Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah is a Feminist Activist, Communications Professional, Entrepreneur and a Writer. Nana works as a Communications Specialist at the African Women’s Development Fund, and is an award winning blogger whose opinion pieces are widely published in a range of online and offline media.

Nana has authored a ‘Communications Handbook for Women’s Rights Organisations’, is co-author of ‘Creating Spaces and Amplifying Voices: The First Ten Years of the African Women's Development Fund’, and editor of ‘Women Leading Africa: Conversations with Inspirational African Women’. She has written for a number of magazines including BBC Focus on Africa, New African Woman, and DUST magazine. In March 2011, Nana was recognized by Arise magazine as one of Ghana’s Change Makers. In January 2013, Applause Magazine listed Nana as one of ’40 Inspirational Africans Under 40’. In the same month, New African Woman magazine featured her in a special feature entitled, “The ones to get to know in 2013”. In 2014, ‘Adventures’, the personal blog she co-founded was nominated in the category of New Media Practitioner of the Year.

Nana holds a Diploma in Performance Coaching, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, is a graduate of the University of North London with a BSc (Hons) in Communications and Cultural Studies and holds a MSc in Gender and Development from the London School of Economics.