Unique Ghana college wins $500,000 award

Ghana college wins international education award DOHA, Qatar — A U.S.-educated software engineer who quit his job at Microsoft to found a new private university in his native Ghana walked away with a $500,000 education prize this week. Patrick Awuah, president of the startup Ashesi University College in Accra, said the award “is hopefully going to help us make…

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Ex-Microsoft program manager founds university in Ghana

Sometimes in life, we are called upon to something bigger and better, something selfless. Such was the case with one Ghanaian man who left his Microsoft job to return to his native country to start a university, building up tomorrow’s engineers and future leaders. “It is amazing to change somebody’s life and to be part of that,” said Ashesi…

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