Efua Asibon was one of the three
Ghanaians
The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 34 million people as of 2024, making up 85% ...
that won the
Queen's Young Leader Award in 2017.
She is an account manager for
Facebook
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in Ireland the co-founder of Dislabelled, a non profit organisation in
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
that supports, empowers and educates people with disabilities.
Education
She holds a master's degree in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the
London School of Economics and Political Science. 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.
Awards and recognition
* In 2017, she won the Queen's Young Leader Award
*She won the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Award in 2019
*She was listed as one of WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
See also
*
Queen's Young Leader Award
References
Living people
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Year of birth missing (living people)
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