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. ^ Forbes Africa (1 February 2012). "Life In The Fast Lane With The Bill Gates Of Ghana". Forbes Africa. 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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