Another
 innovation
 of
 the
 Business
 Development
 Ministry
 to
 groom
 budding
 entrepreneurs
 in
 the
 country
 is
 its
 annual
 Presidential
 Pitch
 Competition.
The
contest
targets
 the
youth
between
the
ages
of
1835
 and
 is
 aimed
 at
 realising
 government's
 ambition
 to
 unleash
 an
 entrepreneurial
 revolution
in
the
country. The
 project
 is
 in
 line
 with
 the
 President
 of
 Ghana,
 Nana
 Addo
 Dankwa
 Akufo-Addo's
 vision
 of
 assisting
 young
 entrepreneurs
 to
 incubate
 their
 business
 ideas
 and
 improve

livelihoods. The
 programme
 seeks
 to
 support
 young
 entrepreneurs
 with
 funding
 to
 boost
 their
 businesses
 for
 job
 creation.
 It
 is
 also
 to
 build
 an
 entrepreneurship
 eco-system
 that
 fosters
 and
 encourages
 young
 people
 to
 be
 business
 owners
and
not
job
seekers. According
to
the
Minister
for
 Business
 Development,
 Dr.
 Ibrahim
 Mohammed
 Awal,
 the
 programme
 is
 meant
 to
 provide
 soft
 funding
 for
 young
 entrepreneurs
 who
 have
 brilliant
ideas
but
lack
the
funds
 to
execute
them. “Under
 seasons
 one
 and
 two,
 460
 jobs
 were
 created
 by
 the
20
people
we
supported.
We
 gave
 them
 the
 money,
 they
 had
 the
 ideas
 and
 implemented
 it,
 and
 that
 created
 jobs.
 Ghana
 is
 largely
 a
 youthful
 country
 with
 over
 60
 percent
 of
 the
 people
 being
 below
 30
 years.
 The
 President
 wants
 to
 build
 confidence
 in
 the
 youth
 to
 be
 business
owners,”
he
said
in
his
 assessment
 of
 the
 impact
 of
 the
 initiative. Young
 Ghanaian
 entrepreneurs
 with
 brilliant
 business
 ideas
 across
 the
 country
 are
 eligible
 to
 apply
 in
 each
 year's
 pitch
 with
 their
 simple
 basic
 business
 plan,
 which
 should
 be
 feasible,
 innovative,
 scalable,
 and
 have
 high
prospects
for
job
creation.

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Ghana's
Greatest
Entrepreneur
of
All
Time 
Sir
Sam
Esson
Jonah Executive
Chairman
 Jonah
Capital

S

amuel
 Jonah
 is
 one
 of
 Africa's
 leading
 businessmen.
 He
 is
 currently
 Executive
 Chairman
 of
 Jonah
 Capital
 (Pty)
 Limited,
 an
 investment
 holding
 company
 in
 South
 Africa,
 and
 is
 former
 President
 of
 Anglo
 Gold
 Ashanti
Limited.
 Born
 and
 educated
 in
 Ghana,
in
1979
he
obtained
a

Master's
 degree
 in
 Management
 from
 Imperial
 College,
 London,
 following
 which
 he
 worked
 for
 Ashanti
 Goldfields.
 An
 Honorary
 Knighthood
 was
conferred
on
him
by
Her
 Majesty
 the
 Queen
 in
 2003
 and
in
2006
he
was
awarded
 Ghana's
 highest
 national
 award,
the
Companion
of
the
 Order
of
the
Star
of
the
Volta.

Mr.
Dan
Kofi
Okudzeto
 Executive
Chairman
 Allied
Oil
Company
Ltd

D

an
 Kofi
 Okudzeto
 is
 the
 founder
 and
 Executive
 Chairman
 of
 Allied
 Oil
 Company
 Limited
 (Allied),
 Oil
 Channel
 Limited,
 Danicom
 Limited
 and
 Options
 Mart
 Limited.
 Wholly
 owned
 Ghanaian
 companies
 he
 has
 seen
 from
 inception
 to
 the
 successful
 mainstays
 in
 the
 Oil
 and
Gas
industry.
He
has
over
35
 years
 of
 executive
 level
 management
 and
 a
 wealth
 of
 entrepreneurial
experience.
 Allied
 Oil
 Co.
 Ltd
 ,The
 first
 indigenous
 Oil
 Marketing
 Company
 (OMC)
 in
 Ghana,
 Oil
 Channel
 Ltd
 -Bulk
 Distribution
 Company,
 Danicom
 Ltd
 OilHaulage
 Company
 Options
 Mart
 Ltd-Grocery
Shop
 Under
 his
 astute
 leadership,
 each
 of
 Okudzeto's
 indigenous
 companies
 has
 achieved
 enviable
 successes
 as
 major
 players
in
the
Oil
and
Gas
sector
 in
 Ghana.
 He
 is
 credited
 as
 the
 first
Ghanaian
to
secure
an
OMC
 license,
 thereby
 opening
 doors
 for
 over
 100
 several
 other
 local
 OMCs
 to
 participate
 in
 an
 industry
 that
 today
 contributes
 over
 GH¢
 800
 million
 annually
 to
 the
 nation's
 coffers
 according

to
 the
 Association
 of
 Oil
 Marketing
 Companies
 of
 Ghana
(AOMC).
 This
 was
 once
 an
 industry
 solely
 reserved
 for
 multinationals
 until
 Mr.
 Okudzeto
 broke
 and
 changed
the
trend.
Turning
 his
 start-ups
 into
 corporate
 giants
 and
 trendsetters
 in
 the
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 industry
 in
 Ghana,
 Okudzeto
 has
 positively
 impacted
 society
 through
 job
 creation,
 having
 amassed
 combined
 work
 force
 of
 over
 1,000.
 Dedicated
 employees,
 partner
 and
 shareholder
efforts
have
seen
to
 combined
 annual
 revenue
 of
 hundreds
 of
 millions.
 He
 has
 genuine
 interest
 in
 supporting
 talent
 and
 human
 capital,
 recognizing
his
work
force
as
the
 backbone
 and
 future
 of
 the
 companies.
 As
 a
 manager,
 Okudzeto
 is
 down-to-earth
 and
 revered
 as
 a
 straight
 shooting
 decision-maker,
who
in
a
volatile
 industry
 like
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 has
 a
 steady
 hand
 in
 the
 face
 of
 adversity.
 He
 creates
 superior
 value
 for
 all
 his
 brands
 by
 making
sure
staff
morale
is
high,
 consumer
 confidence
 is
 unshaken
 and
 investors'
 interests
 are
 taken
 care
 of.
 A
 strong
 believer
 in
 giving
 back,
 Okudzeto
 champions
 community
service
and
lends
his
 support
 to
 social
 efforts
 that
 improve
Ghana
and
the
world
at
 large.
 A
 man
 of
 many
 interests,
 Okudzeto
 also
 has
 great
 investments
in
the
Ghanaian
real
 estate
 industry,
 providing
 office

spaces
 for
 some
 of
 the
 nation's
 most
 longstanding
 companies
 like
 Ghana
 Commercial
 Bank,
 First
Bank
of
Nigeria,
Prudential
 Bank
 and
 residences
 in
 prime
 neighborhoods
 in
 Accra.
 Though
 Okudzeto
 has
 invested
 hugely
 in
 automating
 business
 operations
in
his
companies,
 he
 prefers
 the
 old-fashioned
 way
 when
 it
 comes
 to
 personal
 interaction
 -
 preferring
 a
 phone
 call
 or
 a
 face-to-face
 meeting
 to
 an
e-mail
because
to
him
there's
 nothing
 better
 than
 hearing
 people's
 voices
 or
 looking
 them
 straight
 in
 the
 eyes.
 Okudzeto
 remains
a
forceful
presence
in
all
 of
 his
 companies,
 seeing
 them
 through
 challenges
 to
 triumph.
 In
October
2014,
he
launched
the
 new
 Allied
 Oil
 brand
 –
 Allied.
 A
 great
 achievement
 celebrated
 in
 grand
 style
 amongst
 renowned
 captains
 of
 industry.
 Joy
 FM
 described
 the
 launch
 in
 one
 of
 their
 publications
 as
 one
 of
 the
 grandest
launches
in
the
Oil
and
 Gas
 industry.
 The
 need
 for
 rebranding
 came
 after
 16
 successful
 years
 in
 operation
 and
 as
 a
 way
 to
 revamp
 the
 company,
allowing
it
to
compete
 squarely
with
foreign
oil
and
gas
 companies.
 The
 new
 Allied
 is
 a
 stellar
improvement
to
customer
 experience,
 offering
 ultra-tier
 performance
 additive-infused
 fuel
 at
 no
 added
 cost
 so
 people
 can
 DRIVE
 MORE
 and
 improve
 their
vehicles
and
mileage.
 This
 was
 made
 possible
 by
 being
 in
 partnership
 with
 Afton
 Chemical.
It
is
worth
noting
that
 back
 in
 1995
 Mr.
 Okudzeto
 won
 the
 National
 Level
 Best
 Peddler

Mr.
 Jonah
 serves
 on
 the
 boards
 of
 various
 public
 and
 private
 companies,
 including
 Vodafone
 Group
 Plc
 and
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Global
 Advisory
Council
of
the
Bank
 of
America.
 Formerly
a
Director
of
the
 Standard
 Bank
 Group,
 Lonmin
 and
 AngloAmerican
 Group
(South
Africa)

Award
 for
 Volta
 region.
 In
 a
 citation
given
to
him,
Goil
noted
 in
 their
 own
 words
 “On
 the
 quiet,
you
have
been
working
so
 hard
and
successfully
across
the
 whole
 country.
 You
 are
 the
 source
 of
 light
 to
 many
 a
 household
 in
 the
 rural
 areas.
 Even
 in
 the
 exceptionally
 lean
 periods
 when
 kerosene
 was
 being
rationed,
you
were
able
to
 meet
 the
 company's
 sales
 targets.
 Indeed
 Goil
 is
 proud
 of
 you.
We
therefore
confer
on
you
 the
honour
of
being
the
best
Goil
 peddler
of
the
year
1995”.
 In
 2014,
 He
 won
 the
 “Lifetime
 Achievement
 Award”
 and
 his
 Company,
 Allied
 Oil,
 won
 the
 “Brand
 of
 the
 Year”
 from
 the
 Ghana
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 Awards
 (GOGA). In
 2016,
 Mr.
 Dan
 Kofi
 Okudzeto
 also,
 won
 the
 “Business
 Quality
 Leadership
 in
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 Award”,
from
the
Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
of
Ghana.
 Now
 in
 his
 70s,
 Okudzeto
 shows
 no
 sign
 of
 slowing
 down
 but
has
a
piqued
attentiveness
in
 what
matters
most
to
him
in
life.
 He
adores
his
longtime
wife
of
4
 decades
 and
 is
 a
 proud
 and
 loving
father
to
his
children
one
 of
 whom
 he
 has
 groomed
 recently
 handed
 over
 to
 as
 CEO
 of
Allied.
Outside
of
business,
he
 loves
 the
 great
 outdoors
 taking
 keen
 interest
 in
 boat
 rides
 and
 walking.
 Indeed
 the
 story
 of
 Ghana's
 oil
 industry
 cannot
 be
 written
 without
a
well
paid
tribute
to
the
 man
 honorably
 referred
 to
 as
 “the
 Old
 Man
 or
 Uncle
 Dan”
 among
his
peers
OMC
owners.

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Dr.
Anthony
Pile

 Chairman
 Blue
Skies
Holdings

A

nthony
Pile
is
the
Founder
 and
 Chairman
 of
 Blue
 Skies,
 a
 leading
 manufacturer
 of
 fresh-cut
 fruit,
 freshly
squeezed
juice,
and
dairyfree
 ice-cream,
 with
 eleven
 operations
 in
 seven
 countries,
 including
 Ghana,
 Egypt,
 South
 Africa,
Benin,
Ivory
Coast,
the
UK
 and
 Senegal.
 Blue
 Skies
 supplies
 leading
 retailers
 around
 the
 world,
 including
 Waitrose,
 Tesco
 and
Sainsbury's
in
the
UK,
Albert
 Heijn
 in
 the
 Netherlands
 and
 Carrefour
in
France.

The
 company
 is
 built
 on
 the
 principle
 of
 value-adding
 at
 source.
 This
 means
 that
 Blue

Skies
 aims
 to
 make
 the
 finished
 product
 in
 the
 countries
 where
 the
 fruit
 grows,
rather
than
exporting
 only
 the
 raw
 material
 and
 processing
 it
 elsewhere.
 By
 doing
 this,
 the
 business
 retains
 75%
 of
 the
 value
 of
 the
 finished
 product
 in
 the
 country
of
origin
as
opposed
 to
 only
 15%
 if
 processed
 overseas.
This
approach
also
 enables
 the
 business
 to
 deliver
 a
 better
 quality
 fruit
 that
 is
 delivered
 'fresh
 from
 harvest',
 from
 farm
 to
 store
 within
as
little
as
36
hours.

Anthony
 was
 a
 soldier
 in
 the
 British
Army
for
13
years
and
saw
 active
service
in
the
Middle
East,
 Northern
Ireland
and
Cyprus.
He
 has
 been
 a
 magistrate,
 attended
 the
 post
 graduate
 Sloan
 Fellowship
 Programme
 at
 the
 London
Business
School
and
was
 the
Managing
Director
of
Orchard
 House
 Foods
 from
 1989
 to
 1996.
 In
1997,
he
founded
Blue
Skies
in
 Ghana
 and
 has
 grown
 the
 company
 over
 the
 last
 20
 years
 into
 a
 company
 employing
 over
 5,000
 people
 with
 a
 turnover
 of
 £120m.

Accomplishment.  Early
in
1998,
long
before
the
 growing
interest
of
the
general
 public
 and
 media
 in
 these
 issues,
 he
 already
 developed
 his
 model
 for
 sustainable
 business,
 “Joint
 Effort
 Enterprise”
 ( JEE).
 Ever
 since,
 a
 set
 of
 principles
 around
 three
 core
 values
 –
 diversity,
 respect
 and
 profit
 –
 have
 largely
 influenced
 the
 formation
 of
 the
 company's
 culture,
 and
 Blue
 Skies
 has
 been
recognized
by
a
number
 of
 international
 award
 bodies

 for
 its
 responsible
 relationships
with
farmers,
its
 respect
 for
 the
 environment
 and
 more
 largely,
 its
 social
 impact.  His
 initiatives
 have
 created
 jobs
 for
 lots
 of
 people
 across
 Africa
directly
and
for
several
 other
 thousands
 indirectly.
 From
 the
 humble
 beginnings
 of
35
people
in
Ghana
in
1998,
 the
 staff
 population
 has
 soared
 to
 a
 global
 network
 of
 over
5000.”  The
 Foundation
 in
 the
 past
 decades
 has
 completed
 over
 100
 projects
 including
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provision
 of
 the
 only
 Agricultural
 Resource
 Centre
 at
 the
 Yilo
 Krobo
 Area
 of
 the
 Eastern
 region,
 over
 25
 schools
across
regions,
clinics,
 Toilets,
 water
 etc.
 for
 several
 communities
in
Ghana.
  Championed
 a
 sustainability
 agenda
 that
 has
 led
 to
 four
 “Queens
 Awards
 for
 Enterprise”
 given
 by
 Her
 Majesty,
Queen
Elizabeth
II,
in
 recognition
 of
 the
 Blue
 Skies
 approach
to
sustainability.

On
 a
personal
level,
Anthony
was
 also
 awarded
 an
 MBE
 for
 Services
 to
 International
 Business.  The
first
to
organize
a
group
of
 Farmers
 in
 Africa
 to
 get
 then
 group
 EUREPGAP
 certificate
 now
GLOBAL
GAP.
 
Blue
Skies
 now
works
with
over
350
farm
 in
 Ghana
 purchasing
 over
 28,000
tonnes
of
fruit
a
year.  Established
the
only
company
 that
supplies
fresh
cut
fruit
to
 major
 supermarkets
 in
 Europe
 with
 36
 hours
 from
 the
 farm
 to
 the
 consumer.

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Alhaji
Yusif
Ibrahim
 Executive
Chairman

 Dara
Salam
Group
of
Companies

future
business
endeavours.

A

lhaji
 Yusif
 Ibrahim
 was
 born
 on
 15th
 May
 1947
 in
 Kumasi.
 He
 had
 his
 Primary
 and
 Elementary
 school
 education
at
the
Anglican
Middle
 School
 (Kumasi)
 and
 completed
 in
 the
 year
 1962.
 Alhaji
 pursued
 his
 secondary
 school
 education
 at
 the
 Ahmadiya
 Secondary
 School
 (Kumasi)
 where
 he
 completed
 in
 1967.
 He
 then
 travelled
 to
 the
 United
 States
 of
 America
 in
 1969
 to
 further
 his
 education.

