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Estelle Akofio-Sowah

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Estelle Akofio-Sowah
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenGhana Edit
Name wey dem give amEstelle Edit
Family nameSowah Edit
Ein date of birth20. century Edit
Place dem born amScotland Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish Edit
Ein occupationentrepreneur, manager Edit
Educate forUniversity of Sussex, Ghana International School Edit

Estelle Akofio-Sowah be Scottish born, Ghanaian businesswoman den current CSquared Ghana Country Manager den former Google Ghana country manager.[1] Na Estelle be managing director give BusyInternet,[2] internet service provider for Ghana.[3]

Ein Early life

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Dem born Estelle for Scotland wey ein poppy be Ghanaian. Ein family move go Osu for Ghana na she be 6 months old.[4]

Ein Education

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She attend Ghana International School wey she proceed go University of Sussex dat be wer she get ein degree for Economics den Development Studies[4] wey she san be Fellow of de second class of Africa Leadership Initiative-West Africa den member of de Aspen Global Leadership Network.[5][6][7][8]

Ein Career

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Estelle be de current country lead give Google Ghana. She san work as de managing director for Busyinternet, wey be company wey deal plus ISP, cybercafe den business incubator. Na she be conference den banquet manager for La Palm Royal Beach Hotel den project manager for National Poverty Reduction Program for ProNet, de local NGO partner for WaterAid UK.[8] Na she be President of de Ghana Internet Service Providers Association.[9]

Ein Awards

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Dem Estelle rank among 2016's Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders for Ghana by WomanRising.[10][11]

References

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  1. "Ghana lags behind in I.T - Google country manager". GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. "Ghana: The Woman Behind Busy Internet -Estelle Sowah".
  3. "Rise of the Ghanaian entrepreneurs". BBC. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Estelle Akofio Sowah". africabusinesssource.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  5. "Aspen Global Leadership Network". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. "African Leadership Initiative West Africa - ALIWA". Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  7. "Google Ghana CEO, Estelle Akofio-Sowah receives WomanRising Top Corporate Women Leaders Award". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Meet Estelle Akofio-Sowah: Speaker, Citi FM Women's Career Forum". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  9. Starrfmonline. "Google Ghana CEO receives award | Starr Fm". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  10. "Google Ghana CEO, Estelle Akofio-Sowah receives WomanRising Top Corporate Women Leaders Award". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  11. Mensah, Kent. "Google Ghana CEO receives award | Starr Fm". Retrieved 13 April 2019.