About

Lawrencia Akosua Pomaa is an international program manager, social entrepreneur, and strategic consultant with substantive experience in governance, development cooperation, and transnational and cross-institutional leadership across Europe and West Africa. She currently serves as Program Manager at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Accra, where she leads initiatives strengthening democratic institutions, governance, and political leadership in close cooperation with public institutions, civil society, and international partners in Ghana. She also initiated and led the Ghana implementation of the EU-supported WYDE Political Parties Engagement Project, focused on strengthening youth participation and democratic leadership in ghana’s political landscape.

Raised in Germany and based in Ghana, Ms. Pomaa combines European policy training with extensive on-the-ground experience in West Africa. She holds academic degrees in Political Science, International Relations, and Development Policy from the University of Duisburg-Essen and Cardiff University.

Alongside her institutional responsibilities, she has extensive experience supporting foreign organizations and individuals in establishing and implementing projects and high-level events in West Africa, linking strategic planning with local execution, stakeholder navigation, and market entry realities through her implementation consultation BxB-Africa.

Ms. Pomaa is the founder of an international, mentor-based women’s leadership network operating across Africa, Europe and the U.S., called Ladies Lounge. She contributed to the European Youth Event at the European Parliament, addressing ethical leadership in a digital age. She is a sought-after speaker on security and peacebuilding, leadership and governance, women’s leadership and political participation, and faith.