About the Founder
Award winning finance professional, Chartered Global Management Accountant, author and financial wellness advocate, the founder behind the Albsta Group ecosystem.
Current Role
Head of Finance & Investment, Ghana Commodity Exchange
Senior management team member since the Exchange's implementation in January 2018.
Albert Nii Ayi Tagoe is an award winning finance professional and Chartered Global Management Accountant, and the author of “How to Raise Capital for Your Start up Business” and “Money Health”. He has translated more than a decade of experience in financial management into books, masterclasses and advisory work that are changing how a generation relates to money.
At the Ghana Commodity Exchange he built a robust finance and control unit, covering financial reporting, analysis, budgeting and projections, treasury, investment, audit, financial controls and taxation. He leads engagement with financial institutions under the Warehouse Receipt and Aggregation Financing programme, where commodities serve as collateral to unlock financing for smallholder farmers, and he sits on financing and investment committees guiding the Exchange's growth.
He contributed to Ghana's first Warehouse Receipt Financing Bill and to a Ministry of Finance committee shaping agricultural financing strategy through a cabinet paper. Before GCX, he spent seven years with Stanbic Bank Ghana in credit risk management and banking operations.
Albert holds a passion for leadership, reading, creative writing and social impact, and mentors university graduates and young professionals across his trainings and presentations.
1M+
Viewers and listeners reached through the 5 week JOY FM Masterclass
1,000+
Cargill Ghana staff trained on financial wellness
500+
Female entrepreneurs trained with OAWLI
USD 350K
Funding pitched for by start ups he coached
The Books
Structured around the word CAPITAL, the book guides entrepreneurs through funding options, grant financing and building investor pitches. It has served as the training manual for masterclasses and accelerator programmes.
Structured around the question AM I WELL?, Money Health is a practical guide to financial wellness and the mental wellbeing that comes with it , the foundation of the Albsta Money Health Framework.
Impact of Work
Volunteer guest lecturer for a five week masterclass on capital raising, funding options, grant financing, financial statements and investor pitches, reaching over a million viewers and listeners.
Periodic trainings with Ashesi Entrepreneurship Centre, Oxford African Women's Leadership Institute, Cargill Ghana, Westlion Co. and YPBN, supporting start ups to build investor ready pitches.
Panellist at the 2nd edition of the summit, sharing insights on start up financing and investor pitches with over 300 participants.
Over 200 books donated to the University of Education Winneba School of Business, plus donations to NASAAG award winners and Graphic Tertiary Business Challenge finalists.
At the Ghana Commodity Exchange he leads engagement with financial institutions, securing over GHS 1M in financing for smallholder farmers and over GHS 15M for exchange members.
Named Most Influential CFO in Ghana 2023 and CFO of the Year 2024 in the Commodity Exchange category, alongside national recognition for public sector finance leadership.
Qualifications
MBA in Finance (Distinction)
Coventry University, United Kingdom
BBA Accounting, First Class Honours
Valley View University, Ghana
CIMA (UK)
Chartered Global Management Accountant
ICAG
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana
CISI (UK)
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
Ghana Stock Exchange
Certified in Investment and Securities
Recognition
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