Tsonam Cleanse Akpeloo

Tsonam Cleanse Akpeloo is a Ghanaian economist and technology entrepreneur. He is the CEO of SUKU Technologies and chairman for the Greater Accra Region for the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).

In December 2024, he was elected Chairperson of the Trade and Industry Cluster of the African Union Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC), becoming the first West African to hold the position.

Early life and education Akpeloo holds a bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political science, and a master's degree in economic policy management from the University of Ghana. He had a post-graduate degree in Management Information Systems from the Ghana Technology University, and also studied Jungian Psychology from the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gavel University, Sweden.

He is a product of Clark Atlanta Business School (United States) and Stanford SEED Programme of Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also the co-founder and chief executive officer of Techcom Visions, an IT solutions firm in Ghana. Tsonam is the national chairman of the ICT sector of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI). He also acts as a board member of several institutions including and Accra Technical University, NVTI CMMTI and Methodist University College of Ghana. He is the leader of Kadodo Africa, an advanced gateway that profiles, checks, verifies and advances organizations in Ghana and Africa to situate them for the advantages of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Within Ghana, Akpeloo has been active in industrial advocacy and trade policy. He is Chair of the Greater Accra branch of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and has served as National Chair of the ICT sector of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI).

In 2020, Akpeloo received the Forty Under 40 Award in Technology and Innovation at the Ghana Forty Under 40 Awards. He was later honored as the Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024 and as CEO of the Year (SME Category) at the Ghana CEO Awards in 2025.

He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Economists–Ghana (ICEG), recognized for his contributions to economic and entrepreneurial development.

In addition to these distinctions, Akpeloo has been selected for several international fellowships, including the Jack Ma Foundation’s Alibaba eFounders Fellowship, the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the UNDP Youth Connekt Fellowship, and the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme. He also received President Obama’s USADF Grant Prize for Young African Leaders.