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Bernice Dapaah

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Bernice Dapaah
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipGhana Edit
Name wey dem give amBernice Edit
Family nameDapaah Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationbusinessperson Edit
Educate forInstitute of Commercial Management, Harvard University, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Christian Service Varsity College Edit
Award e receiveYoung Global Leaders Edit

Bernice Dapaah be Ghanaian social entrepreneur who be de founder den chief executive officer for de Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative for Kumasi insyd.[1][2] Ein plan dey address environmental degradation through de production of bicycles wey dey use environmentally friendly things like bamboo.[3] She den ein company, Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative win several awards. For 2016 den 2017 dem list as one of de WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs for Ghana.[4][5] She sana dey tap for de advisory board of de WIPO GREEN for Switzerland den she sana be de founding curator for de Kumasi Hub fro de Global Shapers.[6] Bernice Dapaah be member of de World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Biodiversity den Natural Capital.[7][8]

Ein education

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Dapaah graduate from de Christian Service University plus bachelors degree for business administration.[9] She sana dey zuk diploma for Human Resource Management den Marketing from de Institute of Commercial Management for United Kingdom.[10] She dey zuk diploma for “Executive education” from Harvard University.[11] She now dey zuk masters degree for development management from de Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).[12]

Awards den recognition

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  • Vital Voices Lead Fellow[10][13]
  • 2014 Young Global Leader of de World Economic Forum[13][14]
  • Na dem award am “Entrepreneur for the World Award” by de World Entrepreneurship Forum[15]
  • Na dem honor am World Ambassador of de World Bamboo Organization.[15]
  • She win de 2013 International Women Alliance World of Difference Award.[10][13]
  • Advisory Board Member of WIPO GREEN[16]

References

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  1. "Empower Women - Bernice Dapaah gets United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to ride her bamboo bikes". EmpowerWomen. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. "Bernice Dapaah: Bamboo Bike Entrepreneur". www.rejectedprincesses.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  4. TheSummit (2017-11-22). "WomanRising Announces 2017 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs List". The Summit. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  5. WomanRising. "2016 – 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana – WomanRising". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  6. "Bernice Dapaah". Varkey Foundation. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  7. "Bernice Dapaah Selected as Young Global Leader 2014". Guba Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  8. Africa, Aim Higher (2018-08-08). "AHA WOMAN: MEET BERNICE DAPAAH THE YOUNG SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR WHO MAKES BICYCLES ENTIRELY FROM BAMBOO". Aim Higher Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  9. Jones, Corinne (2015-05-05). "Ghana's bicycle which is creating jobs while it saves the soil". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Bernice Dapaah (Ghana) | WikiPeaceWomen – English". wikipeacewomen.org. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  11. "Ghana: Bernice Dapaah makes bikes out of bamboo :: AWE - En". africawomenexperts.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  12. "Management – Ghana Bamboo Bikes". Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Bernice Dapaah, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative Founder, Named 2014 Young Global Leader By World Economic Forum". Modern Ghana (in English). Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  14. "Bernice Dapaah named 2014 Young Global Leader". www.ghanaweb.com (in English). Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Ghanaian among winners of 2015 Entrepreneur for the World Award - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  16. "Bernice Dapaah". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
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