Ethel Delali Cofie
Ethel Delali Cofie is an entrepreneur and an IT professional / consultant.[1][2][3] She is from the Republic of Ghana and is the founding member of Women in Tech Africa,[4][5][6][7] organization working for the empowerment of African women by enabling the technological source.
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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 |
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.[8]
Career and affiliations
She held various technological 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.[9][10]
Cofie is the CEO and Founder of EDEL Technology Consulting, an IT consulting company in West Africa and Europe.[11][12]
She has been featured on BBC[13] and has had her opinion piece published on CNN[14] on the topics of technology in emerging markets, and women leadership. She is a member of the board of companies across Africa including Egotickets and AMOSS Holdings SA.[8][15]
Awards and recognition
Ethel and her initiatives have been recognized:
- Fellow of United States President Barack Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative Network (YALI)
- Named one of the Top 5 Women impacting IT in Africa[1]
- Shortlisted for United Nations GEM Tech Award in October 2014.[16]
- 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs In Ghana[17]
- Africa Woman of Influence in Business: ICT Category[18]
- Africa's Leading Women in IT [19]
- Recognised as Africa's Most Influential Woman in Business and Government for ICT by CEO Global
- USA Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker mentioned Ethel Cofie in her 2014 Global Entrepreneurship Summit speech in Morocco[20]
- She won the 2020 Glitz Africa Ghana Women award[21]
References
- Quist, Emmanuel (16 December 2015). "Meet the Boss: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing IT in Africa - Building - Pulse". pulse.com.gh. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- Cofie, Ethel (12 August 2014). "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- "2014-Washington-Fellow-Bios.pdf" (PDF).
- "ALU Co-Hosts Launch of Women in Technology Mauritius - ALU". ALU. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Women in Tech Africa is holding a Women in Tech Week in Nairobi, this September | TechCabal". 28 July 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- Adesanya, Adedayo. "Women In Tech Africa - Events - Pulse". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- "Ethel D. Cofie". Tech her. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Ethel Cofie | Girls In ICT". girlsinict.org. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Ethel Cofie, founder of Edel Technology Consulting, pioneering 'Women-in-Tech' leader, Ghana". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- "EDEL Technology Consulting". www.edelitconsult.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ModernGhana.Com. "Women Shine At 6th Ghana Information Technology And Telecoms Awards". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ""They would expect him to be the boss", Newsday - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- Ethel Cofie, Special to (12 August 2014). "It's not a man's world: The African women breaking down tech barriers". CNN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "VIDEO: Ethel Cofie, one of the top 5 women changing the face of Tech in Africa". Lionesses of Africa Website. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- "GEM-Tech Awards 2014: Finalists". ITU. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Meet the most influential young women in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government". Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Africa's leading women in tech 2015 | IT News Africa – Africa's Technology News Leader". www.itnewsafrica.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- "Keeping Up With the Cabinet: Our Trip to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit". whitehouse.gov. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2017 – via National Archives.
- "Africa Ghana Women award". ghana.unfpa.org. Retrieved 22 March 2022.