He
 joined
 Cowen
 and
 Company,
 Battery
 Park
 in
 New
 York
 for
 some
 months,
 whilst
 at
 Cowen
 and
Company
he
took
to
'cabbing'
 on
part
time
basis
to
supplement
 his
 income
 which
 was
 insufficient.
By
dint
of
hard
work
 he
 soon
 bought
 two
 taxis
 and
 started
 building
 up
 capital
 for

Alhaji
 left
 New
 York
 in
 the
 year
 1974
 and
 went
 to
 Nottingham
in
the
U.K
to
buy
 tankers
 with
 which
 he
 started
 transporting
 fuel
 from
 the
 Tema
 Oil
 Refinery
 in
 1975
 to
 the
 B.P
 Depot
 in
 Kumasi.
 The
 transporting
 business
 gave
 birth
 and
 made
 way
 for
 the
 establishment
 of
 a
 bicycle
 plant
 in
 Tamale
 which
 is
 in
 the
 Northern
 part
 of
 the
 Country
in
1976,
this
brought
 about
the
emergence
of
what
we
 call
 today
 a
 conglomerate
 –
 the
 DARA
 SALAM
 GROUP
 OF
 COMPANIES
LTD.

From
 humble
 beginnings,
 Alhaji
 has
 risen
 to
 become
 a
 successful
 business
 Executive
 with
 a
 number
 of
 portfolios
 notably
 amongst
them
being:

 Majority
 Single
 Shareholder
 and
 CHAIRMAN,
 Guaranty
 Trust
Bank
(Ghana)
Ltd

 EXECUTIVE
 CHAIRMAN,
 and
 OWNER
 of
 the
 Dara
 Salam
 Group
 of
 Companies
 comprising
of: -
 Dara
 Salam
 Estates
 Ltd
 (aLeading
 Real
 Estates
 Development
Company)

-
 J.
 L
 Morrison
 Son
 &
 Jones
 Ltd
 (a
 Pharmaceutical

Company)

-
 Capital
 Alliance
 Company
 Ltd
 (a
 Non-banking
 Financial
Institution)

-
 Hume
 Fulgrip
 Company
 Ltd
(
a
Concrete
producing
 Company)

-
 Busi
 and
 Stephson
 Ghana
 Ltd
 (a
 Wood
 Treatment
 factory,
Energy)

-
 Daboya
 Company
 Ltd
 (a
 Company
 providing
 Warehousing
Facility)

-
 African
 Transformers
 Limited(
 the
 only
 Transformer
 Producing
 Company
in
Ghana)

 SHAREHOLDER,
 African
 Export
 Import
 Bank
 in
 Cairo,
 Egypt

 FOUNDER,
 and
 former
 PartOwner,
 
 Meridian
 BIAO
 Bank
 now
Trust
Bank
(Ghana)
Ltd

 CHAIRMAN,
 of
 the
 Presidential
 Committee
 on
 University
 Of
 Development
 Studies
 (UDS)
 Endowment
 Fund

 Former
 CHAIRMAN,
 Strategic
 African
 Securities
 Company
Limited

 Served
 as
 a
 Member
 on
 the
 African
 Development
 Bank
 as
 one
of
the
first
Advisory
Body
 appointed
by
the
President
to
 advice
on
how
to
extend
credit

9

to
 the
 Private
 Sector
 and
 he
 was
 also
 invited
 by
 the
 Veterans
 Association
 of
 the
 United
 States
 of
 America
 to
 address
 their
 Convention
 in
 Washington
in
the
90's.

 Former
 CHAIRMAN
 of
 the
 Board
 of
 Junior
 Achievement
 Ghana

 Former
 CHAIRMAN
 and
 FOUNDER,
 Madison
 General
 Insurance
Ghana
Limited
now
 Metropolitan
 Insurance
 Company

 Former
 CHAIRMAN
 and
 FOUNDER,
 Wade
 Adams
 Construction
Ghana
Limited

 Former
 member
 of
 the
 board
 of
 Trustees
 ,
 University
 Of
 Ghana
Institute
Of
Institute
Of
 Statistical,
 Social
 And
 Economic
Research
(ISSER)

 Former
 CAPTAIN,
 and
 now
 a
 Trustee
of
the
Accra
Polo
Club

 Owner
 of
 Osagyefo
 Leadership
 International
 School
-
Labone

 Awarded
 by
 the
 former
 President
 of
 Ghana,
 His
 Excellency
 John
 Agyekum
 Kuffuor
 as
 a
 Renowned
 Industrialist
with
The
Order
of
 the
 Volta
 on
 the
 1st
 of
 July
 2007.

 Former
 board
 member
 Nsia
 Insurance
Company
limited.

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Prof.
Edmund
Nminyem


 Founder
&
Board
Chairman

 Rabito
Clinic

Prof
 Delle
 is
 a
 recipient
 of
 numerous
 local
 and
 international
 awards
 including:  In
 2002
 the
 American
 Biographical
 Institute
 (ABI)
 enlisted
 him
 into
 the
Hall
of
Fame

P

rofessor
 Edmund
 Nminyem
 Delle
 was
 born
 on
 November
 18,
 1943
 in
 Nandom
 in
 the
 Upper
 West
 Region
 of
 Ghana.
 He
 is
 the
 Founder,
 Board
 Chairman
 and
 Chief
 Medical
 Officer
 of
 Rabito
 Clinic,
which
he
founded
in
1974.
 Professor
 Edmund
 Nminyem
 Delle,
 is
 also
 a
 Pan
 Africanist,
 Politician,
 Academia,
 Businessman,
 Philanthropist
 and
 above
 all
 an
 acclaimed
 Statesman.
 BACKGROUND
 AND
 EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION

Prof.
Delle
started
his
educational
 foundation
 in
 Nandom.
 Through
 the
 support
 of
 his
 mentor,
 his
 Eminence,
the
late
Cardinal
Peter
 Prekuu
Dery,
Prof.
Delle
received
 a
 full
 scholarship
 to
 study
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Padua
 in
 Italy,
 where
 he
 obtained
 his
 Doctor
 of
 Medicine
 and
 Surgery
 degree
 in
 1970.
 Thereafter,
 he
 obtained
 a
 post-graduate
 diploma
 in
 Tropical
Medicine
at
the
Institute
 of
Tropical
Medicine
in
Antwerp,
 Belgium
 and
 a
 Diploma
 in
 Skin
 and
 Venereal
 Diseases
 (DSVD)
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Padua
 in
 1972.
 He
 was
 appointed
 a
 Resident
 Medical
 Officer
 and
 Lecturer
 in
 Skin
Diseases
at
the
University
of
 Padua
from
1972
to
1974.
 THE
 BIRTH
 CLINIC

OF

RABITO

Upon
 his
 return
 home
 after
 acquiring
 academic
 and
 professional
 experience,
 he
 started
 a
 private
 medical
 practice,
 Rabito
 Clinic
 in
 Ghana
 in
 1974.
 This
 was
 in
 fulfilment
 of
 his
 childhood
 dream
 to
 invest
 in
 Africa
 and
 serve
 his
 people.
 He
 named
 the
 clinic
 after
 his
 academic
and
career
mentor
Prof
 Caologero
Rabito,
formerly
of
the
 University
 of
 Padua,
 Italy.
 Prof.
 Delle
is
known
for
his
expertise
in
 the
 treatment
 of
 complex
 dermatological
cases.
 AWARDS
AND
RECOGNITIONS

 In
 2006
 he
 was
 awarded
 the
 Marie
 Curie
 Award
 by
 the
 I n t e r n a t i o n a l
 Biographical
 Centre
 (IBC)

 In
 2007
 the
 Ghana
 Medical
 and
 Dental
 Council's
 Life
 Time
Achievement
Award.

 In
 2013,
 Prof
 Delle
 was
 adjudged
 the
 Health
 and
 Medical
 Services
 Entrepreneur
of
the
year
by
 the
 Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
of
Ghana.

 In
 2015
 was
 decorated
 and
 inducted
 into
 the
 Ghana
 Entrepreneur
 Awards
 distinguished
Hall
of
Fame.

 In
2016,
he
was
decorated
as
 the
 Upper
 West
 Region
 Business
 Icon
 during
 the
 Ghana
 Business
 Quality
 Awards
2017.

 Prof.
 Delle's
 contribution
 to
 healthcare
 services
 also
 includes
 research
 on
 the
 impact
 of
 bleaching
 on
 the
 skin.

 INTERNATIONAL
BODIES

Prof
 Delle
 is
 a
 member
 of
 many
 national
 and
 international
 professional
bodies:
  Fellow
 of
 the
 American
 Association
 of
 Dermatologists
 (FAAD)
(1986);

 Commissioner
 for
 the
 International
 Commission
 for
 H e a l t h
 P r o f e s s i o n a l s
 (ICHP),
 an
 affiliate
 of
 the
 World
 Health
 O r g a n i s a t i o n
 (WHO)
in
1989.

 He
 is
 also
 a
 F o u n d i n g
 Member
 of
 the
 A f r i c a n
 Association
 of
 Dermatologists
 and
 served
 as
 its
 Vice-President
 and
 Secretary
 General
 between
 1991
 and
 1997,
 respectively;

 He
 is
 a
 member
 of
 the
 British
 Association
 of
 Dermatologists

(MBAD)
(1992).

 He
is
a
Founding
Member
and
 a
former
National
Secretary
of
 the
 Ghana
 Society
 of
 Dermatologists;

He
is
a
Foundation
Fellow
 of
 the
 Ghana
 College
 of
 Physicians
 and
 Surgeon
 (2005).

HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
RIGHTS
 PROMOTER

Prof.
 Delle
 has
 been
 honoured
 over
 the
 years
 for
 his
 dedication
 and
 achievements
 in
 Health
 and
 Human
Rights.
  He
 jointly
 founded
 the
 African
 Commission
 of
 Health
 and
 Human
 Rights
 Promoters
 (CAPSDH)
 with
 Dr.
 Mohammed
 Ibn
 Chambers
 and
 Mutawakilu
 Idrissu
 in
 1991
 to
 combat
 human
 rights
 abuses,
 STDS,
 and
 health
 problems
 at
 the
 time
 of
 political
 upheavals
 across
Africa.

 He
 is
 currently
 President
 of
 the
 African
 Commission
 of
 Health
 and
 Human
 Rights
 Promoters,
 Ghana
 (CAPSDH)
which
through
his
 instrumentality
 has
 so
 far
 created
treatment
centers
in
 ten
 out
 of
 the
 sixteen
 Regions
in
Ghana.

 CAPSDH
 under
 the
 leadership
of
Prof.
Delle
has
 provided
 assistance
 throughout
 Africa
 in
 the
 form
 of
 counselling,
 food,
 clothing
 and
 shelter
 to
 victims
 of
 human
 rights
 abuse.
 It
 has
 also
 increased
 awareness
 of
 health
 and
 human
 right
 issues
 through
 lectures
 and
 symposia
 in

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different
communities.

 Prof
Delle
is
a
devout
Roman
 Catholic
 and
 served
 as
 the
 Chairman
 of
 the
 Catholic
 Standard
 for
 23years,
 Board
 Chairman
 of
 the
 Catholic
 Centre
 for
 Hope
 for
 the
 Aged,
 Sick,
 and
 Needy
 in
 Society.
During
his
tenure
as
 a
 Secretary
 of
 the
 Catholic
 Doctors
Guilds
of
Ghana,
he
 organised
 the
 first
 PanAfrican
Congress
of
Catholic
 Doctors
in
Ghana
in
1984.
 POLITICAL
 AFFILIATION
 AND
 ACTIVITIES  Prof
 Delle
 is
 a
 founding
 member
 of
 the
 revived
 Convention
People's
Party.

 He
 successfully
 served
 for
 two
 terms
 as
 National
 Chairman
 and
 Leader
 of
 the
 party.

 He
served
as
Chairman
of
the
 Board
 of
 Directors
 for
 the
 Standard
 Magazine
 and
 Newspapers
 Limited
 from
 1976
 to
 1999.
 He
 is
 the
 Founding
 Patron
 of
 Youth
 Policy
Initiative
(YPI).

 Prof
 Delle
 was
 an
 Adjunct
 Professor
 of
 Dermatology
 at
 the
 University
 for
 Development
 Studies
 (UDS)
 where
 he
 imparted
 his
 knowledge
 and
 experience
 in
 dermatology
 to
 young
 medical
trainees.

 Professor
 of
 Dermatology
 at
 the
 Accra
 College
 of
 Medicine. Above
 all,
 Prof.
 Edmund
 Nminyem
 Delle
 is
 a
 staunch
 Catholic
 and
 a
 family
 man
 with
 five
children.

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Mr.
Gopal
Vasu Chairman
&
Managing
Director

 M&G
Pharmaceuticals
Limited

pharmaceutical
 industry
 in
 the
health
sector,
which
was
 then
 one
 of
 the
 priority
 areas
 under
 Ghana
 Investment
 Code.
 In
 the
 process
 of
 establishing
 pharmaceutical
industry,

M

r.
 Gopal
 Chellaram
 Vasu
was
born
just
five
 days
 before
 India
 got
 independence
 in
 1947.
 He
 worked
as
a
Marketing
Executive
 for
a
couple
of
years
with
ESSO,
 an
 International
 Oil
 Company,
 with
branch
in
India.
He
came
to
 Ghana
 in
 1969
 to
 join
 an
 industrial
 complex
 manufacturing
 plastic
 and
 leather
 footwear,
 packaging
 materials
such
as
containers,
bag
 etc.
for
other
local
industries.

Mr.
 Gopal
 Vasu
 by
 dint
 of
 hard
 work
and
an
alloyed
devotion
to
 his
 duties
 was
 appointed
 a
 director
 of
 the
 company.
 Mr.
 Vasu
 remained
 with
 the
 company
for
24years.

In
1993,
Gopal
Vasu
together
with
 his
colleague
decided
to
set
up
a

Mr.
 Gopal
 Vasu
 and
 his
 colleague
 after
 fulfilling
 requirements
 in
 the
 Ghana
 Investment
 Code
 took
 over
 M
&
G
Pharmaceuticals
Ltd.
 in
 July
 1993,
 which
 was
 closed
 down
 for
 21⁄2
 years
 due
to
managerial
and
other
 problems.

On
 3rd
 January
 1994,
 with
 12
 employees
 on
 its
 payroll
 M
 &
 G
 Pharmaceuticals
 started
 production
 with
 4
 products
 and
 as
 at
 today
 with
 200
 employees
 (Permanent
 &
 Contract)
 on
 its
 payroll
 M
 &
 G
 Pharmaceuticals
 Ltd.
 manufactures
 75
 products
 namely
 Tablets,
 Capsules,
 Syrups/Suspension
 and
 Blister
 products
for
over
800
customers
 which
 include
 Ministry
 of
 Health,
 Ghana
 Health
 Service,
 Christian
 Health
 Association
 of
 Ghana,
 Mission
 Hospitals,
 Private
 Hospitals
 and
 Clinics,
 Pharmacy
 Shops
 and
 licensed
 Over
 The
 Counter
 (OTC)
 medicine
 sellers
 in
 all
 the
 districts
 of
 Ghana
 with
 major
 distributors
 situated
 in
 the
 16

regional
 capitals.
 The
 company
 has
also
started
export
to
Liberia
 and
Gambia
and
also
registering
 pharmaceutical
 products
 to
 all
 Ecowas
countries
in
sub
Region.

Mr.
Vasu
is
a
pioneer
in
as
far
as
 the
 promotion
 of
 “Made-in-
 Ghana”
 products
 and
 services
 are
 concerned. Mr.
Vasu
is
a
Co-Founder
and
the
 Chairman
 of
 M
 &
 G
 Pharmaceuticals
 Ltd;
 a
 Member
 of
 National
 Executive
 Council
 of
 the
 Association
 of
 Ghana
 Industries
 (AGI).
 He
 is
 a
 Past
 Treasurer
 of
 West
 African
 Pharmaceutical
 Manufacturers
 Association
 (WAPMA)
 and
 Past
 Vice
President
of
Pharmaceutical
 Manufacturers
 Association
 of
 Ghana
(PMAG).

In
August
2005,
during
the
70th
 Anniversary
 celebration
 of
 Pharmaceutical
 Society
 of
 Ghana,
 our
 Chairman
 &
 Managing
 Director,
 Mr.
 Gopal
 Vasu
 was
 conferred
 Honorary
 Membership
 of
 Pharmaceutical
 Society
of
Ghana.

