Rashida Saani Nasamu, the
anchor of ‘Awake’, E.tv Ghana’s flagship program has been appointed a moderator
at the African CEO forum scheduled for March 17-19 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Africa CEO Forum is the
world’s leading high-level international meeting of African CEOs that is
organized annually to discuss the future of the African continent.
Expressing her excitement, Rashida
noted “I am thrilled by this opportunity to represent E.tv Ghana and the
country as a whole on the international stage at the African CEO Forum”. This
event is a gathering of some of the most respected and influential people
driving the growth of Africa. The opportunity to interact and network with such
pedigree is indeed rare and invaluable; I am honored and humbled”.
Rashida would be moderating the
session on the success of African Capitalism dubbed “Africapitalism”, a concept
that talks about the growing recognition of the role played by private sector
in the socio-economic development and transformation of the continent. Some of
the Speakers at the session include Jean-Philippe Prosper, Vice-President, Société
Financière Internationale, Valentine Rugwabiza, CEO Rwanda Development Board,
Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman and founder, Econet Wireless, Pierre-Antoine Balu, Partner
and Africa Advisor, PWC, Thierry Tanoh, Ecobank group CEO.
Other speakers include Mo
Ibrahim, President of the Mo Ibrahim foundation, Dr. Wiebe Boer, CEO of the
Tony Elumelu Foundation and more.
Rashida, through her show on E.tv
has handled other activities for growth in Ghana such as the annual ‘made in
Ghana’ month she has championed over the years in a bid to project as well as
drive patronage of ‘Ghana made’ goods and services for local industry survival.
She recently spearheaded a
Ghana version of the ‘one billion rising’ of women around the world to say no
to violence against women, raised funds for some victims of the Westgate Mall
attack and continues to donate to the less privileged with support from some state
authority and corporate Ghana through an organized event annually that is
currently gaining firm grounds.
In a related development,
Rashida has appeared on a number of international platforms on presentations
including that of the American cancer society which has earned her another
invitation on a presentation at the Atlanta girls’ school in the U.S.A. soon.
Rashida is a Communications
Consultant, an entrepreneur, organizational development strategist and a youth
wealth creation advocate.
She has worked as a broadcast journalist
for many years and currently an anchor to the flagship morning show on E.tv
Ghana, ‘AWAKE’.
She is also a managing consultant
of I-ZAR group, where she has consulted and raised the profile of many organizations
in Ghana.
With a masters in communication
(International PR) and currently enrolled on an executive Master of business
administration (MBA) programme, hostess of the 90-minute social, political and
economic show, Rashida, has also been nominated Ghana’s best female morning
show anchor severally.
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