Selected Amanfoo of Note
His Excellency Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor:
President of Ghana.
His Majesty Nana Osei Tutu II:
Asantehene (King of the Asante Kingdom of Ghana), who enrolled at the school briefly before being transferred to another for political reasons.
Justice Richard Twum Aninakwah:
Supreme Court Justice
Dr. Anarfi Asamoa-Baah:
Deputy Director-General of World Health Organization.
Martin Sannah Kwakwa:
renowned journalist who is Editor of the Australian Associated Press
Jim Kusi:
the famous engineer who re-constructed the New York City subway system - the world's biggest and most complex subway system.
Mr. Edward Boateng:
CNN/Turner International's Regional Director for Europe, a man who
has been the driving force behind CNN's penetration in Africa and was awarded a special
citation by Turner himself (in 1997) for the job he has done
Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi:
General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) - the umbrella body which unites over 77 million Presbyterians, Reformed,
Congregational and Waldensian churches all over the world. He is the
first non-European to be installed as General Secretary of that august body
headquatered in Geneva, Switzerland.
Derek Appiah:
British Telecom Project Manager who was responsible for launching the BT broadband in the whole of mainland UK
Mr. Kofi Asante: one of Ghana's great legal minds who
participated in the international negotiations on the law of the sea.
He is currently a a senior partner of Ampem Chambers, a Kumasi-based law firm.
Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere:
Immediate-Past Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana
Dr. E.D. Yeboah:
President of the West Africa College of Surgeons
Prof. Rev. S.K. Adjepong:
Immediate-Past Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Coast, now Principal of Methodist University College in Cape Coast.
Prof. R.B. Biritwum: Former Interim Dean of the University of Ghana Medical School
Prof. A.L. Lawson: Dean, University of Ghana Medical School
Prof. E. Tsiri Agbenyega: Dean, School of Medical Sciences of The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Harry "Hacajaka" Agyemang: renowned artist who
received the Samara Award of Innovation and Excellence in the year 2000 for his immense
contribution to the art of Africa.
Dr. Joseph William deGraft Johnson Riverson:
Executive Director of Donor Relations & Coordinator of Trachoma Program,
World Vision U.S., who has lived a life of exemplary devotion to humanitarian causes.
When the Bagauda dam collapsed near Kano City, Nigeria, he was the one who investigated and reported it. He also led World Vision to present relief supplies to the victims in Nigeria in 1988.
The “Expanded Program on Immunization, Western Region of Ghana” was designed and implemented by him between 1988 and 1996.
He was also one of the brains behind the Zimbabwean Water, Health & Agriculture project.
He also established the Ghana Rural Water Project.
Sammy K. Crabbe: Vice-President, Ghana International Airlines
Hon. Kwabena Sarfo:
Former Member of Parliament for Offinso South (deceased)
Professor F. Ohene Akuffo:
Former Dean of the KNUST School of Engineering who is recognized internationally as a renewable energy expert;
his research interests have been focused, since 1974, on renewable energy,
particularly solar, and development issues. He has directed several
international development projects including the CN $1.2 million CIDA
(Canadian International Development Agency) funded cooperation project on Renewable Energy,
which was implemented jointly by the University of Regina, Saskatchewan,
Canada and KNUST (1992 – 1999).
Dr. Barfour Adjei-Barwuah:
Ghana's Ambassador to Japan and concurrent High
Commissioner to Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Papua New Guinea.
William Kwamena-Poh: celebrated master artist whose
works have graced the walls of T.V. sitcoms, corporate and private collections.
His work has been used as set decorations for television shows such as "The Cosby Show"(NBC), "Baby Talk"(ABC), "Roc Live"(FOX), "Martin"(FOX), "In The House"(NBC), "South Central"(FOX), "Moesha"(WB) and "Living Single"(FOX).
His work was recently used in the promotion of the new Chevy SSR, a combination sports car/truck that
Chevy is introduced last year. Two of his images were also used in redecorating an apartment on the
HGTV (Home & Garden Televsion) show A Date With Design.
Yussif Alhassan Chibsah: who captained the national football team in the 2004 Athens Olympics. This
Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC midfielder who stars in the African Champions League regularly is the captain of Ghana's under-23 National team - the Black Meteors. He played alongside Prempeh's Edmund Owusu Ansah in the 8th All-African Games in October 2003 and won a medal.
