Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh

Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh is a Ghanaian business leader and the Regional General Manager for IBM Africa in charge of North, East and West Africa.[1][2] She is the former Country General Manager for Ghana.[3][4][5] She is the first female to become country director of IBM in Africa[6] and the first African and female to be appointed Regional General Manager.[7]

Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh
NationalityGhanaian
EducationWesley Girls' High School; Achimota School
Alma materHarvard Business School
Known forFirst female to become country director of IBM in Africa

Education

Angela holds a BA in Marketing and French. She is an alumna of Harvard Business School.[8][9] She is also an old student of Wesley Girls' High School and Achimota School in Ghana.

Career

She has 20 years extensive working experience in the financial services and technology industries in Africa and Europe. In 2011 she joined IBM as the Territory Marketing Manager responsible for IBM West Africa. She later moved to Nairobi, Kenya as Strategy Leader for IBM’s Central, East and West Africa operations.[10][11]

Awards

WomanRising ranked her among the Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana for 2016.[6][12][13][14][15]

References
  1. Nyabor, Jonas (2020-07-13). "IBM appoints Ghana's Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as regional head for Africa". Citi NewsRoom.
  2. "IBM appoints Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as 1st female boss for Africa". GhanaWeb. 2020-07-13.
  3. "IBM appoints new Country Manager". Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  4. "Big Data, Big Opportunity For Ghana - IBM Boss - Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC)". www.gipcghana.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  5. "Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh (Country GM, IBM Ghana)". Ghana News. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  6. Akpah, Prince (2017-09-15). "IBM Ghana CEO, Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh Receives WomanRising Award". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. "IBM appoints Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh as 1st female boss for Africa". 3News. 2020-07-12.
  8. "Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh heads IBM Ghana as Country General Manager". BiztechAfrica. 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  9. "Powerful CEOs: The most stylish female Ghanaian CEOs of 2017 - NewsDog". Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  10. "IBM appoints new Country Manager". Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  11. "IBM appoints new Country General Manger for Ghana - Ghana Business News". Ghana Business News. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  12. "Google Ghana CEO receives top corporate women leaders award". www.ghanaweb.com. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  13. Akpah, Prince (2017-09-16). "IBM Ghana CEO Angela Kyerematen- Jimoh Receives WOmanRising Award | News of the South". newsofthesouth.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  14. "IBM Ghana CEO, Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh Receives WomanRising Award". article.wn.com. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  15. Online, Peace FM (2016-10-05). "Top 50 Women Corporate Leaders in Ghana". Retrieved 2018-02-20.


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