British High Commissioner to Ghana, Her Excellency Harriet Thompson, and Head of Strategic Partnerships and Diaspora, Jasmine Griffiths, have spent the first six months of 2022 visiting some British-Ghanaian movers and shakers working across the country\u2019s business community.
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Harriet and Jasmine kicked-off their visits with the team at Shell Foundation, a UK charity supporting Freezelink, a Ghanaian temperature-controlled transport and warehousing company founded by Owusu Akoto. Both Owusu and the Shell Foundation\u2019s West Africa Regional Manager, Kwaku Owusu-Achaw met with the British High Commission Team to talk about the progress of the company.
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Since the first visit to Freezelink at the beginning of the year, Harriet and Jasmine have gone on to visit and met with:
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\u00b7 Sylvia Arthur who founded LOATAD (Library of Africa and The African Diaspora), housing books by writers of African, African-American, Caribbean, Black European, Afro-Latin, and Indigenous descent;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Izzy Obeng at Foundervine, an international training consultancy which made it onto Forbe\u2019s 30 list of Social Impact 2022;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Andrew Takyi- Appiah Director and co-Founder of Zeepay, one of Ghana\u2019s fastest growing Fintechs;<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Sustainability champion, Valerie Labi, co-founder of Cargo Bikes, who offer a solution to the problem of increasing carbon emissions from vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 And finally, Eben Awuah, at Dr Mensa Otabil\u2019s newly built International Central Gospel Church-Christ Temple East, where Eben\u2019s company Amason, an audio-visual has just installed a state-of-the art sound system.
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The British High Commission in Ghana has long championed the work of British-Ghanaians; this increased after HRH Prince Charles and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall visited Ghana in 2018. Today the High Commission continues to work with our diaspora friends, partners and colleagues to grow opportunities and partnerships.
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The Mission worked closely with the Diaspora Affairs Office of the President and the Ministry of Tourism during the Year of Return and Beyond the Return initiative and continues to partner with Diaspora-led events such as Tech in Ghana, Afronation and Afrochella.
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To ensure the ongoing mutual success of the High Commission\u2019s work and partnership with the Diaspora, the Mission is growing by creating and recruiting two new leadership roles within the team: Head of Diaspora Relations & Strategic Partnerships, and Diaspora Engagement Manager.
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Commenting on the work of the Diaspora team, British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson said:
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\u201cThe people connections between the UK and Ghana are to be treasured. Ghanaian-British, British-Ghanaians and members of the diaspora have so much to offer both countries. I have loved my visits to these trailblazers, and there are so many more on our list to visit. We want to do more with these communities, which is why we are expanding our Strategic Partnership & Diaspora team with two new roles.
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\u201cWe are looking for individuals to \u2018own\u2019 the High Commission\u2019s relationship with the diaspora and diaspora institutions and help to coordinate the main tools of the UK\u2019s cultural power. They will establish a new public-facing British-Ghana Diaspora Office \u2013 the first of its type in the world for the UK, to build and enhance our strategic partnership with organisations such as the British Museum, V & A, Clarence House, Tech in Ghana, Ghana Museums Board, iconic British brands, and other major cultural institutions\u201d.<\/p>\n
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