Sep 7, 2021Acing the CFA, Heading into Harvard Business School: Isaac SimpsonIsaac Simpson was 26 when he became a CFA Charter Holder. At the time he got certified in 2016, he was the youngest person in Ghana, and probably West Africa to ever hold the CFA certification at that age, attaining above 70% in 9 out of the 10 tested subjects…8 min read8 min read
Feb 23, 2021Improving Emergency Healthcare using Motorcycle Ambulances: Emily Young and The Okoa ProjectWhen Emily Young completed her Mechanical Engineering studies at MIT in 2018, she already had a social entrepreneurship venture that she had co-founded which she sought to grow. The Okoa Project turns motorcycles into life-saving emergency healthcare devices. …6 min read6 min read
Feb 22, 2021Making Physics and Engineering concepts practical to African Children: Michael Asante-AfrifaWhat if every subject that required some level of hands-on practice came along with a kit of some sort — like we have mathematical sets for maths in basic and secondary schools? …8 min read8 min read
Feb 19, 2021Making the most out of Ghana’s Coconut Trees: Nii Quansah AnnanOne would think that the coastal sounding name that Nii Quansah Annan bears is the reason for him ardently pursuing the possible exploitation of the coconut tree, a tree that grows where all Niis, Qaunsahs and Annans hail from. But that is far from the case. Nii grew up dreaming…9 min read9 min read
Feb 18, 2021Growing a Hub in Ghana’s Volta Region: Courage AsaaseCourage Asaase was a Land Economy student at KNUST when he realised that beyond Real Estate, he had a strong passion for technology. His passion for technology got him surrounding himself with other technology enthusiasts till he eventually found for himself a niche in managing technology programs and events at…5 min read5 min read
Feb 18, 2021Meet the Tropical Almond founders: Freda Sarfo and Emmanuel AfoakwahFreda Sarfo’s day job is with Amazon in Arizona as a Data Analyst. When it’s night-time in Arizona and the earth turns for the sun to bring daylight to the West African tropics, she is working to co-lead a startup she co-founded with Emmanuel Afoakwah who works with MoringaConnect in…8 min read8 min read
Feb 16, 2021Growing up in Ashaiman, becoming a Civil Engineer in Michigan, USAEzekiel Ababio completed his undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering from KNUST in 2014. In 2019, he completed a master’s degree program in the same field of study at Lawrence Technological University and started practising as a Civil Engineer in the state of Michigan. The two sentences in the paragraph above…5 min read5 min read
Feb 16, 2021Raising Ghana’s Next Generation of Technologists: Triumph TettehWithout children, there is no future — we all know that. However, it is one thing to know children are the future, and it is another to ensure that today’s children are adequately prepared to be tomorrow's leaders. Triumph Tetteh (founder of StartersTech) is committed to the later. With a…7 min read7 min read
Feb 15, 2021Giving Ghanaian Shoe Craftmanship an International Market: Daniel OdonkorLet’s make shoes in Ghana and sell them to the world. That was the vision embossed on Daniel Odonkor’s mind when he officially launched his shoe manufacturing company (Chaste Shoes) in 2014. Daniel knows the essence of strategy in business and knows that a graduate class in an internationally recognized…Shoes6 min readShoes6 min read
Feb 15, 2021KNUST Entrepreneurial Journeys: Jesse JohnsonJesse Joojo Johnson is Chief Product Officer at Asoriba (the 2016 Seedstar Africa’s Best Startup winner). As a co-founder of this church management technology startup, Jesse definitely qualifies to be called an entrepreneur. …Entrepreneurship10 min readEntrepreneurship10 min read
