He left Microsoft to sow seeds of African Ivy League

... He did not need to be in gov't to make a change
It was 1984. Ghana was struggling to recover from revolution. And the young man, Patrick Awuah, sometimes had trouble finding enough food. But he wanted to talk about fiber optics, a technology he'd read about in a magazine. It could change the world — and Africa..... READ MORE

... He did not need to be in gov't to make a change
It was 1984. Ghana was struggling to recover from revolution. And the young man, Patrick Awuah, sometimes had trouble finding enough food. But he wanted to talk about fiber optics, a technology he'd read about in a magazine. It could change the world — and Africa..... READ MORE Ashesi University (www.ashesi.org ) is a private, non-sectarian institution. It is a subsidiary of Ashesi University Foundation, a non-profit, publicly supported US corporation as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Ashesi University admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the school.