Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh
Board Member, Bank of Ghana
Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh
Board Member, Bank of Ghana
Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh is a renowned Ghanaian business leader with 20 years of extensive experience in the financial services and technology industries in Africa and Europe. She is best known as Microsoft’s Strategic Partnership Lead for Africa and is responsible for facilitating growth and investment in digital infrastructure, skills development, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and startups in the region.
Angela holds a BA in Marketing and French and is an alumna of Harvard Business School and London Guildhall College. She is also an old student of Wesley Girls’ High School and Achimota School in Ghana.
Angela started her career in the UK, working for UBS Investment Bank and ABN AMRO Bank. She later joined IBM in 2011 as the Territory Marketing Manager responsible for IBM West Africa. She subsequently moved to Nairobi, Kenya, as the Strategy Leader for IBM’s Central, East, and West Africa operations. She served as the Executive Director/Regional Head for IBM North, East, and West Africa from 2020 to 2021, having previously been the Country General Manager for Ghana.
Angela has served as a member of the governing board of the Bank of Ghana chaired by Dr. Ernest Addison, responsible for the formulation of policies for the achievement of the central banks’ objectives.
Angela has received several awards for her exceptional leadership skills. WomanRising ranked her among the Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana for 2016. She was awarded the Corporate Personality of the Year by Glitz Africa in 2018. Forbes Afrique named her among the Top 50 Women Managers in Africa in 2023.
Overall, Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh’s impressive professional journey and her contributions to the business world in Africa and beyond have made her a respected figure and a source of inspiration for many aspiring leaders.
Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh is ranked in Avance Media’s Inaugural list of Top 100 Ghana’s Women Board Directors collated in partnership with Acreaty Ghana.