Samuel Aboagye Email & Phone Number

Ghana

Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana

--Lead Strategist for Whizzy Innovation Hub and Whizzy Digital--Whizzy Digital is a digital growth agency that helps brands establish their digital footprints through online presence management. I lead the agency with my Freelance Writing and Digital Marketing expertise.--Whizzy Innovation Hub is a digital skills training and service provider that uses innovative tools and resources to economically transform the lives of youth, women and early-stage businesses. I lead the hub as the Training Consultant and Chief Innovation Architect.

Asokore Mampong, Kumasi

The NBU Hub is part of the No Business as Usual (NBU) Project, which has the objective of stimulating economic development and youth employment in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, Kumasi. It is a 4-year project funded by the European Union and implemented by SOS CV Ghana.I was hired to provide technical guidance for the designing and setting of the NBU Hub, spearheading programme design and implementation, coordinating with consultants and service providers, supervising training programmes and coordinating the hub’s relationship with the innovation ecosystem in Ghana.Achievements: **Secured a location, designed the hub layout, collaborated with an architect on renovation works and oversaw the final setting up of the hub **Drafted financial budgets and managed funds allocated for hub operations **Led the hub team to successfully complete EU Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for year 1 of the project which included a comprehensive narrative on programme implementation and a detailed logframe indicating all targeted and achieved metrics **Drafted several TOR’s for the selection of various consultants for the project and managed those contracts to a successful completion **Identified challenges with the original programme design and spearheaded its modification with our international partners, SOS Netherlands **Was part of a three-member delegation to the European Union (donors of the project) to justify the proposed modifications and was nominated to report on the progress of the project **Developed professional networks – both in the corporate and innovation ecosystem – to attract various stakeholders including facilitators, employing organizations, internship providers, and training institutions **Drafted job descriptions and assisted in the recruitment of a Training Coordinator and two Youth Coaches

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**Contributor: IBM’s Midsize Insider program (now Pivot.io), an IT-related news magazine targeting senior IT professionals and decision makers at midsize businesses **Freelance Writer: eBay buying guides (with over 150 publications) **Ghost writer: For several clients and publications **Thermo Fisher Scientific: Was hired to provide articles that summarize the scientific breakthroughs in the field of proteomics that were accomplished using products in the Thermo Scientific offering. Articles written appeared on www.acceleratingscience.com

Kumasi, Ghana

Founder of an ecommerce startup that delivers groceries through its web platform www.shopperciti.com. The startup was born out of an experiment during an incubation programme I designed and facilitated at HapaSpace, KumasiAchievements: **Designed Shopperciti’s business model using lean startup methodologies **Partnered with a popular retailer in Kumasi to deliver groceries on their behalf **Created the wireframe and worked with an Indian web developer to create the web platform for Shopperciti **Mobilized a team to undertake product shoot and uploaded nearly three thousand products on shopperciti.com **Have been able to recruit a partner to oversee the running of the business

Kumasi, Ghana

HapaSpace is a local NGO that supports startups, freelancers and professionals by providing co-working and short-term office spaces, and organizing entrepreneurship and IT training/events. I was responsible for managing the hub including the planning, operations, marketing and development of the hub’s activities.Achievements: **Organized monthly events, spoke at several university startup events and mentored about 10 startups in HapaSpace’s incubation program dubbed “Hatched” **Crafted the “Hatched” concept, interviewed and selected startups, designed the training program and networked with other trainers to provide training and mentorship to the incubatees **Helped build a thriving community of technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs beyond the four walls of the hub

Kumasi, Ghana

After spearheading an extensive consultation with potential hub users prior to the start of HapaSpace, I became part of the first management team.Achievements: **Identified and led in the securing of location for the setting up of HapaSpace **Supported in the writing of a proposal that won the first grant for HapaSpace (£15,000 from Indigo Trust UK) **Saw to the needs of hub users, organized events and planned other activities of the hub **Trained 25 graduates to become prepared for today’s job market in Indego Africa’s Technology Training for the Workplace (TTW) programme **Supervised the organization of coding classes (using the MIT App Inventor) for selected senior high schools through the CS4HS programme sponsored by Google

Kumasi, Ghana

Gracefields Chapel is a 600-member charity organization founded in August 2010. It currently has 4 locations in Ghana.Was hired to set up proper administrative structures including designing programmes, drafting ministry documents, and developing standardized reporting templates.Achievements **Was part of the strategic planning team that developed a 5-year strategy plan for the church **Led a 3-member monitoring and evaluation team to track the execution of planned programmes **Prepared and presented detailed annual reports on the performance of the church **Was responsible for the day-to-day running of the church such as correspondence, office management, expenditure recording, and logistical support to pastors, church leaders and guests. **Was responsible for the planning and execution of the church’s major programmes such as annual camp meetings, medical outreaches, rural evangelism, anniversaries, etc. **Was able to build an effective brand image for the church through an active web presence, social media and other initiatives

Kumasi

Led in the founding of MindBuilders Teknology Solutions (now defunct) with 6 friends in the university **Wrote a business plan and led a pitching session that resulted in the winning of $5000 for the founding of first formal business **Led in providing strategic direction and business development functions for the company **Provided ICT training and hardware support to schools, institutions and individuals **Created good working relationships with investors, suppliers and institutional customers **Designed training manuals, marketing plans, work processes, business forms/templates, etc. for the smooth functioning of the company

Postgraduate-Level, Strategic Management

Awarded by: Awards for Training and Higher Education (ATHE), UK

Certificate, Technology Entrepreneurship

Bachelor'S Degree, Physical Sciences