GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE |

In a community as large as ours,various kinds of characters are seen each passing day.So many great men have passed through the land of Christian gentlemen.As the year rolled on various odadees and Presecans would have distinguish themselves in various fields.So impressive and exclusive were the performance of such odadees that the presentation of such personalities to the Clerk house hall of fame was all obvious .This served as an opportunity not only to give recognition to such distinguished personalities but perhaps more importantly,,serve as a source of encouragement to other odadees and Presecans in their quest to serve our world,country and school.Indeed,not only have these personalities achieved fame in Presec & Ghana but in some cases world wide as well.Read about the gentlemen who dared to be different.

Minister of Finance 1982 - 1995
Dr. Kwesi Botchwey

Dr. Kwesi Botchwey an old boy of Presby boys' secondary school-Legon holds a Bachelors of Law degree (LLB) from the University of Ghana, a Masters degree in Law (LLM) from Yale Law School, and a Doctorate degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He taught at the University of Zambia, the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and the University of Ghana. He was Minister of Finance in Ghana from 1982 to 1995.
Dr. Botchwey joined the HIID in 1996 as a Development Advisor, and has recently been appointed the Director of Africa Research and Programs at HIID and the CID.
Research Interests:

political economy of reform in Africa

African capacity building and utilization

capital markets in Africa Works-in-Progress:

Pulling Back from the Precipice: The Political Economy of Policy Reform in Ghana (A book project)

"Public Goods Theory and African Development," (UNDP Office of Development Studies).

Jointly with Deborah Brautigam, "Impact of Aid Dependency on Governance and Institutions in Africa."

Restarting Growth and Development in Africa: A Case Study of Ghana Publications:

"Transforming the Periphery: A study of the struggle of social forces in Ghana for democracy and national sovereignty", United Nations publication, 1981 (ISBN 92-808-0309-3; ISSN 0379-5772) DSDRSCA-83/UNUO-309

"Obstacles to Centralized Reform: An African Perspective" in Deepening Structural Reform in Africa, Lessons from East Asia, ed. Laura Wallace, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, 1996.

Current and Past Projects:

Member & Convener Team of academics from Yale, Oxford, and the Free University of Amsterdam that conducted and has just finished the first External evaluation at the request of the Executive Board of the IMF, of the Fund�s Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF).

Member Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons for the Facilitation of the Signing of the Uruguay Round of Gatt Negotiations.

Member OECD group of high-level experts for the review of the OECD study on "Globalization and Linkages to 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for OECD countries (1996).

Member Commonwealth Expert Group on Good Governance and the Elimination of Corruption in Economic Management

Member Panel of High Level Personalities on African Development � an advisory group established to assist the UN Secretary-General in advocating greater support for African development and in coordinating the UN system�s activities in the region.
Consultancies:
Dr. Botchwey has conducted a number of consultancy projects, assignments and advisor works for the World Bank (advisor to the Bank on the 1997 World Development Report), IMF ( Member and Chairman of Group of Independent Experts who conducted the first ever external evaluation of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility), the UNDP (served as an advisor to the UN Special Initiative on Africa) and the European Centre for Development Policy and Management (ECDPM).

Courses Taught:

'Managing Economic Reform in Low-income countries', PED 135, KSG

Materials Developed for Courses:

Macroeconomic Management Workshop, HIID Budgeting in the Public Sector Workshop, HIID Papers and Speeches Given at Conferences:

"HIV/AIDS and Economic Development in Africa" Theme Paper, African Development Forum, Economic Commission For Africa, December 2000

"Magnitude and Drivers of the Brain Drain in Africa" Keynote Address at the 1999 Africa Business Conference, Harvard University January 30, 1999.

"Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Africa", ODC Conference on African Economic Recovery, 1996.

"Deepening Structural Adjustment Reforms and Policies for Growth in Africa", May 1996.

"Growth and Poverty Alleviation", ODC Conference on African Economic Recovery, June 11-12, 1996.

"Globalization: What has it meant for Africa and what does the future portend?" Presented at the Seminar on International Solidarity and Globalization: In Search of New Strategies, Stockholm, 1997.

"The Role of the State, the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury Secretary in the context of Economic Liberalization and Globalization", Abidjan, June 1998.

"The Politics of Administrative Reform", World Bank, June 1998.

"Mobilizing capital flows in support of accelerated African development - the role of capital markets", Washington, DC, July 1998.