In
May
2013,
Mr.
Gopal
Vasu
won
 the
Best
Entrepreneur
of
the
year
 award
 in
 Pharmaceuticals
 &
 Healthcare
 Industry
 category,
 from
 Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
Ghana.

In
 2015,
 the
 Pharmaceutical

Dr.
Nana
Michael
Agyekum
Addo


 Chairman
 Mikaddo
Holdings
Ltd

Dr.
Addo
Agyekum
has
been
 a
member
and
the
Chairman
 of
 The
 Pentecost
 University
 College
Council
for
12years.

N

ana
Dr.
Addo
Agyekum
is
 the
 Nkabomhene
 of
 the
 New
 Juaben
 Traditional
 Area
 (Koforidua
 Municipal
 Assembly)
 in
 the
 Eastern
 Region
 of
 Ghana
 from
 2013
 to
 January,
 2017;
 Nana
 was
 the
 Chairman
 of
 the
Ghana
Investment
Promotion
 Centre
(GIPC).

Nana
 with
 his
 volunteering
 spirit
and
selfless
nature
has
 been
 the
 National
 President
 of
 the
 Ghana
 Red
 Cross
 Society
 (GRCS)
 from
 2013
 to
 2019
 and
 is
 currently
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Election
 Committee
 on
 the
 International
 Federation
 of
 Red
Cross
Societies
(IFRC).

Currently,
 under
 his
 Excellency
 Nana
Addo
Dankwa
Akufo-Addo's
 administration,
 Nana
 Dr.
 Addo
 Agyekum
 has
 been
 appointed
 a
 member
of
the
governing
council
 andchairmanoftheAuditCommitt eeoftheCouncilfor
 Scientific
 and
 Industrial
Research
(CSIR).

Dr.
Addo
Agyekum
is
a
proud
old
 student
 of
 Ghana
 Secondary
 School
 in
 Koforidua.
 He
 successfully
 completed
 his
 First
 Degree
in
Pharmacy
from
the

Kwame
 Nkrumah
 University
 of
 Science
and
Technology
(KNUST)
 in
1977
and
holds
a
Postgraduate
 Diploma
 in
 Industrial
 Management
 from
 the
 Kwame
 Nkrumah
 University
 of
 Science
 and
Technology
(KNUST)
in
1982.
 Nana
 Doctor
 Addo
 Agyekum
 holds
 a
 Master
 of
 Arts
 in
 Industrial
 Management
 from
 the
 same
university
in
the
year
2000.
 Currently,
 He
 is
 pursuing
 a
 PHD
 III
 at
 the
 University
 of
 Ghana
 (Business
School).

Nana
 Dr.
 Addo
 Agyekum
 is
 a
 Pharmacist,
 a
 fellow
 of
 the
 Pharmaceutical
 Society,
 a
 member
 of
 the
 election

11

Manufacturers
 Association
 of
 Ghana
 (PMAG)
 presented
 a
 citation
to
Mr.
Gopal
Vasu
for
his
 invaluable
 contribution
 to
 the
 pharmaceutical
 industry
 in
 Ghana.

Mr.
 Gopal
 Vasu
 was,
 in
 2016,
 specially
 recognized
 and
 awarded
 by
 the
 West
 African
 Pharmaceutical
 Manufacturers'
 Association
 (W.A.P.M.A)
 for
 his
 outstanding
 contribution
 to
 manufacturing
 of
 pharmaceutical
products
in
West
 Africa.

In
February
2018,
Mr.
Gopal
Vasu
 was
awarded
the
“Personality
of
 the
 Year”
 during
 the
 maiden
 Ghana
 Pharma
 Awards.
 In
 the
 same
 year,
 The
 Business
 Executive
 Ltd
 selected
 Mr.
 Vasu
 as
the
first
runner
up
in
the
“Most
 Respected
CEOs.”

In
June
2019,
Mr.
Gopal
Vasu
was
 awarded
 for
 his
 outstanding
 contribution
 to
 the
 Pharmaceutical
 Industry
 by
 the
 same
Ghana
Pharma
Awards.

The
most
recent
of
the
awards
is
 one
 where
 he
 was
 adjudged
 the
 Most
 Respected
 CEO
 in
 the
 Pharmaceutical
 industry
 at
 the
 Ghana
 Industry
 CEO
 Awards
 held
 in
 Accra
 on
 the
 29th
 of
 November
2019
by
The
Business
 Executive
Ltd.

committee
 International
 Federation
 for
 Red
 Cross
 Society
 (IFRC),
 a
 fellow
 of
 West
 Africa
 Post
 Graduate
 College
 of
 Pharmacists,
 serves
 on
 the
 governing
 board
 of
 the
 Ministry
 of
 Education
 and
 Universal
 Merchant
Bank
Foundation
and
a
 lecturer
 of
 Entrepreneurship
 at
 the
University
of
Ghana,
Legon.

He
is
an
author
of
the
popular
“7
 Principles
 of
 Success
 and
 Wealth
 Creation”,
 as
 well
 as
 “The
 Winning
 Attitude
 and
 Etiquette
 for
 All”,
 “Fundamentals
 of
 Entrepreneurship
 Books
 1&2”
 and
 a
 resource
 person
 on
 Radio
 and
 Television
 programs
 on
 Entrepreneurship
 and
 Youth
 Empowerment.

Dr.
Addo
Agyekum
is
the
Founder
 and
CEO
of
Kama
Industries
Ltd.
 now
Mikaddo
Holdings
Ltd.

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Entrepreneurs
of
the
Decade

Dr.
Daniel
McKorley
 Executive
Group
Chairman
 McDan
Group
/
McDan
Foundation


 brilliant
 but
 needy
 students
 in
 Basic
 and
 Tertiary
 institutions,
 investing
 in
 youth
 e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p
 through
 the
 McDan
 Challenge,
 paying
 medical
 bills
 of
 thousands
 of
 needy
 patients,
 empowering
 street
 children
 with
 skills
 development
 among
many
others.

D

r.
 Daniel
 McKorley
 is
 an
 a c c o m p l i s h e d ,
 influential
 Business
 leader
 with
 global
 perspective,
 avid
 promoter
 of
 youth
 entrepreneurship
 for
 wealth
 creation
 and
 stellar
 philanthropist
 whose
 benevolence
works
bring
hope
to
 millions
 of
 deprived
 homes
 across
 Ghana
 and
 Africa.
 His
 diverse
 portfolio
 of
 Investments
 cut
 across
 Shipping,
 Logistics,
 Aviation,
 Oil
 and
 Gas,
 Security,
 Construction,
 Real
 estates
 and
 still
counting!
He
is
the
Executive
 Chairman
 of
 the
 McDan
 Group
 and
McDan
Foundation.

Today
 the
 McDan
 brand
 has
 become
 a
 household
 name
 synonymous
 with
 Can-do
 spirit,
 Excellence,
Integrity,
Generosity,
 Tenacity
with
purpose,
a
Positive
 attitude
to
life
and
more
critically
 inspiring
 countless
 Youth
 across
 Africa
 to
 dream
 Big
 through
 entrepreneurship.

Dr.
 Daniel
 McKorley
 was
 born
 and
raised
in
Labadi,
a
suburb
of
 Accra,
 Ghana.
 He
 holds
 an
 Honorary
 Doctorate
 Degree
 in
 Leadership
 from
 the
 Commonwealth
 University,
 London
 Business
 School,
 an
 Executive
 Masters
 in
 Business

Administration
 (EMBA)
 and
 Bachelors
 in
 Entrepreneurship
 both
from
the
Ghana
Institute
of
 Management
 and
 Public
 Administration
 (GIMPA)
 as
 well
 as
 a
 Diploma
 in
 a
 Leadership
 from
 Lehigh
 University,
 Pennsylvania,
USA.

A
 distinguished
 and
 highly
 sought
 after
 motivational
 speaker
 on
 Leadership,
 Youth
 Empowerment
 and
 Entrepreneurship,
 Sports
 Development,
 Mentorship,
 Investment
 promotion,
 developing
 positive
 attitude
 to
 Successful
life,
Business
Strategy,
 Et
 al.
 Dr.
 McKorley
 serves
 on
 several
private
and
public
Boards
 and
consults
for
many
blue
chip
 Companies
and
SMEs.

Dr.
McKorley's
heart
is
known
for
 what
he
does
best
–
giving
back
to
 Society.
 The
 establishment
 of
 McDan
 Foundation
 reflects
 his
 deepest
 passion
 to
 restore
 hope
 to
 the
 poor
 and
 vulnerable
 in
 Society.
 He
 has
 invested
 over
 4
 million
 Dollars
 in
 many
 charitable
 works
 including
 constructing
 new
 classroom
 blocks
 for
 rural
 communities,
 building
 modern
 astro
 turfs
 to
 promote
sports
development
for
 the
youth,
enrolling
thousands
of

His
 vision
 is
 to
 inspire
 and
 empower
 more
 young
 people
 to
 believe
 in
 themselves
 by
 supporting
 them
 with
 funding
 through
 the
 McDan
 Equity
 Fund
 and
 hand-hold
 them
 into
 becoming
 not
 only
 conglomerates
 but
 multi-millionaires.
 Dr.
 McKorley
 believes
 it
 is
 the
 responsibility
 of
 those
 who
 have
 been
 blessed
 to
 invest
 in
 others
 so
 Africa
 can
 leap
 frog
 from
 a
 3rd
 world
 to
 a
 first
 world.
 He
 is
 indeed
 a
 living
 testimony
of
touching
millions
of
 lives
across
Ghana
with
his
giving
 back
to

society
 agenda.
 His
 Charitable
 works
 have
 endeared
 him
 to
 various
 Traditional
 authorities,
 having
thus
being
enstooled
as
a
 development
Chief
of
Ada
under
 the
 stool
 name
 of
 Nene
 Koranteng
Kabu
1
and
also
Gugba
 Naa
of
Tamale.

AWARDS
AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
 He
 has
 won
 several
 Awards
 including
the
following:  2019
 Dr.
 McKorley
 is
 the
 reigning
 Chartered
 Institute
 of
 Marketing
 Ghana
 (CIMG)
 marketing
 man
 of
 the
 year,
 having
 won
 the
 award
 in
 September
this
year.  2019
EMY
Awards
-
Magnet
 Award
 (Man
 of
 the
 year—Business)
  2018
At
the
'Ghana
National
 Chamber
of
Commerce
and
 Industry
 (GCCI)
 Awards'
 ceremony
 held
 in
 2018,
 he
 was
 felicitated
 with
 the
 Chamber
 Businessman
 of
 the
year
2017.
  2018
 Chamber
 Business

 

 

Man
of
the
year

2018
 Ghana
 Shippers
 Awards
The
CEO
of
the
Year,
 Corporate
 Social
 Responsibility
 (CSR)
 of
 the
 Year,
 Outstanding
 Shipper
 of
the
Year

2018
 Ghana
 Entrepreneur
 &
 Corporate
 Executive
 Awards-
 Overall
 Best
 Entrepreneur
 of
 the
 Year
 A w a r d 2017
 Sustainability
 &
 Social
 Investment
 Awards
 –
 Best
 Sports
 &
 Leisure
 Mentoring
 Program

2017
 Sustainability
 &
 Social
 Investment
 Awards
 –
 Best
 Company
 in
 providing
 Educational
 facilities 2017
 Ghana
 Club
 100
 Number
36
best
Company,

2017
UK
Ghana
Chamber
of
 Commerce
 -
 Logistics
 Company
 of
 the
 Year 2017
 Ghana
 National
 Aviation
 Awards
 -
 Freight
 Forwarder
of
the
Year

2017
 League
 of
 African
 Development
 Studies
 –
 African
Patriotic
Personality 2017
 Leads
 Merit
 Awards
 –
 Corporate
 Mandate
 Delivery
Awards

2017
 Diamond
 Jubilee
 Business
 Leaders
 Excellence
 Awards;
 Special
 Award
 in
 recognition
 of
 outstanding
 contribution
 to
 the
 economic
 development
 of
 Ghana
 via
 Trade
 Facilitation

2017
 Ghana
 Shippers
 Awards
 –
 Brand
 of
 the
 Year 2017
 Ghana
 Shippers
 Awards
 –
 Entrepreneur
 of
 the
 Year
 2017
 Ghana
 Shippers
 Awards
 –
 Excellence
 in
 Corporate
 Social
Responsibility

2017
 
 Exclusive
 Men
 of
 the
 Year
 –
 Third
 Special
 Recognition
Award

2017
 Tourism
 Top
 100
 Personalities
 in
 West
 Africa
 –
 Most
 Influential
 person
 in
 Africa

2017.
 SWAG
 Awards
 Corporate
Award

-

2017
 Maritime
 Cargo
 Services
 Provider
 of
 the
 Year:
 4th
 Business
 Executive
 Excellence
 awards

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Togbe
Afede
XIV Founder SAS
Finance
Group

T

ogbe
 Afede
 is
 a
 s e a s o n e d
 Investment
 Banker
 with
 experience
 spanning
 over
twenty
(20)
years.

Togbe
serves
on
the
boards
 of
 Africa
 Agribusiness
 Partnership
 (AFAP),
 Accra
 Hearts
 of
 Oak
 (Chairman),
 Africa
 World
 Airlines
 (CoChairman),
 Ensign
 College
 of
 Public
 Health,
 National
 Investment
 Bank
 Limited
 (Chairman),
 Pioneer
 Kitchenware
 Ltd
 (Chairman),
 World
 Trade

Centre
 Accra
 (Chairman),
 Sunon
 Asogli
 Power
 (Ghana)
 Ltd,
 World
 Trade
 Centre
 Association
 (Director),amongst
others.

He
 was
 on
 the
 board
 of
 Bank
 of
 Ghana
 between
 2004
 and
 2013
 and
 a
 member
of
the
President's

Economic
 Advisory
 Council
between
2009
and
 2013.

He
 was
 also
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Government
 Transition
 Team
 and
 the
 Head
of
the
Committee
on

the
 Economy,
 January
 –
 March,
 2009.
 As
 the
 Chairman
 of
 a
 three-man
 interim
 Ministry
 of
 Finance
 management
 team,
 he
 led
 the
 Ministry
 team
 to
 prepare
 the
 draft
 budget
for
2009.

He
 holds
 a
 Bachelor
 of
 Science
degree
in
Business
 Administration
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Ghana
 Business
 School,
 Legon,
 Ghana,
 and
 an
 MBA
 from
 the
prestigious
Yale
School
 of
Management,
USA

Dr.
Ernest
Bediako
Sampong

Founder
/
Chief
Executive
Officer


 Ernest
Chemist

was
 only
 an
 importer
 and
 distributor
of
pharmaceutical
 and
healthcare
products.

Ernest
 Bediako
 Sampong
 ventured
 into
 P h a r m a c e u t i c a l
 Manufacturing
 in
 the
 year
 2001,
 which
 helped
 diversify
 his
business
(ECL)
into
3
main
 divisions
 -
 Manufacturing,
 Trading
 (Retailing
 &
 Distribution)
and
Exports.

E

rnest
 Bediako
 Sampong,
 Founder
 and
 Chief
 Executive
 Officer
 of
 Ernest
 Chemists
 Limited
 (ECL)
 is
 a
 Pharmacist
 by
 profession
 and,
 an
 impeccable
 entrepreneur
 with
 over
 30
 years'
 experience
 in
 the
 Pharmaceutical
 industry.
 He
 established
 Ernest
 Chemists
 Limited
 (ECL);
 a
 wholly
 owned
 Ghanaian
 company
 in
 the
 year
 1986
 as
 a
 sole
 proprietorship.
 In
 1993,
 it
 became
 a
 limited
 liability
 company.
 During
 this
 period,
 he

Through
 his
 credibility
 and
 hard
 work,
 Ernest
 Bediako
 Sampong
 has
 led
 ECL
 to
 partner
 reputable
 Multinational
 Companies
 such
 as
 GlaxoSmithKline
 (GSK),
 AstraZeneca,
 Roche,
 Novartis,
 Unilever
(Europe),
Danone,
Avent
 (Philips),
 Johnson
 &
 Johnson,
 Merck
 among
 others,
 either
 as
 a
 distributor,
 contract
 manufacturer
 or
 packaging
 of
 their
products.

With
 a
 brand
 promise
 of
 “Providing
Quality
and
Affordable
 Medicines”,
 Ernest
 Bediako

Sampong
has
taken
up
the
task
to
 ensure
 that,
 the
 ECL
 brand
 delivers
on
this
promise.
He
leads
 ECL
 to
 achieve
 this
 through
 his
 strategy
 of
 developing
 a
 visible
 brand
 that
 serves
 all
 segments
 of
 the
 market/society
 in
 an
 ultramodern
one
stop
shop.

