Year In Review: Ibrahim Mahama named Business Personality of the Year

Ibrahim Mahama, the founder of Engineers and Planners, has been named Business Personality of the Year.

In a week-long poll conducted by GhanaWeb Business, Ibrahim Mahama received 2,065 votes, representing 80.13% of the total.

He triumphed over other business moguls, including Osei Kwame Despite, Sam Jonah, Dr. Daniel McKorley (McDan), and Madame Yang Yang.

Out of the 2,577 votes cast, McDan came in second with 218 votes (8.46%), while Osei Kwame Despite secured 206 votes (7.99%). Sam Jonah received 61 votes (2.37%).

Ibrahim Mahama is a renowned Ghanaian businessman and the founder of Engineers and Planners, the largest indigenously owned mining company in West Africa.

He also owns several other businesses in Ghana.

Mahama established Engineers and Planners in 1997 after returning from London. The company now employs over 3,000 Ghanaians.

Additionally, he has invested in Asutsuare Poultry Farms, which he started in 2004. The farm produces 150,000 eggs and 10,000 live broilers daily.

Ibrahim Mahama is also the CEO of Dzata Cement Company Limited, a fully Ghanaian-owned cement processing factory in Tema.

The factory's construction began in 2011, with operations starting in 2018, creating 1,200 direct jobs.

Its production capacity is projected to reach 2 million metric tons of cement annually.

See the results of the poll below:

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