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Ethel Coffie

Ethel Coffie is a Ghanaian ICT entrepreneur and the founder of Women in Tech Africa which has over 30 members in African countries and the diaspora. She also founded EDEL Technology Consulting and initiated the first Pan-African Women in ICT meeting. With her wealth of technical and commercial skills acquired through her work, she has been supporting women in ICT (Information Communication Technology). Ethel is named as part of top five women making an impact in IT in Africa.

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Pamela Ofori-Boateng

Pamela Ofori-Boateng is a Ghanaian journalist and an open advocate. Pamela has worked with some major news outlets in Ghana and also as a science reporter for Science and Development Network (scidev.net/fr) in the UK. She has a special interest in women’s issues. With her passion for the open movement, she helps with the Monitoring and Evaluation Desk at Open Foundation West Africa (OFWA).

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