Herman Chinery-Hesse
Herman Chinery-Hesse | |
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| Born | 18 November 1963 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | (aged 60) Accra, Ghana |
| Citizenship | Ghanaian |
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| Occupation(s) | Founder and Chairman of theSOFTtribe |
| Spouse | Sadia Chinery-Hesse |
| Children | 2 |
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Herman Owula Kojo Chinery-Hesse (18 November 1963 – 17 September 2024) was a Ghanaian technology businessman and the founder of theSOFTtribe, the oldest and largest software company in Ghana. He was popularly known as "the Bill Gates of Africa". Chinery-Hesse also made the list of 15 Black STEM Innovators. In March 2019, he was introduced as the Commonwealth Chair for Business and Technology Initiatives for Africa.