Associations/Affiliations:

Chairman, Economic Committee of the Global Coalition for Africa (GCA) Chairman, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Member, African Economic Research Consortium Board (AERC) Member, Carnegie Economic Reform Network Member, Board of the Overseas Development Council (ODC) Hobbies/Other Interests: Tennis, Painting

Phone: (617) 495 9530 Fax: (617) 496 9466 Location: Center for International Development at Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Email: kwesi_botchwey@harvard.edu

Kwaku "KSM" Sintim-Misa

Date of Birth:	1956-12-05
Place:	Kumasi

KSM was born on December 5, 1956 in Kumasi. He attended the UST Primary School before going to the Presby Boys Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, in the 1970-71 academic year. After his first year he left for Prempeh College, Kumasi, to continue his secondary education between 1972 and 1977, where he also completed the sixth form course. He then enrolled at the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI) as one of the pioneer students, but left after a year for the United States.

He enrolled at the Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, for his first degree in Theatre Arts, majoring in acting and directing. He then enrolled in New York University for the Masters of Fine Arts Programme in film production. He later worked with several film companies.

He is happily married to Mavis Ampah, Senior ICT Policy Analyst at the World Bank office in Accra. They have four children, Nana Yaa, Nana Kwasi, Yaw and Nana Ama.

KSM says he is a family-oriented person and very close to Mavis, who is his best friend, naturally. His hobbies are writing, playing basket ball with his children, bike riding and movie watching. He enjoys red-red (fried plantains and beans stew).

�I am Master Sergeant Lasisi, Commander-in-Chief of all the sergeants in Ghana. We shall not leave any turn unstoned.�

Most regular audiences at the theatre can tell with unmistakeable precision that this explosion is from no other performer than the actor cum comedian, Kwaku Sintim-Misa alias KSM, who has developed a one-man act of comic satires in Ghana.

KSM has since 1999 thrilled diverse Ghanaian audience with different episodes of his production ranging from domestic violence to religion and the racial divide.

He has held his teeming crowds spellbound to the tales of a subservient wife who changed radically after three weeks in America and about the colonial gentleman, who had a dog called Trafalgar, a cat called Picadilly and a tiny patch of grass he proudly called Victoria Gardens.

The uniqueness about KSM�s performances lies in his ability to get people to laugh at themselves. One person who has always borne the brunt of his jokes has been ex -President Jerry Rawlings, who continues to go for more, never missing his front row seat at any show and more often than not contributing one or two anecdotes.

KSM�s latest production, Afia Siriboe, in which he assumes the role of the four-time divorcee with a passion for provocative dressing, really revealed the qualities that now make him a household name.

Throwing more light on how he came out with the Afia Siriboe comedy he explained that his wife has a sense of humour. He therefore consulted her to find out how women react to certain situations. From his findings he came out with the idea. He acknowledged that there are times he discusses certain aspects of his scripts with his wife. KSM said this during an interraction with this reporter on Wednesday.

According to KSM, normally he takes about three months to come out with a script after going through the first, second and third writings, after which he begins to memorise and rehearse.

Interestingly, contrary to convention, he rehearses by himself and nobody sees anything before the show. He claims his rehearsals are mainly done in his bedroom or his office. �I guess it is only God who sees my rehearsals�, he intimated.

KSM recollects how his children reacted when promos on Afia Siriboe started running on television. �They were surprised and wondered whether that could be their father. They had to go to school and answer numerous questions. My wife also gets her share and some of her colleagues and friends ask whether I make her laugh at home, to which she normally remarks that �I do not bring my work home.� � KSM says that so far his work has been successful because the reaction to it has been encouraging.

�When people see me they ask when the next show is coming up. I believe I have a theatre following,� he added. However, KSM insists that the market is very limited. He does not think he can appeal to a large audience outside Accra and that explains why he comes out with many shows since he cannot stage a performance more than twice.

KSM, a US trained dramatist and film maker, has about 11 collections including The Saga of the Returnee (his maiden show), Politically Incorrect, Pure Madness, Zero Tolerance, The Trial of Jesus Christ, Colonial Independence, Take Cover and Afia Siriboe.

KSM, one of Africa�s greatest stage sensations has performed extensively in the UK, USA and Canada. His shows are captivating and he has the ability to capture and sustain the interest of his audience for over an hour and a half. His humour cuts across race and culture.

KSM, whose stage antics have earned him the title �the Undisputed Master of Satire and King of Comedy�, said that basically, he uses his satire to regale and educate his audience. He believes he has made an impact on society. People go to his shows to laugh but at the end of the day walk away with a message.

