Theme: THE FIRST BOLD STEP ALL IT TAKES TO CAUSE A CHANGE.

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UHAS AUDITORIUM ( TRAFALGAR )
BOX 31, HO
Ho, Volta, +233
Ghana

Benjamin Kweku Aklama

Journalist

Bright Dey

Education Administrator

Mr Bright Dey is a professional educator who passionately endeavours to achieve Quality in Education for Sustainable Development. He has several years’ experience in Education Management & Administration. Bright also has a background in Information Technology, Music and Art. He is the Head of the Planning and ICT Unit of the Volta Regional Education Directorate in Ho. He is a 2014 MASHAV Alumnus (Jerusalem, Israel) and he received the Mandela Washington Fellows (MWF) award from President Barrack Obama in Washington D.C, USA in August, 2015. He was adjudged and awarded as an Education Excellence Ambassador (2016 National Best Education Support Worker) at the Neogenics Education - UK/Ghana Community (EDUCOM) Awards in August, 2016. He was also responsible for the introduction of the "Volta Reads Programme" and the "Music for Reintegration" initiatives aimed at improving reading abilities among primary school children and support School Dropouts to be readmitted into Schools respectively.

Daniel Anguah

Children’s Rights and Human Rights activist

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom

Entrepreneur and Businessman

Fafali Klu Philippine

Entrepreneur

Klu Philippine Fafali is an Entrepreneur who operates her own fruit snacks bar in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. She believes that being kind to the body is a process that begins with the food we put inside the body. Fafali has volunteered with organizations like the Ghana Think Foundation on planning and organizing Barcamps since 2015 serving as the Financial Lead till 2016. She has also volunteered with Center For Creative Youth, a youth resource center as a Secretary. Now she takes out time to speak at business forums to help encourage and motivate other people to venture into business and entrepreneurship. Fafali is a trained Human Resource Manager and holds a BSc Administration in Human Resource Management from Central University in Accra Ghana.

Iris Kwafo-Mensah

Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Advocate

Iris Kwafo-Mensah is the current National President of the Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG). Prior to this, she was a former Women's Commissioner of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the National Health Students Association of Ghana ( NAHSAG) in 2014/15 and 2012/13 respectively. Iris is a Women's Rights Activist with a special focus on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and works with communities on Women's health issues through various social enterprises and non profit organisations. Iris was selected as a 2017 MILEAD Fellow in recognition as one of Africa's most promising female leaders. She was a wonder woman mentor at the Making Ghanaian Girls Great Project, a TFG Alumni. She is also an Alumnus of the Friedrich Erbert Stiftung Youth Leadership training.

Kojo Oppong

Entrepreneur and Politician

Peter Paul Akanko

Entrepreneur and Public Health Scientist

Rudolph Mensah

Motivational Speaker

Rudolph Mensah is a young dynamic speaker, Rudolph is devoted to helping people find meaning in their lives and become what they dream of. He is an Amazon bestselling author of 5 books. He continues to share insight on his social media platforms with thousands and speaks to several hundreds of audiences. Rudolph is also an Herbal Medical Doctor; a job which brings him closer every day to patients’ struggles and pain. When medicine can’t heal them, he touches them with the special balm of the love of God and a super sense of motivation. One of the central principles in his life is that “we can all do more than we think we could. You need to define your life purpose, dedicate and commit yourself to it through hard work and discipline, and then we shall win, it may not be immediately but definitely.” He is a native of Elmina in Ghana and continues to work to improve the health of rural communities in Ghana.