Akosua Dentaa Amoateng MBE, is a British Ghanaian entrepreneur, philanthropist, actress, TV presenter, singer, producer and manager. She was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honors and in 2017 she received the Ghana Peace Awards Humanitarian Service Laureate in Accra, Ghana. In mid-September of 2020 she was appointed by Asante Kotoko S.C. as their International Relations Manager.
Dentaa is an advocate for the Ghanaian community in the UK and in 2017 she was put on the list of 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana for her advocacy by The African Network of Entrepreneurs. In 2009 she founded the GUBA (Ghana UK Based Achievements) Awards, which recognises the achievements of individuals and organizations "positively contributing to the Ghanaian community in the UK or Ghana". In 2011, she was named in The Future 100 Awards as a "Young Social Entrepreneur" of the year for her work with GUBA.
In June 2013, Dentaa was announced as the winner of the annual African Women in Europe (AWE) Award, for her work in promoting Ghanaian achievement in the UK and for her charity work. Organizers described her as an "icon and role model to all African women living and working in Europe".
She is also the Group CEO of Diaspora Transition Network, a community which supports diasporans based in Ghana and those planning to come in the near future. The Network is also building a skills database of diasporans in order to contribute to national development.
We award Lady Dentaa Amoateng our Person of the Month for June 2022, for her commitment to the mobilization of the African diaspora and supporting the growth and sustainability of African businesses.