Besides his stage performances, KSM has left his footprints on radio. He used to host a talk show on VIBE FM but now hosts a programme on Choice FM called That�s My Opinion, every Tuesday from 10 am to midday and another one, Connection With God,� also on Choice FM on Sundays, between 7 and 8 in the morning.

Although KSM did not have any formal training in journalism, particularly radio presenting, he has been able to break through and can be reckoned among the best radio presenters in the country.

KSM, born to the late Rt. Rev. Godfried Kwadwo Sintim-Misa, one-time Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and to Mrs Mary Oforiwaa Sintim-Misa, also of blessed memory, returned to Ghana in January 1996 after 14 years in the United States.

KSM says that during his sojourn in the US he did all kinds of jobs to keep body and soul together. He�s been a waiter, he fried chicken, was a parking lot attendant and what have you. He said he did all these without losing focus of his goal in life. He believes that those who want things easy are likely to fail, stressing that nothing good comes very easy and that whatever odd jobs one does should be seen as some form of sacrifice.

KSM says he sermonises on radio for two reasons. First, to disprove the assertion that he is anti-Christian and clear the erroneous impression people have about him. Second, a lot of people are frustrated with Christianity and no longer go to church so he uses the medium to revive Christ in them.

He said while in the US, he had a rough life and yearned for his own salvation. He later found God and was reconciled with Him, before coming down to Ghana. Asked whether his late father had an impact on his teachings and sermons, he responded positively and said when he goes back to read some of the old sermons of his father, he realises they are no different from what he (KSM) preaches now.

He said the programmes he hosts on radio are exhaustive because he advocates for the need for attitudinal change and offers reasons why the nation is not progressing as fast as it should. He deplores our inability to tap potentials. KSM has talked about these issues for nearly six years but nothing seems to change.

He is very satisfied with his output because the youth see in him an inspirer and invite him to their youth meetings and church activities to give them a talk and counsel them. Besides these, KSM is also the Chief Executive of Sapphire Ghana Limited and develops a series for television. He is the brain behind Build Your Ark, which showed on GTV and Metro TV with support from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). He has worked on others like Abeka Lapaz, Deep South, Truth or Death.

Currently, he has introduced another series, Divorce Court on GTV, where he plays the part of a judge. Explaining the rationale behind the Divorce Court, he said because marital issues loom so large and there is a lot of crisis in marriage he decided to explore the possibility of courtroom drama to resolve marital issues rather than sue for divorce.

Source: Vance Azu

Prof. Henry Wellington

Submitted by Ato Ulzen Appiah, Odadee 2001, with help from Prof. Wellington.

Prof. Dr. Henry Nii-Adziri Wellington presently holds the position of the Head of Quality Assurance and Strategic Planning in the office of the Vice Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in Ghana, where he has been since January 2003.

Prof. Dr. Henry Wellington was born on 1st December, 1942 at Akuse in southern Ghana. He has a gentle personality with an eye for discipline. He likes to play croquet (a British game) and table tennis in his leisure time and is married with three children. He enjoys lot of hobbies and leisure. He also likes reading, especially fascinating Christian books and biographies; preaching; walking and making social visits; watching the skies and the stars and playing a game of croquet when he is in Accra in his house on vacation.

He is very conversant with Presbyterianism as he attended the Presbyterian Junior and Presby Middle Boys Boarding Schools at Osu, Accra. He continued to secondary school from 1958-1962 at Presbyterian Secondary School, Krobo Odumase. He majored in Physics, Chemistry and Biology and as a Science Student at that time; he did the unusual by adding Art to his subjects, including Literature and Religious Knowledge which were compulsory at his time. He did not do sixth form at Odumase because there wasn't any.

He chose architecture as a career path when he was in Form Three at Presec. After reading a little career -counseling book, he realized that his talents, spread out in all subjects including art and mathematics (he was nicknamed Dr. Faustus because he appeared to be at home well in all subjects) were appropriate for architecture. When he entered Tech in 1962, he knew he had made the right decision. But in the second year due to an anemic condition he suffered due to bad eating habits, he landed in the hospital for about a week. When he returned to the Department, he had virtually lost interest in architecture and university and Adziri was ready to pack out and go back to Accra to become a fisherman! But Jesus, whom he had gotten to know as his personal Savior and Lord while in the First Year, intervened and He changed absolutely the course of his career path. Architecture became not just a profession but a vocation. This is why he became a professor of architecture. He enjoyed teaching architecture for 31 years. He has also enjoyed practicing architecture but not for material gains.

