Kate Quartey-Papafio

Kate Quartey-Papafio
Born
Kate Quartey-Papafio

Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Occupation(s)Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Organization(s)Reroy Group (Reroy Cables Limited, Reroy Power Limited, Reroy Metals Limited, Reroy Energy Limited)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Kate Quartey-Papafio is a Ghanaian industrialist and the founder and chief executive officer of cable manufacturing company the Reroy Cables Limited and the now Reroy Group of Companies.[1] She is one of the first women in Africa to establish a cable manufacturing business.[2][3][4]

Career

Quartey-Papafio started Reroy Cables with her husband in 1992 after they failed to acquire suitable cables for the construction of their house,[5][6][7] becoming the first female CEO of a cable manufacturing firm in ECOWAS.[8][9] In 2014, she was named Marketing Woman of the Year by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG). In the same year, during the maiden edition of the Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah African Genius Award, she won the entrepreneurship category.[8] In December 2023, the President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo presented her with the Legacy and GADIA State award for her leadership in business and entreprenuership spunning over 27 years.[10][11]

She has been able to transform to the Reroy Group of Companies consisting of Reroy Cables the first company they formed which manufactures power cables and conductors, Reroy Power manufacturers, supplier and installers of power distribution equipments, Reroy Energy construction and operation of power and solar plants and Reroy Metals manufacturers of aluminium wire rods.[12]

She is currently the sector Chairperson of Electricals and Electronics Committee of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).[13]

She was featured by the CNN Marketplace Africa for being the "Queen of Cables in Ghana.[14] In 2017, Quartey-Papafio was named in a prosecution related to the collapse of now defunct Capital Bank. After four years of legal proceedings, the Accra High Court, acquitted and discharged her in July 2021, ruling that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case. The court emphasized that she had acted without criminal intent, and she was cleared of all charges..[15][16]

Awards and recognition

  • Marketing Woman of the Year – CIMG (2013).[17]
  • Ernst & Young West Africa Entrepreneur of the Year (2013).[18]
  • Africa's Most Influential Woman in Business & Government – CEO Communications, South Africa.
  • Business Woman of the Year – Ghana Economic Forum [19]
  • Manufacturing Company of the Year Reroy Cables Limited – CIMG National Marketing Awards.[20]
  • CNN Marketplace Africa — "Queen of Cables in Africa" [21]
  • Energy Personality of the Year (2017).[22]
  • Legacy and Heads of State Achievers Award (2023) [23]

Companies

  • Reroy Cables Limited (Manufacture of Power Cables and Conductors)[6]
  • Reroy Power Limited (Manufacture, Supply and Installation of Power Distribution Equipment; Transformers and Substations)[6]
  • Reroy Metals Limited (Manufacture of Aluminium Wire Rod)[6]
  • Reroy Energy Limited (Construction and Operation of CCGT Power and Solar Plants)[6]

Philantrophic works

She is the co-founder of the Dr J.B. Quartey-Papafio Medical Foundation which refurbished three side wards of the Ward 2 of the Department of Surgery Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Glitz top 100 inspirational women – Page 100 – Glitz Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ "Women manufacture ECG Pylons; the unique story of Reroy Cable - MyJoyOnline". Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  3. ^ "Ghana's 5 richest women unveiled | Encomium Magazine". Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  4. ^ "Dr. Quartey-Papafio's Profile". 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  5. ^ "Ghana : Kate Quartey – Papafio, a trailblazer in the electrical sector in Africa :: AWE - En". africawomenexperts.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Mrs. Kate Quartey-Papafio | Member – Institute for Fiscal Studies Ghana". Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  7. ^ "Dr. Quartey-Papafio's Profile". 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
  8. ^ a b "Empower Women - Kate Quartey-Papafio: Ghana's leading female industrialist". EmpowerWomen. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  9. ^ "On the High Wire". The Business Year. Archived from the original on 2022-01-10. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  10. ^ GNA (2023-12-22). "President Akufo-Addo honours Dr Kate-Quartey-Papafio". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  11. ^ "Dr. Mrs. Kate Quartey-Papafio gets Akufo-Addo's recognition for excellence in leadership and business". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  12. ^ "Women manufacture ECG Pylons; the unique story of Reroy Cable - MyJoyOnline". Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  13. ^ Mensah, Anthony (11 June 2019). "AGI sector chairperson awarded". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 13 August 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ The Queen of cables in Ghana | CNN. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2025-08-13 – via edition.cnn.com.
  15. ^ "Capital Bank collapse: Court acquits and discharges 'childish' Reroy Cables CEO". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  16. ^ "Court acquits and discharges Reroy Cables CEO, Kate Quartey Papafio, in ongoing Capital Bank case". 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  17. ^ "2013 CIMG Marketing Woman of the Year urges female graduates to be proactive - MyJoyOnline". Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  18. ^ "Reroy Cables boss honoured in Nigeria". Graphic Online. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  19. ^ "Kate Quartey Papafio Grabs Award". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  20. ^ "Reroy Cables wins CIMG manufacturing company of the year". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  21. ^ The Queen of cables in Ghana | CNN. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2025-08-13 – via edition.cnn.com.
  22. ^ "CEO of Reroy Cables adjudge 2017 energy personality of the year | News Ghana". News Ghana. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  23. ^ "Dr. Mrs. Kate Quartey-Papafio gets Akufo-Addo's recognition for excellence in leadership and business". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
  24. ^ "Quartey-Papafio Foundation refurbishes 3 wards at KBTH". Graphic Online. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
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