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Emmanuelle Dankwa

Election Year: 2018

Election Constituency: West Africa

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Ghana & St Peter's 2018

Emmanuelle Dankwa

Biography

Emmanuelle holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics with Statistics from the University of Ghana, graduating in July 2017 with First Class Honours. She currently works as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Statistics of her alma mater. During her undergraduate studies, she was named the 'Best Female Student' in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences for two consecutive years. She was also awarded the Beige Capital Youth Excellence League (YEL) Award for outstanding performance in Statistics. Emmanuelle's passion to revolutionize plastic waste management in Ghana led her to start CIYZOE, a student advocacy group mainly involved in plastic waste recycling education. She plans to pursue a postgraduate degree in Statistical Science at Oxford and is committed to positively influencing public data management systems in Ghana.