He was in Tech (KNUST) to do Pre-Architecture. He had his tertiary education at same university from 1962-1969. He graduated with honors with an M.Sc. Architecture, and B.Sc. Design. He continued to Rheinische Westphaelische Technische Hochschule in Aachen, Germany from 1969 to 1972 and graduated with a qualification: Dipl. Ing. (Urban Design). He studied further at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany and earned a Doctorate Ing. (Architecture and Development Planning) from 1978-1981. He trained at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra in 1992 and achieved a Certificate in Consultancy.

Since 1972, he has designed and supervised construction of several architectural and housing/ planning projects. He has also researched in and made publications on housing, urban design and urban conservation issues. In 1994, Professor Wellington was awarded a Fellow of Ghana Institute of Architects. In 2001, he was appointed a member of the Visiting Board of the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) to the University of Free State and University Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was appointed Head of the Department of Architecture, K.N.U.S.T., and Kumasi, a post he held and performed admirably from 1999 to September 2002. He was also elected, Vice Dean, Faculty of Environmental & Development Studies at this same university and served at this position from 2001 to September 2002. In October 2002, he filled the Acting. Pro Vice-Chancellor position of the prestigious K.N.U.S.T., Kumasi until someone replaced him in December later that year.

He has had a lot of academic successes and has risen through the ranks of Lecturer to a Professor. He has been educating and training Ghanaians since 1972. He became an associate Professor in 1992. He has been teaching the following subjects: Design Thesis, Urban Design, The Built Environment, Architectural Design Studio, Settlement Planning and Design and held seminars in Architecture Research Methodology. He has also supervised student projects, work, thesis, and research.

Our spotlight Odadee was appointed as a leading consultant for rehabilitation of the Bank of Ghana Cedi House, refurbishment project in 2002. He initiated the academic link programme arrangement with the Ecole Africaine des Metiersde l�architecture et de l�Urbanisme (EAMAU), Lome, Togo in 2001. In the same year, he was a member of the board of advisors for the proposed Centre for the Arts and Culture of Ghana at the College of Art, KNUST, Kumasi. Due to his experience and expertise, he was the project architect for the Monastic Church for Benedictine Monks, Kristo Buase near the town Tano Buase, a very historic Brong settlement located on the north east of Tekyiman in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. The Monastic church he has designed may become a world icon. The Monks are soliciting funds from ROME to have it built because of its uniqueness. He has been given seminars and talks on the design and the resonance to date has been fascinating. Professor Wellington also served as chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on Transformation Code Review, FEDS, also in 2001.

Since 1973, over 20 of his research projects have been carried out in issues in the area of architecture, urban design, housing and rural development in Ghana. From 1988 to 1996, he served as the course director for the Undergraduate Programme in the department of Architecture at KNUST. To date, five books and mimeographs have been jointly published with other authors. Since 1982, four major exhibitions have been undertaken on his architectural and cultural works.

In 1991, he was the co-coordinator in a team to prepare a prequalification document on proposals for archival and documentary research � St. George�s Castle, Elmina and Cape Coast Castle by TODSCER and the urban conservation of historic areas of Elmina and Cape Coast townships by Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM). In 1995, he represented the Ghana Institute of Architects of the Workshop on the Draft National Plan of Action � U.N. Conference on Human Settlements Habitat II at the Golden Tulip Hotel organized by the Ministries of Environment, Science and Technology; and Works and Housing. From 1998�1999, jointly consulted with Messrs. Afrika Design Centre for the rehabilitation and refurbishment on Regional Offices of State Insurance Company. In 1996, submitted a Memorandum on the Final Country Document prepared by the National Committee for Habitat II (NATCOM HABITAT II) on behalf of the Ghana Institute of Architects. He was also a member of the National Disaster Management Organization (Ghana) from 1999 to 2002. He held the position of being the project architect for Agricultural Development Bank � Regional Office for Sunyani. He got involved in the K.N.U.S.T. � Golden Jubilee Preparations as a committee member from 1999 to 2001. He doubled as a consulting architect and project architect for the erection and completion of the Scripture Union National Camp Site of Twinidurase. He got involved in the building of Valley View University at Oyibi in Accra as the consulting architect and planner.

Professor Wellington taught at the Department of Home Science, University of Ghana from 1996 to 1998. Subjects included Introduction to family housing and the physical environment, Design and Alternatives for Individuals & families and Special Topics in Home Management. In the same time span, he was also a visiting Scholar (teaching) at the School of Interdisciplinary Programme, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio in the US and also held lectures and seminars in Creativity and Culture and also taught in the Department of Architecture, at the same university as a Guest Lecturer in Interior Design 4th Year Class and as a guest Critic in 3rd and 5th year Architectural Design Studios. In 1996, he also coordinated the project team which produced �Statement of Work� for the preparation of master plan for Nyankpala Campus, UDS in Tamale.

