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About OFI-CIA LTD

We don't just open restaurants. We build institutions.

OFI-CIA LTD is a business strategy, consulting, and restaurant franchise operator founded on a simple conviction: a good idea only becomes a lasting business when it is backed by structure — operations, training, coaching, capital, and ownership working as one system.

Portrait of Emmanuel Aboagye, Founder & CEO of OFI-CIA LTD

Founder & CEO

Emmanuel Aboagye

Strategist · Operator · Educator · Broadcaster

Executive profile

Structure is the idea. Execution is the proof.

Emmanuel Aboagye has founded and managed more than 12 businesses across Ghana, the UK and the Philippines. He brings that operating experience together with academic and strategic depth — and teaches the next generation of business leaders.

  • CSPCertified Strategy Professional
  • PhDPhD, Leadership and Sustainable Governance
  • MScMSc, Marketing Strategy
  • 12+Founded and managed 12+ businesses
  • GlobalExperience across Ghana, the UK and the Philippines
  • LecturerLecturer, Central University
  • LecturerLecturer, Valley View University
  • HostHost of Business Desk on Spirit FM

Our story

Growth and ventures

  1. Founder background

    More than 12 businesses founded and managed

    Emmanuel Aboagye builds and manages businesses across Ghana, the UK and the Philippines, shaping the practical experience behind OFI-CIA.

  2. The conviction

    A good idea needs structure

    OFI-CIA is founded on the belief that operations, training, coaching, capital and ownership must work as one system.

  3. 14 February 2024

    Aspen Grove opens at Kumasi City Mall

    The flagship restaurant opens and becomes the proof of concept for the OFI-CIA model.

  4. Today

    Certified IBOs and the Five Arms model

    Restaurant Operations, Training & Development, Field Operations & Coaching, Investment & Partnerships and the IBO working as one system.

  5. Next

    Replicable locations

    New locations through Build, Manage and Acquire paths, backed by investors and run by certified IBOs.

Leadership

The people behind the institution.

Portrait of Emmanuel Aboagye, Founder & CEO

Emmanuel Aboagye

Founder & CEO

Certified Strategy Professional (CSP) · PhD, Leadership and Sustainable Governance

Founder and CEO of OFI-CIA LTD. Has founded and managed more than 12 businesses across Ghana, the UK and the Philippines, lectures at Central University and Valley View University, and hosts Business Desk on Spirit FM.

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The journey

  1. 01Idea
  2. 02Build
  3. 03Operate
  4. 04Certify
  5. 05Coach
  6. 06Invest
  7. 07Own
  8. 08Scale
  9. 09Institution