Ethel Cofie | Girls In ICT

Contact

email: Not Applicable

Etablissement d'enseignement et diplôme obtenu

Msc Distributed System

Poste(s) occupé(s) antérieurement

Head of Commercial Solutions Vodafone Ghana

Country Programs Manager AKSA

Head of Commercial Solutions Vodafone Ghana Country Programs Manager AKSA Business Analyst RDF

Projets auxquels la personne a participé

Women in Tech Africa

Launching Digtize 'YOU' pproduct at EDEL Technology Consultinng

Ethel Cofie

CEO EDEL Technology Consulting/ Founder Women in Tech Africa

EDEL Technology Consultinhg : Ghana/United Kingdom

http://www.edelitconsult.com

Ethel Cofie is CEO and Founder of EDEL Technology Consulting (An IT Consulting and Digital Products Company) and Mandela Fellow for President Obama's Young African Leaders initiative (YALI)

A High caliber IT Professional with a wealth of technical and commercial skills acquired across a wide range of demanding roles and Over 12 years’ experience working in the UK ,Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone on projects for organizations like Bill and Melinda Gates Mobile Technology for Health project, , the Ford Foundation's Election Monitoring project for Nigeria and as Head of Commercial Solutions for Vodafone conceptualizing, executing and working with teams to align Corporate strategy to IT strategy and to develop and manage creative technology solutions.

She has been featured in BBC and CNN for work in technology and women leadership.

She is the Founder of Women in Tech Africa, initiator of the 1st Pan African woman in tech meet up and was shortlisted for the United Nations GEM -Tech Award for work supporting women in ICT.

Women in Tech Africa brings together women in over 30 countries across Africa and will be opening offices in Zambia,Nigeria,Canada,DRC and Benin in the coming months.

She also sits on numerous boards of numerous companies in Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.

What would you say are the most challenging and the most satisfying aspects of your work?

Leadership and making sure our customers are happy.

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?

Don't be afraid to try out new things. Failure is a way of learning.

Biographie/parcours en ligne

http://www.ethelcofie.com

Ethel Cofies talks Career Path

Women Leadership Series

Women in Tech Africa events

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