His
 visionary
 leadership
 and
 strategy,
 has
 moved
 ECL
 from
 a
 one
 sales
 outlet
 to
 a
 business
 entity
 with
 retails
 and
 wholesales
 across
Ghana.

He
is
committed
to
contributing
to
 the
 growth
 of
 the
 pharmaceutical
 industry
 in
 Africa
 and
 improving
 health
care
delivery
by
supporting
 worthy
 courses.
 Few
 of
 such
 supports
 has
 been
 a
 recent
 Donation
 to
 the
 COVID
 19
 Trust
 Fund
 set
 up
 by
 the
 President
 of
 Ghana,
 donations
 to
 COVID
 19
 isolation
 facilities
 at
 the
 Greater
 Accra
 Regional
 Hospital
 (Ridge
 Hospital)
,
Tema
General
Hospital
 and
 other
 health
 facilities
 including
 Kwahu
 Atibie
 Hospital,
 Tamale
 Teaching
 Hospital,
 Volta

Regional
 Health
 Directorate
 and
 Margaret
 Marquart
 Catholic
 Hospital.

Ernest
 Bediako
 Sampong
 had
 been
 appointed
 on
 various
 Committees
 and
 Boards,
 with
 the
 most
 immediate
 past
 position
 being
 the
 President
 of
 the
 Pharmaceutical
 Manufacturers
 Association
 of
 Ghana,
 where
 he
 served
by
showing
leadership
and
 bringing
 out
 his
 worth
 of
 knowledge
 in
 the
 areas
 of
 Pharmaceutical
 and
 Entrepreneurship.

He
 has
 also
 had
 international
 and
 recognitions.

many
 local

He
 was
 adjudged
 the
 CEO
 of
 the
 Year
 -
 Pharmaceutical
 (Chief
 Executive
 Officers
 Network,
 Ghana),
 Most
 Influential
 CEO
 in
 Ghana
 (Ghana
 Pharma
 Awards),
 CIMG
 Marketing
 Man
 of
 the
 year
 (CIMG
 Awards),
 Entrepreneur
 of
 the
Year
(Ghana
Business
Awards),
 Man
 of
 the
 Year
 (EMY
 Awards),
 among
others.

Dr.
Felix
Kwaku
Anyah

Founder
&
Executive
Chairman Holy
Trinity
Medical
Centre

D

r.
 Felix
 Anyah
 had
 his
 education
 at
 the
 St.
 John's
 School,
 Sekondi,
 Opoku
 Ware
 School,
 in
 Kumasi
 before
 entering
 the
 University
 of
 Ghana
 Medical
 School
 graduating
 with
 M.B.ChB.
 Degree
 in
 1979.
 After
 his
 houseman
 ship
 at
 Korle-Bu

Teaching
Hospital
and
 
Effia
 Nkwanta
 Hospital,
 he
 worked
 at
 several
 private
 hospitals
 in
 Ghana
 and
 Nigeria
 before
 establishing
 the
 Holy
 Trinity
 Medical
 Centre
in
July
1988.
 Starting
 with
 a
 staff
 of
 5
 in
 1988,
 the
 Holy
 Trinity
 Medical
 Centre
 grew
 to
 win

the
 LEADER
 IN
 THE
 PRIVATE
 MEDICAL
 SECTOR
 AWARD
 IN
 GHANA
 in
 2003
 and
 LEADER
 OF
 THE
 H E A L T H SECTOR
 AWARD
 IN
 2009
 in
 the
Ghana
Club
100
Awards.
 Holy
 Trinity
 Medical
 Center
 &
SPA
hasbeen
a
member
of
 Ghana
 Investment

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Promotion
 Centre's
 Top
 100
 companies
 in
 Ghana.
 (Ghana
 Club
 100
 in
 2003,
 2004,
 2005,
 2006,
 2007,
 2008
 and
 2009)
 and
 also
 winner
 of
 Ministry
 of
 Trade
 Industry
 President
 Special
 Initiatives)
 Ghana
 Golden
 Jubilee
 Business
 and
 Financial
 Excellence
 Award
 in
 2007.
 In
 2008
 and
 2009,
 Dr.
 Anyah
 had
 The
 Nelson
 Mandela
 Gold
 Award
 for
 Exemplary
 Leadership
 &
 Transparent
 Virtues
as
well
as
the
Golden
Star
 Award
 for
 Exemplary
 Leadership
in
Health
Delivery
in
 West
 Africa.
 Security
 Watch
 Nigeria,
 honored
 him
 with
 Excellent
 Service
 in
 Africa
 in
 Abuja,
 Nigeria
 in
 2009. Prior
 to
 these
 leadership
 honors,
 Dr.
 Anyah
 had
 Dr.
 Kwame
 Nkrumah
 Outstanding
 Merit-Africa
 Leadership
 Award
 by
 the
 West
 Africa
 Magazine
 in
 2004.
 Dr.
 Felix
 Anyah
 established
 the
 first
SPA
in
West
Africa
in
2005-
 The
Holy
Trinity
Spa
and
Health
 Farms.
 Dr.
 Felix
 Anyah
 and
 the
 Holy
 Trinity
 Medical
 Centre
 earned
 several
 other
 awards
 including:
  Life
 Time
 Achievement
 in
 Medical
 Practice
 in
 Ghana
 (Pillars
 of
 Modern
 Ghana
 Awards
(2015)  Best
 Entrepreneur
 Health
 Services
Award
(2011)
  Best
 Integrative
 Medicine
 Provider
 of
 the
 year
 2015-
 (The
 Business
 Executive

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Excellence
Awards)
(2016)
 The
 “Most
 Patronized
 Medical
 Tourism
 Destination
 in
 West
 Africa
 (the
 West
 Africa
 Magazine)
 (2008)
 The
 “Best”
 Health/Medical
 Tourism
 Destination
 in
 West
 Africa
 (West
 Africa
 Magazine)
(2008) Special
 Award
 for
 Promotion
 of
 a
 Healthy
 Society
in
Ghana
(Society
of
 Private
 Medical
 and
 Dental
 Practitioners)
(2008) Best
 Health
 SPA
 Facility
 in
 West
 Africa
 of
 the
 year
 2015(Gold
 Category)
 (The
 International
 Star
 Quality
 Awards)
(2016) Made
in
Ghana
Awards-
Hall
 of
 Fame
 Inductee-
 Spa
 &
 Health
 Service
 of
 the
 year
 2014
 (Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
 Ghana)
 (2015) The
Platinum
Award
for
the
 Best
 SPA
 in
 West
 Africa
 2010,
 2011,
 2012
 (Tourism
 and
Hospitality
Awards)
 Best
 Spa
 in
 Ghana
 (2011)
 (West
Africa
Magazine) Heroes
 of
 Distinction
 Awards-TNG
 Health
 Personality
of
the
year
2016
 (West
 Africa
 International
 Press
Ltd.)
 Hall
 of
 Fame
 Inductee-
 Medical
 &
 Health
 Services
 Honors
 of
 the
 year
 2015
 (Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
Ghana-
2016) Business
 Support
 Health

Services
 of
 the
 year
 2015
 (Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
Ghana-2016) National
 Honor-
 Excellence
 in
 Private
 Sector
 Health
 Care
(Chartered
Institute
of
 Marketing,
 Ghana
 (1999)
 CIMG) National
 Honor-
 Contribution
 to
 Primary
 Health
 Care
 in
 Ghana-
 (Ghana
 Employers
 Association
(1999)
 Private
Health
Facility
of
the
 Year
Award
(People's
Choice
 Practitioners
 (Media
 Men
 Ghana)
(2017) Best
 Integrative
 Healthcare
 Provider
of
the
Year
Award
 (4th
 Business
 Executive
 Excellence
Awards
2017) Innovator
 in
 Medical
 SPA
 Systems
 Award
 (4th
 Business
 Executive
 Excellence
Awards
2017) Most
 Influential
 People
 in
 West
 Africa
 2017
 (Top
 100
 Tourism
 Personality
 of
 the
 Year
Award) Outstanding
 Contribution
 to
 the
 Economic
 Development
 of
 Ghana
 Health/
 Tourism
 Category
 Awards
 (Diamond
 Jubilee
 Business
 Leaders
 Excellence
Awards
2017)
 Excellence
in
Quality
Health
 Care
 Delivery
 Award
 (West
 Africa
 Clinical
 Alliance
 Awards)
 Quality
 Leadership
 in
 Health
Care
Services
Award
 (Entrepreneurs
 Foundation

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 Ghana-
 5th
 Ghana
 Business
 Quality
 Awards
 2017)
  Seal
 of
 Distinction
 &
 Exemplary
 Leadership
 Award
 2017(West
 Africa
 Nobles
Forum)
  Noble
 Seal
 of
 Distinction
 Medallion
 (West
 Africa
 Nobles
Forum)  Health
Laureate
Award-
UN
 Sustainable
 Development
 Goals
 (IMPACT
 AFRICA
 SUMMIT
GHANA
2017) Dr.
 Felix
 Anyah
 is
 a
 Physician
 Consultant
 to
 the
 United
 States
 Immigrants
Panel
Physicians.
 Dr.
 Felix
 Anyah
 was
 Captain
 of
 Industry
 (Health)
 in
 2003
 by
 Ministry
 of
 Private
 Sector
 Development
 President's
 Special
 Initiatives;
(PSD).
 Dr.
 Anyah
 was
 a
 member
 of
 the
 6th
 and
 7th
 Councils
 of
 the
 Ghana
 Medical
 and
 Dental
 Council.
 Dr.
 Anyah
 is
 the
 first
 Board
Chairman
of
the
HEALTH
 FACILITIES
 REGULATORY
 AGENCY
 inaugurated
 in
 May,
 2015
 under
 Parliamentary
 Act
 829
(2011)
 The
 Health
 Facilities
 Regulatory
 Agency
Licenses
and
regulates
all
 Public
 and
 Private
 Health
 Facilities
 including
 Teaching,
 Regional,
 District
 and
 Private
 Hospitals.
 Pharmacies
 and
 Chemical
 Shops,
 Laboratories,
 Radiology
 Units,
 Gymnasiums,
 Health
 SPA's,
 Eye,
 Orthopedic
 Units
 and
 all
 health-related
 Public
as
well
as
Private
facilities
 in
Ghana.

Dr.
Osei
Kwame

Executive
Chairman Despite
Group
of
Companies

D

r.
 Osei-kwame,
 also
 known
 as
 Despite,
 is
 a
 l e v e l - h e a d e d
 businessman
 with
 a
 very
 good
 background
in
music
production
 and
 knows
 the
 broadcasting
 industry
 like
 the
 back
 of
 his
 palm.

Osei-Kwame
 is
 the
 owner
of
the
Despite
 Company
 Ltd
 which
 is
a
trading
company
 and
with
subsidiaries
 in
the
media
industry
 namely,
 PEACE
 FM
 which
 is
 the
 largest
 and
 the
 most
 poplular
 FM
 station
 in
the
country,
OKAY
 FM
station,
NEAT
FM
 both
 in
 Accra
 and
 HELLO
FM
station
in
 Kumasi.

Dr.
 Osei-Kwame
 set-up
 NEAT
 FOODS
 LTD,
 which
 processes
 our
 local
 plantain,
 cocoyam,
 maize
 and
 palm
 fruits
 such
 as
 Neat
Fufu,
which
is
has
become
a
 preference
 to
 the
 traditional
 fufu.
 He
 also
 owns
 a

manufacturing
 company
 ANTONA
 FOODS
 LTD,
 producing
the
ever
popular
THIS
 WAY
 chocolate
 drink
 and
 other
 flavours
including
the
Motherlac
 cereal
for
children.

Despite
 is
 a
 co-founder
 of
 a
 Salt
 mining
company,
U2
Salt,
which
 is
 located
 at
 Winneba.
 Dr.
 Osei-
 Kwame
 with
 his
 partner
 cofounded
the
United

Television
 (UTV)
 which
 is
 leading
TV
station
in
the
country.
 He
 is
 the
 co-founder
 and
 Vice
 Chairman
 of
 Best
 Point
 Savings
 and
Loans
Ltd,
a
very
renowned
 financial
 institution
 in
 the
 country.

Dr.
 Osei-Kwame,
 a
 business
 connoisseur
of
no
mean
repute,
 his
 insight
 into
 creating
 job
 avenues
 for
 the
 jobless
 and

relentless
 promotion
 of
 the
 Ghanaian
 Culture,
 has
 received
 numerous
 prestigious
 awards
 in
 the
 past
 which
 include
 a
 Honorary
 Doctorate
 Degree
 in
 Human
 Resource
 from
 Canterbury
 University,
 Honorary
 Ambassador
 of
 Business
 Entrepreneur
 in
 West
 Africa
 (Ambassador)
 and
 Honorary
 man
 of
 the
 moment,
 Ghana,
West
Africa.

He
 has
 also
 been
 awarded
 with
 the
 Best
 Entrepreneur
 for
 Multimedia
 by
 Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
 Ghana
 under
 the
 auspices
of
the
Ministry
of
Trade
 and
Industries
in
2013.

Despite
 is
 a
 strong
 and
 devoted
 Christian.
He
is

blessed
 with
 a
 lovely
 wife
 and
 children.

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Dr.
Ernest
Ofori-Sarpong

Executive
Chairman Special
Ice
Company
Limited

D

r.
 Ernest
 is
 an
 astute
 businessman
 of
 many
 years'
 experience.
 Born
 some
 48years
 ago
 and
 a
 proud
 product
 of
 Presbyterian
 Boys
 Secondary
 School
 (Presec)
 ,
 has
 an
 amazing
 business
 career
 in
 the
 small
 and
 medium
 scale
 industry
 and
 an
 up
 and
 coming
 industrialist.

In
 the
 1990s
 he
 formed
 the

SARPONG
 VENTURES
 LTD,
 an
 import
 and
 trading
 business,
 worked
 very
hard
and
in
no
time
 became
 very
 renown
 in
 the
 Central
 District
 of
 Accra.
 He
 set
 up
 the
 SPECIAL
 INVESTMENTS
 LTD
which
is
a
real
estate
 and
 construction
 business
and
can
boast
of
 a
 significant
 number
 of
 estate
 houses
 and
 apartments
 in
 very
 strategic
 area
 of
 the
 city
 and
 numerous
 office
 complexes
and
shops.

Ernest,
 in
 conjunction
 with
 a
 very
close
friend
of
his,
Dr
OseiKwame
 (a.k.a
 Despite)
 formed
 the
 United
 2
 Co.
 Ltd
 which
 is
 a
 holding
 company
 for
 the
 U2
 SALT
 LTD
 –
 a
 600
 acre
 salt
 mining
 company
 and
 a
 refinery
 at
Winneba
in
the
Central
Region
 and
co-partnered
in
setting
up
a
 television
 station
 by
 name

UNITED
 TELEVISION
 (UTV
 Ltd)
 which
 is
 currently
 one
 of
 the
 leading
 TV
 stations
 in
 the
 country.

Ernest
 Ofori-Sarpong,
 who
 has
 had
the
dream
of
becoming
a
big
 time
 industrialist,
 solely
 proceeded
 to
 form
 a
 mineral
 water
 company,
 SPECIAL
 ICE
 LTD
which
can
currently
boast
of
 two
factories
in
Accra
and

Kumasi.
 Special
 Ice
 has
 introduced
 carbonated
 soft
 drinks
 on
 the
 market
 which
 is
 fast
 becoming
 a
 reckoned
 product.
In
the
very
short
life
of
 Special
Ice
Ltd,
the
product
won
 an
 unprecedented
 award
 as
 the
 best
 mineral
 water
 for
 2013
 and
 2014,
 and
 is
 not
 resting
 in
 achieving
greater
laurels.

Once
again,
in
collaboration
with
 his
good
partner,
Ernest
and
his
 co-partner
have
recently
set
up
a
 savings
 and
 loans
 company
 called
 BEST
 POINT
 SAVINGS
 AND
 LOANS
 CO.
 LTD
 for
 which

he
 is
 the
 Board
 Chairman,
 with
 this
 savings
 and
 loans
 company
 which
 has
 already
 become
 a
 highly
 recognized
 financial
 institution.

