Ethel Delali Cofie

Ethel Delali Cofie
Occupation Technology Entrepreneur
Organization EDEL Technology Consulting & Women in Tech Africa
Known for Creating the largest Women in Tech group on the African Continent spanning 30 countries
Website ethelcofie.com

Ethel Delali Cofie is a Ghanaian IT professional, entrepreneur and consultant who is also considered as one of the top five women impacting IT in Africa.[1][2][3]

Ethel Cofie is CEO and Founder of EDEL Technology Consulting an IT consulting company in West Africa and Europe, and recently named IT consulting firm of the year by the Telecoms and IT Industry in Ghana.[4][5]

She is also founder of Women in Tech Africa, Africa’s largest women in tech group with members in over 30 Africa countries and in the diaspora and growing.[6] She is the brain behind her organisations global event Women in Tech Week .[7][8]

She has been featured on BBC[9] and has had her opinion pieces published on CNN[10] on the topics of technology in emerging markets, and women leadership.

Education

Ethel Cofie has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Valley View University in Ghana and a master's degree in Distribution Systems from the University of Brighton and an Executive Degree in Leadership, Business and Entrepreneurship for the Yale School of Management.[11]

Career

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.[12][13]

In addition to being CEO and founder of Edel Technology Consulting, she is on the board of companies across Africa including Egotickets and AMOSS Holdings SA.[11][14]

Awards and recognition

Ethel and her initiatives have been recognized:

  • Fellow of United State's President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative Network (YALI)
  • Ethel Cofie Speaking at Conferences
    Named one of the Top 5 Women impacting IT in Africa[1]
  • Shortlisted for United Nations GEM Tech Award in October 2014.[15]
  • 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana[16]
  • Africa Woman of Influence in Business: ICT Category[17]
  • Africa's Leading Women in IT [18]
  • IT Consulting Firm of the Year [5]
  • Recognised as Africa’s Most Influential Woman in Business and Government for ICT by CEO Global
  • She was invited to speak at the G20 Summit in Berlin and the Oxford Africa Summit at Oxford University, UK

Notable mentions

USA Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker mentions Ethel Cofie in her 2014 Global Entrepreneurship summit speech in Morocco[19]

References

  1. 1 2 Quist, Emmanuel. "Meet the Boss: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing IT in Africa - Building - Pulse". pulse.com.gh. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. ↑ CNN, Ethel Cofie, Special to. "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  3. ↑ "2014-Washington-Fellow-Bios.pdf" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "EDEL Technology Consulting". www.edelitconsult.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  5. 1 2 ModernGhana.Com. "Women Shine At 6th Ghana Information Technology And Telecoms Awards". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  6. ↑ "ALU Co-Hosts Launch of Women in Technology Mauritius - ALU". ALU. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  7. ↑ "Women in Tech Africa is holding a Women in Tech Week in Nairobi, this September | TechCabal". Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  8. ↑ Adesanya, Adedayo. "Women In Tech Africa - Events - Pulse". Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  9. ↑ ""They would expect him to be the boss", Newsday - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  10. ↑ CNN, Ethel Cofie, Special to. "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  11. 1 2 "Ethel D. Cofie". Tech her. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ethel Cofie | Girls In ICT". girlsinict.org. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  13. ↑ "Ethel Cofie, founder of Edel Technology Consulting, pioneering 'Women-in-Tech' leader, Ghana". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  14. ↑ "VIDEO: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing the face of Tech in Africa". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  15. ↑ "GEM-Tech Awards 2014: Finalists". ITU. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  16. ↑ "Meet the most influential young women in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  17. ↑ "Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government". Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  18. ↑ "Africa's leading women in tech 2015 | IT News Africa – Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  19. ↑ "Keeping Up With the Cabinet: Our Trip to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit". whitehouse.gov. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2017-01-09.


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