Efua Asibon

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][9]
  • She won the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Award in 2019[10][11][12][13][14]
  • She was listed as one of WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana[15]

See also

References
  1. "Ghanaian chef to cook 'waakye' for Queen Elizabeth". www.myjoyonline.com. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  2. "Three Ghanaians honoured by Queen Elizabeth". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  3. "Efua Asibon '16 — Ghana". Swarthmore College Bulletin. 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. ago, Akinyi Ochieng • 4 years (2015-10-26). "Dislabelled: Fighting for Special Education in Ghana". Ayiba Magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  5. "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. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  7. "Three Ghanaians recognised by UK Queen for their social responsibility work". Pulse Ghana. 2016-11-30. 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". Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  10. AfricaNews (2019-08-14). "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  11. "African Women Entrepreneurs Nominated for the 2019 AWIEF Awards". AWP Network. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  12. "Efua Asibon", Wikipedia, 2019-09-10, retrieved 2019-09-10
  13. "Africa's top women entrepreneurs to be rewarded for leadership, innovation". Daily Afrika News. 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  14. "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". worldnews.easybranches.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  15. WomanRising. "2016 – 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana – WomanRising". Retrieved 2019-09-10.


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