The
 Peristrofi
 World
 Honorary
 International
 Award
 Conference
 bestowed
 an
 Honorary
 Ambassador
 of
 Business
 Entrepreneur
 in
 West
 Africa.
 He
 has
 been
 conferred
 with
 a
 Doctorate
 Degree
 of
 Philosophy
 in
Law
from
Barkley
University
in
 the
United
States
of
America
for
 his
 contribution
 to
 the
 socioeconomic
 development
 of
 Ghana.
 Ernest
 has
 also
 been
 awarded
the
Best
Manufacturing
 Entrepreneur
for
2013

by
 Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 under
 the
 auspices
 of
 the
 Ministry
of
Trade
and
Industries.

Dr.
 Ofori-Sarpong
 is
 a
 God
 fearing
man
and
a
good
Christian
 brought
 up
 in
 the
 Presbyterian
 way.
 He
 is
 blessed
 with
 a
 pretty
 wife
and
three
lovely
children.

Dr.
Macdonald
Vasnani

Founder
&
Chief
Executive
Officer
 Consolidated
Shipping
Agencies
Ltd.

Conship
 through
 his
 exceptional
 ability
 to
 spot
 existing
 and
 potential
 business
 opportunities,
 plan
strategically
on
the
best
 ways
of
taking
full
advantage
 of
 these
 opportunities
 and
 diligently
 execute
 them
 to
 perfection.

D

r.
Macdonald
Chimandas
 Vasnani
 is
 the
 Founder
 and
 Chief
 Executive
 Officer
 (CEO)
 of
 Consolidated
 Shipping
 Agencies
 Limited
 (Conship),
 Ghana
 and
 the
 President
 of
 the
 company
 branch
 office
 in
 Aurora,
 IL.
 U.S.A.

He
 is
 a
 seasoned
 executive
 with
 over
 twenty-five
 (25)
 years
 of
 experience
 in
 the
 International
 Freight
Forwarding
and
Logistics
 industry
 with
 specialization
 in
 Offshore
 and
 Projects
 Logistics
 transportation
and
handling.

Founding
 the
 company
 in
 1996
 from
 its
 humble
 genesis
 as
 a
 small
 Customs
 Brokerage
 firm,
 Dr.
 M.
 C.
 Vasnani
 has
 grown

As
a
visionary,
he
developed
 and
 equipped
 all
 departments
 with
 an
 emphasis
 on
 Health
 Safety
 and
 Environment,
 Human
 Resource
 and
 Technology
 to
 meet
international
standards.

He
 is
 actively
 involved
 in
 the
 compliance
 and
 governance
 program
in
the
company.

Conship's
 clientele
 includes
 TULLOW
 OIL,
 MODEC,
 SCHLUMBERGER
 SEACO,
 TECHNIP,
 S.C.JOHNSON
 but
 shows
 its
 versatility
 in
 other
 vertical
 markets
 such
 as
 the
 Telecom,
Manufacturing
and
the
 Retail.

Dr.
 M.
 C.
 Vasnani
 holds
 an
 Honorary
 Doctorate
 Degree
 from
 the
 Commonwealth
 University
 in
 London,
 in
 recognition
 of
 his
 outstanding
 contribution
to
the
development
 of
 the
 Oil
 &
 Gas
 industry
 in

G e n e v a 7)
 2012
 Logistics
 &
 Transport
 Entrepreneur

Ghana.

He
 is
 also
 a
 product
 of
 the
 University
 Of
 Chicago
 Graduate
 School
Of
Business

SIGNIFICANT 
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Dr.
 M.
 C.
 Vasnani
 spearheaded
 the
 operations
 of
 the
 first
 indigenous
Oil
and
Gas
Logistics
 Base
in
Ghana.
The
base
handles
 Onshore
 and
 Offshore
 Oil
 well
 equipment
including
inspections
 and
certifications.
 His
achievements
include:
 1)
 2017
 Maritime
 Personality
 of
 the
Year
–
Ghana
Maritime
and
 Shipping
Awards.
 2)
 2016
 CEO
 of
 the
 Year
 (Upstream)
 –
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 Ghana
Awards.
 3)
 2016
 Entrepreneur's
 Hall
 of
 Fame
 Inductee:
 Logistics
 Personality,
 Ghana
 Entrepreneur
Foundation
 4)
 2015
 Awarded
 Doctorate
 Degree
 byCommonwealth
 University/London
 Graduate
 School
 5)
 2015
 CEO
 of
 the
 Year
 2015
 (Upstream
Oil
&
Gas)
 6)
 2013
 B.I.D.
 Quality
 Award-

8)
2011
C.I.L.T.
Ghana
Personality
 of
 the
 Year 9)
 2010
 World
 Quality
 Award
 (GOLD)-France
 Dr
M.
C.
Vasnani
is
a
member
of:

1)
 The
 Board
 of
 Trustees
 of
 the
 Entrepreneurial
 Technical
 Institute
(E.T.I.)
of
Ghana,

2)
Board
of
Trustee
of
the
Allotey-
 Pappoe
Foundation
(a
Non
for
 Profit
entity)

3)
Board
Member
of
Radial
Circle
 Ghana
Limited.

4)
 International
 Federation
 of
 Freight
 Forwarders
 Association
(F.I.A.T.A),

5)
 Ghana
 Institute
 of
 Freight
 Forwarders
(G.I.F.F)
and
the

6)

Chartered
 Institute
 of
 Logistics
 &
 Transport
 (C.I.L.T.).

HOBBIES/INTERESTS

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Mr.
Moses
Kwesi
Baiden

 
 Executive
Chairman Margins
Group

T

hrough
 strategic
 foresight,
 drive
 and
 determination,
 Moses
 Kwesi
 Baiden
 Jnr.
 successfully
 founded
 the
 Margins
 Group
 of
 companies
 and
 in
 three
 decades,
 turned
 a
 $100
 investment
 into
 a
 multimillion-dollar
 corporation.

A
 skillful
 negotiator
 with
 strong
 business
 development
 and
 relationship
 building
 skills,
 Moses
 has
established
win-win
partnerships
 with
 both
 private
 and
 public
 organizations
 in
 the
 global
 marketplace
and
has
conceptualized,
 built
 and
 managed
 award
 winning
 products
 with
 the
 support
 of
 his
 exemplary
team
of
industry
experts.

In
his
tenure,
Moses
has
been
named
 CEO
 of
 the
 year
 by
 the
 Ghana

Manufacturing
 Awards,
 Ghana
 Business
 Quality
 Awards,
 European
 CEO
of
the

year
 2018
 etc.
 He
 also
 received
 the
 Mobex
 Innovation
 Award
 for
 Innovation
pacesetter
of
the
year
and
 has
 recently
 been
 inducted
 into
 the
 Ghana's
 CEO's
 Summit
 Technology
 Hall
of
Fame.

Moses
remains
in
constant
pursuit
of
 rare
and
exciting
opportunities
in
the
 advancing
 field
 of
 technology
 and
 is
 committed
 to
 the
 Margins
 Group
 vision
 to
 be
 Global
 leaders
 in
 Identification,
 Data
 Systems,
 Transactions
and
Solutions

Moses
 K.
 Baiden
 Jnr.
 attended
 the
 Ghana
 Law
 School
 where
 he
 graduated
in
the
top-tenth
percentile
 of
his
year
group.

Hon.
Kenedy
Agyapong

Executive
Chairman Kencity
Group
of
Companies

H

on
 .
 Ken
 Ohene
 Agyapong
 is
 a
 politician
 and
 a
 business
 man
 born
 on
 June
 16,1960
to
Mr.
Francis
Kofi

Agyapong
and
Mme
Mary
Babai He
attended
Adisadel
College
in
 Cape
Coast.
He
later
travelled
to
 the
USA
and
studied
Economics
 at
 Fordham
 University
 in
 New
 York.

In
 the
 USA,
 he
 opened
 a

number
of
businesses
including
 Supermarkets
 ,Car
 Rental
 Business
among
others.

He
 is
 the
 representative
 of
 the
 people
 of
 Assin
 Central
 Constituency
 as
 their
 Member
 of
Parliament

The
 outspoken
 politician
 owns
 a
 number
 of
 companies
 in
 Media
 and
 Communication,
 Real
 Estate
 ,Refrigeration
 and
 Cold
Storage.

He
is
a
Philanthropist,
supports
 a
 lot
 of
 Social
 and
 Vulnerable
 Groups
 and
 mentors
 business
 people.

So
 many
 Students
 are
 beneficiaries
 of
 his
 Students
 School
 Fees
 Scheme. It
is
in
this
light
that
we
confer
 to
 him
 the
 Most
 Influential
 Entrepreneur
of
the
Decade

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Mr.
Kwaku
Ennin

Chief
Executive
Officer
 Zeal
Environmental
Technologies
Limited

Executive
 Masters
 of
 Business
 Administration
 (EMBA)
 Entrepreneurship

Professional
Associations:

BRIEF
PERSONAL
PROFILE

With
 over
 35
 years
 in
 Business
 Management,
 accomplished
 Entrepreneur
 with
 Domestic
 and
 International
 experience
 in
 the
 operations
 of
 Oilfield
 Waste
 Management,
 Maritime
 Consultancy
 Services
 and
 Corrosion
 Preventive
 and
 Maintenance
 Services
 involving
 both
 start-up
 and
 growth
 of
 these
 services.
 A
 Resultsoriented,
 decisive
 leader
 with
 proven
 success
 in
 new
 market
 identification
 and
 growth
 strategy,
 with
 a
 great
 passion
 of
 helping
the
less
privileged
in
the
 field
 of
 Education
 for
 career
 development
 and
 Medical
 outreach
 in
 deprived
 communities
 using
 the
 ENNIN
 Medical
Foundation. PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE

ZEAL
GROUP
OF
COMPANIES,
 Ghana

Chairman/
CEO,
1977
–
Present EDUCATION
 CREDENTIALS

AND

Member
of
the
University
Of
 Cape
 Coast
 Business
 School
 delegation,
 2012
 (representing
 Industry)
 to
 the
 University
 Of
 Bonn
Rhine
of
Applied
Sciences,
 Germany,

Board
 Chairman
 University
 of
 Cape
 Coast
 Enterprises
 Limited
(UCCL) EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT

 

Strategic
Planning

Service
 Marketing
 Management

&

Global
Operations

Mr
 Kwaku
 Ennin
 a
 dedicated
 family
man
is
the
Chief
Executive
 Officer
 of
 Zeal
 Environmental
 Technologies
 Limited
 (ZETL)
 Ghana.
 An
 astute
 and
 prudent
 businessman,
with
over
35
years
 combined
 rare
 professional
 and
 entrepreneurial
 skills
 and
 experience
 in
 managing
 a
 number
 of
 successful
 businesses.
 With
 dedication,
 diligence
 and
 a
 persevering
 attitude,
 he
 has
 grown
 a
 small
 scale
 corrosion
 engineering
 Service
Company
started
in
1977
 to
 an
 enviable
 ISO
 14001:2015
 and
 ISO
 45001:2018
 certified
 company
 –
 Zeal
 Environmental
 Technologies
 Limited
 (ZETL)
 Ghana,
 to
 be
 the
 premier

indigenous
 Oil
 and
 Gas
 Waste
 Management
 Company
 in
 Ghana.
 ZETL
 provides
 invaluable
 services
 to
 Global
 Multinational
 Oil
 companies
 operating
in
Ghana
and
the
West
 African
 Coast.
 Almost
 all
 the
 major
players
in
the
Oil
and
Gas
 industry
 engage
 the
 services
 of
 ZETL
 to
 manage
 in
 an
 environmentally
 sound
 manner
 through
 its;
 Port
 reception
 of
 waste
 and
 oilfield/Industrial
 waste
 management
 as
 well
 as
 vessels,
rigs
and
onshore
storage
 tank
cleaning
services.

Clients
 of
 ZETL
 include,
 The
 Jubilee
 Partners,
 ENI,
 AKER,
 Halliburton
MI
Swaco,
GE
Baker
 Hughes,
Schlumberger
etc.
ZETL
 is
 a
 burgeoning
 enterprise
 with
 unfathomable
 prospects
 in
 the
 West
 African
 Sub
 –region
 under
 the
direction
of
Mr
Kwaku
Ennin.

PARTNERSHIP
 BETWEEN
 INDUSTRY
AND
ACADEMIA

Developed
 passion
 for
 human
 capital
 investment
 and
 believing
 in
 partnership
 between
 Industry
and
the
Academia,
 has
 over
 the
 years
 spearheaded
 Zeal`s
 collaboration
 with
 Institutions
 of
 higher
 education; 
 Financial
 and
 other
 support
 to
 
 the
 University
 Of
 Cape
 Coast
 Business
 School,

by
 supporting
 the
 concept
 of
 Business
 Incubation
 systems
 in
 collaboration
 with
 Bonn
 Rhine
 University
 of
 Applied
 Sciences
 ,
 Germany
 to
 empower
 fresh
 graduates
 to
 be
 s e l f - e m p l o y e d
 ( E n t r e p r e n e u r s )
 instead
of
expecting
the
 Government
 to
 provide
 them
 with
 non-existing
 jobs.

Technical
collaboration
 between
 Zeal
 and
 The
 Centre
 for
 Coastal
 Management,
 Department
 Of
 Fisheries,
 University
 Of
 Cape
 Coast,
 In
 partnership
 with
 the
 Danish
 Government;
 Hotspot
 of
 multiple
 stressors
 researched
 based
 management
 of
 contaminants
in
the
Gulf
Of
 Guinea.

Successful
 collaboration
 between
Zeal
and
School
of
 Engineering,
 Kwame
 Nkrumah
 University
 of
 Science
 and
 Technology
 to
 conduct
 research
 into
 the
 removal
 of
 Fluoride
 in
 boreholes
in
the
3
Northern
 Regions
 of
 Ghana
 to
 make
 water
 portable
 (headed
 by
 professor
 Francis
 Mamoade)

Dr.
Yaw
Adu-Gyamfi

Founder
&
Chief
Executive
Officer
 Danadams
Pharmaceutical
Industry
Gh.
Ltd.

He
 has
 also
 completed
 an
 Executive
 MBA
 degree
 at
 Ghana
 Institute
 of
 Management
 and
 Public
 Administration
 (GIMPA).
 He
 obtained
 two
 Bachelor
 of
 Science
 degrees
 in
 both
 Chemistry
 and
 Mathematics
 from
 Clark-Atlanta
 University
 in
 Atlanta,
Georgia,
U.S.A.

D

r.
 Gyamfi
 holds
 a
 Doctorate
 degree
 in
 Pharmacy
 from
 Mercer
 University
 in
 Atlanta,
 Georgia,
 USA,
and
is
a
fellow
of
the
West
 African
 College
 of
 Postgraduate
 Pharmacists.

In
Ghana,
he
attended
KonongoOdumasi
 and
 completed
 G.C.E
 “O”
Level
in
1975
and
continued
 at
 Opoku
 Ware
 Secondary
 School
to
complete
his
“A”
level
 Certificate.
 He
 is
 currently
 the
 Founder
 and
 President
 of
 the
 successful
 Danpong
 Group
 of
 Companies
in
Ghana.
Dr.
Gyamfi
 is
 the
 Group
 Chief
 Executive

Officer
 for
 both
 Danadams
 Pharmaceuticals
 Industry
 (Ghana)
 Limited
 and
 Danpong
 Healthcare
Group.

He
 is
 the
 current
 President
 of
 Association
 of
 Ghana
 Industries
 (AGI),
 and
 former
 1st
 Vice
 President
of
Ghana

Employers
 Association
 (GEA).
 He
 also
 serves
 as
 a
 Commissioner
 on
 Public
 Utility
 Regulatory
 Commission
 and
 former
 Board
 Chairman
 for
 Ghana
 Cylinder
 Manufacturing
 Company
 on
 Spintex
 Road
 and
 Ghana
Pharmacy
Council.

He
served
as
a
Council
member
 of
 the
 following
 Universities
 in

Ghana;
University
of
Health
and
 Allied
 Health
 Services,(UHAS)
 Ho,
Central
University
School
of
 Pharmacy,
 Ghana
 College
 of
 Post-Graduate
 Pharmacists,
 and
 Mountcrest
University.

Dr.
 Yaw's
 overseas
 work
 experiences
 include
 ownership
 and
 management
 of
 Adamsville
 Delivery
 Pharmacy
 in
 Atlanta,
 Executive
 Vice
 President
 and
 Chief
 Operating
 Officer
 of
 Southwest
 Hospital
 and
 Medical
 Centre
in
Atlanta.
He
is
a
married
 man
 and
 blessed
 with
 six
 ,
 namely,
 Norman,
 Jacqueline,
 Doris,
 Derrick,
 Laurethe
 and
 Lena
Maame
Sarpong
Gyamfi.

