# The Story Behind HKA

Henry Kofi Amankwah was a British entrepreneur who hired for potential rather than experience. His story with the team began in Cairo in 2009, when he founded Emerging Media; in 2012 he started a software development & marketing company with the same young team, inspired by start-ups like Airbnb and Uber.

In early 2015 Henry passed away after a sudden stroke. Later that year his team came together as **HKA Group**, carrying his initials — starting with ten people and Vodafone as the first client, growing within three years to more than 80 people working with Vodafone, O2, Avon, TalkTalk and FIAT.

## Timeline
- **2009** — Henry founds Emerging Media in Cairo and hires a young, untested team.
- **2012** — He starts a software development & marketing company with the same approach.
- **2015** — Henry passes away; his team forms HKA Group: ten people, one client, Vodafone.
- **2018** — More than 80 people, working with brands including Vodafone, O2, Avon, TalkTalk and FIAT.
- **Today** — A London consultancy in business, technology and marketing, built on long experience in digital marketing and business development.

## In his own words
> "If you're willing to take the time to search, to look and to invest in yourself, you can teach yourself a whole heap of things… what you can achieve is absolutely phenomenal. And then from that you can go on and do the thing that you dreamed of… all of that starts with self-belief. This goes out to everybody out there that has been overlooked… We salute you, and we're saying #you_are_not_nothing." — Henry Kofi Amankwah

Full page: https://hka.group/story/