Telecel Ghana hosts first Women 100 Power Connect networking event

 Telecel Ghana has host­ed its inaugural Women 100 Power Connect, a gathering of accomplished and influential women across the country, to climax its Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) month cele­bration.

The telecommunications giant organised the exclusive evening event to serve as a platform for igniting insights, inspiration, con­nection and collaboration among the women present from various backgrounds – business executives, entrepreneurs, media practitioners, artists, activists, and influencers.

Opening the event, Chief Executive of Telecel Ghana, Ms Patricia Obo-Nai, shared her chal­lenges in the first year as the first Ghanaian woman to lead Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited (GTCL) and the strategies she embraced to help the telco stay afloat despite opposition from skeptics.

“I decided to be bold, brave and resolute, irrespective of nay­sayers. The worst you can do is to self-doubt. It’s in difficult mo­ments that you must summon the imperfect courage by believing in yourself and having confidence in your abilities, even when you feel you are not ready. You just have to keep going,” Ms Obo-Nai noted.

The second deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs Elsie Addo Awadzi, who was the special guest of honour, shared her story of the difficult transition from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to serve as a deputy governor of BoG because she believed that the call of national duty was stronger.

 As the second female central bank governor in Ghana’s history, she indicated that the experience gained over two decades in inter­national finance was of immense help to Ghana’s fiscal stability.

“Despite the banking sector crisis and pandemic, I had to work through it to restore confidence and ensure our banks were liquid and well-financed,” Mrs Awadzi stated.

“I let courage lead even in circumstances that look imper­fect. More women must take up public positions because too many generational decisions are being taken that does not have women at the table.”

Two additional business leaders who shared their stories on imper­fect courage were Valerie Larbi, a sustainable transport entrepreneur who is co-founder and CEO of Wahu Mobilty, and Mrs Esther Aidoo Dwamena, CEO of Witties Ghana, a sanitation and hygiene business.

The Director of Enterprise Business and Wholesale at Telecel Ghana, Tawa Bolarin, reminded the audience of the Telecel Wom­en in Business initiative, a compre­hensive suite of tailored resources that address the unique needs of women-led SMEs including free website development, access to grants and loans, health and life in­surance package and e-commerce support, among others.

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