{"id":218565,"date":"2024-09-17T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:00:14","slug":"ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The African tech community is mourning the loss of Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, a trailblazing entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTtribe, Ghana\u2019s oldest and largest software company.<\/p>\n<p>Chinery-Hesse passed away on Monday evening due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the \u201cBill Gates of Africa,\u201d Chinery-Hesse was a visionary who revolutionized Ghana\u2019s digital landscape.<br \/>Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1963, he attended Mfantsipim School in Ghana and Westlake High School in Texas and graduated from Texas State University with a degree in Industrial Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Chinery-Hesse\u2019s impact on Ghana\u2019s tech industry cannot be overstated.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, he established theSOFTtribe, which introduced groundbreaking solutions such as mobile-based community security systems, government payroll software, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and national utility billing platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond software development, Chinery-Hesse was a passionate advocate for African storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>His \u201cAfrican Echoes\u201d project aimed to produce African audiobooks for global audiences, providing a platform for African voices to share their stories.<\/p>\n<p>A sought-after speaker, Chinery-Hesse shared his insights at renowned institutions like Oxford, Harvard Business School, and Wharton.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a regular feature on global media outlets such as CNN, BBC, and Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>Chinery-Hesse\u2019s passing has sent shockwaves through the tech community, with tributes pouring in from around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse \u00a0 The African tech community is mourning the loss of Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, a trailblazing entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTtribe, Ghana\u2019s oldest and largest software company. Chinery-Hesse passed away on Monday evening due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and transformation. Known as the \u201cBill Gates of Africa,\u201d Chinery-Hesse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse \u00a0 The African tech community is mourning the loss of Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, a trailblazing entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTtribe, Ghana\u2019s oldest and largest software company. Chinery-Hesse passed away on Monday evening due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and transformation. Known as the \u201cBill Gates of Africa,\u201d Chinery-Hesse [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"603\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg\",\"width\":603,\"height\":428},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/17\\\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse \u00a0 The African tech community is mourning the loss of Herman Kojo Chinery-Hesse, a trailblazing entrepreneur and founder of theSOFTtribe, Ghana\u2019s oldest and largest software company. Chinery-Hesse passed away on Monday evening due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and transformation. Known as the \u201cBill Gates of Africa,\u201d Chinery-Hesse [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":603,"height":428,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse","datePublished":"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/"},"wordCount":224,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/","name":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg","datePublished":"2024-09-17T21:00:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Herman-Chinery-Hesse.jpg","width":603,"height":428},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/17\/ghana-loses-tech-guru-chinery-hesse\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana Loses Tech Guru, Chinery-Hesse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}