Adwoa-Brittney Boateng : Princeton in Africa
Adwoa-Brittney Boateng (’22, Business Administration), a Ghanaian-American raised in Atlanta, Georgia, was the first Black student to graduate from the Global Management Program at the Haas School of Business. As a 2025-2026 Princeton in Africa Fellow, she will be working at African Leadership University in Rwanda. Adwoa-Brittney’s work is centered on the development of African economies, with a focus on the education and finance sectors. Her career spans a range of industries from implementing full organization projects at Google to co-founding Aminat Venture Philanthropy in Sierra Leone, an organization dedicated to increasing the GDP of nations through women centered strategic investment. Since 2022, she has volunteered for the Ghana Food Movement, which champions food system stakeholders working collaboratively to transform Ghana’s food landscape. Independently, she is President of She Lives Now Girls, an organization she founded to expose minority women to opportunities in academia and professionally. With a diverse background in marketing, product strategy, and nonprofit leadership, Adwoa-Brittney has built a career rooted in social impact, systems change, and community-centered design. She has spoken at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and continues to use her voice to amplify the experiences and brilliance of African women. Adwoa-Brittney champions a bold vision for an independent Africa driven by empowered women, innovative systems, and sustainable economic growth. Following Princeton in Africa, Adwoa-Brittney envisions her future in project/policy implementation and strategy in the education and finance sector in Africa.