He has participated in a lot of community service projects, both locally and internationally. He was the local Coordinator of the University of Washington, Seattle - Ghana study abroad programme. His fervor for Christian beliefs and things led to his numerous appointments in religious organizations. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Christian Service College, Kumasi. He served as the consultant (Ecclesiastical Buildings) for the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Osu District, Haatso � Accra. He was the national director at large for Full Gospel Business Men�s Fellowship International as well as that for Ashanti Region. He was appointed as a pastor of the local bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Oxford, Ohio � congregation consisted of Black Students and Faculty of Miami University and African � American families in August to December, 1996. His dedication to the upliftment of youth led to his being the resource person for youth meetings across the country. He also spoke at church revival meetings. He spearheaded links between the department of architecture, K.N.U.S.T and Ecole Africaine des Metiers de L�achitecture et de L�urbanisme (EAMAU), Lome, Togo to promote regional integration as well as links between KNUST and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. He co-coordinated a Miami University students� House-building project at Abrafo-Odumase in the Ashanti Region. Professor Wellington cooperated with African Action e. V., a German NGO, to put his contribution in the 4th Edition of �Symbolic Language of Ashanti� on the Internet. He also acted as an academic mentor for an International and Undergraduate Students of the School for International Training, the accredited College of World Battleboro in Vermont, USA. His practice in architecture has primarily glorified the One who made him to regain interest in architecture, JESUS CHRIST. This is his personal testimony.

Andrew Owusu

World-Renowned Ghanaian Athlete

Submitted by Ato Ulzen Appiah, Odadee 2001.

Where from, and where to?

Ever since I was a kid, I have been in love with jumping. But it used to be jumping down from extreme heights. I remember regularly jumping off my neighbor's garage roof with friends. But I quickly realized if I wanted to stay out of the hospital, it would be advisable to quit jumping from extreme heights. My wake up call was landing on the back of a friend after we both jumped from the roof at the same time.

My competitive jumping career in athletics did not start until my 5th year in secondary school (1990) at Presec-Legon. Late in secondary school, I realized that I had a better vertical jump than all of my classmates. Yet I did not think of myself as a long or triple jumper until I found out that I could also perform both the standing triple and standing long jump (broad jump) much further than anybody in my school. Encouraged by the sports master, Mr. Boye-Badu, and friends, I represented Engmann House in the annual inter houses (athletics) competition and ended up winning both the triple jump (13.16m) and the long (6.30m). Within 4 months, I had improved to 15.48m in the triple jump and 7.08m in the long jump. Along the way, I won the national title at the secondary school level i.e., inter regions, in both the long and triple jump that year. The following year, 1991, I became the first Ghanaian to win both the long and triple jump at the regionals consecutively.

In August 1991, I came to the University of Alabama on a Track and Field scholarship. Though I had a very rough indoor season, I finished up with All-American honors in the triple jump that year outdoors. By the end of my career in Alabama, I had earned 8 All-American honors in the Long and Triple jump. I also held the school long jump record (indoor) at 7.99m (26'2'') and still hold the outdoor triple jump record at 16.76m (55'00'').

The crowning moment of my collegiate career came in March 1996 when I won the indoor national title (NCAA) in the long jump, on the very last jump of my college career. I graduated from Alabama with a B. S. degree in Biology (Microbiology background) in December 1996.

Athletics after Alabama has also been great. In 1998, I was ranked 10th in the world (based on distance) and 7th in the world by Track and Field Magazine based on head to head competition. During that year, I represented the continent of Africa at the World Cup in Athletics in Johannesburg, South Africa. That same year, December 1998, I completed a Master of science (Education) degree in Sports Administration and Management at Wayne State College. It has been a long and fruitful career in athletics and I have been blessed with achieving the honor of holding both Ghanaian national records in the triple jump (17.23m) and the long jump (8.12m). I consider the records a temporary honor and hope Ghana has other athletes in the pipeline who will rewrite our national records in due time.

My own athletic performance is not all that I have an interest in, however. I am in the 4th year of a Ph.D. program in Human Performance (emphasis on health) at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU).

Some of the projects that I am currently involved with are:

The development and validation of a nutritional food frequency questionnaire, for use in secondary schools in Ghana,
Research assistant on the evaluation of Tennessee Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) led by Dr. Norman Weatherby,
Project manager for 2003 IAF Athletics Seminar in Ghana,
webmaster (novice, but learning) for Ghana Athletes Association (www.ghanaathletics.com), and
graduate assistant coach at MTSU.

