Mercy Catherine Adjabeng is a Ghanaian author, editor-in-chief and Managing Editor of the Discovery Teen Magazine. She is also the Communications and Media Advisor of Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF).
Education Adjabeng studied at the University of Cape Coast for her Bachelor of Education degree in Psychology with English from 1994 to 1998. She is a communications specialist, gender advocate, writer, and public speaker with a record of working in the government, NGO & Education industry and Diplomatic community. She has skills in advocacy, strategic planning, and media management.
She also earned qualifications from the following institutions: +Certificate InstitutionYear awarded Executive Certificate, Project Management CertificatePRINCE 2 Overview, PMProfessional Learning, London2007Executive Certificate, Leadership CertificateAfrican Women's Leadership Institute, Uganda2010Post Graduate Certificate, Advocacy & Citizen engagement, CertificateThe Coady International Institute, Canada2011Good Governance & Social Accountability Tools, Communication & Social Media Certificate2012Executive Certificate for Managers & Policy Makers, Social Safety Net Core Course CertificateThe World Bank: Social Protection & Labor Human Development Network2013Executive Certificate for Managers & Policy Makers Reform Communication: Leadership, Strategy & Stakeholder Alignment CertificateWorld Bank Institute & USC Annenberg School for Communication2014
Career Adjabeng is a former English language and literature teacher at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast. She interviewed the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Potter Jackson. She partnered with French Embassy in Ghana, GOLDKEY Properties and UNFPA Ghana to launch the Discovery Teen Magazine and the Discovery Teen Chat forum. She has also partnered with Stanbic Bank Ghana, I-ZAR Group, Effe Farms and Trading Enterprise among others. She currently works at 3FM. She is also the Research and Public Affairs Officer of the Australian High Commission in Ghana.
Philanthropy Adjabeng seeks to address issues confronting teenagers like challenges they face at their teen stage. She donated her book called Understanding English Literature to Wesley Girls' High School. The books donated were claimed to worth GH¢6,000.
She also donated her books to St. Thomas Aquinas and Forces Secondary Technical School in Accra.
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