Kosi Yankey-Ayeh
{{Short description|Business executive in Ghana}}
File:Kosi Yankey-Ayeh.jpgKosi Yankey-Ayeh was the chief executive officer of the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) between 2021 and 2025 and also the first female to head the agency.{{Cite news |last=Business Desk Report |date=September 14, 2021 |title=GEA CEO honored at Made in Ghana Awards |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/gea-ceo-honored-at-made-in-ghana-awards.html |work=Graphic Business |pages=1}}{{Cite web |last=Zelu |first=Barbara |date=2021-06-16 |title=Biography of Kosi Yankey-Ayeh |url=https://limitlessmotivation1.wordpress.com/2021/06/16/biography-of-kosi-yankey-ayeh/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Limitless Motivation |language=en-GB}} She was also appointed as a board member of the Ventures Capital Trust Fund.{{Cite web |last=PhD |first=Kofi Anokye |date=2022-01-19 |title=Akufo-Addo appoints Kofi Yamoah as Board Chair of Venture Capital Trust Fund |url=https://thebbcghana.com/akufo-addo-appoints-kofi-yamoah-as-board-chair-of-venture-capital-trust-fund/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=BBC Ghana Reports |language=en-US}}
Early life and education
Yankey-Ayeh holds a Bachelor of Arts in government from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, US, and a certificate in Market Access for Sustainable Development from Wageningen University, Netherlands in 2004. In 2019, Kosi Yankey-Ayeh completed a two-year Regional Entrepreneurship and Acceleration Program (REAP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management.{{Cite web |title=Keynote Speaker – Nigerian Bar Association – Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL) |url=https://nbasbl.org/kosi-antwiwaa/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |language=en-US}} In 2010, she received a certificate in Market Access for Sustainable Development from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Additionally, she completed a two-year program on acceleration and entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She would also earn a MPA from Harvard Kennedy School.https://gea.gov.gh/ceo/
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Category:21st-century Ghanaian businesspeople
Category:Ghanaian women in business
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