Team
Nana Adwoa Koranteng
Nana Adwoa has over ten years’ experience in micro-finance, nonprofit management, and entrepreneurship. Nana has a long-held passion for the economic empowerment of women because she believes women are able to lift their families and communities out of poverty if they are given access to decent economic activities.
She has led The GirlFund Organization, since 2011, to provide skill training workshops, scholarships, and seed funding for more than 1000 women and teen mothers in rural communities.She is currently the team lead overseeing the Organization’s strategy to help young female graduates kickstart their entrepreneurial ventures.
- She holds an Executive Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Ghana Business School; She holds a number of certificates in Business Leadership from a number of universities including the University of Notre Dame, IN.
- She is alumnus and affiliated to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Emerging Leaders Program, the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC), Mandela Washington Fellowship.
- a SEED BDS+ Trainer and business a mentor at the Cherie Blair Foundation Mentoring Women in Business Program. She is also a Training Consultant for GIZ’s Women in Transport program.
Bertha Sithole
Bertha is the Director at StartUp Grind, Eswatini. She serves as a training development expert responsible for all training and business incubation programs at The GirlFund Organization.
- Bertha is a certified business trainer from the beautiful kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland). Bertha is an expert in business and public relations and the Director of Startup Grind’s Mbabane Chapter.
- Bertha has facilitated numerous workshops and events on entrepreneurship, which are specifically designed for unemployed and/or out-of-school youth and women interested in starting or growing their own businesses.
- She is also a business mentor to young female micro-entrepreneurs in Ghana and Eswatini.
Yeboaa Owusu
Yeboaa Owusu is an educationist and professional counsellor who has supported the vision of the Organization since its inception. She coordinates all counseling programs for women and girls on key projects. She has also been instrumental in the success of all our rural empowerment projects for women in remote communities we have served.
- An educationist and professional counsellor
- Program coordinator for The GirlFund Organization
- Keenly commited to rural empowerment projects for women
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