Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo

President Women in Mining Ghana

Georgette Barnes Sakyi-Addo is a Ghanaian mining executive with 30 years of experience in mining administration, business development, gender advocacy and stakeholder management throughout Africa. 

Forbes named Georgette as one of the most influential female leaders in Africa in 2023. 

In 2020, Georgette received an honourary Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, and recognition from the Ghana Chamber of Mines for her contribution to the growth and sustainable development of the mining sector in Ghana and West Africa, and as an advocate for women’s participation in the industry on the continent. 

In 2016 she was named as one of the Global Inspirational Women in Mining by Women In Mining (UK). 

In 2018 Georgette was awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year by Invest in Africa (IIA), a non- profit championing African-owned SMEs across the continent.

She has extensive experience and understanding of Africa’s extractives sector, and has leveraged her bilingual background as an entrepreneur in West Africa, and effective advocate for women in mining in Africa. 

She served as the President of Association of Africa Women In Mining (AWIMA), and established Women In Mining Ghana (WIM GH) of which she is currently the President. 

Georgette’s work cuts across global mining corporations, social development organizations, regulatory and academic institutions, and diplomatic missions. Georgette ‘s corporate work involves working closely with Geology, Exploration and Drilling units of large scale mines for whom she provides equipment and services through her company, Georgette Barnes Limited (GBL), founded in 2009. 

As a researcher she is currently part of a project team conducting ESG assessments on strategic minerals operations on the African continent. 

She has co-authored more than five conference and journal articles that promote women’s diversity, inclusion, participation in governance and enterprise in the mining sector.