Efua Asibon
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Efua Asibon was one of the three
Ghanaians The Ghanaian people are a nation originating in the Gold Coast (region), Ghanaian Gold Coast. Ghanaians predominantly inhabit the Republic of Ghana and are the predominant cultural group and residents of Ghana, numbering 30 million people as of ...
that won the
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in 2017. She is an account manager for
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in Ireland the co-founder of Dislabelled, a non profit organisation in
Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
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
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, 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 (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...


See also

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Queen's Young Leader Award Queen's Young Leader Award was an annual award given in recognition of leadership skills by young persons between the ages of 18 and 29. The award was open to selected Commonwealth of Nations to recognize exceptional people or organizations who ar ...


References

Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-bio-stub