Prof. K.A.B. Akosa:
Immediate-Past Director-General of the Ghana Health Services and former President of the Ghana Medical Association - an internationally renowned pathologist and Chairman of Pathology Dept., The University of Ghana Medical School
John Sarpong:
Chairman and CEO of Africast Global Media, which holds interests in television, radio and internet properties; as well as
President of Southline Industries which he founded in 1996 as an aerospace technical design, certification and project management company serving the air transport, corporate and special mission military aircraft industry. His Southline Industries has completed projects for Gulfstream Aerospace, Raytheon Corporation (two projects for the Korean Air Force, and the Japan Maritime Safety Agency), and Sikorsky Helicopter (two projects for the Turkish Navy and U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters). He created the non-profit Africast Foundation which outfits Schoolweb computer labs for rural schools in Africa. He is a founding board member of the African Public Broadcasting Trust, a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force, a co-founder of the Africa Digital Diaspora Network, and a member of the Africa Advisory Committee of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.
Dr. K. Samuel Osei:
Financial Advisor, United States Government, Washington
DC, USA
Dr. Stephen Adei: President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG),
Director-General of GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management & Professional Association) and
former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC)
Sam Adomako Kyei:
Chief Economist of the 2nd largest railroad in North America, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway located in Fort Worth, Texas. Member of the National Association of Business Economist (NABE), Dallas Economics Club and 1999 “Who’s Who in Corporate America,” Dollars & Sense Magazine.
Hon. Kwadwo-Baah Wiredu:
Minister for Finance
Dr. Kwabena Duffuor:
Immediate-Past Governor of Bank of Ghana, whose excellent work at the Central Bank earned him The Independent (newspaper's) Ghana's Man of the Year award for 1997. Other Directorships held by the Governor are, State Gold Mining Corporation (1984-1991), Shell Ghana Limited (1986-1991), Accra Brewery Limited (1983-19940 and Ecobank, Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan (1989-1995). Currently, he is the Chairman of the Ghana Heart Foundation.
Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani: Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chief of Staff, Kufuor Regime
Dr. Isaac Antwi Omane: Ghana's Ambassador to Cuba
Major General Francis Adu-Amanfoh
: Ghana's Ambassador to Liberia
Professor Peter Donkor: Provost of KNUST College of Health Sciences, and Head of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Hospital
Hon. O.B. Amoah: Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
Mr. Ato Essuman: Chief Director of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
and second in command to the Education Ministers.
Kpeteple Narh Dawutey VI:
Konor of Yilo Krobo
Nene Sackitey II:
Konor of Manyah Krobo
Susubribi Krobea Asante:
Omanhene of Asokore-Mampong Traditional Area and President of The Ghana Academy of Arts an Sciences.
Hon. Kwasi Anane Kyeremateng:
Member of Parliament - Sekyere East
Samuel Owusu "Torino" Mensah:
considered among the greatest of athletes and Olympians
in the history of African athletics.
For his excellence in athletics, Ghana's First President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
sent his Minister
of Sports (then Director of Sports), Mr. Ohene-Djan to our campus to crown him "The Osagyefo Golden Boy."
Not only was this Presidential citation confered upon him at school, but the President also caused
a national
radio show to be focused on this Prempeh hero. A history of Prempeh College is not complete without the mention of Mr. Owusu-Mensah. He put Prempeh on the world map in those days
by excelling in the Olympic Games. Perhaps his most famous victory was
his defeat of S.S. Abugri.
The Late Daasebre Nana Ofori Agyeman II:
former Adansihene (Omanhene of Adansi Traditional Area)
Dr. C.K. Tweneboah:
Chief of Staff of Government of Republic of Ghana
Dr. K. E. Appiah:
who operates the famous Bomso Clinic in Kumasi
Dr. Benjamin Aggrey NTIM
:
Director of UNESCO Pretoria Office
& Science and Technology Advisor UNESCO.
The Very Rev. Dr. Aboagye-Mensah:
Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana
Mr. Yeboa Amoah :
Former Chairman & Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange; Member of the University of Ghana Board of Governors
Daasebre Oti Boateng:
Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area, and Deputy Director General of the
International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
He's also a former Chairman of the United Nations
Statistical Commission (1987 to 1988) and the first African to occupy that post;
past Vice President of the International Statistical Institute, a worldwide professional
body of eminent Statisticians established over a century ago. He's also the first
African to be elected to Chairmanship of the International Conference of labor
Statisticians since it was established in 1923. And he successfully conducted the 1984 Population Census of Ghana during a period of severe
economic difficulties.
Dr. W. Asomaning:
Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Ghana
Nana Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi Ampem: former Chairman of the Board of Trustees - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology.
He is also Acherensuahene, Chief of Acherensua, a part of Asante. He is the author of a new book on Akan culture, entitled "Akan Mmebusem Bi", a collection of Akan proverbs and the translation of such proverbs into English.
Kwadwo Addomah-Gyabaah: Deputy Government Statistician,
Ghana Statistical Service.
