Dr Naa Asheley Ashietey, founder of Nova Wellness Center, has been honoured at the 2025 Global Entrepreneurs Awards for her contributions to health and wellness innovation in Ghana.

She received the recognition during this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Festival held from 21 to 23 November in Accra.

The Global Entrepreneurs Awards form part of the annual festival, which brings together innovators, business leaders, investors and policymakers from around the world to celebrate ingenuity and emerging enterprise. This year’s edition focused on industry leaders whose work is shaping the future of their sectors.

Dr Ashietey was recognised under the Global Industry Awards 2025 Health Excellence Category for her commitment to advancing holistic, accessible and science driven wellness solutions in Ghana.

For more than a decade, she has championed non invasive healthcare approaches, helping position Ghana as a growing hub for wellness and preventive care.

Founded in 2013, Nova Wellness Center has grown into one of the country’s leading chiropractic and wellness clinics, offering a holistic approach to healing without drugs or surgery.

Under her leadership, the centre has earned multiple commendations for excellence, customer care and innovation within the health sector.

Speaking after receiving the honour, Dr Ashietey described the award as motivation to deepen her mission of improving community health outcomes. She stressed the need for increased public awareness on preventive health, integrated medicine and wellness based lifestyle choices, particularly in urban Ghana.

“As a country, we are seeing rising interest in preventive and holistic care. This recognition reinforces the message that wellness is not a luxury. It is essential for national development,” she noted.

With branches in Accra and Kumasi, Nova Wellness Center provides an integrative approach to healthcare, focusing on chiropractic adjustments for conditions such as neck and back pain, non surgical spinal decompression for sciatica and disc diseases, and regenerative medicine therapies.

The clinic also offers a range of spa services including sauna treatments and massage therapy, along with comprehensive wellness programmes.

Building on this foundation, Dr Ashietey announced the upcoming launch of Nova Viva, an advanced regenerative medicine and longevity clinic designed to introduce evidence based, physician led anti ageing therapies to West Africa.

The Global Entrepreneurship Festival serves as an international platform dedicated to celebrating and catalysing entrepreneurship across various sectors while advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through innovation, enterprise, creativity, technology and collaboration.