Kodjo Adovor

The Golden Vines® Ambassador, West Africa

Kodjo is a Certified Italian Wine Professional and Vinitaly International Academy Italian Wine Ambassador. He is the first person of African descent to qualify as an Italian Wine Ambassador.

Kodjo is the founder and sommelier at Africa Wine Club – which seeks to bring club members together to explore wine, food, culture, and business across the continent of Africa.

He is also the Board Chair of the Africa Wine Academy based Accra which seeks to train the next generation of African wine industry experts. Africa Wine Academy is a beneficiary of the Gérard Basset Foundation.

Kodjo has also led travel groups to explore the joys of Italian food and wine on guided tours in places like Milan, Bologna, Umbria, Venice, Verona, and the Valpollicela.

Kodjo holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management, an MS degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago, and BS in Physics from Hampton University.

Instagram: @winekodjo