Prempeh College
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Prempeh College is an all-boys boarding school
in Kumasi
Ghana
. Prempeh College, the Asante Royal Boarding School for Boys of all ethnic backgrounds is the Kings College of Ghana.
Founded in 1949 by Asantehene Sir Osei Agyemang Prempeh II, it is located in a suburb of Kumasi (the Ashanti Regional capital).
The College was incorporated into the Asante Confederacy by Asantehene Sir Osei Agyemang Prempeh II, it has produced most of the men who compose the mass of our Chieftancy institution -
From Kumawuhene, Essumajahene, Akyerensuahene, Akyempemhene of Asante, Akyempemhene of Akyem, the late Okyehene, Asuonwunhene, New Dwabenhene, Adansihene, to Mamponghene, and many more. Even the current Asantehene, King Osei Tutu II, enrolled at Prempeh before transferring to another school.
Prempeh College has produced doctors in Ghana. According to the Registrar of the University of Ghana, by 1974 Prempeh College had sent more students to medical school in Ghana than any other school. In one year, 1967/68 nearly all our A-Level Science students went to Medicine (which records?). In 1967 June A-Levels, all 25 candidates presented for the A-Levels in Science qualified for admission to the University of Ghana. All the 100% candidates received two or more passes which qualified them for the University entry. 10 obtained four principal passes, 10 three passes and 5 two passes. There were in all 10 distinctions in a total of 10 distinctions on both Science and Arts. Nearly all of them went to Medical School.
Among these are Dr. Akosah, the immediate-Past President of Ghana Medical Association and Director-General of the Ghana Health Service
; Dr. Asamoa-Baah, W.H.O. Assistant Director General in charge of Communicable Diseases who has global responsibilities in the health delivery system throughout the world; Dr. Asafo-Adjei, former CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; Dr. K.O. Adade, Chief Medical Officer of Greater Accra; Dr. Emmanuel Tuffuor, President of GhanaCare who was featured in the New York Times and whose work has been endorsed and cited by the World Bank/IMF as "one of the greatest contributions of the advancement of health in the developing word;" 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 devotion to humanitarian causes; Prof. E. Tsiri Agbenyega, Dean of the School of Medical Sciences of The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Dr. Jacob Jordan Lamptey, psychiatrist who operates The Valley View Clinic (est. 1987) - the only general practice in Ghana with special interest in psychiatry and related problems in a country where psychiatry practice and psychiatrists are rare; and Dr. Kweku Ghartey, retinal surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, who was ranked one of "America's 100 Best Doctors" by US News and World Report Magazine.
Other Prempeh luminaries include Dr. Kwabena Dufuor, former Governor of Bank of Ghana; His Excellency Mr. JA Kufuor, President of Ghana; Mr. Yeboah-Amoah, CEO of The Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. S.K. Adjepong, immediate-past Vice Chancellor of The University of Cape Coast and Principal of the Methodist University College; Martin Sannah Kwakwa journalist who is The Editor of the Australian Associated Press; Jim Kusi, the engineer who re-constructed the New York City subway system - the world's biggest and most complex subway system; Mr. Kofi Bonner, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Cleveland Browns Football Franchise; Derek Appiah, British Telecom Project Manager who was responsible for launching BT broadband in the UK; Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, novelist and inventor of the Fuel Filter-Dryer, for which he holds a United States Patent; Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi, first non-European 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; Dr. Francis Achampong, lawyer and author of a textbook on workplace sexual harassment law, Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana; John Sarpong, Chairman and CEO of Africast Global Media; The Very Rev. Dr. Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana; Nana Susubiribi Krobea Asante, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences; Prof. Stephen Adei, President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) and Director-General of GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Association); Kwaku Sintim-Misa: the stage dramatist and 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. Mr. Kwasi Atta Antwi, Project Coordinator for Rural Enterprises Project, Ghana
* Albert Owusu Nkansah, Aggrey House(2004) Metallurgist.(AngloGold Ashanti)
Dr Daniel Adjei-Twum (Chief Technical Officer of the United Nations now retired)
Bismark dwamenah (2004) resources manager frontier support london uk.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Kumasi
Kumasi
Kumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea...
Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
. Prempeh College, the Asante Royal Boarding School for Boys of all ethnic backgrounds is the Kings College of Ghana.
