Akua Sarpong-Ayisa

Akua Sarpong-Ayisa (born in Mampong) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur. She founded and operates the floral company "Unique Floral" which operates across West Africa. She was listed as one of Glitz 100 Inspirational Women, WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana in 2016 and 2017. Early life Sarpong-Ayisa was born in Mampong located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Together with six siblings and parents, she grew up in Accra. Education After having her basic education at St John's Preparatory School in Accra, she furthered at Oda Senior High School where she had her secondary education. From there, she went to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she was to study estate management but could not complete due to a temporal shutdown of the school. During the shut down of the school, she took a flight attendant course with Ghana Airways. Career Sarpong-Ayisa worked for the Ghana National Lotteries before working as a cashier at the Bank for Housing before attending university. After her post-university flight attendant course, she worked as a flight attendant for Ghana Airways for 22 years.