Mavis Amankwah

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Mavis Amankwah
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Born (1974-08-24) August 24, 1974 (age 49)
East London, England
NationalityBritish-Ghanaian
CitizenshipUK
Alma materMiddlesex University
Occupation
Children2
Websitemavisamankwah.com

Mavis Amankwah (born 28 August 1974) is a British multi-award-winning entrepreneur, business development coach, marketing expert, D&I expert, and keynote speaker.[1] She currently serves as the CEO of Women Like Me, along with handling marketing and business development for Rich Visions.[2] Apart from that, Amankwah is also an individual consultant offering a wide range of services.[3]

Amankwah concentrates on educating entrepreneurs about business development.[4] She has developed a reputation as a prominent business consultant, coach, and marketing professional, who helps her clients boost engagement, visibility, and ROI. She has been widely recognized for providing digital marketing, brand management, media outreach programs, media strategy development, social verification, and other marketing & PR services.[5]

In her more than a decade-long career, Amankwah has garnered numerous prizes and distinctions.[6] She has assisted businesses in diversifying their sales channels, developing brand awareness initiatives, and increasing their search presence in order to acquire more traction.[7] She has been featured in more than 300, local, national and international media outlets.[8]

Early life and education

Amankwah was born on 28 August 1974 in East London. After graduating from St. Angela’s High School in 1990, she enrolled in the North East College, where she did a diploma in ICT. In 2007 Amankwah pursued a bachelor’s degree in Work-Based Learning at Middlesex University.

Career

Amankwah started her career in 1995 as an IT administrator at UK Export Finance.[9] A year later, she joined a child support agency as a project manager, where she served for over two years.[10]

In 1998 Amankwah started working at City and Hackney NHS Trust as an IT specialist. After working for four years with this trust, she left to join Sleek International.[11] At this firm, she served as an ICT manager for over two years.[12]

Amankwah has been working at Rich Visions & MA Communications and a Diversity and Inclusion specialist since 2001.[13][14] In 2009 she also began serving as a marketing and business specialist for this firm and has since then helped multiple SMEs to gain traction for their businesses.[15][16]

In 2016 Amankwah established Women Like Me, a firm dedicated to empowering women across the world.[17] This organization since then has been offering numerous programs on its application related to lifestyle and culture, such as workout routines, influencer marketing, business development, and others.[18]

As an individual business coach, Amankwah offers a vast range of services such as diversity inclusion programs, business plan packages, money magnet programs, funding help, and business bounce back advisory to name a few.[19][20] During the outbreak of the worldwide pandemic, Amankwah successfully executed campaigns across many industries and sectors.[21] She worked as a trusted consultant for companies, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, and top marketers and influencers in the business and finance industry such as Lloyds and NatWest Bank and helped them sustain the recession.[22]

Amankwah is also a renowned keynote speaker and has addressed several talks, workshops. She also hosts free weekly webinars on her website to build an engaging community and share her expertise.[23][24]

Awards and recognition

  • Winner of the ‘Innovation Award’ GAB Awards, Media category, 2007
  • Winner of the Black Business Award, Innovation category, 2008
  • Winner of the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Business’ Women In Enterprise award, 2010
  • Winner of the ‘Outstanding Career Achievement ’ Powersis Award, 2011
  • ‘Business Woman of the Year’, Women4Africa Awards, 2012[25]
  • ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, Women4Africa Awards, 2012
  • Winner of the Junior Chamber of Commerce ‘Outstanding Young Persons of The World’, 2013
  • Finalist of the Great British Entrepreneur Award, 2013
  • African Business Excellence Award, 2014
  • Finalist ‘Women’s Business Coach of the Year’ and ‘Motivational & Inspirational Business * Women of the Year’, Ebony Business Recognition (EBR) Awards, 2014
  • ‘Speaker of the Year’, iWOP, 2015
  • 100 Outstanding Africans Making a Difference, 2015
  • Finalist ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year’ National Diversity Award, 2015
  • ‘Inspirational Award’ Back2Black Award, 2015
  • Finalist for Business Person Of The Year Newham Chamber of Commerce, 2016

Personal life

Amankwah is married and has two young adult children aged 20 and 26.

In the media

     

References

  1. "Profile Mavis Amankwah managing director Rich Visions". prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. "Digital UK appoints Rich Visions prepare ethnic consumers digital switchover". prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  3. "PR Week. The leading source of news, insight and analysis on the Public Relations Industry". www.prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. "Mavis Amankwah becomes Positive Inclusions Business Ambassador | Positive Inclusions". web.archive.org. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. "Inspirational PR Guru Mavis Amankwah Reveals Her Childhood Traumas". www.divascribe.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. "'There was a gap in the market for a PR agency to build communications between public sector organisations and hard-to-reach communities'". the Guardian. 14 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. "4 Ways Small Businesses are Using Tech to Improve Cash Flow". Business Class: Trends and Insights | American Express. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. "All the latest news from Virgin | Virgin". Virgin.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  9. Motune, Vic (22 June 2020). "'I want to be the first black female Dragon on Dragons' Den'". mirror. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  10. "2012 JUDGES ‹ GUBA". web.archive.org. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  11. "ten years top pr chain". voice-online.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  12. "Delivery Partners". Start Up Loans Company. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  13. "Comic Relief appoints Rich Visions raise awareness projects Africa". prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  14. "5 minute interview mavis amankwah md rich visions". reconnectafrica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  15. "programmes 8-debate". londonlive.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  16. Burn-Callander, Rebecca (28 April 2016). "Would your SME survive without your top staff member?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  17. "furlough flexible rules workers crisis". express.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  18. "wonder woman extraordinaire' mavis amankwah rich visions". ventures-africa.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  19. "Frasers Group minimum wage scandal: What now? - Retail Gazette". www.retailgazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  20. "Industry fails value diversity background research finds". prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  21. "The business case for reaching and engaging with diverse communities". The Drum. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  22. Turner-Bruce, •Leonnie (20 May 2010). "Inspirational Woman: Mavis Amankwah | Managing Director, Rich Visions". WeAreTheCity. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  23. "mavis amankwah ghanas pr guru". mefirighana.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  24. "29 Framing stars future". prweek.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  25. "women4africa 2012 winners". women4africa.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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