Herman Chinery-Hesse

This article is about the Ghanaian technology businessman. For the German writer, see Hermann Hesse.

Herman Chinery-Hesse
Born(1963-11-18)18 November 1963
Dublin, Ireland
Died (aged 60)
Accra, Ghana
CitizenshipGhanaian
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Founder and Chairman of theSOFTtribe
SpouseSadia Chinery-Hesse[1]
Children2
Parents
Relatives

Herman Owula Kojo Chinery-Hesse (18 November 1963 – 17 September 2024) was a Ghanaian technology businessman and the founder of theSOFTtribe, the oldest and largest software company in Ghana.[2][3][4] He was popularly known as "the Bill Gates of Africa".[5][6][7] Chinery-Hesse also made the list of 15 Black STEM Innovators.[8] In March 2019, he was introduced as the Commonwealth Chair for Business and Technology Initiatives for Africa.[9]

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