Chapter 15
One of the key reasons I believe small businesses have a hard time growing in Ghana is that we have to build the entire value chain the business needs to...
The NAYA African Story
Chapter 14
Shea Butter is a major raw material that has gained international recognition for its unique ability to heal and nourish the skin. Do you know it is also edible and...
Chapter 13
Product Quality has always been of utmost importance for me. In early 2015, I went to the Ghana Standards Authority(GSA) to buy the cosmetics and packaging standards needed to get...
Chapter 12
I grew up on the Wesley Grammer School campus that my mother taught at. I don't recall the girls being treated differently from the boys in my house. In that...
Chapter 11
I spent most of 2015, at various events to promote the brand. Occasionally I would get into conversations with people and hear comments like "you are too smart to be...
Chapter 10
There are many great people that you find along your journey. More often than not, their goodwill almost goes unnoticed, but become a bridge that leads you on to new...
Chapter 9
For the next 3 months, I refined my body butter recipe. The current recipe was too heavy for the 30-degree temperatures in Ghana. I registered the business. My brother used...
Chapter 8
One of the best things about working with 3C Software for 8 years, building cost models for manufacturing companies, was that I got to learn how "big companies" manage their cost. It...
Chapter 7
Armed with my GHS400 from my first Ghana event, I needed raw materials to keep this going. Where do I buy Shea Butter from? It seems like a simple question....
Chapter 6
I spent my COVID lockdown days cleaning the house and found the business plan presentation for NAYA from the Emory Entrepreneurship Class. I laughed. I hadn't seen it or thought...
Chapter 5
After all that noise, you'll think I came to Ghana ready to build, grow and expand. Sorry to break your heart. I didn't even come to Ghana with NAYA in...
Chapter 4
To beef up my application for Emory, I described myself as a budding entrepreneur. I talked about the products I had developed over the last 3 years and how I...