Dela A. Kumahor
PRODUCT & SERVICE DESIGNER
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Accra, Ghana (GMT +00:00)
Employment History
Independent Consultant
Self-employed (Accra, Ghana)
July 2011 – January 2014, September 2017 – Present
Researched, designed and developed brands, websites,
interactive concepts, Web and mobile applications.
Clients include Accra-based Esoko, Rancard Solutions,
Grameen Foundation and a number of other startups,
as well as San Francisco-based Pivotal Labs
Partner and Co-Founder, Design Lead
The Cobalt Partners (Accra, Ghana)
February 2014 – September 2017
Cobalt is a business, software and design consultancy.
Projects and responsibilities included:
• Managing and mentoring a Design team of 6, as well
as leading several cross-disciplinary project teams
• UX Research and Product Design and Testing for
Vodafone Farmers’ Club — a mobile phone-based
product for Ghanaian smallholder farmers
• Led and executed Usability Testing and Interaction
Design of a mobile app for micro-loan applications
• Led Change and Product Management for PEG Africa,
West Africa’s largest Solar Home Systems provider
• UX Research for a tablet-based app for Community
Health Nurses
• Led a user research project for Star Oil, Ghana’s 4th
largest Oil Marketing Company
• Led creation of a Design Thinking-based
empowerment program for rural cocoa-farming
communities for the Chocolonely Foundation
Lecturer, Adjunct Lecturer
Ashesi University College (Berekuso, Ghana)
September 2012 – May 2015
Lectured and coordinated a Design course where I was
responsible for a team of Lecturers, Teaching
Assistants, Tutors and over 150 students. Also taught
Human-Computer Interaction and eCommerce
Interaction Designer
Experientia (Turin, Italy)
November 2010 – June 2011
Conducted research, concept development, visual and
interaction design, prototyping and software
development. Projects included various websites, a 2D
and 3D IPTV interface for Alcatel-Lucent, and a
touch-screen banking kiosk
www.delakumahor.com
Designer and Developer
Pierandrei Associati (Milan, Italy)
March 2009 – March 2010
Led Communication and Web efforts for beta
unopuntozero, an award-winning furniture system
designed for the creative office environment
Designer and Developer
Poltrona Frau Group (Milan and Tolentino, Italy)
February 2008 – July 2008
Was selected as one of only 15 designers to
participate in a multi-disciplinary design and
innovation program led by industry luminaries, followed
by an internship at furniture company Poltrona Frau.
Proposed, designed and developed communication
strategies and websites
Graphic Artist, Senior Graphic Designer
Philadelphia Housing Authority (Philadelphia, USA)
February 2003 – September 2006
Designed print and multimedia campaigns. Managed
corporate website and intranet portal
Education
Masters in Product-Service Systems Design
Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
September 2006 – July 2010
Bachelor of Applied Science, Computer Science
(concentration in Digital Media Design)
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA)
September 1998 – May 2002
Recent Activities
Design Thinking Ghana
Co-Founder; 2016. Conference Facilitator; 2017, 2018
AfriDesignX: Design Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conference Speaker, Workshop Facilitator; 2016, 2018
Ashesi Innovation Experience (AIX)
Design Lead; 2014 – 2018
Africa by Design
“Design Education in Africa” panelist; 2017
Reach for Change Accelerator
Entrepreneur Workshop Facilitator; 2016
Languages
English (native), Italian (good)
