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Isaac Newton Acquah
Speaker · DMC 2026

Isaac Newton Acquah

Co-Founder, The Innovation Spark

Build Yourself Build Yourself: Presentation Sat 21 Nov 2026 · 10:25–10:35 · British Council, Accra

Isaac Newton Acquah is an Austrian-Ghanaian innovation strategist who helps professionals and businesses turn expertise into visibility, and visibility into opportunity. He began as a Technology Scout at Siemens in Vienna and Munich, and later led business development for a recruitment-tech startup acquired by XING. He co-founded The Innovation Spark, a Ghana–Austria advisory practice that has delivered more than 20 assignments for ITC, GIZ and UNECA across over 20 African countries. As National Project Coordinator with the International Trade Centre, he led upgrading work for Ghanaian tech firms in digital marketing, service quality and AI adoption. He co-founded the Ghana Innovation Journal and co-authored Ghana’s AI Practitioners’ Handbook. He holds a BSc from the University of Warwick and an MSc from WU Vienna, and works between Accra and Vienna.