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Elsie Eminah Simmons Sally Hayfron-Benjamin Boaten
Entrepreneur Senior Associate, Reindorf Chambers
Linguaphile; Hodophile (Corporate & Commercial Law)
Abban House (Block M); A2 Class
(English, Literature in English, French) Wrigley House; A2 Class (English,
French, Literature in English)
Member of the Cadet Corps
Alumna of the University of Cape Coast Alumna of the University of Ghana,
(BSc in Management Studies) and the Legon (BA; LLB)
Organisation Development Institute, Interests: Golf;
Accra (Organisational Development)
Interests: Romance languages; have great and not so great
Travelling, Reading, Sports I memories Wesley Girls including
playing pranks in class. Travelling
am an Entrepreneur with a high down the drive to fetch water was a
I need for achievement (N-Ach) pet peeve and I made up for moments
and a desire to explore various career like this by the fun created being silly
options. Prior to setting up my business in class and in the dormitory.
(Afra B Limited) in 2010, I worked
with Vodafone Ghana as a Call Centre In one instance, the A2 class was told
Manager. To satisfy my love for
travelling, I worked as a Flight Attendant a story by Monsieur Mensah of his
with Ghana International Airlines for a trip to Ziginshore. We had not heard
brief period. I have visited every region the name before and found it funny.
in Ghana and some African countries including Morocco, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
We named the teacher Ziginshore. Before prep one evening, Julliet Boye (my prank mate)
I love languages and have a thing for the romance linguae French, Portuguese and Spanish. and I saw the teacher and whispered Ziginshore. Little did we know he had heard us. He
I currently spend most of my time in Brazil where I am studying Portuguese for a career in came to class the following day and said “Julliet Boye, Sally Hayfron-Benjamin out of my
translation. And yes, I will study Spanish as well, in Argentina! In fact, I plan to build a third
career later on as a Travel Consultant. class”. We both went “Oh Monsieur we beg”. You can imagine how shaken we were.
I enjoyed my time at Wesley Girls’ High School. Monsieur Mensah was one of my favourite He eventually forgave us thank God! What would we have done if Archie had caught us
teachers. The way he spoke French in a solemn manner was out of this world. It was fun standing outside? The thought of it!!!
to meet some of the authors from our Literature class such as Professor Atukwei Okai and
Ayikwei Armah. Coming from the Western Region of Ghana, I was happy to learn Ga from my In all WGHS was a great place. It is always a pride to announce it as an alma mater.
mates from the Greater Accra Region. I must admit, the gingerbread from the Home Science
department is what I miss the most. It was the best gingerbread ever!
I draw my inspiration from my mother, Mary Eminah; may her soul rest in perfect peace. She
inspired me every single day of my life and told me “impossibility is just an opinion, not a fact”. I
draw from that and create my own path every single day. I believe in making healthier choices as
often as possible.

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