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Noble
John
Otumfuo
Watson
 
 Chief
Executive
Officer
 Mayfair
Estates
Limited

Diploma/MSc
in
Actuarial
 Science
 from
 City
 University
 (London).
 He
 is
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Institute
of
Actuaries.

E

nrepreneurship
 in
 Ghana
 used
to
be
the
preserve
of
 older
men
who
had
often
 worked
 in
 various
 industries
 before
 settling
 into
 their
 own
 businesses.
 It
 was
 rare
 for
 youthful
Ghanaians
to
invest
and
 drive
 businesses
 from
 startup
 through
 growth
 to
 expansion.
 Today,
 the
 tide
 has
 turned
 as
 pioneering
 entrepreneurs
 like
 Noble
 John
 Watson
 Otumfuo,
 The
Founder
and
Chief
Executive
 Officer
 (CEO)
 of
 Mayfair
 Estates
 Limited
show
that
young
people
 can
start,
maintain,
succeed
and
 expand
 sophisticated
 businesses.

Despite
 the
 numerous
 constraints
 of
 doing
 business
 in
 Ghana,
 entrepreneurs
 and
 philanthropists
 like
 Noble
 John
 Watson
Otumfuo
are
reaffirming
 their
 commitment
 to
 promoting
 economic
 progress
 and
 the
 wellbeing
 of
 Ghana
 through
 business
 and
 social
 responsibility.

About
John
Otumfuo
 In
 1997,
 Noble
 John
 Watson
 Otumfuo
 joined
 Friends
 Provident
Insurance
as
an
actual
 student
 and
 worked
 there
 for
 two
years.
He
then
moved
on
to
 Lloyds
TSB
as
a
Pensions
Analyst.
 After
 working
 there
 for
 another
 two
 years,
 he
 moved
 to
 Hyman
 Robertson
 Actuarial
 Consultant
 as
 a
 senior
 actuarial
 analyst
 for
 another
 two
 years.
 He
 later
 joined
 Sun
 Life
 Insurance
 of
 Canada
 as
 a
 Senior
 Actuarial
 Analyst,
 and
 later
 moved
 to
 Marlborough
 Sterling
 Actuarial
 Consultant
 in
 2006.
 After
 which
 he
 returned
 to
 Ghana
 to
 Start
 Mayfair
Estates
Ltd.

He
 has
 an
 excellent
 academic
 background
 and
 track
 of
 experience
 that
 propels
 him
 to
 great
heights.
With
a
Bsc
(Hons),
 Mathematical
 Degree
 from
 the
 Kwame
 Nkrumah
 University
 of
 Science
 and
 Technology,
 Kumasi,
 and
 a
 Post
 Graduate

Overcoming
 challenges;
 making
 things
 work Having
 been
 in
 business
 since
 2008,
 His
 motivation
is
the
ultimate
 fulfillment
 he
 gains
 from
 satisfied
clients
and
being
 able
to
serve
housing
and
 infrastructure
 needs
 to
 complement
 national
 livelihood
 improvement
 efforts
 no
 matter
 what. Even
 though
 the
 Real
 Estate
 business
 in
 Ghana
 is
 saddled
 with
challenges
such
as
difficulty
 obtaining
financial
support,
high
 import
 duties,
 land
 acquisition
 problems
 coupled
 with
 land
 tenure
 issues,
 unreliable
 work
 force,
 theft,
 lack
 of
 community
 infrastructure
 such
 as
 electricity
 and
 water,
 he
 has
 remained
 steadfast
 in
 his
 commitment
 to
 the
business.

The
 Watsons
 model:
 unconventional,
 one-stop-shop
 real
 estate
 solutions
 Cut
 out
 the
 middleman:
 Otumfuo
 innovated
 an
 unconventional,
 one-stopshop
solution
by
providing
an
inhouse
product
for
clients
to
own
 homes
 without
 the
 hassle
 of
 bank
interventions.
This
makes
it
 easier
 and
 cheaper
 to
 own
 a
 Mayfair
 home
 and
 remains
 the
 only
 offer
 of
 its
 kind
 on
 the
 market.
 Employment
 creation:
 Noble
 John
 Watson
 O t u m f u o ' s
 contributes
 to
 Ghana's
 economic
 development
 by
 employing
 over
 300
 workers
 across
 his
 businesses;
 no
 mean
 feat
 considering
 real
 estate
challenges.

Reducing
 housing
 deficit:
 Having
 pledged
to
reduce
the
 country's
 housing
 deficit,
 Mayfair
 Estates
 Ltd
 is
 planning
 on
 building
 over
 5,000
 plus
 affordable
 houses
 in
 Ghana
 over
 the
 next
 decade.
 His
 current
 project
 at
 Mayfair
 Gardens,
 Airport
 Hills
can
boast
of
high
 standard
 buildings
 in
 a
 gated
 community
 with
 over
 200
 homes.
 Other
 projects
 being

undertaken
 is
 a
 120
 (Two
 Bedroom)
 apartment
 blocks
 for
 Ghana
 Military
 Police
 in
 Burma
 Camp
 built
 to
 improve
 housing
 for
 the
 soldiers,
 The
 Mayfair
 Court
 at
 Ajringanor,
 Mayfair
 Enclave
at
Oyibi
all
in
the
Greater
 Accra
region.

Diversified
business:
Beyond
the
 construction
of
homes,
He
owns
 four
 separate
 factories
 that
 produce;
 over
 3,000
 blocks
 a
 day,
 PVC
 windows
 and
 doors,
 roofing
 tiles,
 and
 paving
 blocks.
 This
 means
 he
 controls
 delivery
 timelines
and
building
standards
 making
him
more
efficient.

Behind
Noble
Watson
Otumfuo's
 s u c c e s s Otumfuo
is
God
fearing,
humble,
 truthful
 and
 firm,
 a
 family
 man
 with
a
naturally
shrewd
business
 acumen
and
an
ability
to
sell
with
 a
 customer-first
 mindset.
 He
 loves
 what
 he
 does,
 whether
 it's
 interacting
 with
 customers,
 or
 working
 closely
 with
 all
 categories
 of
 his
 workers.
 Visitors
 often
 mistake
 him
 for
 a
 regular
staff
member
when
they
 visit
and
see
him
about.
His
hard
 work
goes
without
saying.

Social
 projects
 that
 keep
 on
 g i v i n g As
 a
 socially
 responsible
 businessman,
 he
 believes
 God
 blesses
 him
 to
 enable
 him
 bless
 others.
 This
 drives
 his
 philanthropy
 and
 social
 investments;
 projects
 that
 keeps
 on
giving.
A
selection
includes:

1.
 Twenty
 (2-Bedroom
 self-

contained)
 accommodation
 with
 a
 basketball
 court
 to
 house
 military
 police
 personnel
 at
 Okponglo
 Behind
 the
 Tallow
 Oil
 Building

2.
Mayfair
Block.
Six
(1-Bedroom
 self-contained)
 accommodation
 at
 Headquarters
 Southern
 Command.
Teshie

3.
 Frontage
 Fence
 Wall
 of
 Headquarters
 Southern
 Command.
Teshie

4.
 The
 Otumfuo
 Junior
 Rank
 Mess
 at
 Base
 Workshop.
 Burma
 Camp.

5.
 J
 W
 Otumfuo
 ICT
 LAB
 a
 60Seater
 ICT
 LAB
 for
 Services
 Primary
&
Junior
High
School
in
 Burma
Camp.

6.
 Basket
 &
 Volleyball
 court
 for
 students
 at
 Services
 Primary
 &
 Junior
 High
 School
 in
 Burma
 Camp.

7.
 Ongoing
 Ten
 (1-Bedroom
 selfcontained)
 accommodation
 at
 Recce
Regiment
Burma
Camp

A
word
to
the
wise

To
 young
 people
 looking
 for
 direction,
 Otumfuo
 believes
 it's
 not
 a
 race
 for
 quick
 money
 but
 instead
 a
 disciplined
 marathon
 towards
 success,
 an
 understanding
 of
 what
 they
 do
 best
and
can
offer
and
ultimately,
 an
 agility
 to
 keep
 up
 with
 the
 ever-evolving
 nature
 of
 the
 world.
 His
 exploits
 continue
 to
 demonstrate
 the
 validity
 of
 his
 words
 as
 he
 further
 pioneers
 a
 new
 age
 of
 youth
 entrepreneurship
in
Ghana.

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Mr.
Edmund
Poku

Managing
Director

 Niche
Cocoa
Industry
Limited

M

r.
 Edmund
 Poku
 is
 the
 founder
 and
 Managing
 Director
 of
 Niche
 Cocoa
Industry
Ltd
in
Ghana.

Niche
 Cocoa
 is
 a
 free
 zones

company
 which
 produces
 highquality
 cocoa
 liquor,
 cocoa
 butter,
 cocoa
 cake
 and
 cocoa
 powder
 for
 export.
 Given
 his
 vision
 and
 high
 commitment
 to
 the
 value
 addition
 of
 cocoa,
 the
 company
 has
 won
 several
 a w a r d s
 underhisleadershiplike“GhanaE xporterofThe
 Year”
 for
 three
 Consecutive
 Years
 (2013,
 2014
 and
 2015)
 and
 Best
 Tertiary
 Cocoa
 Processing
 Company
 of
 the
 year
 2019-under
 the
 Ghana
 Cocoa
Awards.

Edmund
 is
 the
 proud
 winner
 of

the
 following
 awards;
 Entrepreneur
of
the
year
award
–
 National
 Black
 MBA
 Association
 –
 USA,
 Hall
 of
 Fame
 –
 Agroprocessing
 Entrepreneur
 –
 Entrepreneurs
 foundation,
 Finalist
 of
 the
 EY
 West
 Africa
 Entrepreneur
 ,
 Cocoa
 Entrepreneur
 of
 the
 year
 2019,
 among
others.

Prior
 to
 the
 company's
 start-up,
 he
 served
 as
 a
 Manager
 of
 Strategic
 Business
 Development
 at
 Home
 Depot
 and
 as
 an
 Investment
 Banker
 at
 Goldman
 Sachs.
 He
 holds
 MBA
 from

G

The
 1980's
 saw
 Mr.
 Chinebuah
 representing
 oil
 majors
 such
 as
 BP,
 Geogas,
 Mercuria
 and
 Petrobras
 in
 Ghana,
 ultimately
 building
 strategic
 business
 relationships
 on
 the
 West
 Coast
 of
 Africa,
 across
 Europe
 and
 reaching
 as
 far
 as
 Greece
 and
 Switzerland. With
 the
 introduction
 of
 a
 deliberate
Government
policy
to
 augment
 the
 importation
 and
 storage
 of
 LPG
 in
 Ghana
 by
 initiating
 the
 bulk
 distribution
 concept
 (Bulk
 Distributing

Prior
 to
 graduate
 school,
 Mr.
 Poku
 worked
 as
 a
 management
 consultant
 at
 PricewaterhouseCoopers
 and
 earned
 an
 Industrial
 Engineering
 degree
 from
 Columbia
 University
 and
 a
 B.A.
 in
 Liberal
 Arts
 from
 Bowdoin
 College.

He
is
passionate
about
industrial
 and
 economic
 development
 in
 Africa.

Chris
Chinebuah

Executive
Chairman Fuel
Trade
Limited

hana's
gems
cease
not
to
 unearth
 their
 resources;
 these
 treasures
 continue
 unfold
 in
 one
 of
 Ghana's
 most
 remarkable
 entrepreneurs;
 Chris
 Chinebuah.
 With
 about
 4
 decades
of
experience
in
the
Oil
 &
Gas
industry,
the
founder
and
 current
 Group
 Executive
 Chairman
 of
 Fueltrade
 Ltd.,
 began
 his
 journey
 into
 the
 maritime
 industry
 in
 the
 1970's,
 upon
 graduating
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Ghana,
 Legon
 into
 a
 shipping
 agency,
 where
 he
 learned
 the
 ropes
 of
 oil
 transportation.

Columbia
 Business
 School
 in
 2002
 and
 a
 masters
 in
 Engineering
 Management
 from
 Dartmouth
College
in
2000.

Companies),
 Chris
 Chinebuah
 established
 Bulk
 Ship
&
Trade
Ltd.
in
the
year
 2000.
His
contribution
to
the
 growth
 and
 success
 of
 Ghana's
Oil
&
Gas
industry
is
 phenomenal;
the
least
among
 them
 being
 the
 contribution
 of
 materials
 and
 funds
 towards
 the
 repair
 of
 the
 Tema
 Oil
 Jetty
 LPG
 pipeline
 (350
metres);
the
section
that
 is
most
exposed
to
seawater. Having
 operated
 initially
 as
 a
 downstream
 oil
 trading
 company;
 transporting
 and
 distributing
 oil
 across
 countries
 on
 the
 West
 Coast
 of
 Africa,
Chris
Chinebuah
 diversified
 into
 Bulk
 Oil
 Distribution
giving
birth
 to
 Fueltrade
 Ltd,
 which
 then
 entered
 the
 industry
 to
 carve
 a
 niche
 in
 the
 LPG
 market. Chris
 Chinebuah's
 Fueltrade
 Ltd.
 was
 the
 first
 privately
 owned
 Ghanaian
 company
 to
 build
 LPG
 storage
 infrastructure
 (Tema
 Fuel
 Company)
 in
 partnership
 with
 Glencore
 UK
 in
 2013
 to
 complement
 that
 of
 the
 Tema
 Oil
 Refinery
 (TOR),
 given
 the
 increased
 demand
 for
 the
 product
 and
 the
 inadequate
 capacity
 at
 TOR;
 subsequently
 supplying
 over
 90%
 of
 LPG
 imported
 into
 the
 country
 between
 2012
 and
 2015,
 making

Fueltrade
Ltd.
a
key
player
in
the
 LPG
supply
chain.

Fueltrade
 continues
 to
 make
 waves;
 being
 licensed
 under
 FT
 Engineering
 Services
 to
 undertake
Bunkering
operations
 either
 from
 Tema
 via
 Ghana
 Bunkering
 Service
 (GBS)
 or
 in
 Takoradi
through
the
Ghanstock
 facility;
 jointly
 owned
 by
 Fueltrade
 and
 Total
 Ghana
 Ltd
 by
the
use
of
both
pipelines
and
 BRVs. With
 skill,
 expertise,
 infrastructure
 and
 advancement
 in
 technology,
 Fueltrade
 is
 privileged
 to
 be
 the
 only

Ghanaian
 company
 to
 own
 part
 of
an
oil
block.
The
two
percent
 ownership
 allows
 Fueltrade
 to
 join
AKER
Energy
in
developing
 the
 block
 for
 production
 at
 the
 Deepwater
 Tano
 Cape
 Three
 Points
(DWT/CTP). Chris
Chinebuah
serves
on
many
 Boards,
 offering
 deep
 and
 leading-edge
 knowledge
 in
 leadership,
 Oil
 &
 Gas
 Trade
 Management,
 Risk
 Analysis
 and
 International
 Trade
 &
 Finance
 among
 others,
 equipping
 and
 inspiring
 the
 young
 generation
 into
forward-thinking
and
avantgarde
entrepreneurship.

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2020

Mr.
Rockson
Kwesi
Dogbegah 
 Founder
&
Executive
Chairman

 Berock
Ventures
Limited

He
 is
 also
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Project
 Management
 Institute
 (PMI),
USA
and
Ghana;
member
 of
 Global
 Ethics
 Forum
 of
 Switzerland;
member
of
Ghana's
 Task
Force
on
Sustainable
Public
 Procurement
(GTF-SPP)
and
also
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Management
 Board
of
CSIR-Building
and
Road
 Research
Institute,
Ghana.

M

r.
 Rockson
 Kwesi
 Dogbegah
 is
 a
 C h a r t e r e d
 Environmentalist
 and
 Chattered
 Construction
Manager.
He
is
also
 a
 Fellow
 of
 the
 Chartered
 Institute
of
Building
(FCIOB)
UK;
 Fellow
 of
 the
 Royal
 Institute
 of
 Chartered
 Surveyors
 (FRICS),
 UK;
Fellow
of
the
Ghana
Institute
 of
 Construction
 (FGIOC);
 a
 Chartered
 Member
 of
 the
 Society
for
the
Environment
and
 also
 a
 Fellow
 of
 Institute
 of
 Directors
(FIoD)
of
Ghana.

