WRITER | SPEAKER | CONSULTANT
Richmond Bennah holds a Masters in Business Analytics from the University of Stirling, Scotland and a certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Adansonia Research Project at the Bocconi University – Milan, Italy. With significant experience in writing, and business consulting (specifically in the area of building operational models and financial modelling for SMEs), Richmond is committed to helping early startups build resilient business models. Richmond is also committed to causes on educational development for children, this he does as Executive Director of the Engel Divine Foundation – a social talent management organization committed to developing 500,000 young leaders across Africa by the year 2030 through promoting child education especially in marginalized or low-income communities.
Richmond is also a certified Civic Leader from the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI RLC – West Africa) and also possesses professional work experience in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence. Richmond volunteers as Head of Business Development at the Pitch Hub – a social enterprise that trains SMEs and young entrepreneurs on how to successfully structure their business and pitch to investors.
In October 2017, Richmond was nominated (together with other Ghanaian delegates) to represent Ghana at the Commonwealth Youth Summit in Malaysia for emerging young global leaders to discuss issues on Climate Policy and Finance, Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Peacebuilding & Global Inequality and Social Cohesion. Richmond is currently pursuing a long-term career in Data Science and exploring various genres of writing.