RigWorld’s MD adjudged Extraordinary Entrepreneur
The Managing Director of RigWorld International Services Limited, Dr Kofi Amoa-Abban, has been adjudged the Extraordinary Entrepreneur of the Year by the Tema Excellence Award Foundation.
Tema Excellence Awards was instituted seven years ago in Tema to award and recognise distinguished personalities who have excelled in their fields of endeavour within the industrial Tema municipality. This year’s award, held at the Unique Hall Community, was convened on the theme: “Tema before, Today and Tomorrow.’
His company, RigWorld International Services Ltd, was also adjudged the ‘Best Ghanaian Indigenous Company of the year and the Offshore Catering Company 2015.
Commenting on the award, Dr Kofi Amoa-Abban said: “I’m incredibly honoured to receive this award which I dedicate to my staff and my mother. My wonderful mum for making sure I received the best in education and her continued support and encouragement over the years. To the amazing RigWorld Group staff, my sincere thanks go to them for their work and creativity; and the leadership team of RigWorld International Services for their support in helping me execute bold ideas. To all the phenomenal hardworking individuals I have met over the span of my career that has helped me to focus, grow and excel.”
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The award was in recognition of his exceptional entrepreneurial achievements which has seen his company, RigWorld International Services Ltd, grow aggressively from a small operation about five years ago into a conglomerate, offering diversified services to the upstream oil and gas industry and beyond.
RigWorld’s expansion
He has led RigWorld International Services Limited from its humble beginnings in 2011 through an accelerated growth into a conglomerate that has more than 10 sister companies and joint ventures.
The subsidiaries include TransAtlantic Catering Services, which provides onshore and offshore catering services, Master Alarms, RigWorld Security Services (RSS), Burj Homes, as well as PresureTech Engineering, the engineering services and solutions segment of RigWorld International Services.
He also championed RigWorld’s joint venture partnerships with international companies such as Maersk Drilling, Damco, Petroc, Odell Well Services, Ropetech etc. which have further strengthened RigWorld’s operations on the African Continent. RigWorld is currently registered in Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea and Singapore.
International recognition and social responsibility
Dr Kofi Amoa-Abban’s hard work has already been recognised by other renowned institutions such as the Commonwealth University in collaboration with the London Graduate School, both in the city of Belize, United Kingdom, which conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Business Administration on him.
Dr Abban and his team have also championed a number of social responsibility initiatives, including the construction of an ultra-modern Roman Catholic Community Church for the people of Ada-Foah in the Greater Accra Region, support for orphanages and helping communities in the Shama District in the Western Region access safe and potable water.