He
is
the
President
of
Institute
of
 Directors
 Ghana
 (IoD-Gh),
 Chairman
 of
 the
 Construction
 Sector
 of
 the
 Association
 of
 Ghana
 Industries
 (AGI);
 Chairman
 of
 the
 Construction
 Industry
 Development
 Forum,
 Ghana
 (CIDF-Gh);
 Past
 Vice
 President
 of
 the
 Chartered
 Institute
 of
 Building
 (CIOB)
 Africa;
 and
 the
 Interim
 Chairman
of
the
African
Union
of
 Construction
Managers
(AUCM).

Mr.
 Dogbegah
 has,
 due
 to
 his
 strong
 appetite
 for
 excellence
 and
 professionalism,
 over
 30
 excellence
award
to
his
credit.

Mr.
Dogbegah
was
elected
to
the
 Entrepreneurs
 Hall
 of
 fame
 (building
 and
 construction),
 at
 the
 Ghana
 Entrepreneurs
 and
 Business
 Support
 Awards
 in
 Accra,
on
29th
April,
2016.
As
an
 astute
 and
 Excellent
 Business
 Leader
in
Ghana,
Mr.
Dogbegah,
 was
 honored
 with
 a
 “Special
 Award”
 amongst
 other
 Business
 leaders
 at
 the
 Ghana
 60th
 Independence
 Anniversary
 Celebrations-Diamond
 Jubilee
 Business
 Leaders
 Excellence
 Awards,
 held
 in
 Accra
 on
 14th
 July,
2017.

Indeed,
Mr.
Dogbegah
has
to
his
 credit
international
and
national
 awards
 for
 quality
 and
 excellence.
 For
 example,
 He
 received
 an
 Award
 in
 Quality
 Management
 in
 Switzerland
 in
 March,
 2014;
 and
 an
 International
 Award
 in
 Business
 Development
by
CIOB
in
London

in
 November,
 2014.
 In
 September,
 2015,
 he
 also
 received
a
life
time
achievement
 award
for
his
contribution
to
the
 development
of
the
construction
 industry
 in
 Ghana
 at
 the
 Ghana
 Construction
Awards
2015.

His
 company,
 Berock
 Ventures
 Ltd.,
 which
 he
 founded
 in
 1993,
 has
 been
 commended
 on
 many
 occasions
for
efficient
and
timely
 execution
of
its
projects.

Berock
 Ventures
 Ltd.
 has
 successfully
 constructed
 several
 building
projects.
Key
among
its
 projects
 are,
 the
 7-storey
 Ghana
 Civil
Aviation
Authority
Training
 Academy;
 the
 Rehabilitation
 of
 the
 Bolgatanga
 Regional
 Hospital;
 the
 6-
 Storey
 Head
 Office
for
the
National
Petroleum
 Authority
 and
 the
 8-Storey
 Shops
 and
 Offices
 Complex
 for
 the
 Tema
 Development
 Corporation.
 The
 company
 also
 constructed
 the
 12-Storey
 Accra
 Shippers
Authority
Building,
the
 first
 ever
 ICT
 Park,
 the
 National
 Blood
Bank
and
several
projects
 on
public
university
campuses.

Without
 a
 doubt,
 the
 quality
 delivery
 of
 these
 projects
 speak
 for
 themselves.
 At
 the
 inauguration
 of
 the
 7-storey
 Ghana
 Civil
 Aviation
 Authority
 Training
 Academy,
 Berock
 Ventures
 Ltd
 was
 highly
 commended
 for
 its
 professionalism
 and

commended
 as
 one
 of
 the
 best
 construction
 companies
 in
 Ghana
 and
 urged
 its
 management
 to
 continue
 to
 excel.

Mr.
 Dogbegah
 is
 an
 illustrious
 citizen
of
Ghana,
his
initiatives
at
 the
forefront
of
the
construction
 industry
 development
 has
 earned
 him
 the
 accolade
 as
 the
 “voice”
 of
 the
 construction
 industry
 in
 Ghana.
 He
 also
 continues
 to
 serve
 as
 both
 member
 and
 chairman
 of
 several
boards
of
key
public
and
 private
 organizations
 in
 the
 country;
adding
his
quota
to
the
 development
 of
 excellence
 and
 sustainable
 growth
 of
 our
 dear
 country.

He
 has
 led
 the
 development
 of
 several
 policies
 for
 the
 Construction
industry
in
Ghana,
 key
 among
 them
 are:
 Local
 Content
 Policy,
 Construction
 Industry
 Development
 Policy
 &
 Bill,
 Construction
 Health
 &
 Safety
Policy,
Revision
of
Offices,
 Factories
 &
 Shops
 Act,
 Construction
 Mentorship
 Scheme,
 Development
 of
 an
 Improved
 Price
 Fluctuation
 Compensation
Mechanism,
etc.

He
is
convinced
that
when
local
 competence
 is
 enhanced,
 economic
 development
 will
 increase
 exponentially
 and
 that
 will
 be
 the
 engine
 of
 Ghana's
 growth
and
development.

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Mr.
Pawan
Aidasani

Chief
Executive
Officer
 Jay
Kay
Industries
&
Investments
Ltd.

J

ay
 Kay
 Industries
 &
 Investments
 Ltd.
 Pawan
 Aidasani
became
C.
E.
O
of
 the
 group
 in
 the
 early
 2000's
 and
 has
 been
 responsible
 for
 exponential
 growth;
 the
 business
 has
 witnessed
 in
 last
 two
decades.

He
 has
 kept
 his
 portfolio
 of
 everything
related
to
Papers
&
 Paper
 Products;
 He
 is
 a

calculated
risk
taker
with
deep
 industry
 knowledge,
 he
 has
 built
 his
 fortune
 through
 a
 series
 of
 successes
 by
 embracing
 the
 core
 values
 of
 integrity,
 innovation
 and
 growth,

He
 is
 a
 man
 who
 is
 motivated
 by
 Power,
 preferring
 to
 build
 his
 company's
 fortunes
 through
 a
 series
 of
 safe

investments
 and
 reaching
 out
 to
the
demands
of
his
clientele

A
man
with
a
Vision
&
Mission
 as
well
as
Type
“A”
Personality;
 He
is
a
born
leader,
leading
his
 entire
team
along
with
him.

All
 his
 achievements
 are
 well
 balanced
 by
 a
 strong
 sense
 of
 responsibility,
 both
 to
 his
 company
 and
 to
 the
 entire
 World.

Mr.
Jonathan
Lamptey

Founder
&
Chief
Executive
Officer
 Comsys
Ghana
Ltd
/
Telesol
Ltd

J

onathan
 Lamptey,
 is
 an
 entrepreneur
 and
 CEO.
 An
 electrical
 engineer
 by
 profession
 from
 KNUST,
 an
 Alumni
 of
 Harvard
 Business
 School
 and
 with
 several
 other
 professional
 qualifications.
 He
 has
been
CEO
of
Comsys
since
 2004.
He
is
also
the
Chairman
 and
founder
of
Telesol
Limited
 in
Ghana.

He
 has
 over
 fifteen
 years
 experience
 in
 the
 Telecoms
 and
 ICT
 industry
 heading
 his
 companies
 to
 be
 market
 leaders
 within
 that
 space
 in
 Ghana.
 He
 is
 a
 very
 focused
 individual
 and
 passionate
 on
 ensuring
 that
 businesses
 in
 Ghana
 and
 the
 sub
 region
 are
 not
 disadvantaged
 in
 technology
 to
 match
 their
 western
 counterpart
 and

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In
 Ghana,
 Comsys
 has
 been
 awarded
 Enterprise
 service
 company
 for
 five
 consecutive
 years
 with
 the
 latest
 being
 in
 2018.
 His
 passion
 to
 see
 the
 telecommunications
 sector
 grow
 is
 giving
 young
 people
 the
 opportunity
 to
 explore
 their
 potentials
 in
 the
 workplace.

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2020

Mr.
Isaac
Amoako-Mensah
 
 President
&
Chairman
 CAGL
Group Management
 -
 Cambridge
 International
 College.

He
is
responsible
for
the
 overall
 working
 of
 the
 Company
 and
 is
 instrumental
 in
 making
 strategic
 decisions
 and
 management
 for
 the
 Company.
 He
 has
 nearly
 a
decade
of
experience
in
 the
security
sector.

M

r.
 Isaac
 AmoakoMensah,
the
Executive
 Director
 of
 the
 Company,
 graduated
 with
 a
 Master's
 Degree
 in
 Business
 Administration
 with
 specialization
 Human
 Resource

He
 served
 his
 beloved
 country
for
8
years
as
an
 executive
Naval
Officer
and
was
 one
 of
 the
 youngest
 Officers
 to
 Command
 GNS
 David
 Hansen.
 He
led
the
Ghana
Navy's
team
to
 Safe
 Boats
 International
 in
 the
 United
 State
 for
 the

construction,
 acceptance
 and
 training
 on
 Ghana's
 newly
 acquired
 Defender
 Class
 Boats
 (2008).
He
voluntarily
retired
at
 age
28
with
the
rank
of
a
Naval
 Lieutenant.

He
held
the
position
of
location
 Manager
 for
 the
 multibilliondollar
 company
 Schlumberger
 in
 Tanzania.
 And
 rose
 to
 the
 rank
Regional
cost

transformation
 manager
 over
 East
 and
 Southern
 AfricaSchlumberger.
 He
 is
 currently
 the
Executive
chairman
of
CAGL
 Group
 of
 companies.
 He
 has
 been
with
the
Company
since
its
 inception.
 He
 is
 the
 man
 one
 can
 conveniently
 describe
 as
 mad
 with
 the
 passion
 to

succeed.
 Three
 years
 down
 the
 line
 of
 business,
 the
 start-ups
 have
not
only
kept
up,
but
also
 outpaced
 competitors,
 becoming
one
of
the
best
in
the
 industries
they
operate.

Mr.
 Amoako-Mensah
 has
 received
 various
 awards
 for
 his
 entrepreneurship
 including
 Best
 Entrepreneur
 in
 shipping
 and
Logistics
2017-
40
under
40
 Awards,
 Promising
 Entrepreneur
of
the
year
2018
Ghana
 shippers
 Awards,
 Best
 Young
Entrepreneur
of
the
year
 2018
 -Ghana
 Business
 Awards
 among
others.
Besidesthis,

Mr.
Amoako-Mensah
is
a
prolific
 golfer
and
an
active
member
of
 the
celebrity
Golf
club,
Tema.

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2020

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Corporate
Executive
Awardees Mrs.
Patience
Akyianu

Group
Chief
Executive
Officer

 Hollard
Ghana
Holdings
Ltd.
. terms
 of
 Gross
 Written
 Premium.
 The
 company
 also
 achieved
 a
 25%
 growth
 in
 revenue,
 a
 feat
 that
 was
 last
 achieved
some
5
years
ago.
She
 turned
 the
 around
 company's
 loss-making
 position
 in
 2018
 to
 an
impressive
profit
after
tax
in
 2019
 during
 her
 full
 year
 of
 leadership.

M

rs.
Patience
E.
Akyianu
 is
 currently
 the
 Chief
 Executive
Officer
of
the
 Hollard
Group
in
Ghana
and
is
a
 director
 of
 both
 the
 Boards
 of
 Hollard
 Insurance
 Ghana
 (General
Insurance)
and
Hollard
 Life
Assurance
Ghana.

Patience
 is
 a
 very
 experienced
 and
 well-rounded
 business
 leader
 with
 strong
 commercial
 acumen
 and
 has
 over
 27
 years'
 experience
 in
 Banking,
 Finance
 and
Insurance,
having
spent
the
 recent
 17
 years
 in
 the
 banking
 industry
 before
 joining
 the
 Insurance
 Industry
 in
 October
 2018.

After
 a
 year
 of
 assuming
 the
 Group
 CEO
 role
 of
 Hollard
 Group,
 its
 general
 insurance
 business,
 Hollard
 Insurance
 Ghana
moved
from
5th
to
3rd
in

She
 previously
 served
 as
 Managing
 Director
 of
 Barclays
 Bank
 Ghana
 for
 5
 years
 where
 she
built
a
high
performing
and
 more
 diverse
 leadership
 team.
 Prior
 to
 that,
 she
 was
 the
 Finance
 Director
 of
 Barclays
 Bank
 Ghana.
 Under
 her
 leadership,
 the
 performance
 of
 the
 bank
 consistently
 exceeded
 expectations,
 culminating
 in
 its
 position
 as
 the
 most
 profitable
 bank
 in
 Ghana
 and
 won
 the
 following
awards;

   

Best
 Bank
 in
 Ghana-
 Euromoney
 Awards
 for
 Excellence
2014
 Winner,
 2013
 Best
 Investment
Bank
In
Ghana-
 EMEA
Finance
2014
Awards
 Best
 Domestic
 Cash
 Management
 House-
 Euromoney
Awards
2014
 Africa
 Best
 Employer
 Brand-
 Africa
 Best
 Employer
 Brand
 Awards
 2014

      

 

Top
 50
 Best
 Global
 Employer
 Brands
 Institute
 (EBI),
April
2015
 Best
 Corporate
 Bank
 in
 Ghana,
 The
 Banker
 Africa,
 West
Africa
Awards
2015
 Best
Trade
Deal
of
the
Year,
 Ghana
 Association
 of
 Bankers
Awards
(2015)
 Best
 Bank
 –
 Cash
 Management
 Services
 2016
 (Euromoney)
 Iconic
 Brand
 of
 the
 year
 –
 Annual
 Marketing
 World
 Awards
2017
 Financial
 Institution
 of
 the
 year
 –
 UK
 Ghana
 Chamber
 of
Commerce
Awards
2017
 The
 Asian
 Banker
 –
 Best
 Transactional
 Bank
 of
 the
 Year
2017
 1st
 Ghana
 HR
 Star
 Awards
 2017
 -
 Overall
 Best
 Organisation
 in
 Performance
Management
 1st
 Ghana
 HR
 Star
 Awards
 2017
 -
 Overall
 Best
 Organisation
in
Rewards
 HR
 Focus
 Awards
 2017
 -
 Best
 Organisation
 in
 Rewards
 Management
 &
 Practice
 Ghana
 Banking
 Awards
 2017
 -
 1st
 Runner-Up
 Corporate
 Social
 Responsibility
 Ghana
 Banking
 Awards

2017
-
1st
Runner-Up
-
Trade
 Deal
of
the
Year
  Ghana
 Banking
 Awards
 2017
 -
 2nd
 Runner-Up
 -
 Financial
Performance

 Mrs
Akyianu
sits
on
the
board
of
 Ecobank
 Ghana
 Limited
 and
 on
 the
 Advisory
 Committee
 of
 the
 Ghana
 Infrastructure
 and
 Investment
 Fund. She
 is
 a
 founding
 member
 of
 both
 the
 Executive
 Women
 Network
 and
 the
 International
 Women's
Forum,
Ghana.

Patience
 is
 very
 passionate
 about
 Youth
 Leadership
 and
 takes
 time
 out
 of
 her
 busy
 schedules
 mentoring
 and
 coaching
 young
 people
 within
 the
 Executive
 Women
 Network
 as
well
as
tertiary
students.

She
 is
 an
 honorary
 member
 of
 the
Ghana
Institute
of
Directors. Patience
 Akyianu
 has
 had
 an
 illustrious
 career
 to
 date,
 no
 better
demonstrated
than
by
the
 stream
 of
 awards
 she
 has
 won
 over
 the
 years.
 She
 was
 named
 among
 the
 100
 Most
 Reputable
 Africans
2018,
by
the
Reputation
 Poll,
 together
 with
 renowned
 leaders
 like
 Rwanda's
 Paul
 Kagame,
 South
 Africa's
 Cyril
 Ramaphosa,
 Ghana's
 Pastor
 Mensah-Otabil
 and
 Strive
 Masiyiwa.

Mrs.
Abena
Osei-Poku Managing
Director Absa
Bank
Ghana

Managing
 Principal
 and
 Regional
 Head
 responsible
 for
 Barclays
 Africa
 Group's
 (now
 Absa
 Group
 Limited)
 Corporate
 and
 Investment
Banking
 businesses
in
East
&
 West
Africa.

M

rs
 Abena
 Osei-Poku
 is
 an
 economist
 by
 training
 and
 an
 astute
 leader
with
a
proven
track
record
 in
banking.
She
was
appointed
as
 the
Managing
Director
of
Barclays
 Bank
Ghana
limited
in
September
 2018.
 Prior
 to
 this,
 she
 was
 the

She
 previously
 served
 as
 the
 Corporate
 Banking
 Director
 at
 Barclays
 Bank
 Ghana.Before
 joining
 Barclays,
 Mrs
 Osei-Poku
 worked
 at
 Standard
 Chartered
 Bank
 where
 she
 held
 various
 senior
 roles
 including
 Regional
 responsibility
 in
risk
Management
for
West
and
 Central
 Africa
 and
 Director
 of
 Global
Corporates
in
Ghana.

