Ghana Women of Excellence Awards (2020) Telecom CEO of the Year (2020)
Patricia Obo-Nai is a Ghanaianengineer, the first Ghanaian to become Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana.[1][2][3][4] Her appointment on 19 February 2019 took effect on 1 April 2019. She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, (GHIE) and Vodafone's executive committee.[5][6][7][8] In May 2021, she was named among the top 50 Most Influential Female Leaders in Africa within the corporate and business sphere by Leading Ladies Africa.[9][10]
Patricia Obo-Nai has worked in information technology and telecommunications since 1997.[16] Before her appointment at Vodafone, she worked with Millicom Ghana Limited, operators of Tigo for 14 years. In 2011, she moved on to join Vodafone as a Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Executive Committee. She was later promoted as the Director of Fixed Business and Customer Operations before she was appointed as CEO in 2019.[1][14][17][18][15]
She has served on a number of boards which includes the following: an advisory council member of the West African STEM Hub, advisory member of the Global Young Academy, Board member of the KNUST Foundation, a member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers and the Executive Women Network.[19]
Awards and honours
For her work she has received the following awards:[20][17]
2012 - Best Female Technologist Award at the annual Ghana Telecom Awards in June
2017 - Distinguished Alumnus from the College of Engineering at KNUST
2018 - Listed as one of the 100 most inspiring women leaders in Vodafone
2019 - Won the Presec "Odade3" Honorary Torch Award
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