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\n\t\t\n

Valentina Mintah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOUNDER OF West\nBlue Consulting, Valentina Mintah, has been awarded the Woman of Excellence\n2019 for her contributions to ICT development in Ghana and Africa at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She received\nthe"},"modified":"2019-07-16T11:42:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T11:42:34","slug":"west-blue-founder-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/16\/west-blue-founder-honoured\/","title":{"rendered":"West Blue Founder Honoured –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Valentina Mintah<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOUNDER OF West
\nBlue Consulting, Valentina Mintah, has been awarded the Woman of Excellence
\n2019 for her contributions to ICT development in Ghana and Africa at large.<\/p>\n

She received
\nthe honour at the second Ghana Shippers Awards 2019 held on Friday in Accra.<\/p>\n

West Blue
\nConsulting also won the Consultancy Service Provider of the Year and Anas Aremeyaw
\nAnas Transparency Award.<\/p>\n

Ms. Mintah
\nexpressed appreciation to the organizers of the award for finding her worthy of
\nsuch prestigious award, pledging to continue her contribution to ICT
\ndevelopment in Ghana and beyond.<\/p>\n

Ghana
\nShippers Awards recognises individuals and companies that play a significant
\nrole in the growth and development of the industry, while recognizing the key
\nfunctions within the industry that promote growth and sustainability.<\/p>\n

The event
\nbrought together stakeholders of the shipping industry including importers and
\nexporters, shipping lines and agents, air cargo carriers, freight forwarders,
\ninsurance companies, hauliers, terminal operators and other allied service
\nproviders.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Valentina
\nMintah is an internally recognized expert in ICT, trade facilitation, customs
\nmodernization and private sector development, with a strong focus on processes
\nand automation. <\/p>\n

She has
\ndelivered quality outcomes in challenging circumstances in Europe, Central Asia
\nand Africa. She has experience in running successful programmes in both the
\npublic and the private sectors, having worked with organizations including IBM
\nin the EMEA Financial Services Sector and Crown Agents.<\/p>\n

Valentina
\nMintah has also worked with donors and partners including UN, EU, World Bank,
\nIMF, USAID, GIZ and World Customs Organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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