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Wholly Ever After: Making probiotic products accessible to Ghanaian consumers

The Kickoff: Igniting Entrepreneurial Spirit

ACE Business Diaries: Spotlighting Student Entrepreneurs

Ashesi Senior, Innocent Chikwanda ’25, Wins UC Berkeley Startup Pitch Competition

Center for Entrepreneurship’s Roundtable: Connecting Ideas to Real-World Impact

Nana Pokua Owusu-Sekyere of WhollyKombucha, a wellness-focused food manufacturing company,

Empowering Growth: 16 Alumni Ventures Secure $80,000 in support

From Investment Banking to Chocolate Making: Ashesi Alumna Aba Wilmot’s Entrepreneurship Story

Aba Wilmot ’17, a former finance professional in London, followed her passion for chocolate and started Timeless by Aba in Ghana. Her goal as an entrepreneur is to showcase Ghana’s cocoa story and demonstrate the country’s ability to process cocoa into high-quality chocolate products.

Bringing new life to Accra’s hospitality landscape:
Kojo Bucknor ’12

What do the Alley Bar, TreeHouse Restaurant, Nyaniba Market, and Aphro Spirits have in common? They are all businesses co-founded by Ashesi alumnus Kojo Bucknor. Over the past three years, the enclave of hospitality businesses has emerged in Accra’s Osu and is fast becoming a thriving destination for young people in Ghana’s capital city.

Come dry with me: how Ashesi alumnus Kofi Ocloo ’05 is helping scale farming output in Ghana

After starting his 20-acre corn farm, Kofi Ocloo ’05 noticed a major challenge with large-scale post-harvest grain management in Ghana. Together with a team from Ashesi’s Engineering Department and Adidome farm institute, he developed an efficient corn dryer, enabling him to reduce post-harvest losses. Here is his story.