Marie-louise Annan
Founder at Capstone Africa (Part of The Mishkan Group)
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMarie-louise Annan is a founder and social impact entrepreneur with eight years of experience building faith-rooted, people-centric agribusinesses that combine regenerative farming, organic cotton processing, and skills training for marginalized communities. She leads The Mishkan Group—an integrated venture that turns non-GMO cotton into textiles while employing and upskilling disadvantaged individuals, including people with disabilities, through a redemptive employment model. Trained in economics and French (University of Kent) and in project management and theology, she bridges development practice, mission-driven leadership, and impact investing to influence policy and community-level outcomes across Ghana and Africa. Her approach prioritizes circular production, zero-waste by-product utilization, and sustainable trade partnerships that connect rural producers to global markets. An advocate of servant leadership, she has translated years of grassroots volunteering and advisory roles into scalable social enterprise models that pay above minimum wage and focus on long-term generational change. Less obvious is her applied research pedigree—three university theses linking missions, development, and commodity dependency—which continues to inform Mishkan’s strategy and partnership work.
8 years of coding experience
I.G.C.S.E Economics English Literature French Sociology Maths Science English, I.G.C.S.E Economics English Literature French Sociology Maths Science English at Akosombo International SchoolAdvanced Executive Certificate (AeCP) in Project Management Project Management, Advanced Executive Certificate (AeCP) in Project Management Project Management at Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, GhanaBsc. Honours Economics with a Language (French), Bsc. Honours Economics with a Language (French) at University of KentCertificate in French Speaking and Grammar French, Certificate in French Speaking and Grammar French at Alliance Francais d' AccraHigher Diploma Theology/Theological Studies, Higher Diploma Theology/Theological Studies at International Bible Institute of London
English, French, fanti, ewe, ga, twi
Github Skills (6)
python9
communications8
google-books4
google-books-api3
react2
api2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pyladies/project-communications
Dec 2019 - Apr 2021
PyLadies Project Communications: https://github.com/pyladies/global-organizing/issues/42
Contributions:71 commits, 26 PRs, 57 pushes in 1 year 4 months
organizingpythoncommunicationspyladies
Marie-L/Wiki-notes
Sep 2017 - Sep 2019
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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