Empowering Women to Lead, Innovate, and Create Impact in STEM

Kumasi, Ghana
Joined November 2025
A new generation of women in STEM is rising!  
We’re excited to onboard the #STEMElevate 2026 Cohort of the Leadership & Advocacy Academy.  
Over 6 months, fellows will grow through leadership training, mentorship & real-world impact. #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM #STEMLeadership
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#MeetTheElevators | Susanna Anovunga Susanna wants to combine environmental research, advocacy and mentorship—helping create safer systems while opening more pathways for women in STEM. Her unexpected skill? She recently discovered she can sew really well. 🧵 #STEMElevate
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#MeetTheElevators | Abiba Adams Pharmacist. Aspiring researcher. Advocate. Abiba aims to research diseases in vulnerable populations and advance targeted pharmacological therapies—while raising awareness of pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders. #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM
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#MeetTheElevators | Bernice Awinpang Akudbilla Bernice wants to become an AI researcher while expanding access to coding, robotics, mentorship and STEM learning for young people—especially girls in underserved communities. #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM #STEMLeadership
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A girl deserves to learn, dream and choose her future—not have it decided for her. This #DayOfTheGirlChild, STEM Elevate stands for girls’ rights, an end to child marriage, and opportunities for every girl to thrive. Her future. Her choice. Our responsibility. 💜 #STEMElevate
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#MeetTheElevators | Vida Akyeampong Vida wants to move from researcher & educator to strategic leader—using water resources research to influence policy, build resilient communities, and empower young people. And yes, she's also a trombone player. 🎺 #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM
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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we stand with every woman. 💗 Against fear, stigma, and late detection. We stand with those fighting, survivors, and the families supporting them. Let’s promote early screening and support. #BreastCancerAwareness #STEMElevate #EarlyDetection
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What are you without your title? 🤔 In our #STEMElevate "Leading With Purpose" session with Millicent Clarke, we explored the leader behind the leader. Titles change, but your values, purpose, and character remain. "If you don't know who you are, the world will tell you."
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TODAY! 🚀 It’s time to LEAD WITH PURPOSE. Join #STEMElevate and Millicent Clarke today for an inspiring conversation on purpose, values, self-trust, leadership and impact. 🕓 4:00 PM GMT 💻 Zoom Come ready to learn. Reflect. Engage. See you there! #LeadingWithPurpose
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Want to lead with purpose? Learn from the global HR leader Millicent Clarke! She joins STEM Elevate to share insights on resilience, self-trust, and intentional growth. 📅 3 Oct 2026 🕓 4:00 PM GMT 💻 Zoom #STEMElevate #LeadingWithPurpose #WomeninSTEM
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What does it mean to lead with purpose? ✨ STEM Elevate invites you to a workshop to explore how values, identity, and self-trust shape your impact. 📅 3 Oct 2026 🕓 4:00 PM GMT 💻 Zoom Come ready to reflect and rethink intentional leadership. #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM
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Prof @pk_mante is a genius! Working closely with her makes you appreciate how smart and disciplined she is. Worth idolizing!❤️🎉
A team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), led by Professor Priscilla Kolibea Mante of the Department of Pharmacology, has secured $5.1 million from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme to strengthen climate-resilient health systems through the pharmacy workforce. The funding will support PharmAdapt, an initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacity of pharmacists to respond to the health effects of climate change. The project will be hosted by KNUST’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Mante serves as Team Lead, with Professor Edmund Ekuadzi and Professor Samuel Asare-Nkansah serving as Technical Portfolio Leads. Learn more here⬇️ knust.edu.gh/news/news-items…
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Another W in the chat! 🥂 Always raising the bar; and we’re more than happy to oblige. 👏🏾 Congratulations, Prof. @pk_mante 🎉
A team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), led by Professor Priscilla Kolibea Mante of the Department of Pharmacology, has secured $5.1 million from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme to strengthen climate-resilient health systems through the pharmacy workforce. The funding will support PharmAdapt, an initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacity of pharmacists to respond to the health effects of climate change. The project will be hosted by KNUST’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Mante serves as Team Lead, with Professor Edmund Ekuadzi and Professor Samuel Asare-Nkansah serving as Technical Portfolio Leads. Learn more here⬇️ knust.edu.gh/news/news-items…
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Grateful to Takeda for this donation 🙏🏾
A team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), led by Professor Priscilla Kolibea Mante of the Department of Pharmacology, has secured $5.1 million from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme to strengthen climate-resilient health systems through the pharmacy workforce. The funding will support PharmAdapt, an initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacity of pharmacists to respond to the health effects of climate change. The project will be hosted by KNUST’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Mante serves as Team Lead, with Professor Edmund Ekuadzi and Professor Samuel Asare-Nkansah serving as Technical Portfolio Leads. Learn more here⬇️ knust.edu.gh/news/news-items…
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Congratulations @pk_mante 🥳🤭👏🏽
A team from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), led by Professor Priscilla Kolibea Mante of the Department of Pharmacology, has secured $5.1 million from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited’s Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programme to strengthen climate-resilient health systems through the pharmacy workforce. The funding will support PharmAdapt, an initiative that seeks to strengthen the capacity of pharmacists to respond to the health effects of climate change. The project will be hosted by KNUST’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Professor Mante serves as Team Lead, with Professor Edmund Ekuadzi and Professor Samuel Asare-Nkansah serving as Technical Portfolio Leads. Learn more here⬇️ knust.edu.gh/news/news-items…
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#MeetTheElevators | Mavis Annabell Addai Mavis joined #LAA for mentorship as she aims to become a leader in drug discovery and empower women in science. She's on a journey to build confidence while sharing her infectious smiles.😊 #STEMElevate #WomenInSTEM #STEMLeadership
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YOU SHOWED UP. YOU MADE IT NEXUS. ❤️ Thank you for the conversations, connections and possibilities that made #Nexus2026 what it was. Now, tell us how we did. 👇🏾 📝 nexuscareersgh.com/register/… Explore. Connect. Evolve.
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