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Efua Asibon

Efua Asibon

Ghanaian activist

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]

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Ghanaian chef to cook 'waakye' for Queen Elizabeth". www.myjoyonline.com. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Three Ghanaians honoured by Queen Elizabeth". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Efua Asibon '16 — Ghana". Swarthmore College Bulletin. 2019-09-10. Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    ago, Akinyi Ochieng • 4 years (2015-10-26). "Dislabelled: Fighting for Special Education in Ghana". Ayiba Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Queen Elizabeth Honours Three Young Ghanaians". GhanaCelebrities.Com. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Ghana's Elijah Amoo Addo, Efua Asibon and Winnifred Selby for The Queen's Young Leaders Award". Glitz Africa. 2017-06-16. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Three Ghanaians recognised by UK Queen for their social responsibility work". Pulse Ghana. 2016-11-30. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "3 Ghanaians honoured by Queen Elizabeth in UK". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 2017-07-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Queens Young Leaders – Alumni". Archived from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    AfricaNews (2019-08-14). "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "African Women Entrepreneurs Nominated for the 2019 AWIEF Awards". AWP Network. 2019-08-16. Archived from the original on 2020-03-05. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Africa's top women entrepreneurs to be rewarded for leadership, innovation". Daily Afrika News. 2019-08-14. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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    "Finalists announced for 2019 AWIEF Awards". worldnews.easybranches.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  14. [14]
    WomanRising. "2016 – 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana – WomanRising". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-10.


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