Selorm Adadevoh is a Ghanaian business and

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

executive. He is the current chief executive officer of MTN Ghana, a subsidiary of

MTN Group MTN Group Limited, formerly M-Cell, is a South African multinational mobile telecommunications company, operating in many African and Asian countries. Its head office is in Johannesburg. , MTN recorded 280 million subscribers, making it the ...

. He has worked as a telecommunication, business leader and consultant in Africa, the Caribbean, UK and US.

Early life and education

Adadevoh had his secondary school education at

St. Peter's Boys Senior High School St. Peter's Senior High School, or PERSCO, is a Roman Catholic boys' senior high school in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The school was established in 1957 by the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD). The school is located in the town of Nkwat ...

. He holds a Bachelor of science Degree in Civil Engineering from

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is a public University of Ghana that focuses on science and technology. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is the public university established in the country, as well a ...

(KNUST), Ghana and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance and Strategic Management from The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Career

Adadevoh started his career and worked for 10 years as a technology consultant initially for

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(HP) in the UK, where he served as an advisor to companies like

Hutchison 3G 3 or Three is a global brand name owned by Hutchison 3G Enterprises S.A.R.L., under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and broadband internet providers operate in Hong Kong, Macau, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia, Ireland, Sweden, and ...

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and later as a Management Consultant at

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in the USA where he worked on Mergers, Acquisitions and Private Equity consulting projects for companies like the

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

Jetblue JetBlue Airways Corporation (stylized as jetBlue) is a major American low cost airline, and the seventh largest airline in North America by passengers carried. The airline is headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York C ...

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German entrepreneurs, Charles Pfizer ...

Laidlaw Laidlaw (), organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. (with corporate headquarters in Naperville, Illinois) was the largest provider of intercity bus services, contract public transit and paratransit, and contract school bus service in both t ...

and many others. He later moved to Ghana to work as the Chief Commercial Officer (COO) and Head of Mobile Financial Services (MFS) for

Tigo Millicom International Cellular SA (NASDAQ U.S.: TIGO, NASDAQ Stockholm: TIGO_SDB) is a Luxembourgish fixed line and mobile telecommunications services provider dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America operating under the Tigo brand. As of D ...

(Millicom) Ghana. In his role as COO and Head of the MFS especially, he was responsible in ensuring the boost of the mobile money industry in Ghana in relation to Tigo and other networks as well. Adadevoh was later appointed as Global Director for Mobile Financial Services (MFS) at

Digicel Digicel is a Jamaican and Caribbean mobile phone network and home entertainment provider operating in 33 markets worldwide. Digicel has operated in several countries, including Guyana, Fiji, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Suriname, and Ja ...

, Haiti in December 2014. He went on to work there for three years rising from his role as Global Director of MFS to COO of Digicel in May 2015 and eventually his rise to CEO of Digicel, Haiti in March 2016, which is the largest of Digicel's 32 operations throughout the world. In June 2018, Adadevoh was appointed as CEO of MTN Ghana, a subsidiary of MTN Group. He took over from Ebenezer Asante who had been promoted to Ebenezer Asante Vice President of the MTN Group. He was awarded the Marketing Man of the Year 2020 at the 32nd Annual National Marketing Performance Awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Boards and other works

Adadevoh is a board member of Women's World Banking Ghana (WWBG), Sahel Grains Ltd and Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) which is funded by the

UN Foundation The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization headquartered in Washington, DC, that supports the United Nations and its activities. It was established in 1998 with a $1 billion gift to the United Nations by philanthropist Ted Turner, ...

. He is a

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fellow, and a member of the African Leadership Network (ALN).

References

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