Stanley Allotey:
who was voted by a Ghanaian international newsmagazine as Ghana's greatest
athlete ever! Stanley Allotey, whose 200 meters Commonwealth games record of 20.7 secs was only broken by Namibia's
Frankie Fredericks in 1994, ran for Ghana in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games in the 1960s, alongside
Senior Owusu Mensah.
The Magazine selected Allotey as both Number 1 in 100 meters and 200 meters.
He is still listed at the Official Commonwealth website
among the legendary runners in the history of the games. He is the only Ghanaian to be elected into the Commonwealth Games Hall of Fame.
Such was the respect he commanded around the globe during the 1960s.
Even his worst 200m time of 20.5secs, set in Kingston, Jamaica on 11/8/66 is now 4th on Ghana's all-time list.
Allotey is undoubtedly Ghana's greatest athlete.
Mr. Felix Amoah:
National Chairman of the Convention Party
Former Eastern Regional Minister & Minister of Works & Housing (Limann Regime)
Mr. Kwasi Yeboah-Konadu
:
Regional Adviser, Transport Logistics Management,
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia.
Dr. Asafo Adjei:
Former President &
CEO, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Maxwell Jumah:
Former Mayor of Kumasi
Honourable William Ofori Boafo :
Member of Parliament for Akropong North Constituency and the Deputy Minister for Defence, who was formerly
Secretary and Vice President of the Ghana Bar Association.
Kwabena Sintim-Misa:
a member of Saks Fifth Ave million dollar book club, which means that he generates
over a million dollars in sales yearly for this prestigious specialty store.
He is actually the only associate in the Ralph Lauren department who has achieved that milestone
in the company's history. He has clients worldwide, including world leaders and very high profile dignitaries who consult him fashionwise on what outfits are appropriate.
Edmund Owusu-Ansah:
captain of Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC. Owusu-Ansah, like Chibsah, is a key member of Ghana's under-23 soccer team, having won many caps from playing in the 2003 All-African Games and the 2004 Olympic games qualifiers.
Dr. Francis Achampong:
lawyer and author of a seminal textbook on workplace sexual harassment law.
Dr. Achampong's book is the only work that devotes several chapters to
landmark developments such as third-party and same-sex sexual harassment
and the only one that goes beyond merely discussing workplace harassment
prevention to discussing risk management of liability for sexual harassment.
It also discusses esoteric rules that apply to federal sector sexual
harassment complainants. He is listed with the Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys as an
insurance expert and appears in Who's Who in American Law.
He has been featured in several press reports, especially during
the Clinton-Lewinsky saga. He is currently the Director of Academic Affairs at Pennsylvania State University - Mont Alto.
Dr. Kweku Ghartey:
Internationally renowned Ophthalmologist and Retinal
Surgeon of the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mr. Kwesi Ahwoi:
Former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Investment Promotion Council
Charles "Chalito" Amankwah:
national hockey phenom who captained
the celebrated 1976 Ashanti Regional hockey Championship squad
Mr. Mawuku Afadzimu :
Marketing Director, Ghana Airways
Senior Apeadu:
national athletic legend who holds the Ashanti pole vault record
and is considered Ghana's best in a sport in which there rarely are
any skilled or talented participants
Dr. K.O Adade:
Chief Medical Officer of Greater Accra Region, Consultant Surgeon. The Trust Hospital Accra.
Mr. Kwaku Kyei:
Former Inspector General of Police, Ghana
Currently General Manager responsible for Security and Administration
at IKAM Ghana Ltd, a Security and Administration Corporation
Rear Admirar Owusu Ansah:
Commander, Ghana Navy
Mr. John K. Koduah:
NPP Presidential Candidate in 1998 Election Primaries
Mr. Yaw Manu Sarpong:
Former Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana
Mr. Ato Ahwoi:
Chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak Football Club and Former Ghana's Minister of Energy
The Late Osagyefo Kuntunkununku II:
King of the Akyem people of Ghana & Formerly President of the National House of Chiefs, who was also a distinguished physician. The team that performed the first heart transplant operation in Chechoslovakia, which took place at the Bratislava Hospital in 1968, included this King, who was then the
medical student Alex Fredua Agyemang. Alex was on top of his class at the prestigious Charles University Medical School, and thus is credited for being the first student to perform sugery in Chechoslovakia! Even more noteworthy is the fact that he accomplished this feat only 7 years after leaving Pearson House.
Nana Agyewodin Adu Gyamfi Ampem :
Acherensuahene, also Chairman of the UST Council
Daasebre Akuamoa Boateng II:
Kwahuhene
Nana Anarfi Kokortoh:
Chief of Asante Akim Hwidiem; also a
Chartered Accountant and a member of the Consultative Assembly in connection
with the drawing of the 1992
Constitution.
