Biography of herman chinery-hesse
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African Dream: Ghana's Herman Chinery-Hesse
"It was all a lot of fun. It's not easy but it's not impossible. I don't think I'm a genius. I think anybody can do it if their head is in the right place, and they're prepared to wait the years. The trick is that I went into business not expecting to get rich in two years," Mr Chinery-Hesse told the BBC.
"There were times when for six months our company got no cheques, and we had to share what little money we had. There were times when we had no money to pay salaries, times when we had debts."
In his opinion, two of the most important things in business are patience and honesty.
"In every business you do, it has to be win-win. The person who is buying your service must win, and you must win. Otherwise, it's not sustainable."
Part of his company's success is no doubt also due to the fact that from very early on they decided to develop software tailored to conditions in Africa.
"I think that there is so much opportunity in Africa, there is so much underdevelopment, there is so much that hasn't been done, that it's not rocket science. If you have the discipline, take the dive," Mr Chinery-Hesse tells other people considering becoming entrepr
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Herman Chinery-Hesse
Ghanaian software businessman (1963–2024)
This article is about the Ghanaian technology businessman. For the German writer, see Hermann Hesse.
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]
Early life and education
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Herman Chinery-Hesse was born in Dublin, Ireland on 18 November 1963 to Lebrecht James Nii Tettey Chinery-Hesse and Mary Chinery-Hesse, née Blay.[10] His maternal grandfather was Robert Samuel Blay, a barrister and Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana in the First Republic. Blay was the first Vice President of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC), of which he was a founding member and a Speaker of the 1969 Constituent Assembly.
Chinery-Hesse was educated at the Ridge Church School[11]
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Remembering Bandleader Chinery-Hesse: Modernization, Humor, deed Humanity
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