Mr. John Apea is a well-respected professional with extensive international experience across private equity, technology, communications, government, and diplomacy.Presently, Mr. Apea is the Chief Executive Officer of eTranzact, Ghana’s pioneering digital payments solution provider listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and has footprints across the United Kingdom and several African countries.
Prior to this role, Mr. Apea served as the top West African diplomat with the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council – the Commonwealth body accredited to the Commonwealth Secretariat and created by 54 Commonwealth Heads of State to promote trade, enterprise, and investment across the economies of the Commonwealth and its 2.4 billion citizens.
John Apea – CEO, eTranzact Ghana Limited
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In this role as Commonwealth Chief of Mission to Ghana, Mr. Apea has facilitated foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ghana, provided a platform for Ghanaian private sector organizations to access foreign markets and trade and contributed to the Combined GDP of the Commonwealth which rose from$10.4 trillion USD in 2017 to $13.1 trillion USD in 2021, and is expected to rise to $19.5 trillion by 2027.
Mr. Apea’s previous senior positions have included Senior Strategist and Adviser to Data Analytics pioneers Cambridge Analytica, Regional Director for the Royal Commonwealth Society across 19 African countries, Senior Community Organiser with Her Majesty’s Office for Civil Society in the United Kingdom, and Investor/Director across businesses in the extractive industry.
Presently, Mr. Apea is a board member of eTranzact Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as the Commonwealth Human Rights Africa office.
He is a product of Achimota Preparatory School and Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (Legon). He holds graduate and postgraduate degrees and qualifications from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and the University of York. He is a member of the Institute of Directors (U.K.)