Nana Akyena Kwagyan Nuama V:
Asuonwunhene, and Kontre Mensa of the Kumasi Kontre Division
Augustus "Mafia" Lawson:
national athletic legend who is considered as one of the best in
400m hurdles. His time of 52.7secs set on 9/4/87 is eighth
on Ghana's all time list. He is also a member of the quartet that set
the then 4x400m record of 3:09.57secs (17/8/85), which is now ranked
9th on Ghana's all-time list.
Oheneba Adusei Poku:
Akyempemhene of Asante
The Late Nana Oduro Nimepaw:
the immediate-past Essumagyahene, who passed away in 2003.
Nana Akuamoa Boateng Ababio:
the former Mamponghene, known during his Prempeh days and private life as Senior Francis Cartey, who was installed
Omanhene of Mampong in 1987, and ruled for while before abdicating the throne.
The Late Barima Asumadu Sakyi II:
former Kumawuhene, Ashanti
The Late Barima Danso Koroko:
former Akyempemhene of Akyem
Nana Osei-Bonsu II:
Mamponghene (Omanhene of Mampong), Ashanti
Dr. Jacob Jordan Lamptey:
Renowned Ghanaian psychiatrist who operates The Valley View Clinic (est. 1987),
a private clinic situated at Dzorwulu - a suburb of Accra. This is a unique
establishment because it is a general practice with special interest in psychiatry
and related problems in a country where psychiatry practice and psychiatrists are
rare. His contributions and achievements include the Vice Presidency of Mental
Health Association from 1972 to 1983. He introduced
the concept of Community Psychiatry in Ghana during his attachment to the
Accra Psychiatric Hospital in the early seventies.
Dr. Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye:
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics & Gnaecology at Boston Medical Center.
Dr. La Kumi:
Renowned dentist and former Ghana's Consul-General to Canada
Abukari "Jaafia" Mohammed:
the great long distance runner and former marathon record holder who won several cross-country races for the Ashanti team.
He is listed among the top 5 best Ghanaian marathon runners of all time.
Mr. K.B. Boakye-Boateng:
Former Chief Administrator and Chairman of Forrestry
Commission of Ghana
Kenneth Bosompem:
Former Ghana's Consul-General to Switzerland who has served in the foreign service for 3 decades, including a former
role as Director off Passports.
Dr. Kwasi Ofori-Yeboah:
former President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the University of
Ghana (Legon) and executive member of National Union of Ghanaian Students (NUGS)
during the turbulent PNDC regime, who played a significant role in our national clamor for civil liberties during that
chaotic phase of our nation's history.
Dr. Richard Amoako Baah:
Novelist and inventor of the Fuel Filter-Dryer, for which he holds a United States Patent.
He is a Professor of Government, University of Texas, Pan American. His novel, set in Ghana, is Forerunners of
the Prince as well as a work on American constitutional government, The Responsible Voter. He is also author of
Human Rights in Africa, the Conflict of Implementation - University Press, 1999, and Coming to Terms With Our Past -Wisdom Books, 2003.
Rear Admirar Ohene Kwapong:
Retired Commander, Ghana Navy
Clifford Mpare:
Executive Vice President and
Co-Chief Investment Officer of Sloan Financial Group and the Chief Investment Officer of New
Africa Advisers, Inc.
George Ashiabi:
Ministry of Food & Agriculture
Mr. Fritz Baffour:
Television producer and Media Consultant & the
Managing Director of Tropical Visionstorm Limited. He is the
Producer/Director/Presenter of "Sincerely Yours", Ghana's Number 1 TV magazine
program.
Mr. David Gyimah:
Freelance television producer/ reporter, BBC Breakfast News and ITN. David Gyimah of BBC's Reportage fame,
has worked or freelanced for Newsnight, Reportage, Channel 4 News, ABC News (South Africa) covering the country's historic elections,
and as a political producer on Powerhouse. He's the brain behind the Prempeh College Documentary project.
David is a multi skilled producer and a finalist in Channel 4's national digital awards 2002: Unleash the Talent Inside. Besides being recently selected as one of the major role models for UK Blacks, he is currently directing/editing a Bob Marley film for one of the music giants whilst previous documentaries include Unveiling Gallipoli - an international deep sea dive expedition for the BBC WS; How to become a CIA officer; and being assigned to the Lewis camp during Lewis vs Tyson. David has freelance produced for ITN & Channel 4 News; Powerhouse BBC Breakfast and Ex Saatchi head of TV, Jon Staton.
