# Kofi Amoa-Abban

Kofi Amoa-Abban is a Ghanaian Oil and Gas entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder and CEO of Rigworld Group, an oil services business with operations across West Africa.

## Early life

Kofi Amoa-Abban was born in Tema, Ghana, the son of Kofi Amoa-Abban a Director at Textile company TTL, and Letitia Amoa-Abban a retail entrepreneur. Kofi Amoa-Abban attended Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast, Ghana. Kofi Amoa-Abban graduated from the University of Ghana with a degree in Psychology and subsequently pursued a master's degree at Oslo University.

## Managing career

In 2011, Kofi Amoa-Abban started Rigworld from a small office in Osu, Accra providing recruitment services to the burgeoning oil and gas industry in Ghana. Prior to that, he had served as a drill crew member with Atwood Hunter responsible for the TEAK1, TEAK 2, and Banda Wells. In July 2015 Kofi Amoa-Abban co-founded PressureTech, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rigworld International Services, which offers engineering solutions to Oil and Gas companies in Ghana and beyond.

## Companies

* Rigworld International Services Ltd.
* Rigworld Solutions
* Steadfast Rigworld
* Hydrasun Rigworld
* Score Rigworld
* Rigworld Training
* Transatlantic Services ltd.
* Axiss Shipping
* KOKA Energy
* Rigworld Petroleum

## Awards

In February 2016, Kofi Amoa-Abban received an honorary doctorate in Business Administration "Honoris Causa" from two universities, the Commonwealth University and the London Graduate School who collaborated. In the same year Kofi Amoa-Abban received the "Extraordinary Entrepreneur" award from the Tema Excellence Awards Foundation.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result |
| 2016 | Commonwealth University and the London Graduate School | Honorary Doctorate | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2016 | Tema Excellence Awards | Extraordinary Entrepreneur award | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2016 | 2016 EMY Awards | Rising star award(Special Award) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2016 | Oil and Gas Ghana Awards (OGGA) 2016 | CEO of the Year Award (upstream) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA) 2016 | Rising Star Award | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA) 2016 | Oil and Gas Personality of the year award (Up stream) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2017 | 7th Ghana Entrepreneur & Corporate Executive Awards | Oil And Gas Entrepreneur For 2016 | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2017 | Ghana-UK Based Achievement Awards (GUBA) | GUBA Black Star award for Young Oil and Gas Entrepreneur | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2017 | Ghana Shippers Awards 2017 | Most Promising CEO | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2017 | Oil and Gas Ghana Awards 2017 | CEO of the Year Award (upstream) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2017 | Forty Under 40 Award 2017 | Young Leaders Award in Oil & Gas | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2018 | Gender and Development Initiative for Africa (GADIA) Awards 2018 | The GACH Award | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2018 | Forty Under 40 Award 2018 | Young Leaders Award in Oil & Gas | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2018 | Forty Under 40 Award 2018 | Young Leaders Award in ENERGY | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2018 | Sustainability & Social Investment Awards 2018 | SSI CEO of The Year | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2018 | Oil and Gas Ghana Awards 2018 | Oil and Gas Personality of the Year (Upstream) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2019 | 2019 Ghana Industry CEOs Awards | Ghana Industry CEO for Oil and Gas | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |
| 2019 | Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA) 2019 | CEO of the Year (Upstream) | Kofi Amoa-Abban | Won |