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Kofi Amoa-Abban
Ghanaian entrepreneur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kofi Amoa-Abban is a Ghanaian Oil and Gas entrepreneur,[1] and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Rigworld Group, an oil services business with operations across West Africa.
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Early life
Kofi Amoa-Abban was born in Tema, Ghana, the son of Kofi Amoa-Abban a Director at Textile company TTL, and Letitia Amoa-Abban a retail entrepreneur.[2] Kofi Amoa-Abban attended Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast, Ghana. Kofi Amoa-Abban graduated from the University of Ghana with a degree in Psychology and subsequently pursued a master's degree at Oslo University.[3]
Managing career
In 2011, Kofi Amoa-Abban started Rigworld from a small office in Osu, Accra providing recruitment services to the burgeoning oil and gas industry in Ghana.[4] Prior to that, he had served as a drill crew member with Atwood Hunter responsible for the TEAK1, TEAK 2, and Banda Wells.[3] In July 2015 Kofi Amoa-Abban co-founded PressureTech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rigworld International Services, which offers engineering solutions to Oil and Gas companies in Ghana and beyond.[5]
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Companies
- Rigworld International Services Ltd.
- Rigworld Solutions
- Steadfast Rigworld
- Hydrasun Rigworld
- Score Rigworld
- Rigworld Training
- Transatlantic Services ltd.
- Axiss Shipping
- KOKA Energy
- Rigworld Petroleum
Awards
In February 2016, Kofi Amoa-Abban received an honorary doctorate in Business Administration "Honoris Causa" from two universities, the Commonwealth University and the London Graduate School who collaborated.[3] In the same year Kofi Amoa-Abban received the "Extraordinary Entrepreneur" award from the Tema Excellence Awards Foundation.[6]
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References
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