Herman Chinery-Hesse
Herman Chinery-Hesse | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) Ireland |
| Citizenship | Ghana |
| Alma mater | Texas State University |
| Occupation | founder of SOFTtribe |
| Children | 2 |
Herman Chinery-Hesse is a Ghanaian software entrepreneur and the founder of SOFTtribe, the largest software company in Ghana.[1] He is popularly known as the Bill Gates of Ghana.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Chinery-Hesse also made the list of 15 Black STEM Innovators.[9]
Education
Herman was educated at Mfantsipim School.[10]
References
- ^ "BBC Newsmaker". BBC. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "New Africa: how an entrepreneur became 'the Bill Gates of Ghana'". theguardian. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "BBC News - African Dream: Ghana's Herman Chinery-Hesse". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "Profile: Herman Chinery-Hesse - "Africa's father of Technology"". The Habari Network. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "BBC News - The mobile technologies making Africa cheaper and safer". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "Africa's 'father of technology' on sparking a tech revolution - CNN.com". Edition.cnn.com. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ Barber, Lionel (2012-04-17). "Twelve days in west Africa: Accra, Ghana". FT.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "Meet the Bill Gates of Ghana -Herman Chinery-Hesse - e-commerce in Africa". Inc.com. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "Ghana's Chinery-Hesse makes list of 15 Black STEM Innovators". Citifmonline.com. Citi FM. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Herman Chinery-Hesse, Africa's 'father of technology'". Daily Maverick. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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