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[Accra Report] One of Ghana's iconic figures in entrepreneurship Patrick Awuah has won a prestigious international award for his good work.
One of Ghana's iconic figures in entrepreneurship Patrick Awuah has won a prestigious international award for his good work.
The founder of one of Ghana's leading private universities Ashesi is one of the 24 recipients of this year's "genius grants."
The former employee of Microsoft will receive $625,000 paid out over five years by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
It was a real surprise and, frankly, it took a while to sink in," the 50-year-old told the Seattle Times via email. "I feel overwhelmed with gratitude" to the foundation and those who helped build Ashesi University.
Awuah's innovation in higher education is not only empowering individual students; it also has the potential to transform political and civil society in Ghana and other African nations by developing a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs," the Foundation said.
Read full story at AllAfrica
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