The following is a list of some of my accomplishments in Athletics.

01/03 International Athletics Foundation (IAF) Project Director
08/02 Member, African Athletes Commission (Western Region)
08/02 Silver Medalist, African Championships (Triple Jump)
10/00 Participant, Olympic Games, Sydney (Triple Jump)
8/00 Gold Medalist, African Championships.
4/00 International Olympic Committee (IOC) candidate for the Athletes Commission.
9/99 Gold Medalist, All-African Games (Triple Jump)
9/98 Silver Medalist, Commonwealth Games (Triple Jump)
8/98 Gold Medalist, African Championships (Triple Jump)
8/97 Finalist, World Championships (Triple Jump)
7/96 Participant, Olympic Games (Long Jump)
3/96 Champion, NCAA indoor (Long Jump)
9/95 Participant, World Championships (Long Jump)
8/95 Silver Medalist, African Games (Long Jump)
5/95 Runner up, NCAA outdoor (Long Jump)
National record holder in long and triple jump (Ghana)
Presec-Legon record holder in long and triple jump (Ghana)
Accra Sports Stadium Long jump record holder (Ghana)
Kumasi Sports Stadium Triple jump record holder (Ghana)

Dr. Nii Kwaku Sowa

Born at La-Accra, on June 7th, 1950, Nii Sowa entered PRESEC at Odumase in 1965 and completed his O'Level in 1970, at Legon. In his time, he was the School's Dispenser, but most people remember him for his writing of plays. He was the first student to stage his plays at the School's new Assembly Hall in 1968 ("Eureka") and in 1969 ("Passport to Heaven or to Hell").

Nii. Sowa entered the University of Ghana in 1973, and read Economics and Mathematics. In 1976, while a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana, Nii Sowa also taught A'Level Economics at PRESEC, Legon. Between 1977 and 1979 Nii Sowa worked at the Bank for Housing and Construction (BHC) as an Economics Officer.

Nii Sowa left Ghana in 1979 for Canada to pursue his graduate studies under a University of Ghana scholarship. He read for his Master's and PhD degrees in Economics at Queen's University and McMaster University respectively, specializing in Econometrics and Money and Banking. Dr. Sowa came back to Ghana in 1985.

Dr. Sowa is currently a Core Research Fellow with the Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA), Accra. Before joining CEPA, Dr Sowa was a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Ghana, Legon, and was the Head of the Department of Economics between 1988 and 1991. Dr Sowa has published widely in academic journals and books, mostly on Monetary Economics, Inflation and Economic Policy Management.

Dr. Sowa is an Economist of international repute. He has on several occasions served as economic consultant for several international organizations including the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the British Overseas Development Agency, now DfID.

He has held several international lecturing and research positions at highly reputable foreign institutions including Oxford University, the University of Warwick, and the Overseas Development Institute, all in the UK. In 1994, he was a visiting scholar to the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In 1996, he was named as a William Clark Visiting Fellow (third in the world and first African) to the Overseas Development Institute in Britain. In 1997, he was named as first Michael Bruno Visiting Fellow to the World Bank. In 2001, Dr. Sowa was honoured by the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences with the Silver Award for the best academic article.

In addition to serving on several Boards, Dr. Sowa is one of the two external members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana, and also a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dr. Sowa is listed in the millennium edition of Who's Who in the World.

Mr. Yeboa Amoa

Mr. Yeboa Amoa, born 55 years ago, was a Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). With a rich background in Management and Corporate Law Practice, he has catapulted the image of GSE to a level where International Financial Analysts recently for the second time in four years, adjudged it as the best performing stock market in the emerging markets. That is to say, the listed securities on the GSE were the most rewarding for investors in the emerging markets. Mr. Amoa obtained his Ordinary from the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary (Presec) at Odumase krobo and went on to do his Advanced level at Prempeh College. After his A-level's he entered the University of Ghana, Legon and the Ghana Law School, Accra to read Law. He was the best graduating student in the Postgraduate Practical Law Examinations and received the Chief Justice Akuffo-Addo Award.

Immediately after the Law School, Mr. Amoa went into private legal practice, first with the local law firm of Messrs. Lynes Quashie-Idun & Co, and later on with the firm of Messrs. Jimmy Alarah, Yeboa Amoa & Co. He joined the Merchant Bank Ghana Limited where he significantly contributed to the establishment of the first Companies Share Registration Department. He rose to become the Group Company Secretary and Legal Adviser and was also amongst the first Executive Directors of the National Stock Brokers Company Limited (now the Merban Stockbrokers Limited wholly owned by the Merchant Bank Ghana Limited).

