George Andah
{{Short description|Ghanaian politician}}
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| office = Deputy Minister for Communications
| term_start = February 2017
| term_end = January 2021
| president = Nana Akuffo-Addo
| predecessor = Felix Kwakye Ofosu
| successor = Ama Pomaa Boateng
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| birthname = George Nenyi Kojo Andah
| nationality = Ghanaian
| party = New Patriotic Party
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| residence = Accra
| alma_mater = Achimota School, KNUST, University of Ghana Business School
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Marketing director
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| office2 = Member of Ghanaian Parliament
Awutu Senya West
| term_end2 = January 2021
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| predecessor2 = Hanna Serwaa Tetteh
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George Nenyi Kojo Andah (born 27 April 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and the former Member of Parliament of the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was the Deputy Minister for communications in Ghana.{{cite web | url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/deputy-ministers | title=Deputy Ministers | publisher=Government of Ghana | accessdate=2 August 2017 | archive-date=24 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924104720/http://ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/deputy-ministers | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/akufo-addo-releases-names-of-deputy-ministers-designate.html | title=Akufo-Addo releases names of 50 deputy and 4 more ministerial nominees | publisher=Graphic Ghana | date=15 March 2017 | accessdate=2 August 2017}}{{cite web | url=https://yen.com.gh/90398-list-akufo-addos-50-deputy-ministers-news-ministers.html | title=List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers | publisher=Yen Ghana | date=15 March 2017 | accessdate=2 August 2017}}{{cite web | url=http://citifmonline.com/2017/03/15/akufo-addo-names-50-deputies-4-ministers-of-state/ | title=Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state | publisher=Cifi FM Online | date=15 March 2017 | accessdate=2 August 2017}}{{cite web | url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/religion/Akufo-Addo-picks-deputy-ministers-511811 | title=Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers | publisher=Ghana Web | date=20 February 2017 | accessdate=2 August 2017}}{{Cite web |title=George Andah loses Awutu Senya West parliamentary seat |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/composition/comp-news/hp-news-7/george-andah-loses-awutu-senya-west-parliamentary-seat/ |access-date=2020-12-08 |website=MyJoyOnline. |language=en-US}}
In June 2021, he was installed as the Akyempim Odefey (Chief) of the Senya Beraku Traditional Area and goes by the stool name, Nenyi Kobena Andakwei VI.
Early life and education
George was born on 27 April 1970 and hails from Senya Beraku in the Central Region of Ghana. He had his secondary education at Achimota School and proceeded to KNUST where he studied for a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry. George also holds an MBA degree in marketing from the University of Ghana Business School.{{Cite web |last=Myjoyonline.com |title=Ghana News - Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself |url=http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/January-20th/joy-fms-personality-profile-george-andah-the-man-who-marketed-everything-else-except-himself.php |access-date=2016-09-21 |website=Myjoyonline}}{{Cite web |title=Nenyi George Andah – National Communications Authority |url=https://nca.org.gh/2020/08/29/nenyi-george-andah/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |language=en-US}}
Career
George has worked for several reputable companies; from being the marketing director of Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd to being the Chief Marketing Officer for Scancom Limited.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-26 |title=Enimil Ashon: The George Andah magic - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/enimil-ashon-the-george-andah-magic/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Myjoyonline |language=en-US}} He was a member of the MTN Group to being the Chief Marketing Officer of Bharti Airtel Nigeria, a member of the Bharti Group to Chief Operating Officer (Country Manager) of Glo Mobile Ghana to the Regional Director, Marketing Promotions, Globacom (Nigeria, Ghana and Benin). He then went on to establish his own company called, RUDDER Solutions, a Ghanaian-based market-development management consultancy service. He also worked at the Accra main branch of SG-SSB from March 2001 to April 2002. He was also the Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic and the Deputy Minister for Communications.{{Cite web |title=Joy FM's Personality Profile: George Andah, the man who marketed everything else except himself - MyJoyOnline.com |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/January-20th/joy-fms-personality-profile-george-andah-the-man-who-marketed-everything-else-except-himself.php |access-date=2019-05-25 |website=Myjoyonline}}
Awards and recognition
- Received the CIMG Marketing man of the year in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/January-20th/joy-fms-personality-profile-george-andah-the-man-who-marketed-everything-else-except-himself.php|title=George Andah|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-09-21}}{{Cite web |last=Myjoyonline |title=George Andah |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/January-20th/joy-fms-personality-profile-george-andah-the-man-who-marketed-everything-else-except-himself.php |access-date=2016-09-22 |website=Myjoyonline}}
- He was installed as a Chief{{cite news |date=8 June 2021 |title=George Andah installed as a Chief |agency=citinewsroom. |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2021/06/george-andah-installed-as-a-chief/ |access-date=19 March 2022}}
- He won Humanitarian MP of the year award 2019{{cite web |title=MP of the year award |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/976176/george-andah-wins-humanitarian-mp-of-the-year-awar.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |website=Modernghana}}
- He received the United Clergy International Association (UCIA) 2019{{cite news |date=3 October 2019 |title=Honoured at UCIA awards |agency=citinewsroom. |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/10/george-andah-honoured-at-ucia-awards/ |access-date=19 March 2022}}
- He was honored as the MTN Mobile Money Builder Award in 2019.{{Cite web |last=webmanager |date=2019-12-16 |title=George Andah recognised as MTN Mobile Money Builder |url=http://www.businessworldghana.com/george-andah-recognised-as-mtn-mobile-money-builder/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Business World Ghana |language=en-US}}
Politics
George is a founding member of Occupy Ghana a political pressure group. He was also the New Patriotic Party parliamentarian for Awutu-Senya West constituency.{{Cite web |last=Boateng |first=Kojo Akoto |date=2017-03-17 |title=Yofi Grant, George Andah resign from Occupy Ghana executive council |url=https://citifmonline.com/2017/03/yofi-grant-george-andah-resign-from-occupy-ghana-executive-council/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always |language=en-US}}
In June, 2020 he was elected by the delegates of the NPP to represent Awutu-Senya West Constituency in the 2020 Ghanaian general election as their parliamentary candidate.{{Cite web|title=George Andah wins Awutu Senya West NPP primary|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/george-andah-wins-awutu-senya-west-npp-primary.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb}} He lost his parliamentary seat to Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui of the National Democratic Congress. He is a former Deputy Minister for Communications.{{Cite web |last=Agyeman |first=Adwoa |date=2022-04-27 |title=Politics has taught me lessons not regrets – George Andah |url=https://www.adomonline.com/politics-has-taught-me-lessons-not-regrets-george-andah/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Adomonline |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Let's not politicise SIM Card re-registration – George Andah |url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/1174520/lets-not-politicise-sim-card-re-registration.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Modern Ghana |language=en}}
In April 2022, he launched his book called
Personal life
George is married with four children and lives in Accra with his family. He is a Christian.{{Cite web |title=Andah, George Nenyi Kojo |url=https://ghanamps.com/mp/andah-george-nenyi-kojo/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=Ghana MPS |language=en-US}}
Philanthropy
In April 2019, George presented about 12 executive chairs to the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-04-30 |title=George Andah donates to Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at UG |url=https://3news.com/george-andah-donates-to-department-of-marketing-and-entrepreneurship-at-ug/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=3News. |language=en-US}}