Galvanised by tragedy: Elizabeth Bankah

Born in Cape Coast, Ghana, Elizabeth Bankah is the youngest of six siblings. "I grew up with five brothers and no sisters!" she jovially says. Despite living in a conservative society, "my father raised me to understand that I could do anything my brothers could do", reveals Bankah. Tragically, when she was 16 years old, one of her brothers died after contracting cerebrospinal meningitis. "Getting a diagnosis was challenging. It came late, but we also didn't have the medication needed. He was gone within 3 days", she shares.