A pioneering Director of the Consolidated Discount House, Mr. Amoa was seconded to the Bank of Ghana in 1989 to help the Governor to set up a Stock Exchange in Ghana. A National Committee was set up for this purpose and Mr. Amoa was made a Member/Secretary. The Committee did an excellent job and that resulted in the birth of the Ghana Stock Exchange. Once again Mr. Amoa was one of the GSE's Founding Directors and has been managing the affairs of this private initiative to date, maintaining excellent surveillance to ensure fair and equitable dealings of securities in the emerging capital market. Mr. Amoa who is steeped in a culture of excellence served on the National Committee that streamlined the legal framework of Non Bank Financial Institutions.

According to Mr. Amoa the Ghana Stock Exchange is strengthening links with securities markets, particularly in Africa, to promote funds flow between this market and the various sources of financial capital. To this end, the GSE has signed memoranda of undertaking respectively with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Nigeria Stock Exchange with different agenda. That with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange emphasizes on technical cooperation and assistance, whereas that with the Nigeria Stock Exchange placed emphasis on closer cooperation, harmonization of rules of operation and eventual integration. Mr. Amoa noted that under the ECOWAS Protocol, free movement of goods and persons have been established, and that, the GSE wishes to help in the promotion of free movement of capital.

Under his leadership, the GSE was always modernizing, upgrading and doing new things to improve on the quality of their professional skills and curriculum content, such as teaching aids, course books etc. with the view of enhancing professional competence of various personnel on the market such as Administrators, Journalists etc. The need for automating operations saw the GSE establishing a Management Information Service (MIS) Department. In pursuit of the same objective an Automated Clearing, Settlement and Deposit facility was to be set up in line with the Group of 30 Recommendations. These are specified benchmark principles and standards in the industry that have been endorsed by institutions such as the International Federation of Stock Exchanges and International Organization of Securities Commission.

Mr. Amoa has traveled extensively most often being used as a resource person for many international symposia. He was made a Parvin Fellow at Woodrow School of the Princeton University in 1982, and is currently the Chairman of that University's International Admission/Selection Committee in Ghana.

He is the Deputy Chairman of the African Stock Exchange Association, Member of the University of Ghana Council, Chairman of the University of Ghana Alumni Association and the Chairman of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni in Ghana. He is also a Board Member of the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research and Applied Theology. The Government of Ghana has recently recognized this Centre as a tertiary educational institution for Postgraduate studies. He is also a Life Member of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International and is involved in the Logos Rhema Foundation for Christian Leadership as a Director and Company Secretary.

In his spare time Mr. Yeboa Amoa enjoys walking and music.

AND THE YOUNG ONES
A TREE THAT WILL GROW TO PROVIDE SHADE CAN BE DETECTED FROM ITS INFANCY.

(elias akafo)

Ato Ulzen Appiah born in decemder 1983 in Syracuse New Yoke and came to his motherland Ghana in 1988 entered presec in the year 1999 to pursue a course in pure science after obtaining a basic education certificate examination from the UST primary and Junior secondary school (Kumasi).In his final year he occupy the enviable position of the protocol prefect which he performed wonderfully.In 2001 he graduated with a senior secondary school certificate in pure science.By dinct of hardwork he enrolled at the prestigious MIT were he is offering a course in civil engineering.He has the following projects to his credit.

Projects: Designed various civil engineering materials and structures as part of the Solid Mechanics Class.
Projects included designing truss structures, cranes, highway signs, garden carts, etc.
Worked in a consulting team that analyzed the brochures, logos and images of a local Boston
Organization (MYTOWN) and drew up new graphic images, suggested better ways to reach
their audiences and came up with a better marketing strategy.
Worked in a group to revamp the website of a local church in Boston.
Given a group presentation on a website I redesigned with partners for the Cambridge Women's
Centre.

Interests/Activities: Writing, Scrabble, Engineering, Sports, Innovation, Project undertaking

Skills: Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready, Macromedia
Dream weaver MX and Dream weaver 4, Java, FileMaker Pro 6,
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Operating Systems: UNIX, MS Windows, MS DOS, Mac OS X
Languages: Twi, some French.

