| 词条 | Roland Agambire |
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| name = Roland Agambire | image = Roland agambire.jpg | image_size = 250px | alt = Roland Agambire CEO of Agams Holdings | caption = Roland Agambire CEO of Agams Holdings | residence = Accra, Ghana and Dubai, UAE | alma_mater = GIMPA | birth_place = Sirigu, Upper East, Ghana | birth_date = 19 April 1976 | website = {{URL|http://www.rolandagambire.com|}} }}Roland Agambire (born 19 April 1976) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Agams Holdings and Chairman and CEO of the ICT company Rlg Communications.[1] Agambire was born in Sirigu in northern Ghana. He trained as a teacher and later studied at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA),where he obtained a BSC degree in Business Administration [1] He set up Roagam Links in March 2001, then as a mobile phone repair outlet which expanded later to become the first indigenous ICT manufacturing, assembling and training firm in Ghana. The Rlg Group is said to have presence[2] in China, Dubai, UAE, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya and the Gambia, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda. Rlg CommunicationsIn Ghana, Agambire's company Rlg Communications[3] (Ghana) Limited employs about 500 permanent staff, 1,000 others and has created jobs for over 30,000 youth {{According to whom|date=January 2016}} over the last decade through collaboration with the various key stakeholders and government. His company's training subsidiary, the Rlg Institute of technology Limited implements similar scheme in Nigeria and the Gambia, working with the respective governments. {{citation needed|reason=Key information that needs confirmation of sources|date=January 2016}} AGAMS Holdings LimitedAgambire is also the executive chairman of the AGAMS Holdings Limited[4] and is responsible for the overall strategic planning and management of the eleven integrated companies making up the Holdings. He has won several local and international recognitions and awards for innovation, entrepreneurship, commitment to growth and philanthropy. {{citation needed|reason=Key information that needs confirmation of sources|date=January 2016}} In September 2012, he became the youngest person to be awarded the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Marketing Man of the Year for 2011.[1] One of his products, a Rlg phone, was also adjudged product of the year 2011. In the 2012 rankings of the Ghana Club 100[5], Agambire's Rlg was ranked the second best company in Ghana by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre. The company was also adjudged the Fastest Growing Company in Ghana, the Leader in Ghana's ICT Sector and the Best Entrant to the Club 100. The South Africa-based African Leadership Network named Roland among 12 finalists in the 2012 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship same as Ernst and Young West Africa who named him among Finalists in the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. In January 2013, the Pan African Television Network, E-TV voted him the Most Influential Ghanaian for the year 2012 in a poll it conducted among its viewers,[6] and later emerged as the Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 in a competition organised by the Entrepreneur Foundation of Ghana. Other venturesAgambire has addressed a number of high-profile international and local events including university congregations, business summits, awards ceremonies and conferences. He has been the guest of the World Bank Group as Resource Person for a Regional Workshop on Youth Employment in West Africa in the Nigerian capital, Abuja as well as the US Embassy in Ghana on Entrepreneurial Mentorship Program in Northern Ghana. He had previously addressed the 1st Africa Entrepreneurship Conference at the Robert Gordon University in Scotland, United Kingdom as well as the Africa Global Business Forum in Dubai.{{citation needed|reason=Key information that needs confirmation of sources|date=January 2016}} Rlg currently has its Global Office in Dubai, making it one of few African companies to site its global hub in that part of the world. In 2013 he announced he was investing in Hope City, a US$10bn project for an IT hub near Accra, intended to contain Africa's tallest building.[7]After all the hype and media attention, Hope City remains a plan on paper and currently it is not being planned. [8] in 2014, RLG, a Ghanaian company also started assembling feature phones in Nigeria. They reportedly delivered 50,000 Nigerian-assembled feature phones in 2015. The RLG assembling plant known as “RLG & ADULAWO TECH CITY” is a public-private partnership between the Osun state government and RLG Communications[9].
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/490266/1/rlgs-roland-agambire-an-inspiration-to-ghanaian-yo.html|publisher=Modern Ghana |author= Nathaniel Apadu |title=rLG's Roland Agambire: An Inspiration To Ghanaian Youth|date=16 September 2013|accessdate=5 June 2014}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/RLG-shows-the-way-in-mobile-phone-manufacturing-in-Africa-195135|title=RLG shows the way in mobile phone manufacturing in Africa|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-11}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.marcopolis.net/agams-holdings-building-a-legacy-in-african-ict-sector.htm|title=AGAMS Holdings: Building A Legacy in African ICT Sector|website=www.marcopolis.net|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-09-27}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/rlg-s-Roland-Agambire-sues-Manasseh-Azure-396159|title=rlg’s Roland Agambire sues Manasseh Azure|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-27}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/RLG-shows-the-way-in-mobile-phone-manufacturing-in-Africa-195135|title=RLG shows the way in mobile phone manufacturing in Africa|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-27}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://thechronicle.com.gh/roland-agambire-voted-most-influential-ghanaian-for-2012/|title= Roland Agambire Voted Most Influential Ghanaian For 2012|work= Ghanaian Chronicle|date=1 January 2013 |accessdate=5 July 2014}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Ghana's John Mahama launches Hope City project|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21658149|accessdate=5 June 2014|work=BBC|date=4 March 2013}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://revolver360.wordpress.com/2016/06/21/what-happened-to-hope-city/|title=What Happened To Hope City?|date=2016-06-21|work=The Tech Observer|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=http://venturesafrica.com/tecno-launches-a-new-flagship-duo-and-unveiled-a-brand-new-series-the-camon-x-x-pro-and-f-series/|title=TECNO launches a new flagship duo and unveiled a brand new series, the CAMON X, X Pro and F series. - Ventures Africa|date=2018-04-11|work=Ventures Africa|access-date=2018-04-11|language=en-US}} External links
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