George Andah

George Nenyi Kojo Andah (born 27 April 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and the former Member of Parliament of the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Deputy Minister for communications in Ghana.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Hon.
George Andah
MP
Deputy Minister for Communications
In office
February 2017 – January 2021
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Preceded byFelix Kwakye Ofosu
Succeeded byAma Pomaa Boateng
Member of Ghanaian Parliament
Awutu Senya West
In office
January 2017 – January 2021
Preceded byHanna Serwaa Tetteh
Succeeded byGizella Tetteh Agbotui
Personal details
Born
George Nenyi Kojo Andah

Senya Beraku, Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children4
ResidenceAccra
Alma materAchimota School, KNUST, University of Ghana Business School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionMarketing director

In June 2021, he was installed as the Akyempim Odefey (Chief) of the Senya Beraku Traditional Area and goes by the stool name, Nenyi Kobena Andakwei VI.[7]

Early life and education

George was born on 27 April 1970 and hails from Senya Beraku in the Central Region of Ghana.[8] He had his secondary education at Achimota School and proceeded to KNUST where he studied for a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. George also holds an MBA degree in marketing from the University of Ghana Business School.[9][10]

Career

George has worked for several reputable companies; from being the marketing director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd to being the Chief Marketing Officer for Scancom Limited.[11] He was a member of the MTN Group to being the Chief Marketing Officer of Bharti Airtel Nigeria, a member of the Bharti Group to Chief Operating Officer (Country Manager) of Glo Mobile Ghana to the Regional Director, Marketing Promotions, Globacom (Nigeria, Ghana and Benin). He then went on to establish his own company called, RUDDER Solutions, a Ghanaian-based market-development management consultancy service that provides a comprehensive set of integrated professional services for business / market development, corporate / brand communication, reputation management, direct sales, channel development and leadership coaching. He also worked at the Accra main branch of SG-SSB from March 2001 to April 2002.[8] He is also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic and the Deputy Minister for Communications.[12]

Awards and recognition
  • Received the CIMG Marketing man of the year in 2008.[13][14]
  • He was installed as a Chief[7]
  • He won Humanitarian MP of the year award 2019[15]
  • He received the United Clergy International Association (UCIA) 2019[16]
  • He was honored as the MTN Mobile Money Builder Award in 2019.[17]

Politics

George is a founding member of Occupy Ghana a political pressure group. He was also the New Patriotic Party parliamentarian for Awutu-Senya West constituency.[18]

In June, 2020 he was elected by the delegates of the NPP to represent Awutu-Senya West Constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election as their parliamentary candidate.[19] He lost his parliamentary seat to Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui of the National Democratic Congress.[6] He is a former Deputy Minister for Communications.[20][21]

In April 2022, he launched his book called 'Determined to do more'.[22]

Personal life

George is married with four children and lives in Accra with his family. He is a Christian.[8]

Philanthropy

In April 2019, George presented about 12 executive chairs to the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School.[23]

References
  1. "Deputy Ministers". Government of Ghana. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees". Graphic Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. "George Andah loses Awutu Senya West parliamentary seat". MyJoyOnline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  7. "George Andah installed as a Chief". citinewsroom.com. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. "Andah, George Nenyi Kojo". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  9. Myjoyonline.com. "Ghana News - Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  10. "Nenyi George Andah – National Communications Authority". Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  11. "Enimil Ashon: The George Andah magic - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  12. "Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  13. "George Andah". Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  14. Myjoyonline.com. "George Andah". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  15. "MP of the year award". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  16. "Honoured at UCIA awards". citinewsroom.com. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  17. webmanager (2019-12-16). "George Andah recognised as MTN Mobile Money Builder". Business World Ghana. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  18. Boateng, Kojo Akoto (2017-03-17). "Yofi Grant, George Andah resign from Occupy Ghana executive council". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  19. "George Andah wins Awutu Senya West NPP primary". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  20. Agyeman, Adwoa (2022-04-27). "Politics has taught me lessons not regrets – George Andah". Adomonline.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  21. "Let's not politicise SIM Card re-registration – George Andah". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  22. "10 reasons why politics was not good for Nenyi George Andah and he disagreed". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  23. 3news_user (2019-04-30). "George Andah donates to Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at UG". 3News.com. Retrieved 2022-11-27. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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