Kofi Amoa-Abban is a Ghanaian

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entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Rigworld Group, an oil services business with operations across

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Early life

Kofi Amoa-Abban was born in

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, the son of Kofi Amoa-Abban a Director at Textile company TTL, and Letitia Amoa-Abban a retail entrepreneur. Kofi Amoa-Abban attended Mfantsipim School in

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. Kofi Amoa-Abban graduated from the

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with a degree in Psychology and subsequently pursued a master's degree at Oslo University.

Managing career

In 2011, Kofi Amoa-Abban started Rigworld from a small office in Osu,

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providing recruitment services to the burgeoning oil and gas industry in

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. Prior to that, he had served as a drill crew member with Atwood Hunter responsible for the TEAK1, TEAK 2, and Banda Wells. 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.

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. In the same year Kofi Amoa-Abban received the "Extraordinary Entrepreneur" award from the Tema Excellence Awards Foundation.

Awards and nominations

References

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