Non-Executive Director
Mr Yaw Peprah
CA (SA) BCom Accounting, PG Diploma Accounting
Yaw Peprah is a qualified chartered accountant with Private Equity/Venture Capital experience as well as experience in evaluating and analysing business plans and financial information and the preparation of financial models.
Mr Peprah has previously worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers, Standard Bank and the National Empowerment Fund. In December 2015, he was appointed as the Chief Business Officer at Wesgro, the tourism, trade and investment promotion agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape.
Mr Peprah was previously a shareholder in an advertising agency, which focused on below the line marketing and was involved in setting up the business' online advertising presence in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. In addition, he worked in Accra, Ghana assisting a micro finance company with market research as well as product development which included understanding existing processes, products, clients and competitors; defining incentives; identifying and evaluating: payment solution partners, banking software provider, switch provider, ATM provider; and liaising with the local payments solution systems.
In 2015, he was part of the team that set up the Silibona Educational Trust to sponsor young women from previously disadvantaged backgrounds to attend university. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The St Dunstan’s Association for South African War-Blinded veterans.
Mr Peprah was previously a shareholder in an advertising agency, which focused on below the line marketing and was involved in setting up the business' online advertising presence in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. In addition, he worked in Accra, Ghana assisting a micro finance company with market research as well as product development which included understanding existing processes, products, clients and competitors; defining incentives; identifying and evaluating: payment solution partners, banking software provider, switch provider, ATM provider; and liaising with the local payments solution systems.
In 2015, he was part of the team that set up the Silibona Educational Trust to sponsor young women from previously disadvantaged backgrounds to attend university. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The St Dunstan’s Association for South African War-Blinded veterans.
