Herman Chinery-Hesse: Google Names Meeting Room At Headquarters After Top Ghanaian IT Entrepreneur
- Google has honoured Ghanaian tech entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse by naming a meeting room at its headquarters after him
- Herman Chinery-Hesse, the founder of SOFTtribe, is prominent in the tech industry and is often called 'the Bill Gates of Ghana'
- When he shared this on Facebook, several people celebrated him for his contribution to technology development in Ghana
Google has honoured one of Ghana's top technology entrepreneurs by naming a space in their headquarters after him.
One of its meeting rooms is named after Herman Chinery-Hesse, founder of SOFTtribe, the largest software company in Ghana.
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Herman Chinery-Hesse is often referred to as the Bill Gates of Ghana. Among his other achievements in the tech industry, he made the list of 15 Black Innovators.
In a Facebook post, Herman said he did not know a meeting room was named after him at the Google headquarters until one of his friends shared it with him.
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See the post below:
Netizens congratulate Herman
Several people who saw the post applauded Herman for his excellent work, which Google has recognised. YEN.com.gh has collated some of their comments.
Justin Keery asked:
“And they didn't ask, or tell you. Appropriation?”
Lloyd Amoah said:
“Google using your work and image for its own ends.”
Muriel Harris wrote:
“Wow, congratulations and well done 👏”
Maximus Kwaku Ametorgoh said:
“The big boss himself.”
Margaret Yvonne Quarshie wrote:
“Congratulations 🍾 Herman!”
Abena Asiamah said:
"That's amazing. What an honour to be recognised by yoru alma mater"
Kojo Anan Ankomah wrote:
"The attendants at a Men’s Wearhouse shop in the Dover Mall in Delaware swear by your name and vividly recall when you passed through their shop. Their eyes almost popped out of their heads when I said I knew you personally and then proceeded to add spice to their stories. 😄You be legend!"
Nana Fredua-Agyeman Ofori-Atta said:
“You deserve it. Ghanaians don't know your impact on us.”
Ghanaian joins Google as research software engineer
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a former student of the University of Ghana, Legon, shared how she improved Google Maps in Africa.
Abigail Annkah said she got interested in coding after discovering a course called Computational Maths in her second year at Legon.
She was an Artificial Intelligence (AI) resident for two years before landing a permanent job at Google, where she has made an impact.
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