Dr. J.O.K. Boadu:
Director, Aboraa Clinic
Maxwell Gyamera:
Senior
Airline Pilot; Ghana Airways
Mr. Anthony Ohemeng-Boamah:
United Nations Development Project. He is a Special Assistant to the
Assistant UN Secretary General who is in charge of UN programmes in Africa. His
job is thus partly political, partly diplomatic and partly technical work -
assisting to find solutions for the myriad problems that confront the people of Africa.
Sam Sarpong:
Presidential Correspondent of the Daily Graphic, a position akin to a White House Correspondent. His duties entail reporting on the presidency.
Cox Tamakloe:
Head of Music Programs at Ghana's Joy 997 FM
Baffour Attakora Gyimah:
Former Editor of the Ashanti Regional Newspaper, The Pioneer
Dr. Emmanuel Tuffuor:
President & C.E.O, GhanaCare/HealthAfrica Inc., & Founder/Chair of The Board of Governors of the famous Animwah Medical Center, Kumasi, whose pioneering work in the Health management
sector has won steadily increasing acclaim as "one of the greatest contributions of the advancement of health in the developing word." Not only has his projects been endorsed by the World Bank & IMF, it has also been featured in the New York Times.
Dr. David Acheampong-Mensah:
President of LabMed Consulting Inc. (Canada), a group of
clinical, technical and management consultants in laboratory medicine.
He is also the Associate Director of MEDILAB Diagnostic Services LTD.
Ghana).
Dr. Akwasi Amponsah:
Director of the Preventive Medicine
Residency Program & Director of the Substance Abuse Consultant Service at the Medical College of Virginia.
Dr. Nyamekye Gyasi-Agyei:
Director, Jesse Polyclinic, Lesotho
Kwadwo Frimpong-Ansah: a veterans champion in athletics. Among his honors are 100, 200 and 4x100
meter relay golds (in the over-40 age category) in the European Veterans Championships,
having also participated in the World Veterans Athletic Championships. Former Ashanti
100 and 200 meter champion.
Stanley Owusu:
Regional Engineer, Electricity Corp.
Obeng Kumi:
Bank Manager; Security Bank
Dr. Kwame Anyane-Yeboa:
a Medical Geneticist and Pediatrician, and Former President of the New York State Genetics Task Force. He is currently Associate Professor of Pediatrics in genetics at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and the director of the Division of Clinical Genetics at the New York Presbyterian hospital (Columbia-Presbyterian) and the Children's Hospital of New York (formerly Babies Hospital). He was named as one of New York and America's Top Doctors in Genetics for the year 2001 and 2002
Dr. Yaw Asare-Aboagye:
Manager of The Clinical Development and Biometrics Division of Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington, where he is responsible
for the timely submission of all Clinical Trials results to the Food and Drugs Administration.
Dr. William Kwarteng-Acheampong:
Outstanding Research Scientist in Germany
Dr. Larbi Siaw:
Distinguished medical practitioner in private practice, Accra
Dr. Yaw Twum-Barima:
Chief of Medicine at
Trenton Memorial Hospital in Canada and Consultant Physician of
Belleville General Hospital and Medical Director of the Diabetic Education Clinics at Belleville
General Hospital and Trenton Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Victor Akrofi:
Distinguished dental practitioner in private practice, Kumasi
Rev. Lincoln Donkor : Founder and operator of Lizdon Fabrics & Garments Ltd, a garment and fabric screen-printing company that has won
two international awards -- gold and platinum -- for commitment to quality; and
six local awards in respect of Ghana Friday Wear Programme. He is also a Retired Diplomat of the African
Development Bank (AfDB) where he worked for 20 years. He is also Apostle of Excellence and Initiator of Lincoln Donkor Excellence Motivation
Powerline (LDEMP), through which he articulates the Culture of Excellence through motivational
conferences and radio talks. His book, Strategic Decision-Making for Excellence is available online.
Mr. Kobina Enyimayew:
Executive of Ghana Standards Board
Mr. Ernest Ansah Asare:
The Executive of A/C General
Mr. J.H. Nketiah (Bosco) :
Executive of Nestle Ghana Ltd; also a superb sprinter who competed in 100 and 200 meters and the relays. He
was a stimulus for other great athletes like Santo and Wallacas.
Mr. Charles Oppong :
Chief Executive Officer of Coppon Wood Complex Ltd & Oda Timber Busines
Mr. J. Provencal:
Executive of Coastal Motors
Sylvester Sarkodieh:
Chief Executive Officer; Silton Co. Ltd (Paper Imports & Exports)
Nana Yaw Baning:
Chief Executive Officer, Print Craft Co.
Kasapreko:
Hip-life music sensation
Mr. Kofi Yeboah Antwi :
Managing Director of Crocodile Matchets Ghana Ltd
Mr. Kwaku Owusu-Akyaw:
Former Director Of the Ghana National Cultural Center, Kumasi and currently English Language consultant, and English Instructor, Kokushikan University, Tokyo, Japan.
