Author Event – Akosua Dardaine Edwards
Date and Time
Jul 23, 2017 6:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Jul 23, 2017 6:00 pm
14th & V
Please join Busboys and Poets Books as we welcome author Akosua Dardaine Edwards to our 14th and V location.
Akosua Dardaine Edwards has won awards for Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Trinidad and Tobago and Caribbean Female Social Entrepreneur of the Year from the Global Innovation Partners. As a gender and entrepreneurship specialist, Akosua is the founder of the Enabling Enterprise Project. It collaborates with women’s business support agencies, policy makers and women entrepreneurs worldwide. The program focuses on enhancement, empowerment, exchange of ideas and experience, and best practices for women’s enterprise and entrepreneurship.
Akosua has travelled throughout countries such as Tanzania, India, Grenada, Kenya, Uganda. St Vincent and the Grenadines, Columbia and Trinidad and Tobago working with women and youth entrepreneurs. Being on the ground in communities to see first-hand the impact of the beauty of the human spirit is what drove her to begin working in rural communities and developing countries. With great joy, she looks forward to learning from each experience and connecting with those she meets during her travels.
