Chief Executive Officer of I-ZAR Group, Rashida Saani has been honoured with the First Among Equals Award at the 2019 edition of Forty Under 40 Awards.

The ceremony, which was held at the Kempinksi Gold Coast City Hotel, Accra saw the strategic communications consultant awarded for her efforts as a young entrepreneur with diverse business affiliates.

Giving her speech, Rashida Saani dedicated her award to the youth who are struggling out there and encouraged them to change the narrative since they are the ones to change the world.

“They said that the average lifespan for a business is 4 years. I want to believe that the narrative is gradually changing with the emergence of young people like us. Tonight, I would like to say this is a special dedication to all young people and especially women out there who are hustling.”

I-ZAR Group is a multi-faceted company with affiliates in strategic communication consultancy (I-ZAR Ltd), real estate and construction (I-ZAR Homes) and social enterprise (RAWW Ltd, BOYA Initiative).

The Forty Under 40 is an award scheme aimed at identifying, honouring and celebrating the nation’s most influential and accomplished young business leaders under the age of forty. The scheme targets entrepreneurs, CEOs, Co-Founders and COOs.