Herman Chinery-Hesse

Herman Chinery-Hesse
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Dublin, Ireland
CitizenshipGhana
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Founder and Chairman of theSOFTtribe
Children2
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Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse (born 1963) is a Ghanaian technology entrepreneur and the founder of theSOFTtribe, the oldest and largest software company in Ghana.[1][2][3] He is popularly known as "the Bill Gates of Africa".[4] Chinery-Hesse also made the list of 15 Black STEM Innovators.[5] In March 2019, he was introduced as the Commonwealth Chair for Business and Technology Initiatives for Africa.[6]

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  2. ^ "Life In The Fast Lane With The Bill Gates Of Ghana". Forbes Africa. 1 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  3. ^ "The African Hacker". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. August 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ Smith, David (25 August 2012). "New Africa: how an entrepreneur became 'the Bill Gates of Ghana'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Ghana's Chinery-Hesse makes list of 15 Black STEM Innovators". Citi Fm Online. 13 February 2016. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Chinery-Hesse outdoored as C'wealth Business and Tech African Chair". MyJoyonline. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

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