As a part of a collection of activities to have fun Internationwide Ladies’s Month this March, Telecel Ghana and Telecel Ghana Basis have organised the ‘Speed up HER Future’ mentorship initiative, the place feminine staff shared profession experiences to information and inspire over 200 younger ladies from the Kanda Cluster of Faculties in Accra.
The initiative, aimed toward exposing ladies in junior excessive colleges to numerous profession selections, noticed feminine professionals from know-how, authorized and exterior affairs, marketing, business operations, human assets, digital transformation, finance and client enterprise models shared invaluable insights and private experiences into their careers and the alternatives that exist inside these fields.
In her opening remarks, Director of Authorized and Exterior Affairs at Telecel Ghana, Augusta Akushika Andrews, famous that the overarching purpose was to create a future the place ladies, particularly younger ladies, realise their full potential and excel in each profession they pursue.
“Be courageous, be daring, be assertive and be your self. By no means hand over in your desires. In case you study constantly and imagine in your energy and potential, you’ll be able to obtain every thing you place your thoughts to,” Mrs Andrews urges.
The ‘Speed up HER Future’ mentorship initiative is a necessary a part of Telecel Ghana’s broader Worldwide Ladies’s Month marketing campaign on the tailor-made theme, ‘Speed up HER.’
The marketing campaign seeks to amplify the voices of ladies, deal with gender biases and stereotypes, and help younger ladies in realising their potential.
One of many mentors, Veronica Da-Silva, an enterprise service operations supervisor within the technology division, in her session with the younger ladies, suggested them to take their info know-how research critically and embrace studying alternatives within the area.
“After I was your age, I didn’t have any function fashions in know-how or ladies to encourage me to pursue a profession on this area. Being right here with you as we speak is fulfilling for me as a result of I would like you to be impressed and motivated by my journey and study some classes to assist form your careers positively,” Mrs Da-Silva suggested.
Furthermore, the initiative additionally obtained robust help from native authorities like Municipal Director of Schooling for Ayawaso East, Dr William Tsekpo, who stated the mentorship classes for younger ladies had been essential in enhancing their academic seriousness and molding them into accountable professionals sooner or later.
“The mentorship classes from Telecel Ghana’s company professionals have given the younger ladies the wanted enhance to visualise their futures and study more durable to be accountable residents like these mentors. I imagine this mentorship push, when executed constantly, will inspire them to study extra and rise to the highest of their dream careers.”
Along with the mentorship classes, the pupils had been gifted stationery kits, together with a mathematical set, pack of writing books and Telecel branded souvenirs
BY TIMES REPORTER
