About Ekow

Leadership & Engagement

Managing Partner – Ekow Mensah & Associates (EMANDA)
Founder & CEO – The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE)
Executive Director – The SME Network
Chairman – The Ekow Mensah Group
Founder – Ekow Mensah on Entrepreneurship (EMONE)
Facilitator & Consultant – British Council Ghana
Independent DFA Certified Cross-Cultural Consultant for West Africa – DwellWorks, USA
Founder & Executive Director – GirlEmpowered & WomanRising

Summary Profile

Named amongst the 50 Most Influential Under 40 Individuals in Ghana, Ekow Mensah is a serial entrepreneur who has developed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the MSME market, both as a practitioner and a multiple business owner. His responsibilities are far reaching and encompass public speaking, business consultancy, mentoring, training, coaching as well as informing policy within strategic organisations that are involved in the evolvement of entrepreneurial development, as a key contributor to economic growth. Ekow is not limited to Ghana or the continent of Africa, his work and professional alliances extend to partnerships with UK and USA based associates who together create solutions for MSMEs in accessing global markets.

Ekow Mensah is an entrepreneurship, leadership & youth empowerment activist, an innovator, a life & personal development coach and an inspirational speaker, who through his networks, has secured many speaking engagements and is well respected as an emerging global leader in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Empowerment.

Ekow is the Chairman of the Ekow Mensah Group with 5 Subsidiaries namely IConceptsPR, York Construction & Investments, Trade hub Limited, Privateline Studios and EMANDA Global. The Ekow Mensah Group has investments in Multimedia, Construction, Retail, Finance, Education and IT and is headquartered in Ghana.

Ekow is the Founder & currently the CEO of The African Network Of Entrepreneurs (TANOE), a social enterprise that seeks among other things to assist African entrepreneurs to build sustainable and globally competitive indigenous businesses. TANOE, being self-funded for the past 5 years, currently runs 9 flagship projects namely; Student & Youth Entrepreneurs’ Network (SYENet), The Startup Network, WomanRising, GirlEmpowered, The SME Hospital, The SME Network, TANOE Institute, TANOEHub and TANOE Media.

TANOE holds a membership of about 1750 entrepreneurs across Africa primarily in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Liberia. Kenya and Zambia.  Since its inception, TANOE in collaboration with both public and private sector partners such as the Ministry of Trade & Industry, City Investment Company Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Empretec Business Forum, CCML, NBSSI, Star Microinsurance, University of Ghana and many more, has trained, supported and mentored over 3000 entrepreneurs, assisting them to overcome challenges in starting and growing businesses in Africa and providing resources they need such as capacity building, business development advisory services, funding and financing assistance, Branding, Marketing and Networking support and many more.

Ekow is the Founder & CEO of Impact Hub Africa, a social enterprise with flagship projects such as Marriage Support Network Africa and Speakers’ Bureau.

As an Independent Consultant & Facilitator with the British Council Ghana, Ekow is engaged annually in the training and mentoring of over 3000 graduates and out of school youth in entrepreneurship, career development, IT and leadership throughout Ghana.

As a personal development & life coach, Ekow coaches individuals and organizations globally on leadership development, career advancement, performance maximization, skills enhancement and start-up and entrepreneurship development.

Contact Information

Email: info@ekowmensah.com
Tel: +233 (0) 244 512528, +233 (0) 261 704882
Web: www.ekowmensah.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ekowmensah
Skype ID: mensahekow
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ekowmensah
Twitter ID: ekowmensah
Instagram: ekowmensah