Ghana News: Aseye Amanda Dzokoto wins 2017 Face of GirlEmpowered Business Pageant #FOGE
CEO of Mimi’s Touch and National
Service Personnel, Aseye Amanda Dzokoto is crowned the first winner of
Ghana’s 1st business pageant dubbed Face of GirlEmpowered (FOGE) hosted on 11th November, 2017 at the British Council in Accra.
Unlike several other pageants,
Face of GirlEmpowered was created to equip participants with requisite
entrepreneurial and business skills to enable them kick-start their business
ideas and also to position them to transfer their business and entrepreneurial knowledge
and skills acquired during the competition to teenage girls and young ladies through
training, mentorship, networking and coaching.
The contestants underwent 8 weeks
of capacity building in Business Modelling, Business Planning, Leadership and
People Management, Financial Management, Branding, Sales & Marketing,
Public Speaking & Presentation, Confidence Building & Personal Branding
and Mentorship & Coaching.
The final event, hosted at the
British Council Accra, had 6 finalists from the 11 shortlisted contestants doing Presentations on their Business ideas, business acumen and experiences
amidst fierce interrogation from the judges made up of Mrs. Evita Joseph Asare
(CEO, Evita Joseph Beauty), Mrs. Felicity Ankomah – Sey (Vice Chancellor,
Regional Maritime University), Anita Annan (CEO, Aranita Consult) and Mansa
Ampomah (Managing Partner of Aerovector Ltd and Chairperson of the grand
finale).
The winning business by Aseye was
a mobile hair saloon named Mimi’s Touch located currently at the University of
Ghana where she currently serves as a service personnel and a past student.
1st and 2nd runners up of the competition
were Mabel Essel (School of Social Work Alumnus) and Cynthia Kaminta (alumnus
of KNUST) respectively. The 6 finalists selected for the
program were: Cynthia Kaminta, Aseye Amanda Dzokoto, Ernestina A. Adzei, Mabel
Essel, Grace Makafui Kwadam and Francisca Ayi.
Other distinguished women
entrepreneurs who attended the event included: Roseline Delali Ashiagbui (CEO,
Delchris Africa Limited), Laureen Tsenokpor (CEO, Launaires Consult), Catherine
Kirsch, Akua Obenewaa Donkor (CMO, SISU Global Health), Ayisha Awudu Ali (CEO,
Shaliwud Ventures) amongst others.
In a statement by the CEO of
TANOE, Mr. Ekow Mensah, he was very optimistic that the Face of GirlEmpowered
business pageant being a hybrid of a traditional beauty pageant and a business
accelerator program, will witness the massive patronage of young women across
the country and better position them to build their capacity and knowledge in
setting up and running businesses and empowering teenage girls to be
independent, entrepreneurial and resourceful in life and business. He
congratulated the contestants for making the pilot a success and massively
applauded the effort of the GirlEmpowered coordinator Suzzy Abena Adasu for
doing an amazing job amidst overwhelming challenges.
Prize packages for the winner of
competition include: Face of GirlEmpowered title (1st Business
Pageant Queen), Funding for FOGE Tour/Startup Capital, Business Registration
Support, Office Space & Address, Company Website, Speaking Opportunity at
Women CEOs Summit by WomanRising, Personal Branding Support Package,
Mentorship, Networking Opportunities, Online Branding Campaign, One on One
Coaching and Professional Photo-shoot Sessions.
This event saw the patronage of parents,
families, and friends of various finalists in the 2017 Face of GirlEmpowered
Business pageant.
More information about the Face
of GirlEmpowered is available here www.girlempowered.com/foge
The program, organized by GirlEmpowered;
a flagship network of The African Network of Entrepreneurs) was supported by iConceptsPR,
Wise TV, Odomena Foundation, Awake Mineral Water, Kente Master, Delchris,
Shaliwud, Dekocraft, Aranita Consult, Kraftsmen, Kennyville Experience, AngelPhase,
PamperDem and Privateline Studios.
Source: Prince Akpah
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