Yawa Hansen-Quao was the first female student-government president at her university — and, as she was astonished to find out, also in Ghana. Seeing a lack of leadership roles for women, she switched from her involvement in women’s health to focusing on female leadership. Hansen-Quao founded the Leading Ladies’ Network, a nonprofit based in her country that teaches entrepreneurship and leadership skills to young women. Last year, she was recognized for her work as an Eisenhower Fellow . Hansen-Quao spoke about the challenges of nurturing African female leadership, particularly as entrepreneurs, on the Knowledge at Wharton show, which airs on SiriusXM channel 111 . (Listen to the podcast at the top of this page.) An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Knowledge at Wharton: What was the framework behind Leading Ladies’ Network when you started it? Yawa Hansen-Quao: When I started Leading Ladies’ Network in 2009, the vision was to help fill Africa’s future leadership pipeline.…