Vodafone X Ghana presents the X Men Tour on the 30th of April 2016 at the Great Hall of KNUST, Kumasi, Prince Kofi Amoabeng and Sarkodie, two Xtra ordinary men would be under one roof, hosted by Anita Erskine as they share their success stories and answer questions that the students have about them.
Prince Kofi Amoabeng is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of UT Bank and the Parent, UT Holdings. He is a businessman and consultant, launching several enterprises
including Opayesco Wood Processing Co Ltd, K K Power & Co ltd, P. K.
Amoabeng Enterprise Ltd, and Schiewer Gh. Ltd., as well as a consulting
firm, Jam Haus. He also taught at the Ghana Stock Exchange. In 1997, he
and Joseph Nsonamoa set up a ‘finance house’ to provide more timely and
appropriate finance than was available from the traditional banking
sector. The finance house was initially called Best Financial Services,
then changed the name to Unique Trust Financial Services, now UT Bank.
The bank now has more than 600 employees in 26 branches in seven of the
ten regions of Ghana.
Amoabeng is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Interbank
Payment Settlement System (GHIPSS); a member of the Council of Enablis
Ghana (Canadian Entrepreneurial NGO) and a member of the International
Advisory Board of China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), in
Ghana.
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Michael Owusu Addo, known by his stage name
Sarkodie, is a Ghanaian hip hop and hiplife recording artist from Tema. He won the Best International Act: Africa category at the 2012 BET Awards, and was nominated in the same category at the 2014 BET Awards. In 2015, Sarkodie was ranked the 19th most Influential Ghanaian by e.tv Ghana
.He is considered one of the major proponents of the Azonto genre and dance.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to encounter these two great personalities as they share their stories and get interactive.
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