Mavis Amankwah

Mavis Amankwah (born 28 August 1974) is a British multi-award-winning entrepreneur, business development coach, marketing expert, D&I expert, and keynote speaker. She currently serves as the CEO of Women Like Me, along with handling marketing and business development for Rich Visions. Apart from that, Amankwah is also an individual consultant offering a wide range of services.
Amankwah concentrates on educating entrepreneurs about business development. She has developed a reputation as a prominent business consultant, coach, and marketing professional, who helps her clients boost engagement, visibility, and ROI. She has been widely recognized for providing digital marketing, brand management, media outreach programs, media strategy development, social verification, and other marketing & PR services.
In her more than a decade-long career, Amankwah has garnered numerous prizes and distinctions. She has assisted businesses in diversifying their sales channels, developing brand awareness initiatives, and increasing their search presence in order to acquire more traction. She has been featured in more than 300, local, national and international media outlets.
==Early life and education==
Amankwah was born on 28 August 1974 in East London. After graduating from St. Angela’s High School in 1990, she enrolled in the North East College, where she did a diploma in ICT. In 2007 Amankwah pursued a bachelor’s degree in Work-Based Learning at Middlesex University. 
==Career==
Amankwah started her career in 1995 as an IT administrator at UK Export Finance. A year later, she joined a child support agency as a project manager, where she served for over two years. 
In 1998 Amankwah started working at City and Hackney NHS Trust as an IT specialist. After working for four years with this trust, she left to join Sleek International. At this firm, she served as an ICT manager for over two years.
Amankwah has been working at Rich Visions & MA Communications and a Diversity and Inclusion specialist since 2001. In 2009 she also began serving as a marketing and business specialist for this firm and has since then helped multiple SMEs to gain traction for their businesses.
In 2016 Amankwah established Women Like Me, a firm dedicated to empowering women across the world. This organization since then has been offering numerous programs on its application related to lifestyle and culture, such as workout routines, influencer marketing, business development, and others.
As an individual business coach, Amankwah offers a vast range of services such as diversity inclusion programs, business plan packages, money magnet programs, funding help, and business bounce back advisory to name a few. During the outbreak of the worldwide pandemic, Amankwah successfully executed campaigns across many industries and sectors. She worked as a trusted consultant for companies, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, and top marketers and influencers in the business and finance industry such as Lloyds and NatWest Bank and helped them sustain the recession.
Amankwah is also a renowned keynote speaker and has addressed several talks, workshops. She also hosts free weekly webinars on her website to build an engaging community and share her expertise.
==Awards and recognition==
* Winner of the ‘Innovation Award’ GAB Awards, Media category, 2007
* Winner of the Black Business Award, Innovation category, 2008
* Winner of the ‘Outstanding Achievement in Business’ Women In Enterprise award, 2010
* Winner of the ‘Outstanding Career Achievement ’ Powersis Award, 2011
* ‘Business Woman of the Year’, Women4Africa Awards, 2012
* ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, Women4Africa Awards, 2012 
* Winner of the Junior Chamber of Commerce ‘Outstanding Young Persons of The World’, 2013
* Finalist of the Great British Entrepreneur Award, 2013
* African Business Excellence Award, 2014
* Finalist ‘Women’s Business Coach of the Year’ and ‘Motivational & Inspirational Business * Women of the Year’, Ebony Business Recognition (EBR) Awards, 2014 
* ‘Speaker of the Year’, iWOP, 2015
* 100 Outstanding Africans Making a Difference, 2015
* Finalist ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year’ National Diversity Award, 2015
* ‘Inspirational Award’ Back2Black Award, 2015
* Finalist for Business Person Of The Year Newham Chamber of Commerce, 2016
==Personal life==
Amankwah is married and has two young adult children aged 20 and 26.
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
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Category:1974 births
Category:British businesspeople
Category:British marketing people
Category:British keynote speakers
Category:Alumni of Middlesex University