Creating
Shared Value
Across Africa
A Pan-African social entrepreneur dedicated to creating ecosystems where African businesses and their communities thrive together.
“Thinkers of great thoughts. Doers of great deeds.”
Andrews Akoto-Addo (Andy) is a Pan-African social entrepreneur and ecosystem builder passionately dedicated to value creation and the sustainability of the African continent through systems change, SME growth, and private sector engagement.
With expertise in business development, partnership linkages, fundraising, and program management, Andy empowers African businesses and entrepreneurship support organisations to achieve sustainable, impactful growth.
He is also an event host/MC and panel moderator, known for his ability to inspire and facilitate meaningful discussions covering SME development, social entrepreneurship, digital innovation and the AfCFTA.
Creating Lasting Impact
From Accra to Shenzhen, to Stockholm, to Johannesburg, to Kigali, to Rabat. The work spans borders, sectors, and generations.
Ecosystem Architecture
Building the infrastructure for African entrepreneurship. From startup assessment frameworks to national investor networks.
Creating Shared Value
Embedding the philosophy into business, operations and strategies that ensure business success and community prosperity are mutually reinforced. Profit with purpose.
Stage and Platform
An engaging conference host and panel moderator facilitating critical conversations at summits across Africa and beyond.
Intra-African Trade Facilitation
Championing a curated peer-to-peer community for SME trading in Africa, reducing barriers and expanding reach.
Youth and SDGs
Through UNLEASH, facilitating innovation labs that turn personal insights into sustainable development solutions.
Startup Growth
Conducting tech startup maturity assessments across Ghana, connecting promising ventures to international programs.
What People Say
Andy brings an unmatched energy and clarity to every room he enters. His ability to connect people, ideas, and purpose is rare.
His hosting style is warm, authoritative, and deeply informed. Every panel he moderates becomes a genuine conversation.
What sets Andy apart is his belief that business and community are not in tension. He lives that conviction every day.
Andy is one of those rare individuals who can hold a room of executives and a room of young entrepreneurs with equal command. A truly gifted communicator.