Extracurricular: MIT: African Students Association, Expediting Access to Standard Education . EASE
(Student run service group raising funds for needy children in education), African
Information Technology Initiative . AITI (student run), Victory Campus Ministries
PRESEC (high school): Presec editorial board, Readers Club, Science Club, Civic
Education club, Quiz, Writers and Debaters Club, American Field Society Exchange
Club, Student Government, Catholic Students Association

Selected Publications: Poems published by International Library of Poetry, MI and Forward
Press, UK. Stories and articles published by Forward Press, UK
Articles published in MIT student Newspaper, The Tech

Awards: International Poet of Merit Award for 2002 from International Library of
Poetry, Winner of National What Do You Know radio Quiz twice (Ghana),
Regional Debate champion, Academic prizes in Chemistry, Math, Biology
in high school. Best eloquent personality in Mr. Presec (high school
contest).

NAME : Ashifi GOGO

2. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1984-1990 : L'Ecole de La Chasse Royale, Brussels, Belgium.

1990-1993 : Mizpah Preparatory School, Kumasi, Ghana. Graduated to Junior Secondary School with distinction.

1994-1996 : University of Science and Technology Junior Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana. Obtained grade 1 (distinction) in all the twelve subjects offered in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Obtained a certificate for BECE 1996.

1997-1999 : Presbyterian Boys� Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, Ghana. Offered a science option at the senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in the following subjects: English Language, Integrated Science, Social Studies, Core Mathematics, Elective Mathematics, Elective Physics, Elective Chemistry, Elective Biology.

Obtained Grade A in English Language, Core Mathematics, Integrated Science, Elective Physics and Elective Chemistry; Grade B in Elective Mathematics and Elective Biology; and Grade C in Social Studies.

2000-2001: West Africa Computer Science Institute, Kokomlemle, Accra.

3. ACADEMIC & EXTRACURRICULAR HONOURS

First prize - Ashanti Regional French Competition (1993)
Awarded by the Ghana Association of French Teachers for coming first in the regional French Competition, organised for outstanding students and schools in the Ashanti Region.

Second prize - National French Competition, Ghana (1993)
Awarded by the Ghana Association of French Teachers for coming second in the National French Competition, representing the Ashanti Region, organised for outstanding students and schools in Ghana Anglophone Primary. Award for Excellence in the BECE (1996) *
Awarded by University of Science and Technology Junior Secondary School to students who had grade 1 (distinction) in all the twelve subjects offered in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Award for Excellence in First Year Science Course (1998) *
Awarded by the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, based on outstanding performance.Certificate of Participation
Awarded for participating and placing 1st in the Inter-Schools Science Clubs Quiz organised by the PRESEC Science Club (1998)

Award for Excellence in Second Year Elective Physics (1999) *
Awarded by the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, based on outstanding performance in Elective Physics.Award for Excellence in Third Year Elective Chemistry (2000) *
Awarded by the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, based on outstanding performance in Elective Chemistry.Certificate of Honour
Awarded by the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon, for obtaining 5 A s Distinction in the 1999 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination

Award for Participation in the Goethe Institut (Accra) Literature Competition (2000)*
Awarded by the Goethe Institute to all young writers who participated in their literature competition that asked participants to write an essay or a poem on "An African-European Encounter".

Certificate of Honour
Awarded by the PRESEC � Legon Science Club for successfully executing duties as the Public Relations Officer for the PRESEC Science Club (1998/99 academic year)Certificate of Honour
Awarded by the National Union of Presbyterian Students of Ghana (NUPSG) in the appreciation of the good efforts and active involvement in the promotion of the Christian spirit of love, fraternity and service during the course of study at PRESEC, Legon.

* Book awards.

4. AWARDS IN SPORTS.

Brevet du Commune d�Auderghem Brussels (Certificate from the Community of Auderghem, Brussels; May 1989)
Awarded for participation in Table Tennis during the year 1988-89

5. MEMBERSHIP IN CLUBS & ORGANISATIONS.

Member, Ghana United Nations Students Association (GUNSA), PRESEC, Legon. (1998-1999)
Member, Ghana Red Cross Society, PRESEC, Legon. (1998-1999)
Member, Scripture Union, Ghana. (1990 to date)

6. LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.

Assistant Class Captain of the 3H Science Class (1998-1999), Presbyterian Boys� Secondary School (PRESEC), Legon.
Public Relations Officer of the PRESEC, Legon Science Club and member of the executive body of the club. (1998-1999)
Executive Advisor of the National Union of Presbyterian Students of Ghana, PRESEC-Legon Branch. (1998-1999)

7. HOBBIES

Playing Table Tennis and Soccer, Fine art, writing short stories.

GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

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