Skin Gourmet CEO urges African entrepreneurs to take advantage of Jack Ma Foundation’s ABH initiative

CEO of Skin Gourmet Limited, Violet Awo Amoabeng

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Skin Gourmet Limited, Violet Awo Amoabeng has advised African entrepreneurs, especially Ghanaians to take advantage of Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) programme organised by the Jack Ma Foundation.

Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) team on Thursday, March 10, 2022, organized the local ABH Show Viewing Dinner Party for media and key stakeholders in Ghana, to showcase key highlights from last year’s ABH initiative where Ghana was well represented.

The ABH Show Viewing dinner party featured last year’s outstanding top 10 African entrepreneurs – including Ghana’s Violet Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, Skin Gourmet, documenting their journey in the ABH initiative where each won a share from a grant of US$1.5 million.

After benefiting from Africa’s Business Heroes programme last year as one of the top 10 entrepreneurs on the continent, Ghanaian entrepreneur Violet Awo Amoabeng says she cannot overemphasize the impact it has made on her company.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the ABH Show Viewing dinner party held at Skin Gourmet HQ on Thursday, she encouraged all African entrepreneurs to push and tap into the many opportunities of ABH.

“I think as any African entrepreneur if you are serious, this is a very serious Programme so make sure that you are part of. It is only for your own good and even if you don’t make it there is so much that you can learn and then prepare for the next one and make sure that you can make it because they are really trying to help us,” the Skin Gourmet CEO said.

She said she is grateful to ABH for doing so much for her company and setting it up to growth.

“This viewing is not to say yeah we are top 10 but also to say thank you to ABH for giving us the opportunity.

“There have been challenges but I will say there have been more opportunities. That’s what ABH does. It changes your mindset,” Violet Awo Amoabeng shared.

Explaining the rationale behind organising the ABH Show Viewing dinner party, Zahra Baitie-Boateng who is the Head of Partnership and Programs at Africa's Business Heroes said, “the show aims to capture their entrepreneurial journey but most importantly to capture entrepreneurship as a vehicle for change. So it’s meant to be educational but also inspiring.”

Zahra Baitie-Boateng

She described having a Ghanaian selected as one of the top 10 entrepreneurs on the continent as exciting while stressing that the Jack Ma Foundation is committed to supporting African entrepreneurs through ABH.

About Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH):
Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation's flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support entrepreneurs. Our mission is to showcase and grow local talent who are creating positive impact in their communities and beyond, and inspire a movement of African entrepreneurship. Over a ten-year period, the program will recognize 100 African entrepreneurs and provide grant funding, training programs, and broader support for the broad African entrepreneurial ecosystem.