Winnifred Selby

Winnifred Kyei Selby is a young Ghanaian social entrepreneur and the president of the EPF Educational Empowerment Initiative based in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana. She co-founded the Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative with Bernice Dapaah at the age of 15. And At age 17, she established another business, the Afrocentric Bamboo Initiative. In 2018, she became the first Ghanaian to be inducted into the Royal Institute of Singapore.

Quotes

• You have to believe so strongly in what you are doing, to be so dedicated to it that you are willing to make the necessary sacrifices.
  • "Fearless & Flexible: Winnifred Selby’s African Socio-Ecological Business", The Way Women Work

• Draw inspiration and courage from you own dreams and passions and never slack on them.
  • “Motivation Must come From Within Not from others” Co Founder GhanaBamboo Bikes, Winnifred Selby Reveals success story., Duchess Magazine
• "There were so many friends who laughed when they heard about the bamboo bike idea. Some people will definitely discourage you, but one thing I've realised in life is that you have to be focused. People never understand your journey because it is not theirs to understand."[1]