{"id":3004,"date":"2024-08-21T00:14:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T00:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2024-08-21T00:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T00:14:50","slug":"ghanas-richest-female-entrepreneur-boasting-a-net-worth-of-720-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3004","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s richest female entrepreneur, boasting a net worth of $720 million."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/70173469.295-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3005\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Patricia Poku Diaby is an entrepreneur, innovator, and business leader<\/em><\/strong> In 2023, Patricia Poku Diaby was ranked as the 12th richest woman in Ghana with a net worth of $720 million.<br><br>The list also featured some of Ghana\u2019s wealthiest individuals, including Osei Kwame Despite, Charles Ampofo, and Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, among others.<br><br><strong>Read the article originally published on GhanaWeb on August 20, 2023, below:<\/strong><br><br>Until recently, when the West African country experienced some economic downturns, Ghana has been touted as one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa.<br><br>The country has also been recommended as a safe hub for business and investments.<br><br>There are over 100 multimillionaires in Ghana, some of whom have never been heard of.<br><br>However, among those whose net worth has been publicly declared, the number of men outweighs that of women.<br>She has a net worth of $720 million, according to billionaires.africa.com.<br><br>Patricia ranks 12th among millionaires in Ghana. However, she is the only woman with a net worth as high as $720 million.<br><br>Among the women whose net worths are known, Patricia Poku Diaby leads the list with the highest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Patricia Poku Diaby<\/strong><br><br>Patricia Poku Diaby is a Ghanaian with over 29 years of experience as an entrepreneur, innovator, and business leader who has been recognized both locally and globally.<br><br>According to reports, her career took off at a trading and transport company owned by her father in Abidjan.<br><br>The experience gained propelled Patricia into the establishment of her own trading company, Plot Enterprise, in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.<br><br>She has also established a large-scale cocoa processing factory to add value to cocoa, as against exporting the raw material, she went on to establish Plot Enterprise (Gh) Ltd, a modern, state-of-the-art cocoa processing facility, in Takoradi, in 2010.<br><br>The company gained international recognition within a relatively short period and is ranked among the highest in Food Safety Management Systems.<br><br>In her quest to achieve horizontal integration and offer multiple-origin products, Plot Enterprise SA, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, acquired a cocoa grinding facility in Abidjan.<br><br>Patricia\u2019s current business portfolio includes two cocoa sourcing companies in Ghana and C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, of which she is the founder and chair of the board of directors.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia Poku Diaby is an entrepreneur, innovator, and business leader In 2023, Patricia Poku Diaby was ranked as the 12th richest woman in Ghana with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3006,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3004\/revisions\/3006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}