Founder & CEO

• Jul 2014 - Present

Around 2009, I started a hobby in my kitchen developing my own variation of body butters using Shea Butter and Coconut Oil. About 5 years later, I moved to Ghana, the home of premium handcrafted Shea Butter and NAYA BY AFRICA, the African Bath & Body Care product company was born. Since 2014, I have made every product by hand and developed almost 50 different products. I have discovered the many different oils such as Neem, Baobab, Moringa and Sesame Oils and African Black Soap that are all processed in Ghana. My vision is to develop products that raise the bar on quality of personal care products in Ghana, then Africa, developing products that care for African Skin, Hair & Home, using natural resources from our communities. I value relationships with the various small scale suppliers I work with, who have such a love and pride for the products they make. I am building a business that connect all the stakeholders in the value chain and develop sustainable practices that empowers entrepreneurship in agribusiness, builds communities, and protects the environment.

Business Analyst

• Oct 2005 - Oct 2013

For over 8 years, Nana Ama has developed financial cost models for several semiconductor, plastic, food and textile manufacturing industries. She has a unique entrepreneurial approach to restructuring operational, cost and financial business processes to reduce cost, increase effectiveness and enhance value. She believes that no two businesses are the same and by understanding their unique business model, she is able to align their financial strategy with broader business operational needs, perform root cause analysis, develop a strategy for implementing process improvement activities, and design and implement an efficient financial process. She excels in Strategic Planning, Process Improvement/Redesign, Change Management, Financial Transformation and Data Management to build operational and process synergies between Business Unit functions.

Systems Support Specialist

• Jul 2004 - Sep 2005