Kwame Osei Owusu:
Bank Manager; Agric
Bank, Sunyani
Emmanuel Nii Kotey Addison:
Bank Manager;Ghana Leasing
Co.
Mike Dee:
an award-winning gospel recording artist with many highly successful albums to his credit. He is also the founder
and leader of his own gospel group called the Christ Gospel Inspirational Group (CGI).
He is also a Music Writer and Composer. Of the twelve songs featured on CGI's first album
entitled "KEEP ON TRYING", Angola wrote and composed nine of them. This album was such a great success within the Christian circles, and saw Mike Dee/Angola Seaman on stages or in various churches
in London with the group fellowshipping with his fellow Christian believers.
The uniqueness of his gospel album won Angola the 1997 African Entertainment Award
(AFENT) for the Best African Gospel Writer and Composer held in London. Angola Seaman
attributes his musical career success to his active role in Samammo during his Prempeh
College days appears.
W.O. Agbenyega:
Insurance
Executive; Ghana Reinsurance Org
Osei Kankam:
CEO & Businessman; Kamoney Forex Bureau,
Adabraka
Ernest Obeng Ntiforo:
Executive; D.S.Kpodo Tay & Partners
B.R. Ayisi:
Executive;SSB Ltd.
Mr. Ken F. Asante:
Taysec
Construction Ltd.
Robert Mensah-Biney:
Mineral and Chemical industry research scientist, who has special expertise is in gold-silver process metallurgy. He is experienced in uranium process development, beneficiation of industrial minerals, general hydrometallurgical processing for the recovery of minerals, harzadous waste treatment and management including soil remediation and recovery of heavy metals from industrial wastewater. He owns the patent in USA for the use of aqueous biphase extraction for the processing of ultrafine particles.
John Torto :
Resident consultant of Johnson &
Johnson in Ghana
Oliver Boachie :
Managing Director of Data
Telecom Ltd., a high tech communications company in Accra.
Joseph William deGraft Johnson Riverson:
Captain of the 1955 Prempeh's famous athletics team, this Irish international athlete was awarded
full Blue in athletics by Ireland's Queen's University of Belfast in 1958. Former 100m champion of Queen's University of Belfast,
100m champion of Northern Ireland and 100m champion of All-Ireland.
He was Irish international athlete from 1959 to 1961 and he represented Ireland at the Edinburgh Highland Games in 1959 and at the Welsh Games
in 1961.
Dominic Owusu Sekyere:
Managing Director of Blue Chip Computers Ghana Ltd.
Kwasi Adusei :
Director of Management
Information Systems at the Ministry of Education, Accra.
Justice Ansah-Asare:
Executive, West African Examinations Council
Dr. J. Henry Owusu:
internationally recognized professor in Development Geography. He is
particularly known for his research work on the World
Bank/IMF-sponsored Structural Adjustment Programs and Economic
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in addressing misconceptions about Africa's
under)development.
Dr. Lewis Roberts:
Gastroenterology specialist and Senior Associate Consultant of
Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota. He is the Coordinator of The Navigators Africa Partners
Medical Group, which helps establish and support private medical clinics in African countries.
Dr. Kofi Busia:
Medical Herbalist, Medical Scientist and Chartered
Chemist.
Dr. Albert Kofi Adu :
Asst. Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia
University Health System in New York.
Pierre Lisk:
Sierra Leonean national athlete who was listed among the
Top 50 best sprinters in the world when he ran for Prempeh in 1992.
He has kept the Sierra Leonean flag flying high in the World Championship of
Athletics and the Olympic Games.
He became the first University of Kansas Jayhawk Olympian since 1976 when
he ran in the 200 meters and the 4x100m
relay for Sierra Leone at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also posted Sierra Leone national record times of 20.86 in the 200 and 39.81 in the 4x100m relay and qualified for the finals of the 200m and 4x100m in 1998 and 1999 World Championships.
George Amoako:
Senior Executive, Able Timbers, Kumasi
E.K Frimpong:
Senior Executive of GNTC Head Office
Kwaku Sintim-Misa:
KSM, the writer/actor/radio talk show host, whose one-man-play, Thoughts Of A Confused Black Man, run off- Broadway in New York for five months.
His show Talk Shop is rated No. 1 in Ghana. KSM is the master of original one-man-plays. He wrote and performed what has since become the biggest theatrical box office hit play in Ghana: The Saga Of The Returnee. For a whole year, the Saga played to a sell out audiences in the capital, and in 1999, he won the ACRAG award for the nation's Best Actor. The Saga of the Returnee was more than a one-man-play,
it was an educational experience. is the founder of and the CEO of Sapphire Ghana Limited. Sapphire is the first and the only radio and television programme syndication company in Ghana. He is especially looking forward to a world tour to showcase his work on stage. South Africa is the first on his list, to be followed by the countries in the Caribbean, then to America and Europe.
