K I T C H E N
We have been speakers at the
Young Gifted and Brown program
The inspiration for starting
the YAAW program came to held by the US Embassy, Ghana
Tech Summit, iSWEST, etc. We
me during a study abroad
have also been able to partner
program in Ghana. In our
various interactions with top with the likes of Bank of America
and Microsoft.
Finance, Technology and
Social Impact firms in
Ghana, I realized there was We have just graduated 10
a low female representation Ghanaian women, who represent
in these firms. I also noticed 4 premier universities in Ghana,
that I was usually the only or through our 7 week intensive
bootcamp. Amongst our
one of very few Black
inaugural cohort, 60% of students
woman at my internships,
have internships or jobs, 40% have
scholarship receptions ,
2 or more offers and this has been
classes, etc.
accomplished in 2 months I.e less
than a quarter after the program)
I thought to myself that
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L I F E S T Y L E
Also, since my team and I
are a bit removed from
Ghana it is more difficult
to communicate with the
top executives and
influencers at top firms.
10 KEYSI LIVE BY
I live by these 10 keys given
by Dr. Myles Munroe:
1. Document a plan
2. Establish your priorities
based on that plan
3.Pursue your passion only
4. Identify what you value
5. Protect your plans and
priorities - not every
opportunity is a blessing
there was so much I could
However,
coming
to
Ghana
we
6. Make decisions based on
be doing for my country. I
destiny
set out to find a solution for have experienced many
challenges. Mostly, around
7.