CEO
//CEO AND FOUNDER
TSONAM AKPELOO
- My Mission
- My Philosophy
I believe that there are two key ingredients of being a successful entrepreneur: hard work and perseverance. To start a new business you have to work relentlessly and move many barriers. My key principles are to stay humble, strive for full realization of my capabilities, and do good in the process.
My success is my personal professional growth. I have grown tremendously alongside Suku from all the years of leading the company, interacting with management team, IT experts, and industry leaders. It is wonderful to create a company culture where you can learn from others and grow professionally with them.
While integrating the security with the DevOps approach has always been of high demand, this requires a completely different range of processes and tools. DevOps is already known to boast of an agile development methodology. Now when the inputs of the security experts I’ll be brought in a collaborative environment, the project will have an array of effective security safeguards.
LEADERSHIP & GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Diplomat, African Union (AU), Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), Date;
- Chairman of Trade and Industry Cluster, African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), November 2024-Date;
- Chairman, Accra Region, Association of Ghana Industry (AGI), June 2016-Date;
- Global Shaper and the Founding Curator, Ho Hub, Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum, November 2014-Date;
- Elected Honorable Member, 2nd Permanent General Assembly of African Union (AU)’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC); |AU agenda 2063 main focal person in ECOSOCC, December 2014-2018;
- Chairman; Economic Community for West-African States (ECOWAS) E-Commerce Council and the Technical Review Committee, Abuja-Nigeria, May 2014;
- Africa 2.0, Ghana Chapter Executive & Technology Champion for West Africa, Appointed by the Government of Ghana through the Ghana Chamber of Commerce to represent at the E-commerce Council, October 2013-2018;
- Co-founder and CEO, SUKU Technologies LTD, July 2009-Date.
AWARDS RECEIVED
- 2022 NTF V TECH Fellowship Awards-International Trade Center
- 2020 Ghana Fortyunder40 Achievements Awards
- UNDP Youth Connect Fellowship Awards
- Alibaba eFounders’ Initiative Fellow; (selected among top 20 e-founders to learn from Jack Ma in China)
- USADF Grant Prize for young African Leaders-Washington DC
- Mandela Washington fellow (selected among 500 out of over 50,000 applicants)
- 2018, Entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Award; Lagos-Nigeria
- African’s Top 35 under 35CEOs Achievement Awards
- Under my leadership Techcom Visions received the prestigious Young Enterprise Company of the year-Ghana Industry Awards 2014; Organized by Ghana Ministry of Trade and Industry
- July 2014, profiled among the top 5 technology giants in Ghana-Kharis Magazine
- Young Visionary Entrepreneur Award- 2013; African Leadership Magazine-UK
- October 2012, Best All Around Award, Em-Peace Labs Program (Jalgaon-India)
- 2012, Winner, Gandhi Philosophical Award, Gandhi Research Foundation-India
- September 2012, Finalist, National Youth Achievers Award-Ghana
- April 2012, Youth Impact Ghana Awards 2011 (YIGA 2011)( UNDP-GHANA AWARDS)
- 2008, Exceptional Intellectual Achievement Award, African Liberty and the CATO Institute-USA
BOARDS AND ADVISORY ACTIVITIES
- 2022-Date, Chair, National Advocacy Board on Technical Vocational Education and (TVET)-VTF
- 2022-Date, Elected Member, 4th General Assembly-AU ECOSSOC
- 2021-Date, Lead Consultant, Expertise France Digitalization Project
- 2021-Date, Board Member, Accra Technical University (ATU)
- 2021, Country Consultant on ICT for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, International Trade Centre and West Africa Competitiveness Program
- 2020-Date, Board Chair, Ho International School
- 2020-Date, Member, Technical Working Group, Boosting Intra-African Trade, MoTI;GoG
- 2019-Date, Member, Governing Board, Methodist University Ghana (Represent the Board on the University’s Finance and Development Committee)
- 2018, Executive Producer, ‘SOLUTIONS’ the popular TV Business Drama series on TV3
- 2018-Date, Founder, Estate Kitchen, the leading Restaurant in Ho
- 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 Chair, Panel of Jury, Falling Walls Lab Innovation pitch competition; German Government
- 2017-Date, Board Member, Ghana School For The Creative Arts
- 2016-Date, Board Member, NVTI’s CMMTI
- 2016-2018, Youth Advisor, Africa Union-Economic Social and the Cultural council (AU ECOSSOC)
- 2015-2016, Vice Chair, Greater Accra, Association of Ghana Industries (AGI)
- 2014-Date, Chair for the ICT Sector, Ghana National Chamber of Commerce, and Industry
- 2014-2018, Champion, Innovation Prize For Africa-(AIF)
- October 2009 to date, Executive Secretary, Net Impact Ghana Chapter
- July 2010-Date, Regional Coordinator for Ghana and Africa, University-Community Partnership for Social Action Research- Arizona State University
- June 2013-2016, Secretary/Organizer, ICT Sub-Sector; AGI
- June 2013-2017, Director, Bright Generation Community Foundation
- June 2013-2018, Director, Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative
- July 2010–2019, Director; Seek To Save Foundation-Ho
- January 2011-Date, Director; Association of Young Entrepreneurs (AYE)
- 2010-Project Coordinator, Eco Tours and Exhibition 2010 – Canada
- February 2010 to 2011, Ghana Representative, Uturn Concept, USA