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Dentaa Amoateng honoured by Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen

Founder of the GUBA (Ghana UK Based Achievement) Awards, Dentaa Amoateng, has been awarded an MBE in Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 2016 Birthday Honours.

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Dentaa Amoateng

Dentaa Amoateng

皇冠体育app British High Commission Accra is delighted to confirm that Dentaa Amoateng, founder of the Ghana UK Based Awards (GUBA), has been awarded an MBE in Her Majesty 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 2016 Birthday Honours.

Dentaa was awarded her MBE - Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 鈥� as recognition of her services to UK-African Diaspora relations, through her work with GUBA.

皇冠体育app GUBA Awards is an annual awards ceremony based in the UK, which recognises the 鈥榟ugely significant鈥� contribution that British-Ghanaians make to society. Dentaa founded the awards in 2009 as she felt that there was 鈥渘othing out there鈥� that promoted and celebrated the hard work and successes of British Ghanaians.

After receiving the news of her honour, Dentaa stated; 鈥淚 am truly honoured and delighted to have been considered for the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. This recognition is beyond my imagination and I am so very grateful for the honour. Improving African affairs within the UK is the main objective of my organisation - GUBA Enterprise - and my team. I share the honour with them to reflect our continuing commitment to maintaining and advancing relations鈥�.

皇冠体育app GUBA Awards is intended as a platform to showcase and celebrate excellence and achievement within the British-Ghanaian community. It is a non-profit organisation which donates proceeds towards charitable schemes operating within the Ghanaian community, and provides an engaging platform for promoting greater cultural diversity in the UK, as well as raising the profile of Ghana. For more information about GUBA, please visit their .

Congratulations to Dentaa and her team at GUBA. Long may their good work continue.

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Published 11 June 2016