Mrs
 Osei-Poku's
 expertise
 includes
 strategy,
 corporate
 governance,
 people
 management,
 change
 management,
 risk
 management
 and
client
coverage.
With
over
24
 years
 in-depth
 Pan-African
 experience
 gained
 across
 West,
 Central,
 East
 and
 South
 Africa,
 she
 is
 credited
 with
 the
 turnaround
 of
 the
 Corporate
 Banking
 Businesses
 in
 Barclays
 Ghana
and
Uganda.
She
has
won
 various
 awards
 such
 as
 best
 Corporate
 Bank
 in
 Ghana,
 Uganda
 and
 Kenya,
 Best
 Global
 Development
 Bank
 in
 Uganda
 and
 Euromoney
 Best
 Cash
 Management
in
Ghana
&
Uganda.

Mrs
 Osei-Poku
 has
 broad
 board
 experience
 having
 previously
 sat
 on
 the
 boards
 of
 Airtel
 Mobile
 Money,
 the
 United
 Kingdom
 and
 Ghana
 Chamber
 of
 Commerce

and
 is
 currently
 the
 Chairperson
 of
 the
 Advisory
 Board
 of
 the
 College
 of
 Health
 Sciences,
 University
 of
 Ghana.
 In
 addition,
 she
sits
on
the
governing
councils
 of
 the
 National
 Banking
 College,
 the
 Ghana
 Bankers
 Association
 and
several
executive
forums.

She
 is
 passionate
 about
 talent
 development,
 building
 high
 performing
 teams
 as
 well
 as
 diversity
 and
 inclusion.
 She
 was
 the
first
Chairlady
for
the
Barclays
 Women
Network
forum
(WNF)
in
 Ghana.
 Her
 strong
 focus
 on
 service
 to
 her
 colleagues,
 clients
 and
 stakeholders
 has
 helped
 to
 bring
possibilities
to
life.

Mrs
 Osei-Poku
 holds
 a
 bachelor's
 degree
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Ghana,
 Legon
 and
 an
 Mba
 from
 the
 Manchester
 Business
 School
 (United
Kingdom).

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Dr.
Joshy
Varkey

Managing
Director Nyonkopa
Cocoa
Buying
Co.
Ltd 2.

J

oshy
 Varkey
 is
 the
 Managing
 Director
 of
 Nyonkopa
 Ltd,
 a
 subsidiary
 of
 Barry
 Callebaut
 Group;
 the
 world's
 largest
 chocolate
 manufacturer;
 since
 May
2016.
He
started
his
career
in
 Ghana
 as
 Head
 of
 sales
 and
 Marketing
 with
 Aquafresh
 (Kalyppo);
and
later
served
as
MD
 with
 noted
 multinational
 companies
 in
 the
 Agribusiness
 sector
since
2011.
 He
 worked
 in
 the
 plantation
 sector
 (HML),
 Agrochemicals
 &
 Seed
 (Monsanto)
 and
 Retail
 industries
 (Reliance
 Retail)
 in
 India
 before
 moving
 to
 Ghana.
 Joshy
 implemented
 various
 innovations
 in
 the
 systems
 and

procedures
in
running
Nyonkopa;
 which
 led
 the
 company
 to
 4th
 Position
 among
 cocoa
 sector
 in
 Ghana;
 in
 volumes,
 with
 12
 %
 market
share
-
in
a
span
of
3
years.
 He
 solved
 the
 ailing
 problem
 of
 Insurance
and
pensions
for
Cocoa
 farmers
 by
 introducing
 –
 Nyonkodo
 Farmer
 life
 Plan
 -
 a
 tripartite
 package
 that
 provides
 solution
 to
 Insurance,
 child
 education
support
and
Pensions.
 Various
 recognitions
 Nyonkopa
 Bagged
under
his
leadership
are:
 1. Best
 Agri-business
 Company
in
Cocoa
sector
by
 GNCCI
 2016,
 And
 Best
 AgriBusiness
Company
2017
and
 2018,
by
GNCCI.

The
 Best
 Corporate
 social
 responsibility
 company
 in
 2017
 and
 Best
 company
 Employer
 in
 2019;
 by
 Association
 of
 Ghanaian
 Industries.
 3. Best
Agro
Trading
Company
 of
the
year,
2016
and
2017
by
 SMEGA
 CSR
 Agribusiness
 of
 the
 year
 2018
 by
 Centre
 for
 CSR,
West
Africa.
 4. Agribusiness
 Company
 of
 the
 year,
 2018
 and
 2019
 By
 Ghana
Business
Awards. 5. Agribusiness
 Company
 of
 the
 year
 2019
 and
 community
 Impact
 Award,
 2019
from
NiBS.
 6. Sustainability
 and
 Social
 Investment
awards
for
2019.
 7. Business
 Quality
 in
 Agribusiness
 Industry
 by
 in
 2016
 and
 2018;
 Best
 social
 corporate
 responsible
 company
of
the
year
2017
by
 Entrepreneurs
 Foundation
 of
Ghana.
 8. Chief
Executive
of
the
year,
 2016,
 2017
 and
 2017
 Agribusiness
 (Cocoa
 Industry)
 by
 Ministry
 of
 Trade
&
Industry
and
EFG.
 He
 holds
 a
 degree
 in
 Agriculture
 and
 a
 Masters
 in
 Business
 Administration.
 In
 Dec
 2017,
 He
 was
 awarded
 with
 an
 honorary
 doctorate
 from
 Commonwealth

C

University,
 UK.
 He
 is
 married
 to
 Sumi
 and
 is
 blessed
 with
 three
 sons.
 He
 is
 also
 a
 noted
 sports
 personality
 and
 was
 a
 University
 Marathon
 champion
 for
 three
 years
 during
 his
 course
 of
 study
 and
a
car
rally
enthusiast
and
has
 won
 two
 car
 rallies
 in
 India
 in
 2006
and
2007.
 At
Nyonkopa
they
see
their
MD
as
 an
Innovator
and
game
changer
in
 the
 industry;
 a
 visionary
 and
 pragmatic
 leader.
 He
 is
 a
 mentor
 and
team
player
and
believes
and
 demonstrates
in
the
ability
of
his
 team
.More
importantly,
 His
name
is
now
'synonymous'
to
 innovation
 in
 agribusiness,
 as
 in
 his
 tenure
 the
 company
 have
 witnessed
 mindboggling
 innovations.
 Nyonkopa
expanded
the
business
 across
 the
 cocoa
 regions
 to
 101
 Districts
 and
 is
 the
 4th
 largest
 payer
in
the
Industry;
and
thereby
 the
 financials
 improved
 greatly
 and
are
one
among
the
largest
tax
 payers
 to
 the
 state
 exchequer.
 This
 also
 led
 to
 numerous
 avenues
of
job
creation
especially
 among
rural
youth.
 Nyonkopa's
 needy
 Program,
 is
 another
 social
 intervention
 from
 him
 where
 we
 all
 contribute
 a
 minimum
 of
 a
 day
 salary
 to
 the
 welfare
 of
 communities
 we
 operate.

atulati s

Hon.
Maxwell Kofi
Jumah Chief
Executive
Officer,

Ghana
Industrial
Holdings
Corporation
(GIHOC)

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Dr.
Kwame
Addo
Kufour

Board
Chairman Social
Security
&
National
Insurance
Trust

D

r.
Kwame
Addo-Kufuor
is
 a
 Medical
 Practitioner
 and
 a
 Public
 servant
 par
 excellence.
 He
 steers
 the
 affairs
 of
 the
 Trust
 with
 a
 rich
 experience
 from
 his
 service
 to
 Ghana
 and
 his
 empathy
 to
 the
 stakeholders
 of
 the
 Trust,
 especially
pensioners.
This
stems
 from
his
many
years
of
attending
 to
his
patients
and
showing
them
 compassion.
These
qualities
have
 influenced
 his
 decisions
 as
 the
 Chairman
 of
 the
 Board
 of
 Trustees
 of
 SSNIT.
 During
 his
 tenure
 as
 Board
 Chairman,
 he
 has
led
the
team
to
put
measures
 in
 place
 to
 sustain
 the
 Scheme
 and
 has
 also
 championed
 the
 welfare
of
pensioners. Below
 are
 some
 of
 the
 achievements
of
SSNIT
under
his
 leadership. VALUE
FOR
MONEY
(SAVINGS) To
stop
the
payments
of
pensions
 to
 non-
 existent
 pensioners,
 6,270
'ghost'
names
were
deleted
 from
the
Trust's
pension
payroll.
 This
exercise
has
since
saved
the
 Trust
 over
 GH¢
 66.15m
 as
 at
 December,
2019. Procurement Under
 his
 leadership,
 the
 Trust
 has
instituted
stringent
standards
 and
 controls
 in
 procurement
 processes
 which
 has
 cut
 down
 sole
sourcing
to
ensure
value
for
 money.
 He
 also
 advocates
 for
 strict
 adherence
 to
 procurement
 laws. Savings
on
ICT A
 comprehensive
 audit
 of
 the
 Trust's
 ICT
 systems
 was
 conducted.
 The
 Trust
 identified
 and
 recovered
 certain
 costs
 and
 also
 cut
 down
 on
 recurrent
 support
 and
 maintenance
 expenditure.
 A
 re-negotiation
 of
 agreements
 on
 some
 ICT
 infrastructure,
 support
 and
 license
 fees
 within
 the
 period
 resulted
 in
 savings
 of
 $8.52m
 to
 the
Trust.
About
half
of
this
was
 recurrent
expenditure. A
 signed
 Service
 Level
 Agreement
 (SLA)
 for
 three
 (3)
 years
 is
 saving
 the
 Trust
 $2m
 compared
 to
 the
 previous
 maintenance
contract. Also,
an
amount
of
$15,281,167.87
 and
 GH¢16,019,579.46
 is
 to
 be

claimed
 as
 refunds
 from
 one
 of
 the
IT
solution
vendors. The
 Internal
 Audit
 Department
 has
 further
 unveiled
 another
 $6,944,467.18
to
be
claimed
from
 a
software
provider. EXPANSION
OF
COVERAGE A
mass
social
security
expansion
 campaign
 was
 done
 which
 resulted
 in
 a
 17.4%
 increase
 in
 total
 contributors
 and
 209,551
 newly
 enrolled
 members.
 The
 Trust
 is
 also
 promoting
 the
 expansion
of
coverage,
especially
 for
 self-employed
 persons
 in
 an
 effort
 to
 extend
 social
 security
 cover
for
workers
in
the
informal
 sector. CORPORATE
 SOCIAL
 RESPONSIBILTY
(CSR) His
 insistence
 on
 stakeholders
 being
the
main
beneficiary
of
the
 Trust's
CSR
efforts
has
led
to
the
 development
of
a
new
CSR
Policy
 to
 benefit
 stakeholders
 of
 the
 Trust,
 especially
 pensioners.
 He
 therefore
 led
 Management
 to
 take
the
first
step
in
fulfilment
of
 this
new
approach,
by
presenting
 an
 amount
 of
 three
 hundred
 thousand
 Ghana
 cedis
 (GH¢300,000.00)
 and
 later
 five
 hundred
 thousand
 Ghana
 cedis
 (GH¢500,000.00)
 to
 the
 Pensioners
 Medical
 Scheme
 to
 strengthen
and
sustain
it
to
cover
 basic
 medical
 bills
 for
 its
 members. PENSIONERS
PRIORITY
DESK Pensioners'
priority
desk
has
also
 been
 introduced
 in
 all
 SSNIT
 branches
so
that
pensioners
who
 walk
 into
 SSNIT
 offices
 do
 not
 queue
before
being
attended
to. INVESTMENTS A
 new
 investment
 policy
 that
 better
 controls
 the
 investment
 process
has
also
been
developed Professionals
 and
 experts
 have
 been
 appointed
 to
 Boards
 of
 subsidiary
 companies
 which
 has
 led
to
major
improvement
in
the
 corporate
 governance
 of
 these
 entities.
The
bringing
on
board
of
 expertise
 to
 these
 investee
 companies,
led
to
the
declaration
 of
the
first
dividend
by
The
Trust
 Hospital
 Company
 Limited
 (a
 facility
 fully
 owned
 by
 SSNIT)
 since
 its
 incorporation
 in
 2010.
 The
 amount
 paid
 was
 GH¢597,979.
 Another
 investee
 company,
 Labadi
 Beach
 Hotel,
 declared
a
dividend
of
GH¢1m
for
 2017.
 This
 amount
 was
 a
 huge
 improvement,
 considering
 that
 the
 company
 booked
 a
 loss
 in
 2016.
 In
 2018,
 an
 amount
 of
 GH¢1,059,384.04
 was
 also
 received
 from
 Sentuo
 Steel
 as

dividend.
 This
 was
 a
 great
 development
 considering
 that
 the
 company
 recorded
 a
 loss
 in
 2016. STRATEGIC
 STAKEHOLDER
 ENGAGEMENTS
 AND
 ACCOUNTABILITY To
 address
 stakeholder
 dissatisfaction,
 deliberate
 efforts
 were
 made
 to
 be
 more
 inclusive
 of
 stakeholders.
 Strategies
 were
 put
in
place
and
a
clear
plan
was
 drawn
 to
 map
 stakeholders
 and
 have
 tailored
 engagements
 with
 each
segment
to
ensure
that
they
 understood
 the
 business
 and
 operations
of
the
Trust
and
value
 the
 scheme
 provides.
 This
 has
 led
 to
 meaningful
 engagements
 with
 key
 stakeholders
 such
 as
 meetings
with
Organized
Labour,
 face
 time
 with
 influential
 media
 persons,
 employer
 breakfast
 meetings
and
other
initiatives. IMPROVED
IMAGE These
 initiatives
 and
 interventions
 have
 significantly
 impacted
 and
 improved
 the
 image
of
the
Trust
leading
to
the
 Trust
being
acknowledged
as
the
 Public
 Sector
 Company
 of
 the
 Year,
 2019
 (Ghana
 Business
 Awards). CONTRIBUTIONS
 TO
 THE
 REPUBLIC
OF
GHANA In
2001,
when
the
New
Patriotic
 Party
 (NPP)
 won
 the
 general
 elections
and
claimed
majority
in
 Parliament,
 Dr
 Addo-Kufuor
 joined
Parliament
as
the
Member
 of
 Parliament
 for
 the
 Manhyia
 Constituency,
a
seat
he
held
from
 1997
to
2008. He
 was
 also
 appointed
 as
 Minister
 for
 Defence,
 but
 before
 his
appointment,
he
was
ranking
 member
for
health
in
Parliament

and
played
a
leading
role
during
 the
 pilot
 stage
 of
 the
 establishment
 of
 the
 National
 Health
Insurance
Scheme. The
 new
 Ministry
 of
 Defence
 Complex,
 the
 Kofi
 Annan
 International
 Peacekeeping
 Centre,
 Burma
 Hall,
 Burma
 Camp
 Computer
 Centre
 were
 among
 some
 of
 the
 major
 initiatives
 undertaken
 during
 his
 tenure
as
Minister
for
Defence. He
 was
 instrumental
 in
 the
 construction
 of
 the
 new
 37
 Military
 Hospital
 in
 Accra
 and
 with
the
support
of
Ghanaian
and
 Indian
 colleagues,
 the
 elevation
 of
the
hospital
to
a
post
-
graduate
 medical
 college
 currently
 training
medical
specialists. The
 Beijing
 Barracks
 and
 the
 “Open
Day”
of
the
Ghana
Armed
 Forces
 were
 among
 the
 projects
 undertaken
during
this
time. As
 M.P.
 for
 Manhyia,
 he
 was
 responsible
 for
 many
 educational,
 health,
 and
 infrastructural
 development
 initiatives.
 The
 Abbey's
 Park
 Community
Centre
was
the
most
 significant
of
these
projects. He
was
a
member
of
the
ECOWAS
 negotiation
 team
 that
 arranged
 the
 first
 Meeting
 between
 the
 Ivorian
 government
 and
 the
 rebel
 movement,
 Forces
 Nouvelles. He
 also
 led
 the
 Ministry
 of
 Defence
 delegations
 to
 China,
 UK,
 US,
 Russia,
 Burundi,
 Rwanda,
 Senegal,
 Tanzania,
 Sierra
 Leone,
 India,
 Lebanon,
 Togo,
 and
 South
 Africa.
 These
 contacts
 helped
 to
 enhance
 the
 human
 and
 equipment
 capabilities
 of
 the
 Ghana
 Armed
 Forces
to
operate.

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