Conversation with Dr. Joseph S. Agyepong

Date: 

Friday, March 6, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Center for African Studies - Seminar Room - 1280 Massachusetts Ave., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA

Seminar Poster Online

 

Join in on a conversation with Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies.

 

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies can best be described as a serial entrepreneur. His business empire is a conglomerate of 60 companies operating in 14 sectors of the economy including waste management, banking and finance, ICT and software development, printing and publishing, building and construction; manufacturing, ports services and logistics, hospitality and multimedia among others. In 2006, he revolutionized Waste management in Ghana with the introduction of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, utilizing simple modern technologies. Today Zoomlion Ghana Limited provides total and integrated waste management solutions including solid and liquid waste treatment facilities in Ghana and beyond.

Dr. Agyepong has been recognized by governments and institutions including the Award of the Order of the Volta, one of the highest honors in Ghana. In 2016, he was awarded a Lifetime African Achievement Prize in Sustainable Development in Africa.

Dr. Agyepong is a member of the Africa Advisory Board of the Center for African Studies of Harvard University, President of the Environmental Service Providers Association in Ghana, and a Council member of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).

 

ORGANIZER: Harvard Center for African Studies

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