Aziza Atta

Aziza is a multi-lingual UK and Ghanaian qualified corporate and commercial lawyer and development consultant with over 25 years of work experience. She studied Law at the University of Manchester and the Ghana School of Law. Aziza received a Masters in Law from University College London and a Diploma in Legal Practice from London Guildhall University. She has worked in Europe, the GCC and Africa for the International Law Firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Norton Rose Fulbright for many years.

Aziza is currently Senior Counsel at Stafford Law in Ghana and advises clients on various corporate and commercial transactions. Aziza is on the board of various NGOs in West Africa, Central America and Europe. She is currently involved in running workshops and trainings for communities in underprivileged areas of Accra. She ran a Literacy project (Eduquemos a La Nina) initiated by the Ministry of Education in Guatemala for the Mayan Q’eqchi Indians for Proyecto Ak’tenamit, which is still in operation as well as a vocational training project for youths in the Niger Delta. Aziza completed a course in Script Writing/Screen Plays at London College of Communication and course in Film-Making at New York Film Academy. She has since worked on various scripts and documentaries internationally. She is part of the BBC Media Action Writers that write for the Development Radio Drama Series Nebor my Nebor that is widely broadcast and seeks through stories to reduce the instances of infant mortality. She co-founded the Saturday School Literacy, Numeracy and Mentoring Project in London in 1999 that now has various branches in the UK. After conducting extensive field trips and research, she wrote the first comprehensive report on the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme in collaboration with the Partnership for Child Development and Imperial College London that was run in Kano and hopes to spread to other states and other countries in Africa. The project seeks to encourage states to provide one balanced meal a day to primary and secondary school students to encourage them to attend school.