Mavis Amankwah

Mavis Amankwah (born 28 August 1974) is a British-Ghanaian entrepreneur, businesswoman and diversity ambassador, specialising in marketing, public relations, diversity communications and business start up & sustainability.

In 2002, Amankwah set up the communications arm of Rich Visions after noticing a gap between large corporations/companies and traditionally hard-to-reach ethnic communities in the UK. As well as Rich Visions, Amankwah has several other businesses to her name.

In 2002 Amankwah founded start up marketing and PR communications agency Rich Visions which focuses on reaching ethnic communities. They have created campaigns for among others Comic Relief, and Digital UK TV switchover.

In 2009, Mavis launched another arm of the agency; Rich Visions Small Business (RVSB). RVSB has also helped small businesses secure around £6m in low-interest loans.

Amankwah has been listed in the trade magazine PR Week's PowerBook for six consecutive years between 2009–2015.

Amankwah has been featured in over 200 press titles including The Telegraph, Virgin, The Drum, The Guardian, The Voice to PR Week. She has been included in PR Week's Powerbook for five consecutive years (2009–2015).

In 2012, she won two awards out of four nominated categories at the first annual Women4Africa Awards (Business Woman of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year).

In 2012, Amankwah judged for the Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards (GUBA).

In January 2013, Amankwah was appointed as the Business Ambassador for a social enterprise called Positive Inclusions. Positive Inclusions were working on the Start Up Loans Scheme as one of the official "Delivery Partners".

Mavis was featured on a programme called 'Young UpStarts' which was aired on satellite TV channel London Live on 15 June 2014. Mavis was seen mentoring and guiding a young lady on her journey into the world of business ownership.