YPLN FEBRUARY #CANDO# WOMAN OF THE MONTH

FEBRUARY #CANDO# WOMAN OF THE MONTH

 

Congratulations!

The Young Politicians and Leaders Network through its CanDo Woman Initiative honors Mrs Ethel Adjorlolo Marfo as the CAN DO WOMAN for the month of February 2020

Ethel Adjorlolo Marfo is a CIMG award winning Social Entrepreneur (2016), who is shaping African Boys to ‘LEAD CHANGE’ through #TheRaisingBoysRightAdvocacy by Junior Shapers Africa.

J.S.A is a non-profit personal development initiative established in Ghana since 2015 to provide a special kind of education for boys to prepare them for Responsible Fatherhood and Pro-feminist leadership via 4 thematic areas; Values, Life Skills, Agribusiness Skils & SDGs 4.5.8.10.13. JSA also seeks to address the challenges of mellenials at risk of vices/depression/bad mental health via self-discovery workshops.
JSA also supports inmates of the senior correctional centre in Accra by selling their handmade crafts at fairs to raise funds to support the inmates to integrate better into society with a profitable skill. JSA Mentees are annually tasked to raised funds to support the education of girls and youth in a rural Community known as Somnyamekodur in the Central Region.

Other empowering/educative initiatives pioneered by Ethel are; Salon Cuties which started as a kiddie hair salon for girls in 2012 and now empowering pre-teen girls through S.T.E.M & Self-Leadership Bootcamps. The other initiative is (All Moms in Leadership) for powering family & business goals of mothers via trade & learning opportunities.

Hitherto founding JSA, Ethel worked with a few achievement-oriented institutions in her capacity as a Comms & Marketing Professional between 2003-2015. In March 2015 Ethel took a deliberate decision to put her professional career on hold to raise her 3 daughters in their formative years while nurturing other humanitarian interests. Four years on, Ethel is currently a freelance Strategic Comms Advisor coaching young JSA mentees to market agribusiness ventures and a segment of budding female entrepreneurs to repackage their business offerings through effective PR & Marketing Communications tools.
Ethel is poised for Strategic Comms & CSR jobs in 2020 to aid her longterm non-profiit initiatives.
Contact; @ethelmarfoconsult@gmail.com for PR , CSR and Strategic Communications Support.

Ethel is a product of Ghana Institute of Management&PublicAdministration(GIMPA) Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ)

“I am totally fulfilled offering solutions to some of the needs in our soceity via Strategic Communications”.
~E.A.M

Emmanuel Addo
Founder

Emmanuel Addo is the founder of the Young Global Leaders Network, an international non-governmental organization registered in six (6) countries namely, Ghana, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan and has a membership strength of over 15,000 young black professionals, students, graduates, and aspiring leaders.

The organization also operates in 25 other African countries. Emmanuel also doubles as the chief convener and founder of the Young African Leaders Summit, one of the largest continental youth summits in Africa.  

Currently works at Kingston University as a Business Engagement Team Member in their Partnerships and Engagement Department. 

He characterizes energy, integrity, result-oriented, and ground-breaking service in each detail of strategic management, change management, stakeholder management, and leadership acquaintances.
Emmanuel owns a core background in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana.

Leveraging his experience as a youth activist and a dynamic young man, Emmanuel founded the Young Global Leaders Network, a youth organization that comprises young diplomats, young politicians, and aspiring politicians, business/entrepreneurial business leaders with the aim of championing a mutual agenda for the African youth and promoting youth participation in governance as well as promoting entrepreneurial culture.
Emmanuel nurtures an environment of teamwork and has expertise in data collection and analysis as well as both quantitative and qualitative methods.

Emmanuel worked as an Associate Lecturer at the London College of Advanced Management where he delivered a wide range of business management courses that involved principles of marketing, leadership, operation management, and research methods. Emmanuel has always maintained high teaching and learning standards to ensure that his students’ stand out in academic achievements and successful progression. As a stout believer and passionate key player in volunteering; Emmanuel creates quality time to giving back gladly to his community what he has learned and to educate individuals with free consultancy on career development. He is a leader anyone would love to look up to and with great integrity, commitment, and passion to make the world a better place.
Emmanuel worked as Qualifications Manager at the Open University in the UK.

Emmanuel is also the founder of Kickstart Innovation Hub Ltd, the entrepreneurial hub of Young Global Leaders Network.