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Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo
President of [[Association of Women In Mining Africa[2]]]
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 November 2019[1]
Preceded byMélody Kweba
President [[Accra Mining Network[3]]]
In office
2015–2020
Succeeded bySamuel Torkornoo
President [[Women In Mining Ghana[4]]]
Incumbent
Assumed office
2015
Executive director [[Georgette Barnes Limited[5]]]
Incumbent
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born
Georgette Baaba Barnes
NationalityGhanaian
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
SpouseKwaku Sakyi-Addo
Children3
Alma mater
OccupationMining Entrepreneur
Gender Advocate

Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo is a Ghanaian entrepreneur in the mining industry.[6] She is the founder and executive director of Georgette Barnes Ltd., a Ghanaian drilling and mining supplies company based in Ghana.[7]

Education

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She holds a BA in French and Linguistics, and a Graduate Diploma in Communications from the University of Ghana.[8] She was awarded an honorary DSc by the University of Mines and Technology.[9]

Career

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Accra Mining Network

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When the mining industry suffered a downturn in 2012, Sakyi-Addo co-founded the Accra Mining Network with Samuel Torkornoo, Raymond Kudzawu-D'Pherdd, and Joseph Djan Mamphey.[10] In 2015, she used that as a blueprint to form Women In Mining Ghana.[citation needed]

She is President of Women in Mining (WIM) Ghana and co-founder of the Accra Mining Network.[11] She was President of Accra Mining Network from 2015 to 2020.[12]

Women in Mining Ghana

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In 2015 she established Women in Mining Ghana (WIM), as a limited company. Its main purpose is to serve as an advocacy body for women working in the mining sector (Industry, Academia and Government) by offering training, mentorship, networking and research projects. She is its current President.[13]

Association of Women in Mining in Africa (AWIMA)

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In November 2019, she was elected as the president of the Association of Women In Mining Africa (AWIMA).[14][15][16][17][18][19]

Contemporary activities

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Sakyi-Addo was featured among Women In Mining in Nigeria and the subregion: a monograph with interviews by Fatima Ibrahim Maikore.[20] Sakyi-Addo was also a speaker at the 2022 EU-African Union Business Forum.[21] She was a speaker at the Fire Site Chat of the Kenyan Gem and Jewelry Fair.[22] She gave the opening remarks at the DRC Africa Business Forum 2021 on the social, environmental and governance challenges of battery-related industrial activities. The forum looked at fostering the development of battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy, industry value chain and market in Africa.[23]

She was one of the judges of the Amazon Challenge of Artisanal Mining Challenge in 2020. Conservation X Labs led this event, to make artisanal mining more responsible for people and the planet.[24] The winners were Jeffrey Beyer, Charles Espinosa, Alejandra Laina, Itai Mutemeri, and Marcello Veiga.[25]

Awards and honors

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  • 2021 Ghana Chamber of Mines Award.[26]
  • 2020 University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Doctor of Science Degree (Honoris Causa)[27]
  • 2018 Female Entrepreneur of the Year by Invest in Africa (IIA).[7]
  • 2016 100 Global Inspirational Women Mining - by Women in Mining(UK).[28]

Publications

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  • Kansake, Bruno Ayaga; Sakyi-Addo, Georgette Barnes; Dumakor-Dupey, Nelson Kofi (March 2021). "Creating a gender-inclusive mining industry: Uncovering the challenges of female mining stakeholders". Resources Policy. 70: 101962. Bibcode:2021RePol..7001962K. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101962.
  • Orleans-Boham, H.; Sakyi-Addo, G.B.; Tahiru, A.; Amankwah, R.K. (April 2020). "Women in artisanal mining: Reflections on the impacts of a ban on operations in Ghana". The Extractive Industries and Society. 7 (2): 583–586. doi:10.1016/j.exis.2020.03.004.
  • Bansah, Kenneth J.; Dumakor-Dupey, Nelson K.; Sakyi-Addo, Georgette B. (February 2017). Digging for survival: female participation in artisanal and small-scale mining in the Tarkwa mining district of Ghana. SME Annual Meeting. pp. 19–22.</ref>

References

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  1. ^ "Africa Women in Mining elect Georgette Sakyi-Addo as President". citinewsroom.com. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Celebrating African Women in Mining". WorldBank.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Accra Mining Network". AccraMining.net. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Women In Mining Ghana". wimgh.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Georgette Barnes Limited". georgettebarnes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Ghana : Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo, promoter of gender equality in the mining sector :: AWE - En". africawomenexperts.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo named woman entrepreneur of the years". InvestInAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Profile of our Board-AWIMA". awimaafrica.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  9. ^ Ahiadome, Frank. "UMaT Holds her 12th Congregation". University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Happy New Year or Happy Birthday to Georgette". blogspot.com. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Georgette B.Sakyi-Addo". accramining.net. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  12. ^ "2015-2020 AMN Executive". accramining.net. 23 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  13. ^ "WIM Ghana Management Team". wimghana.org. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  14. ^ "African Women in Mining elect Georgette Barnes Sakyi Addo as President". newsghana.com.gh. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Ghana's Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo elected President: Mining Association Africa". yen.com.gh. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Georgette Sakyi-Addo elected President of African Women in Mining AWIMA". AfricanHeroes. com. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Georgette Barnes Addo heads AWIMA". TheFinderOnline.com. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Ghanaian CEO Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo elected as President of African Women in Mining". Pulse.com.gh. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  19. ^ "Promoting women in Ghana's mining industry". globalalumni.gov.au. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Women In Mining Nigeria and the Region, Creating A Space of their Own For Women In Mining" (PDF). ptcij.org. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  21. ^ "High Level Opening and Introductory Panel, The road to economic recovery - fostering the Pan-African Opportunity" (PDF). euafrica-businessforum.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  22. ^ "African Solutions Towards Rebuilding '"Mine to Market"' post Covid-19". aweik.or.ke. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  23. ^ "DRC Africa Business Forum 2021". uneca.org. Retrieved 7 February 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  24. ^ "The Innovation Summit & Awards Ceremony". artisanalminingchallenge.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  25. ^ "The Innovation Summit & Awards Ceremony Winnwers". artisanalminingchallenge.com. Retrieved 7 February 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  26. ^ "AMN Co-Founder Honoured at 7th Ghana Chamber of Mines Award". accramining.net. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  27. ^ "UMaT Holds 12TH Congregation". WesternGhNews.com. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  28. ^ "100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining" (PDF). womeninmining.org.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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