| Menaye Donkor | |
| Birth Date: | 1981 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education: | Marketing, Business Marketing |
| Alma Mater: | York University (BBA) |
| Occupation: | businesswoman, model, entrepreneur, philanthropist |
| Known For: | Miss Universe Ghana, 2004 |
| Height Cm: | 180 |
Menaye Donkor (born 20 March 1981) is a Canadian-born Ghanaian businesswoman, entrepreneur, model and philanthropist. She was Miss Universe Ghana in 2004.[1] Donkor is married to Ghanaian professional footballer Sulley Muntari. [2]
Menaye Donkor was born in Toronto and raised in Accra, Ghana. She is the youngest of seven siblings, with four brothers and two sisters. At the age of seven, she inherited the "Royal Stool Bearer" title from her paternal grandmother, the queen mother of Agona Asafo.[3]
Donkor received her primary education at Morning Star School in Ghana and studied in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, during high school. She returned to her birthplace of Toronto to study business marketing at York University, where she graduated with honors.[4]
In her early twenties, Donkor won the title of Miss Universe Ghana[5] and spent a few years working as a model. She appeared on the covers of magazines such as New African Woman, Pompey Life, SportsWeek (La Gazzetta dello sport), Canoe Magazine, and Maxim Italy.
She represented Chopard at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012 and 2013. From 2006 until 2009, she co-managed and marketed her then-boyfriend, later husband, Sulley Muntari's brand. In 2012, she became the face of Printex,[6] a fabric and textiles company in Ghana.
Menaye created and launched the Italian label SHE-Y. Early in 2016, the company released its first all-natural goods, using ethically sourced Shea butter from Ghana.[7]
Menaye is married to Sulley Muntari, and they have two children.[8] She is the cousin of Ama K. Abebrese and[9] she is a Christian.[10]
Menaye started the Menaye Charity Organization in 2004 to help children in Ghana by offering free education.[11]
In 2021, her firm, Sincerëly Ghana Limited, partnered with Project BRAVE to provide sanitary pads to young women in Keta, located in the Volta region. The company launched the Sister-2-Sister initiative to provide sanitary pads to ladies in underprivileged communities in Ghana.[12]
In September 2012, Menaye was honored and chosen by the chief and elders of Agona Asafo in the Central Region of Ghana to be the ‘Nkosuohemaa’ or ‘Development Queen’ of Agona Asafo.[13] Her official title is Nanahemaa Menaye Afumade Afrakoma I. In 2015, Menaye was given a special mention at the Infant Charity Awards in Milan for being "Female Friend of the Children."[14]