Deborah Ahenkorah

{{Short description|Ghanaian activist}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Deborah Ahekorah

| image = Deborah Ahenkorah.jpg

| image_caption = Speaking at Ashoka Changemakers Summit in Accra.

| birth_date = 20 April 1987

| birth_place = Accra, Ghana

| education = Bryn Mawr College

}}

Deborah Ahenkorah (born 20 April 1987){{cite web |url=http://reachforchange.org:8080/africa-blog/2011/03/11/these-are-the-most-innovative-social-entrepreneurs-of-ghana/ |title=These are the most innovative social entrepreneurs of Ghana |access-date=8 March 2015 |last= |first= |date=11 March 2011 |work=Reach for Change |language=English |quote=Deborah Ahenkorah, 23 years old and living in Accra |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202211142/http://reachforchange.org:8080/africa-blog/2011/03/11/these-are-the-most-innovative-social-entrepreneurs-of-ghana/ |url-status=dead }} is a Ghanaian educator and activist, co-founder and CEO of Golden Baobab,{{Cite web |title=goldenbaobab.org is coming soon |url=http://www.goldenbaobab.org/ |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.goldenbaobab.org}} a social enterprise that aims to promote African literature for children, awarding the annual Golden Baobab Prize.Summer Edward, [http://www.hbook.com/2016/11/creating-books/foreign-correspondence-an-interview-with-deborah-ahenkorah-torchbearer-for-african-childrens-publishing/ "Foreign Correspondence: An Interview with Deborah Ahenkorah: Torchbearer for African Children’s Publishing"], The Horn Book, 21 November 2006. She studied at Bryn Mawr College, and has been named by the Echoing Green Fellowship as "one of the most innovative contributions to change in today's world."{{Cite web |title=Deborah Ahenkorah Osei-Agyekum |url=https://fellows.echoinggreen.org/fellow/deborah-ahenkorah/ |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=Echoing Green Fellows Directory |language=en-US}} In 2013, Ahenkorah was part of the New Voices Fellowship at the Aspen Institute.{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201307121638.html |title=Ghana: Bringing African Voices to Children's Literature |access-date=8 March 2015 |last=Ong'onge |first=Leon |date=12 July 2013 |work=allAfrica |language=English|quote= }}