Ethel Delali Cofie

Ethel Delali Cofie is a Ghanaian IT professional, entrepreneur and consultant.[1][2][3] She is the founder of Women in Tech Africa.[4][5][6]

Ethel Delali Cofie
OccupationTechnology Entrepreneur
OrganizationEDEL Technology Consulting & Women in Tech Africa
Known forCreating the largest Women in Tech group on the African Continent spanning 30 countries
Websiteethelcofie.com

Education

Cofie has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Valley View University in Ghana, a master's degree in Distribution Systems from the University of Brighton, and an Executive Degree in Leadership, Business and Entrepreneurship from the Yale School of Management.[7]

Career and affiliations

She held various technology and commercial roles in her previous work in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. She has also worked with Vodafone Ghana as Head of Commercial Solutions.[8][9]

Cofie is CEO and Founder of EDEL Technology Consulting, an IT consulting company in West Africa and Europe.[10][11]

She has been featured on BBC[12] and has had her opinion pieces published on CNN[13] on the topics of technology in emerging markets, and women leadership. She is on the board of companies across Africa including Egotickets and AMOSS Holdings SA.[7][14]

Awards and recognition

Ethel and her initiatives have been recognized:

References
  1. Quist, Emmanuel. "Meet the Boss: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing IT in Africa - Building - Pulse". pulse.com.gh. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. Cofie, Ethel. "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. "2014-Washington-Fellow-Bios.pdf" (PDF).
  4. "ALU Co-Hosts Launch of Women in Technology Mauritius - ALU". ALU. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. "Women in Tech Africa is holding a Women in Tech Week in Nairobi, this September | TechCabal". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  6. Adesanya, Adedayo. "Women In Tech Africa - Events - Pulse". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  7. "Ethel D. Cofie". Tech her. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. "Ethel Cofie | Girls In ICT". girlsinict.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  9. "Ethel Cofie, founder of Edel Technology Consulting, pioneering 'Women-in-Tech' leader, Ghana". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. "EDEL Technology Consulting". www.edelitconsult.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  11. ModernGhana.Com. "Women Shine At 6th Ghana Information Technology And Telecoms Awards". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  12. ""They would expect him to be the boss", Newsday - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  13. Ethel Cofie, Special to. "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  14. "VIDEO: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing the face of Tech in Africa". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  15. "GEM-Tech Awards 2014: Finalists". ITU. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  16. "Meet the most influential young women in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  17. "Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government". Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  18. "Africa's leading women in tech 2015 | IT News Africa – Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  19. "Keeping Up With the Cabinet: Our Trip to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit". whitehouse.gov. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2017.

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