Ato Ulzen-Appiah

Ato Ulzen-Appiah (born 31 December 1983 in Syracuse) is a social entrepreneur, consultant, blogger and director of the GhanaThink Foundation who was named African Male Youth of the Year 2018.[1] He is a co-founder of Barcamp Ghana and Junior Camp Ghana which champions the youth to take up volunteer roles in Ghana.[2] He is an ardent social media user and mentors a lot of the youth.[3]

Ato Ulzen-Appiah
Born
Ato Ulzen-Appiah

Syracuse, NY, United States
EducationPRESEC Legon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University,
OccupationCivil Engineer, Consultant, and Social Entrepreneur
Years active2009–present
Spouse(s)Tracy Ulzen-Appiah

Early life

Ato hails from Elmina but grew up in Kumasi, Ghana.[4]

Education

He started his basic education at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Primary School in Kumasi. He then proceeded to the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School (PRESEC) for his secondary education. He later went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and master's degree in Construction and Engineering Management from Stanford University.[5]

Career

He is currently the director of the GhanaThink Foundation which mobilises and organises talent for the primary benefit of Ghana.[6][7] He started his professional career at Google as a program manager building sustainable tech communities in Africa, overseeing scores of tech events around the continent. He then joined Rancard as product manager building new revenue services off its platform, in charge of payments and content hosting. He co-founded Museke.com an African music website, with a focus on lyrics.[8] He is a member Global Shapers Alumni of the World Economic Forum Accra hub.[9] He has been on a lot of panels discussing the future of Africa and the new digital age using social media.[10] He was a judge on the Seedstars Accra startup challenge.[11] Ato works as a program manager at the Kosmos innovation center. In his role, he assists agribusiness startups to launch their businesses and also offer advisory services in the Kosmos innovation challenge which is a flagship program of the Kosmos innovation center.[12]

In 2014, Ato served as a guest panelist on Digital Media and Entertainment, during the 16th Annual Africa Business Conference at the Harvard Business School.[13] He shared the panel with Solo Nnanna (A marketing manager for Viacom International) and Award-winning technologist Ade Olufeko. The panel was moderated by Uzodinma Iweala the Editor-in-Chief of Ventures Africa [14]

References
  1. "Africa Male Youth 2018". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. "Meet the Ghanaians attending the 2016 WEFAfrica Meeting". www.pulse.com.gh. Pulse.com.gh. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "ATO ULZEN-APPIAH - MENTORING A GENERATION OF THINKERS". www.risingafrica.org. Risingafrica.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. "Sarkodie is most influential personality in the entertainment industry". www.ghanaweb.com. Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. "Team". www.dainnetwork.org. Dainnetwork.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. "9 heroes of modern day Ghana worth celebrating just as Dr. Nkrumah and the heroes of old". www.yen.com.gh. Yen.com.gh. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. "Ato Ulzen-Appiah is a Ghanaian Star". www.konnectafrica.net. KonnectAfrica.net. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. "Interview with Ato Ulzen-Appiah, CEO of Museke Inc; Tony Obey, ICT Consultant and Others". www.internationalreportingproject.org. Internationalreportingproject.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. "Ato Ulzen-Appiah". www.weforum.org. Weforum.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. "Ato Ulzen-Appiah". www.socialmediaweek.org. Socialmediaweek.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  11. "Ghana: Chalkboard Education named best startup at Seedstars Accra". www.itnewsafrica.com. Itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  12. "Linkedin/Ato Ulzen-Appiah". www.linkedin.com. linkedin.com. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  13. "Ade Olufeko, Solo Nnanna & Efe Omoregbe to Speak at the 2014 Harvard Africa Business Conference". Africa Music Law. Africa Music Law. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  14. "Digital Media and Entertainment". HBS African Business Conference. March 1, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved October 9, 2018.


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