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NANA AKOTO AGYAPONG

Accra,Ghana

Summary

History of streamlining operations, increasing revenue and reducing costs to maximise business profits. Decisive and strategic leader with demonstrated track record of success in Commercial and Strategy.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Executive Officer

LOOP Digital Financial Services Limited
Accra
07.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for country structure and P&L
  • Steer Ghana business operations
  • Board and Stakeholder management
  • Spearhead expansion strategies to increase business market share, drive growth and increase customer base


Achievements

  • Signed-off Ghana strategy.
  • Secured relevant licensing for business operations in Ghana
  • Signed-off MOU with CBG for partnership for PaaS solution (Mobile money support services), LOOP Lite (Merchant Acquisition) and additional digital services via LOOP LR3.

Business Development Consultant

PCCW Vuclip Singapore Pte
West and Central Africa
12.2019 - Current


  • Manage Vuclip Video VAS and OTT business within the West and Central Africa region


Achievements

  • MTN Ghana- $700k monthly revenue
  • Vodafone Ghana- $100k monthly revenue
  • AirtelTigo Ghana- $50k monthly revenue
  • Orange Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Senegal- $200k monthly revenue in total
  • Vodacom DRC-$70k monthly revenue

Head of DStv for Business

MultiChoice Ghana Limited
Accra
10.2020 - 07.2022
  • Customized promotional strategies to meet needs of different clients, products and services.
  • Developed pricing structures based on historical and current trends, competitor activities and supply chain data.
  • Oversaw planning and execution of targeted sales and marketing strategies.
  • Allocated teams, materials and calendar space for individual projects.
  • Grew annual revenue by 50% with targeted sales and marketing strategy.
  • Managed team of 13 staff, driving performance with motivational strategies to exceed sales targets.
  • Represented organisation to public at trade exhibitions and conventions, driving awareness of DSTV Business.

Senior Manager, Software Solution Sales

Huawei Technologies Ghana Limited
Accra, Greater Accra Region
04.2018 - 11.2019
  • Responsible for Software Solution Sales for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone markets
  • Business operations for Cloud Hosting and VAS Services on
  • MTN, AirtelTigo, and Vodafone
  • Product Manager for Cloud software solutions; Mobile
  • Money, CBS/OCS, SDP, VAS, CRM, Dealer Agent, AAA,
  • IPCC
  • Managed a team of 5 Operations Managers


Achievements

  • GCB Mobile Money (G-Money Wallet)
  • Huawei Mobile Payment Expansion
  • 5mil MTN and Vodafone, Orange Sierra Leone VAS revenues
  • Ecowas Roaming project (West Africa)- $50k.

Product Support Manager

TXT Ghana Company Limited
Accra, Greater Accra Region
02.2017 - 04.2018
  • Product ideation, development, and lifecycle management
  • Go to market strategy for new and existing products


Achievements

  • Launched all VAS and content services on all 3 telcos in Ghana (MTN, Vodafone, AirtelTigo), MoneyBoxx (Money Lending solution), TXTConnect (SMS delivery solution), African Cookbook (Health and lifestyle platform for healthy living)

Product Manager, Cloud and Hosting.

Vodafone Ghana Limited
Accra, Greater Accra Region
06.2016 - 02.2017
  • Manage product portfolio for cloud and hosting services (vPABX, Video and Audio-Conferencing solution, Virtual Call Centre, Broadband Telephony)
  • Develop Go-to-market strategies for hosting products to grow revenue and subscriptions
  • $2mil revenue contribution to the Business

Sales Manager, Youth Segment

Vodafone Ghana Limited
Accra, Greater Accra Region
04.2014 - 06.2016
  • Develop and execute sales strategies for the youth segment
  • Designed and rolled out industry first youth initiative (Vodafone X) Pricing and go-to-market strategy
  • Managed sales and distribution across Ghana with a team of Regional, Zonal, Territory Managers
  • 2 million subscriptions with annual revenue of $5million
  • Increased year-on-year sales by 20%, implementing strategic business growth and retention initiatives.
  • Planned and developed strategies to increase sales territory positioning, exceeding company targets.

Provisioning Support Specialist

Vodafone Ghana Limited
Accra, Greater Accra Region
10.2012 - 04.2014
  • Provisioning and activation of Voice and Data services
  • Mobile Fault resolution
  • L1 and L2 Back Office Support .
  • Resolved user problems using support tools and methods.

Education

Certificate of Higher Education - INSEAD FinTech Programme

INSEAD Executive Education
Singapore
03/2023 - 05/2023

MBA - Marketing

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
Accra, Greater Accra Region
02/2016 - 12/2017

Bachelor's Degree - Telecommunications Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Accra, Greater Accra Region
08/2008 - 09/2012

Skills

  • Marketing
  • Business management
  • High-value project management
  • Business administration
  • Business development
  • Salesmanship
  • Relationship selling
  • Project Management
  • Product development
  • Strategic planning
  • Financial administration

Languages

English
Fluent

Timeline

Chief Executive Officer

LOOP Digital Financial Services Limited
07.2022 - Current

Head of DStv for Business

MultiChoice Ghana Limited
10.2020 - 07.2022

Business Development Consultant

PCCW Vuclip Singapore Pte
12.2019 - Current

Senior Manager, Software Solution Sales

Huawei Technologies Ghana Limited
04.2018 - 11.2019

Product Support Manager

TXT Ghana Company Limited
02.2017 - 04.2018

Product Manager, Cloud and Hosting.

Vodafone Ghana Limited
06.2016 - 02.2017

Sales Manager, Youth Segment

Vodafone Ghana Limited
04.2014 - 06.2016

Provisioning Support Specialist

Vodafone Ghana Limited
10.2012 - 04.2014

Certificate of Higher Education - INSEAD FinTech Programme

INSEAD Executive Education
03/2023 - 05/2023

MBA - Marketing

UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
02/2016 - 12/2017

Bachelor's Degree - Telecommunications Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
08/2008 - 09/2012
NANA AKOTO AGYAPONG