Patricia Obo-Nai

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Patricia Obo-Nai
Born
Ghana
Nationality  Ghanaian
Education St Roses Senior High
Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School
Alma mater Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BSc. Electrical engineering),
University of Ghana (MBA)
Kellogg School of Management
INSEAD
Occupation(s)Business and Technology Executive
Employers
AwardsGhana Women of Excellence Awards (2020)
Telecom CEO of the Year (2020)

Patricia Obo-Nai is a Ghanaian engineer, 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]

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Education

Patricia Obo-Nai attended Bishop Bowers School for her basic education. [11] For her O-Levels and A-Levels, she attended St Roses Senior High (Akwatia) and the Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School respectively. [12] She continued at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where she obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. She holds an Executive MBA and Executive Education degree from the University of Ghana and Kellogg School of Management in USA respectively. She also acquired an Executive Education degree from INSEAD in France. [13] [14] [3] [15]

Career

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]

Personal life

Patricia is married with three (3) children. [27]

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