12 Minute Convos W/ Engel Jones

Akosua Dardaine Edwards has won awards for Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean Female Social Entrepreneur of the Year from the Global Innovation Partners. She was named as one of the 2019 Women’s Economic Ambassadors by Diversity RD Global. Akosua offers entrepreneurial and business support with a message of unconditional self-love and living a life in love and personal power. As a gender and entrepreneurship specialist, Akosua is the founder of the NiNa Young Women’s Leadership Programme. The NiNa Young Women’s Leadership Programme which provides financial literacy, entrepreneurial skills and tools to build self-value in young women within the state care system. For the past few years, the NiNa programme has worked with ladies under state care and those from at-risk communities to support the development of skills so that they can become independent. The Programme also has a transition programme for young ladies who leave the state care at the age of 18 to reintegrate them ba