Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
George Andah | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
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 |
Birth Place: | Senya Beraku, Ghana |
Birthname: | George Nenyi Kojo Andah |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Party: | New Patriotic Party |
Children: | 4 |
Residence: | Accra |
Alma Mater: | Achimota School, KNUST, University of Ghana Business School |
Occupation: | Politician |
Profession: | Marketing director |
Office2: | Member of Ghanaian Parliament Awutu Senya West |
Term End2: | January 2021 |
Term Start2: | January 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Hanna Serwaa Tetteh |
Successor2: | Gizella Tetteh Agbotui |
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 the Deputy Minister for communications in Ghana.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
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.
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.[7] [8]
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.[9] 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 that provides a comprehensive set of integrated professional services for business / market development, corporate / brand communication, reputation management, direct sales, channel development and leadership coaching. He also worked at the Accra main branch of SG-SSB from March 2001 to April 2002. He is 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.[10]
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.[17]
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.[18] He lost his parliamentary seat to Gizella Tetteh-Agbotui of the National Democratic Congress.[6] He is a former Deputy Minister for Communications.[19] [20]
In April 2022, he launched his book called
George is married with four children and lives in Accra with his family. He is a Christian.[22]
In April 2019, George presented about 12 executive chairs to the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School.[23]