Accra, Ghana, November 30, 2019//-Madam Valentina Mintah, founder of West Blue Consulting, a world class business and IT-consulting and technology firm has been awarded “Sustainability and Social Investment Women Empowerment Leadership Award 2019” held in Accra recently.
While West Blue’s e-Ananse Libraries was awarded the “Innovative CSR of the year”.
The awards organised by the Sustainability & Social Investment Awards (SSI) is aimed at identifying and recognising the exemplary success of all companies/foundations operating in Ghana to improve the quality of life of the communities they operate in through social investment projects.
The awards event is also endorsed by Ghana’s ministries of education and gender, children and social protection.
It comes as no surprise
For staff of West Blue: “This comes as no surprise to us as we are being recognised for our leadership role and consistent commitment and involvement in all Corporate Social Responsibilities like the Girl Child (Kayayei) education support, Ms Geek 2019 support and the development of award winning e-Ananse Libraries”.
The award recognises our dedication and passion for the empowerment of women and the development of girl-child through ICT in every society where we find ourselves”.
“West Blue Consulting for the year under review is being recognised for its innovative education sustainability project-the e-Ananse Libraries. An initiative that seeks to encourage and revitalise reading among young students and adults”, the Events Director of SSI Awards, Isaac Adu-Gyamfi said.
Why Madam Mintah and West Blue win the awards?
The e-Ananse Libraries project stands out in four reasons.
These reasons he mentioned are-: they house contemporary and classic books, predominantly by writers of African descents that reflect our pride in our heritage; and the each of the libraries have an iHub with state-of-art computing facilities to equip Ghanaians through the Ghana-Oracle Digital Enterprise Program (GDDEP), with the skills to compete in today’s tech-savvy world.
The other reasons according to Mr Adu-Gyamfi are-the e-Ananse amphitheatre is a magnificent live literature space where stories come to life in the spirit of Ananse traditions; and the knowledgeable and professional staff takes pride in their work and in helping library users achieve their full potential.
Profile of Ms Valentina Mintah
Some personalities also received awards at the event.
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