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Regina Agyare
CEO Soronko Solutions
Soronko Solutions, Ghana
Soronko Solutions

Regina is the CEO of Soronko Solutions. She was featured on CNN as one of the 12 inspirational women who rock STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). She was named as one of the six women making an impact in Tech in Africa and one of the 10 female entrepreneurs to watch in emerging economies. She was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the year by the GPA Awards from Africa 2.0. She was featured on CNN African Voices, CNN African Startups and interviewed by BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle and Aljazeera. She is an Ashoka Fellow, Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, GOOD Fellow, Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, Vital Voices Fellow and a Change Leader with Tigo Reach For Change. She belongs to the African Leadership Network and the Africa Leadership Initiative West Africa . Her story was published in the Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg COO of Facebook, Impatient Optimist blog by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and was a finalist for the ITU African Digital Woman of the Year. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow and had the honour of meeting Barack and Michelle Obama. She also recently returned from China from participating in the World Economic Forum Meeting of New Champions which focused on Science and Technology. She takes part of the advisory board on a project to amend the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to include Digital rights of a child. She loves to mentor and has been invited to speak and mentor the Camfed master card scholars program, TedXLabone, TedxDartmouth, University Events, Symposium at Harvard University and is an online mentor with the Women's Tech Connect Global Mentoring program. She was awarded a Women of Courage Award for Technology and Tech Needs Girls was awarded in the Ghana CSR Diary Awards.

     

What would you say are the most challenging and the most satisfying aspects of your work?
Challenging aspect of my work is developing innovative strategies to keep the business running and be ahead of competitors. Most satisfying aspect is the impact we are making in the lives of young girls with Tech Needs Girls Mentorship and Coding Program.
 
 
What qualifications or certifications did you attain in order to reach your professional goals?

BSc Computer Science

 

If there is one message you would like to convey to young women to encourage them to consider a profession in the ICT sector, what would it be?

Never Give up! There are a lot of opportunities in the ICT Sector for women and girls to create and innovate. Don't be scared or intmidated. Women have a place in the ICT Sector and we must join the movement to shape our future with technology.

 

Founder Soronko Solutions Regina Ag
Founder Soronko Solutions Regina Ag
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