April 26th, 2022 at 01:39 pm

TOP 5 RICHEST WOMEN IN GHANA

Usually when we talk about rich people, only the male gender come into mind. Some believe that a women can not acquire so much wealth. Nonetheless there are several Ghanaian women wo are very rich. These ladies have broken many records. Below is a list of the top 5 richest women in Ghana. The list was compiled on the basis of the women’s amount of share that they have control over, the number of companies or industries they possess, the market value of their company, their investment as well as their total net worth.

DETAILS OF TOP 5 RICHEST GHANAIAN WOMEN

• The first on the list is Patricia Poku Diaby

Patricia is ranked as the richest women in Ghana. Her net worth is $720 million. Patricia is the founder and CEO of the Plot Enterprise Group located in Ivory Coast and Ghana. The plot Enterprise Group is a cocoa processing company. The state of the art grinding facility of this company is located at Takoradi. Among the richest persons in Ghana as a while, Patricia as ranked as the 8th.

• The second richest Ghanaian Woman is Theresah Oppong- Beeko

Theresa is the CEO of Manet Group. This company is a real estate development company. They are known for developing commercial and residential properties Theresa’s coma, The Manet Group, is recognized as the second largest estate developing company. She established this company 18 years ago. You can imagine the efforts and sacrifices she has made to be able to rise to this extent. Theresa also has other Group of companies. These include: Manet Paradise, which a hotel resort, Manet Housing, also a real estate development form, the Manet construction, a civil engineering company and then the Manet Towers. Theresa’s estimated net worth is $420 million.

• Kate Quartey Papafio

Quartey Kate is ranked as the third richest woman in Ghana. She is the first cable manufacturer in all the ECOWAS sub regions. Aside that, she is also the leading producer of electrical cables in Ghana. Moreover, she is the founder and CEO of Reroy Group of Companies. The companies under this broad company is the Reroy Energy Limited and Reroy Cables Limited. The objective of the company is to provide products and services to private sectors, general consumers, as well as utilities in all regions. Kate has an estimated net worth is $250 million.

CONTINUATION OF THE TOP 5 RICHEST WOMEN IN GHANA

• The fourth richest Ghanaian Woman is Gifty Lamptey.

Gifty Lamptey is the CEO of Sidalco Group of companies. The companies under this broad company include the following.: Sidalco Construction and Roads Limited, Delhi Estates, Empire Concrete Limited and Dominion International Petroleum Limited. She also leads and is part of the board of directors of the Ladies Of the Cross International Ministries. Currently, Gifty is a widow. Nonetheless, she had been blesses with three wonderful children . Her estimated net worth is $135 million.

• Grace Amey – Obeng

Amey – Obeng Grace is the fifth richest Ghanaian Woman. She is into cosmetics. She is the CEO of Forever Clair Group. Grace received knowledge on beauty education in London, specifically at Crydon College. She later returned to Ghana and began her own business with just $100. Her company also has a firm that supplies salon equipments and other cosmetics like the Forever Clair Skin Care. She also has a beauty clinic called the FC Skin and beauty Klinik. She has set up eight FC Group branches in Ghana. Grace also exports the cosmetics to other countries namely; Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Grace has an estimated net worth is $100 Million.

CONCLUSION

In sum, these five women show that there are other women out there also breaking bounds not only in Ghana but outside in the world as a whole. We may have listed just five, but there are more rich women out there. A time will come where the richest women in Ghana will become uncountable. I believe this will also motivate young women to work hard to be able to rise to a higher and greater esteem.