Patrick Awuah Jr: The Ashesi University Story and Advice to Student Entrepreneurs

Patrick Awuah delivered a brilliant keynote speech at Global Student Entrepreneurship Week 2020. In his speech, he shared Ashesi University's story and timeless advice to student entrepreneurs on purposeful entrepreneurship. Watch the insightful story and be inspired! ———— Patrick Awuah is the Founder and President of Ashesi University, a private, not-for-profit institution that has quickly gained a reputation for innovation and quality education in Ghana. In 2012, Ashesi University was ranked as one of the top ten Most Respected Companies in Ghana and was the first educational institution to win the award. In the same survey, Patrick Awuah was named the 4th Most Respected CEO in Ghana. Before founding Ashesi University, Patrick worked as a Program Manager for Microsoft where, among other things, he spearheaded the development of dial-up internet working technologies and gained a reputation for bringing difficult projects to completion. He holds bachelor’s degrees in Engineering and Economics from Swarthmore College; an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; and four honorary doctorates. He has won many prestigious international awards including the MacArthur Fellowship; the McNulty Prize; Membership of the Order of the Volta -- one of Ghana’s highest awards, given to individuals who exemplify the ideal of service to the country; Chevalier dan's l'Ordre des palmes academiques du Niger; and the World Innovation Summit for Education Prize. In 2015, Patrick was named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune, and received the Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award, given to UC Berkeley alumni with distinguished records of service to their countries. ———— Visit our website for details on our work: https://www.sfanonline.org Subscribe to our channel:    / starsfromallnations   Subscribe to our newsletters: https://starsfromallnations.substack. FIND US ON Facebook:   / sfanonline   Twitter:   / sfanonline   LinkedIn:   / sfan   Instagram:   / sfanonline   #AshesiUniversity #PatrickAwuah #studententrepreneur #Africa #entrepreneurship #Leadership