GUPS endorses WOMAN 2.1 Summit.

The Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS) is the umbrella student bloc under the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) representing professional tertiary institutions in Ghana and remains as one of the dominant forces of student activism in the country.
GUPS casts its weight in support of the WOMAN 2.1 Summit. The summit endeavors to bring together ambitious students, thriving entrepreneurs, accomplished business owners and top corporate executives. WOMAN 2.1 Summit will once again host thousands of aspirational young women and accomplished business leaders and change agents from the world over under the overarching theme, “Unleash Your Power”.
Scheduled for October 18 and 19 at the National Theatre in Accra, Woman 2.1 Summit 2013 features over 20 insightful female entrepreneurs and leaders from diverse fields. They include Anne Welsh, Chairperson of Olushegun Obasanjo Foundation; Ellen Hagan, CEO of L’AINE Services; Gloria Buckman Yankson, Senior Partner of PlanIt Ghana; Betty Enyonam Kumahor, MD for Africa Thoughtworks Inc; Constance Swaniker, CEO of Accents and Arts; Edith Dankwa; Executive Director, Business and Financial Times; and Shirley Acquah Harrison, Director of Marketing of Graphic Communications Group.
Also speaking are Eunice Ijeoma Aku Ogbugo, Founder and CEO of Eugo Terrano; Aisha Ayensu; Creative Director/ Fashion Designer, Christie Brown and Hannah Acquah, Business Development Manager of Acumen West Africa; Dr. Anita Defoe, Leadership Development Solutionist; Yvonne Witter, International Enterprise Consultant; and Matilda Asante, Group Head of Corporate Communications and Brand Management at Access Bank.
GUPS, as a professional union, is much elated with the efforts of the host, Anita Erskine and her team who are earnestly working towards the success of this year’s event. She is indeed a woman of distinguished personality and experience.
WOMAN 2.1 (21st Century) Summit is an award winning movement that brings together ambitious, forward thinking and successful women [and men] with audacious dreams, big ideas and compelling stories that changes the outdated perceptions of Africa. In association with Acumen Fund, over 1 million US dollars is going to be invested in viable business ideas of women who attend WOMAN 2.1 Summit 2013.
The summit’s core mission is to develop and raise a new generation of women leaders to improve the state of Africa and inspire the next generation.
Focusing on leadership, entrepreneurship, technology, and self-development, the summit is to enhance every attendee’s professional and personal capacity engaging attendees on story-driven keynote presentations, interactive panels, once-in-a-lifetime conversations, mentoring sessions, breakout sessions, exhibitions and live performances so as to bring transformational experience to them.
GUPS wholly endorses this summit and will strongly recommend it for all its members. Since its inception in 2009, Woman 2.1 has grown quickly to become a favorite platform for ambitious women in Ghana and Africa who want to be groomed to excel in the field of business, entrepreneurship and leadership, and has swept a huge following all over Africa.
To the young professional woman; it’s time to unleash your power.