{"id":5276,"date":"2026-02-11T16:25:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2026-07-04T22:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:42:53","slug":"budding-economist-stephanie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/budding-economist-stephanie\/","title":{"rendered":"BUDDING ECONOMIST STEPHANIE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5276\" class=\"elementor elementor-5276\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19a385c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19a385c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6e1688 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6e1688\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fd212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8fd212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Success Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7571627 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7571627\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fa5b51\" data-id=\"1fa5b51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234b301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"234b301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BUDDING ECONOMIST STEPHANIE!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d69c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93d69c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><i>&nbsp;Determined to serve Ghana as Finance Minister<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>About a decade ago, the educational journey of &nbsp;Stephanie Darkoa Ofori was very unclear; her family\u2019s financial challenges made it difficult for her to focus on her education. Then came the International Needs Ghana Child Assistance Programme (INCAP) which supported her from Basic School to the Senior High School. INCAP provided school supplies like textbooks and other educational materials that helped her to fully concentrate on her academic work.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8877d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8877d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5280\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-1-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalneedsgh.org\/25\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Untitled-1-600x424.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1495d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df1495d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stephanie, is an alumnus of Doblo Gonno Methodist Basic School where she enrolled on INCAP and Achimota Senior High School.<\/p><p>While at Senior High School she gained a strong interest in economics and persevered to emerge as one of the best students in the subject at Achimota Senior High School.<\/p><p>Stephanie is presently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics at the University of Cape Coast and she aspires to become an economist or financial analyst, with a long-term ambition of serving Ghana as a finance minister.<\/p><p>Beyond her academics, she developed strong public speaking and communication skills, which has boosted her confidence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a04f5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a04f5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aaa3ec4\" data-id=\"aaa3ec4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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