Efua Asibon

Efua Asibon
CitizenshipGhanaian
EducationUniversity of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education, London School of Economics and Political Science

Efua Asibon was one of the three Ghanaians that won the Queen's Young Leader Award in 2017.[1][2] She is an account manager for Facebook in Ireland the co-founder of Dislabelled, a non profit organisation in Ghana that supports, empowers and educates people with disabilities.[3][4]

Education

She holds a master's degree in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.[3] Upon receiving the Queen's Young Leader Award, she had the opportunity of being mentored and trained at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education in the UK.[5][2]

Awards and recognition

  • In 2017, she won the Queen's Young Leader Award[6][5][7][8][9]
  • She won the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Award in 2019[10][11][12][13]
  • She was listed as one of WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ghanaian chef to cook 'waakye' for Queen Elizabeth". www.myjoyonline.com. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. ^ a b "Three Ghanaians honoured by Queen Elizabeth". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. ^ a b "Efua Asibon '16 — Ghana". Swarthmore College Bulletin. 2019-09-10. Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ ago, Akinyi Ochieng • 4 years (2015-10-26). "Dislabelled: Fighting for Special Education in Ghana". Ayiba Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b "Queen Elizabeth Honours Three Young Ghanaians". GhanaCelebrities.Com. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ^ "Ghana's Elijah Amoo Addo, Efua Asibon and Winnifred Selby for The Queen's Young Leaders Award". Glitz Africa. 2017-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  7. ^ "Three Ghanaians recognised by UK Queen for their social responsibility work". Pulse Ghana. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  8. ^ "3 Ghanaians honoured by Queen Elizabeth in UK". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  9. ^ "Queens Young Leaders – Alumni". Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  10. ^ AfricaNews (2019-08-14). "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  11. ^ "African Women Entrepreneurs Nominated for the 2019 AWIEF Awards". AWP Network. 2019-08-16. Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  12. ^ "Africa's top women entrepreneurs to be rewarded for leadership, innovation". Daily Afrika News. 2019-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  13. ^ "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". worldnews.easybranches.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  14. ^ WomanRising. "2016 – 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana – WomanRising". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.


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