The Full Story

Elizabeth is a Baobab Platform Mentor with the MasterCard Foundation and former Safety Officer with PassionAir. She’s experienced in Safety Management Systems for Airlines, Emergency Response Plan, Quality Management Systems and Aviation Internal Auditing.
She is  a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi-Ghana where she  earned a First Class Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and worked as a Research and Teaching Assistant with the Mechanical Engineering Department. She participated in the Crossroads Emerging Leaders Program by Harvard Business School where she excelled in “Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies” and “Launching Breakthrough Technologies”. 
She served as the Pre-College Initiative Deputy Chairperson for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) – KNUST Chapter, Editorial Board Committee Deputy Chairperson for the Ghana Engineering Students Association (GESA) and Women’s Commissioner for the Association of Aerospace Engineering Students (AAES).  
Miss Ameke is a scholarship recipient of  the Women In Engineering, Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) Brilliant Girls’ Tertiary Fund and a beneficiary of the Akua Kuenyehia Foundation. She is a Kectil Colleague who participated in the 2018 Kectil Leadership Program for Youth in developing countries.
She is the founder of Eliza Events, an event planning company in Ghana and holds a certificate in Event Planning, Marketing & Management. 
Elizabeth continues to be recognized as a strong advocate for children and is an avid mentor for Girls in STEM. She initiated a podcast -What’s Your Story?- which features remarkable women making strides in various STEM fields. 
She is currently the Finance Coordinator for the STEM4AFRICA project in collaboration with 1billionAfrica sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK with the aim of introducing 1,000 students in Hwidiem, a district in the Ahafo Region of Ghana to practical STEM activities using one of the world’s most innovative tools.
She is the co-founder of GleeChild Initiative. As Executive Director of the NGO, she looks forward to GleeChild Initiative realizing its vision of eliminating child poverty and for its impact to be felt across the African continent.
With a genuinely demonstrated passion for the development of her country and her personal growth through all her experiences, she strives to be the best possible version of herself as she works to inspire others to do same.