William Osei:
Distinguished legal practitioner and psychologist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Currently the director of The Horsham Clinic's Partial Hospital Program
in Sprignfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania USA. The Horsham Clinic is
the formost Behavioral Health and Psychiaitric Hospital in the
Philadelphia region. He is well known in the profession as an
advocate for children at risk and is a noted therapist specializing in
treating children and adolescents who have been traumatized by physical,
sexual or emotional abuse.
Kofi Owusu:
Software Engineer and Consultant
for Telecommunications firms in the Washington DC Area
Michael Donkor:
AD, Lambeth Education Authority
Rev. Richard Kyerematen, MDiv.:
Social activist and Senior Pastor Germantown Church of the Brethren in
Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Mr. E.A Sekyere:
Former Headmaster, Prempeh College
Mr. Mensah:
Headmaster, Kumasi High School
Mr. Kwame Amo Dako:
President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT),
and Headmaster, Ofori Panin Secondary School
Mr. George Twumasi:
co-founder and an Executive Director of the African Broadcast Networkand
the driving force behind the Pan-African Audio Visual Action Partnership (PAAVAP),
which he is currently evolving through the African Broadcast Network (ABN).
Mr. Rueben T. Sackey:
Former Headmaster, Prempeh College
Mr. M.K. Atiemo:
Former Headmaster, Prempeh College
Mr. Gyamfi Acheampong:
Chairman & Chief Executive officer of Chrisaach.
Mr. Eric Agyemang: Senior Systems Engineer with Bell Atlantic (a giant telecom corporation) in Silver Spring Maryland, USA and a Principal Consultant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration of the US Dept of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Dr.-Ing Kodom Baffoe: a civil engineer with
DeTe Immobilien (Daughter company of German Telekom, responsible for building
and maintanance of about 35,000 buildings and structures in Germany.
Kojo Opoku Donkor: Accountant, National Audit Office, UK
Ing. Robert Baffour-Awuah: Ghana telecomminucation Co. Ltd, Accra
Dr. Amoakoh Gyasi-Agyei (AGA): Professional Electrical Engineer & Researcher in Telecommunications & Computer Networks
Dr. Boadi Sarpong:
Allergy Immunologist in Baltimore, maryland
Dr. Opoku Mensa Adubofour:
Physician in Fresno, California
Felix Baafi Ntiforo (The Original Santo):
who competed for Prempeh from 1961-69 and was the best athlete to come from
Ashanti that decade. He was a star of the Ashanti Region Team and the National Team.
Dr. Kwabena Appenteng:
Obstetrician-Gynecologist in Illinois
Dr. A. Asante-Korang:
Pediatric Cardiologist, University of South Florida College of Medicine
Rev. Elvis Acheampong:
Minister of the Gospel, Woodbridge, Virginia
Ebenezer "Pasha" Lawson:
former sprinter and member of Ghana's national athletics team.
Kwasi Owusu-Takyi:
Chief Manager (Accounts) - First Allied Savings and
Loans Limited, Kumasi.
David Nti-Berko:
national tripple-jumper, Olympian and 5-time NCAA all-American in tripple jump. His best jump of 26.03 set in 1995, is 4th on Ghana's all-time list.
Kofi Asamoa-Baah:
Senior Programmer & Application Developer for
Fortune 500 Companies, including Bellsouth, AT&T, Georgia Power.
Professor of Computer Information Systems. Executive Director:
UnicompUSA, Inc
William des Bordes (Lovin`Cee)
:
Broadcast Journalist/Ace Disc Jockey who is the Host/Editor of Germany's
Deutsche Welle International
Radio's Newslink-English Service. He was formerly with GBC-Radio and TV, as well as Kapital Radio.
Isaac Kwamena Hayfron:
of Unilever Ghana Ltd - Department of Human Resources.
Dr. Isaac Odame:
Professor - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology,
McMaster University Medical School, Ontario,
Canada
Dr. M N Imam:
Anaesthetist, Stockton on Tees, UK
Antwi Moses (Big Daddy Mossez):
Operator of MEDTRONIC - the medical high-technology company in Switzerland.
Solomon Addico:
Assistant Vice President for Business and Finance with an educational institution of higher learning in Columbia, South Carolina.
Joseph "Wallacas" Adu-Appiah:
a champion athlete of the star-studded 1970s Ashanti teams who made the Ashanti Region Team and the National Team.
