Isaac Kojo Yedonu Aboah
Governing Board Member
Isaac is a sustainability leader, entrepreneur, youth training expert, writer, and podcast host. He has led multiple projects in environmental sustainability and climate action on critical issues like food, mobility and climate justice and impacted high-level forums at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26 and 27) and Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
As a trainer, Isaac uses design thinking and disruptive innovation methodologies to build context-driven curriculums and modules for leading organisations and educational programs. For example, he led the redesign of the Junior Achievement's Company Program in Ghana, a program reaching about 1,000 students across the country.
Furthermore, he deployed his skills in communication and strategy for various organisations like Innovation for Empowerment and Development (IFED) Global, Junior Achievement, Green Africa Youth Organization, Nasco Feeding Minds, 8B Education and Ghana for Startups, an entrepreneurial community he founded.
Isaac recently consulted for the Climate Justice - Just Transition Donor Collaborative and is building a fintech product to disrupt payments for informal businesses in Africa. In his spare time, he hosts the Change Africa Podcast and writes for the Business and Financial Times.
In 2022, Isaac was part of the CHEC delegate team that attended CHOGM in Kigali.