U.S Embassy announces awardees of this year's Global Women's Mentoring Partnership Programme

Ms. Anne Amuzu

Accra , April 24, GNA - Ms. Anne Amuzu of NandiMobile and Ms. Eunice Ogbogu of Eugo Terrano have been selected for the Eighth Annual Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership Programme, the U.S. Embassy in Accra has announced.

Ms. Amuzu who is a graduate of Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), also holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She currently serves as both the Technical Lead and CEO of Nandimobile Limited, a young and vibrant technology start-up in Ghana.

A press release copied to the Ghana News Agency by the United States Embassy in Accra said in 2010, Nandimobile's maiden product, Gripeline, received the Best Business award at the LAUNCH Conference in San Francisco.

'In the last two years, the company has launched three products and attracted a clientele of over 80 companies,' the release stated.

Ms. Ogbugo, who is owner and founder of Eugo Terrano, a construction firm employing 25 staff members that implements road and civil engineering works, was recently recognized for excelling in the field of civil engineering and for her position as the youngest female civil engineer who owns a construction company.

After graduating from KNUST with a degree in Civil Engineering in 2004, she worked with Contera, an engineering consultancy firm.

'While employed there, Ms. Ogbugo realised that being confined to an office was not her calling and therefore undertook a six-month course in entrepreneurship to enable her to start her own company.

'She was decorated with two awards for Business Excellence and Female Personality at the 2012 National Youth Achievers Awards ceremony', the release stated.

It explained that the Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership Programme is a public-private partnership, conducted in coordination with the Vital Voices Global Partnership, and connects emerging international women leaders with Fortune's Most Powerful Women Leaders to encourage the next generation of women leaders to bring positive change to their companies and communities.

This year, 27 emerging women leaders from around the world, including Ms. Amuzu and Ms. Ogbogu, will travel to the United States and interact with Fortune's Most Powerful Women Leaders, who will share their time, talent and expertise in business and leadership

Other countries from which this year's emerging leader  class have also been selected include Argentina, Cambodia, China, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Uruguay, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The release indicated that to start this year's program, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in the U.S. Senate will sit down for an interview with Fortune Magazine, and U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte will also deliver remarks to the attendees.

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