Dr Sam Amoakwa-Adu:
a well known and highly respected successful gynaecologist/obtetrician and a part time commercial farmer
currently living in Rustenburg, South Africa.
Prince Agyekum:
Ghana's finest radio sports presenter on Invisible 104.5 FM in Kumasi
Mr. Safo S.K. (Solomon):
Former Member of Parliament for Mampong.
Mr. Ashittey:
University of Ghana, Legon
Samuel Adade: the West African 100m and 200m junoir champion.
In the All-Africa Juvenile Athletics Competition held in Nigeria in May, 2004, Adade of the Class of 2002, popularly known as Maurice Green, won
the 100m and 200m races as well as the 400m race. During the 4x100 race, Samuel Adade led the Ghanaians to take the gold and thus set a new record at the olympics in Nigeria.
He was a reserve in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Mr. Kwasi Addomah-Gyabaah:
Accountant General Department
Mr. George Kwaku Ntow:
a renowed industrialist who is C.E.O. of Lovable Industries Ltd, third party producers of Lifebuoy plus soaps.
Mr. S. Sekyere-Abankwa:
Co-Founder and CEO of Prudential Bank Ltd., Ghana
Hon. Owusu-Bio Benito :
Member of Parliament for Atwima Nwabiagya
Hon Magnus Opare Asamoah :
MP for Akuapem South and Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways
Mr S K Amoah:
Executive Chairman of Design Habitat Accra
Dr. Alfred Asante-Korang:
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, and Chief of Transplant Cardiology, All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
Ing. Robert Baffour-Awuah:
Head/ Network Maintenance and Operations/Middle Sector (Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions) and Regional Manager Ashanti Region - Ghana Telecom
Dr. Maxwell Boakye:
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center
Nicholas G. Manu:
Network Analyst for Siemens Corporation, also Founder and CEO of Maboat Systems
Godfrey Jeffrey Agyare: Wellness and International Business
Strategist. Chief Executive Officer of
Ultimate Lifestyle Group,
International Health and Nutrition Organization.
Henry Hagan:
Olympian who is the holder of the Ghanaian 4 x 400 relay record (with Hesse, Boateng and Amegatcher). The late Hagan was an NCAA All-American
who holds several records at the University of Alabama. His 400 meter time of 46.35 (set in Auburn) stands at 10th on the Ghana all-time best.
Collins "Acorstic" Asante: sports presenter and commentator on Hello
FM and Peace FM who won the national "Best Sports Presenter Award" in 2007
Dr. Kofi Adu Manyah: a multidisciplinary scholar of the Institut de Phonétique de Strasbourg and the Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg, France, where he is an expert in Language Science. He has written numerous articles in French and English. His publications in French include a book on Twi Phonetics and Phonology, « Introduction a la phonétique et a la phonologies africaines : les sons de tous les jours, le cas du twi (akan) », Paris, L’Harmattan.
Kwadwo Anyane-Yeboa: Director, Ghana Information and Communications Technology
Directorate (GICTeD).
Robert Nowodi Kosi Tette: author of Silent Struggle.
Dr. Derek Kofi Owusu Boahene: Physician, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery,
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery;
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thompson Peter (the former P K Donkor or Pope Tee of Freeman House) : of the UK Trade & Investment, part of the British Government,
whose work involves getting UK firms in the Sports & Leisure Infrastructure Industry to seriously
look at Ghana, concerning the African
Cup of Nations which is to be hosted b Ghana in 2008.
Gottfried Osei-Mensah:
Preacher, Teacher,
Organizer, Leader - The African Enterprise USA
Martin Osei Nyarko:
Tano Bofoakwa FC.
Dominic Oduro:
FC Dallas' striker who became the first Ghanaian to play in the US Major League Soccer (MLS).
Isaac Kwarteng:
former Chief Engineer of Ghana Highway Authority; currently working for Illinois Department of Transportation, Hydraulics Engineering Section, Schaumburg, Chicago, Illinois.
Derek Agyapong-Poku :
Financial Controller of University of British Columbia, Department of Ophthalmology and the Financial Director
of Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation in Canada.
Kojo Duodu:
national athletics and table tennis and hockey legend who
is renowned for his versatility. While at Prempeh, the great Duodu represented the school
in almost every sporting discipline: hockey, basketball, volley, table-tennis and athletics (hurdling).
He brought home so many table tennis titles before defecting to AMASS for his A-Levels.
The national hurdler once owned the national records in both 110m and the 400m hurdles. His time of 53.5secs in the 400m hurdles
now ranks 10th on Ghana's all-time list, while his time of 14.61secs in the 110m hurdles now ranks 5th.
Moreover, Duodu was unbeatable in table tennis in Ghana while he was at Prempeh.
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