Adisa Amanor-Wilks, director of Abjel Communications has been named a nominee in the running for the Africa Communication Personality at this year’s National Communications Awards. The scheme is a development communications and media awards program powered by RAD Communications and partners, to champion communications, organizational and national development. It is to celebrate and reward excellent communications and media companies, teams and individuals across Ghana, to bring together players in the media and communications industry and recognize achievements from local and international companies involved in the media and communications sector in Ghana.
Adisa Amanor-Wilks started Abjel Communications is in 2016 to cater to the gap in the market for skilled communication agencies available to the ever-increasing pool of entrepreneurs on the African continent. With the aim of making available expert communication solutions to up-and-coming businesses in Africa, the agency also bridges the gap between local and international businesses and facilitates effective connection and communication.
She is a senior communications and public relations professional specialised in helping companies and individuals communicate their purpose in meaningful ways. She holds a Bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in public relations strategy from the University of Ghana. She is certified by the chartered institute of public relations and the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She also holds further qualification from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in Executive leadership.
Over the past 18 years, she has provided strategic communication to various organisations in aviation, energy, fisheries, charity and financial technology throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific, North and Latin America. She is currently the director at Abjel Communications, Africa’s first social enterprise branding, content and media relations consulting agency.
A sizeable portion of Abjel’s income is dedicated to charitable causes, most notably the Igrieve foundation, a non-governmental body dedicated to supporting bereaved children. She is a board member for Chance for Childhood and DWIB Leukemia Trust.
