Ibrahim Mahama (born 29 January 1971) is a Ghanaian businessman and founder of Engineers and Planners, a West African indigenously-owned mining company. He owns other businesses in Ghana, including Dzata Cement Limited. He is the younger brother of

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from 2012 to 2017.

Early life

Mahama was born in Piase, in the Northern Region of Ghana to Emmanuel Adama Mahama, the first

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of the Northern Region under the first President of Ghana,

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. His mother, Joyce Tamakloe, comes from Keta, in the Volta Region of Ghana. Mahama moved to the

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to study at the College of North London. After graduation, he went on to live in

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, where he worked for a property development company.

Career

Mahama started his company, Engineers & Planners, in 1997 after his return from London. His company now employs over 3,000 Ghanaian employees. Mahama has invested in Asutsuare Poultry Farms, which was started in 2004 and produces 150,000 eggs and 10,000 live broilers per day. Mahama is also an investor and an owner of Dzata Cement Limited, an exclusively Ghanaian-owned

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processing factory located in

Tema Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most p ...

. Construction of the factory began in 2011, and the operations started in 2018. It is projected to create 1,200 direct jobs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahama, Ibrahim 1971 births Living people Ghanaian businesspeople Ghanaian expatriates in the United Kingdom Ghanaian philanthropists People from Tamale, Ghana Tamale Senior High School alumni People named in the Paradise Papers