Famous Ghanaian Business People

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Tinchy Stryder
(Rapper)

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Birthdate: September 14, 1986

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Accra

Ghanaian-British rapper Kwasi Esono Danquah III is better known as Tinchy Stryder, "Tinchy" being an indication of his short frame and "Stryder" indicating a game he played as a child. Famous for his album Star in the Hood, he also owns an apparel range of the same name.

2
Esther Afua Ocloo
(Co-Founder of Women's World Banking)

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Birthdate: April 18, 1919

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: South Dayi District, Ghana

Died: February 8, 2002

Ghanaian businesswoman Esther Afua Ocloo, better known as the founder of Women’s World Banking, had stepped into the world of business with less than a dollar. She initially sold marmalade in Ghana and then moved to England to learn food processing, eventually turning into a microlending pioneer.