Dentaa, who is also a philanthropist and TV presenter/producer, received her MBE at the Westminster Abbey, Thursday, together with other honorees, including Edward Enninful, a Ghanaian-British fashion stylist and current fashion and style director of W Magazine. He received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE).

MBE is an award conferred on a person for a significant achievement or outstanding service to the community. Dentaa, the CEO of Ghana-UK Based Achievement Award (GUBA) Enterprise, has rendered many services worthy of commendation in the past years.

Many of her initiatives such as the GUBA awards, GUBA Expo, GUBA Foundation and GUBA Careers Fair have initiated many projects for the well being of the African community in the UK.

Dentaa’s MBE honour was announced in June under the Queen’s Birthday Honours List (2016) in recognition of Dentaa’s services to UK-African Diaspora Relations.

Her various developmental projects with GUBA inspired her nomination in the 2011 Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year in the Future 100 Awards. In 2013, she was also honoured by the African Women in Europe Award.

Dentaa won the prestigious Events Organiser title at the Women4Africa Awards the following year and in October 2015, The Leadership of Young Professionals & Youth Coalition (YPYC) awarded her with The Young Female Professional Role Model of the Year prize.

The GUBA Awards was set up in 2010 to highlight and acknowledge the achievements of Ghanaians/Africans within the United Kingdom.

GUBA has since expanded its branches from an awarding body to  more diverse organisations such as GUBA Foundation,a charity organisation set up to tackle under-represented health issues within the African and Caribbean community in the UK. It is currently working to raise funds to purchase 100 incubators in a bid to tackle infant mortality in Africa.