Founded in 1949 by Asantehene Sir Osei Agyemang Prempeh II, it is located in a suburb of Kumasi (the Ashanti Regional capital).
Overview
Prempeh is the academic home of more than 1600 young men, of whom approximately 80% are boarders. The college has a parent body (PTA) and Old Boy's Association (AMANFOO).The school was established in February 1949 by the then Gold Coast government in collaboration with the Methodist and Presbyterian missionaries and also the Ashanti Royal Kingdom.In 1949, 50 boys from Mfantsipim School and their headmaster Rev. Sidney N. Pearson commenced the great college, the school is modelled on Eton in the United Kingdom.The College was incorporated into the Asante Confederacy by Asantehene Sir Osei Agyemang Prempeh II, it has produced most of the men who compose the mass of our Chieftancy institution -
From Kumawuhene, Essumajahene, Akyerensuahene, Akyempemhene of Asante, Akyempemhene of Akyem, the late Okyehene, Asuonwunhene, New Dwabenhene, Adansihene, to Mamponghene, and many more. Even the current Asantehene, King Osei Tutu II, enrolled at Prempeh before transferring to another school.
Prempeh College has produced doctors in Ghana. According to the Registrar of the University of Ghana, by 1974 Prempeh College had sent more students to medical school in Ghana than any other school. In one year, 1967/68 nearly all our A-Level Science students went to Medicine (which records?). In 1967 June A-Levels, all 25 candidates presented for the A-Levels in Science qualified for admission to the University of Ghana. All the 100% candidates received two or more passes which qualified them for the University entry. 10 obtained four principal passes, 10 three passes and 5 two passes. There were in all 10 distinctions in a total of 10 distinctions on both Science and Arts. Nearly all of them went to Medical School.
Among these are Dr. Akosah, the immediate-Past President of Ghana Medical Association and Director-General of the Ghana Health Service
Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service is a Ghanian government body established in 1996 as part of the Health Sector Reform of Ghana. The Health Service is under the Ministry of Health. The Health service primarily administrates the health services provided by the government and in implementing government...
; Dr. Asamoa-Baah, W.H.O. Assistant Director General in charge of Communicable Diseases who has global responsibilities in the health delivery system throughout the world; Dr. Asafo-Adjei, former CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital; Dr. K.O. Adade, Chief Medical Officer of Greater Accra; Dr. Emmanuel Tuffuor, President of GhanaCare who was featured in the New York Times and whose work has been endorsed and cited by the World Bank/IMF as "one of the greatest contributions of the advancement of health in the developing word;" 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 devotion to humanitarian causes; Prof. E. Tsiri Agbenyega, Dean of the School of Medical Sciences of The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Dr. Jacob Jordan Lamptey, psychiatrist who operates The Valley View Clinic (est. 1987) - the only general practice in Ghana with special interest in psychiatry and related problems in a country where psychiatry practice and psychiatrists are rare; and Dr. Kweku Ghartey, retinal surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital, who was ranked one of "America's 100 Best Doctors" by US News and World Report Magazine.
Other Prempeh luminaries include Dr. Kwabena Dufuor, former Governor of Bank of Ghana; His Excellency Mr. JA Kufuor, President of Ghana; Mr. Yeboah-Amoah, CEO of The Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. S.K. Adjepong, immediate-past Vice Chancellor of The University of Cape Coast and Principal of the Methodist University College; Martin Sannah Kwakwa journalist who is The Editor of the Australian Associated Press; Jim Kusi, the engineer who re-constructed the New York City subway system - the world's biggest and most complex subway system; Mr. Kofi Bonner, Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Cleveland Browns Football Franchise; Derek Appiah, British Telecom Project Manager who was responsible for launching BT broadband in the UK; Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, novelist and inventor of the Fuel Filter-Dryer, for which he holds a United States Patent; Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi, first non-European 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; Dr. Francis Achampong, lawyer and author of a textbook on workplace sexual harassment law, Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana; John Sarpong, Chairman and CEO of Africast Global Media; The Very Rev. Dr. Aboagye-Mensah, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana; Nana Susubiribi Krobea Asante, President of the Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences; Prof. Stephen Adei, President of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) and Director-General of GIMPA (Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Association); Kwaku Sintim-Misa: the stage dramatist and 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. Mr. Kwasi Atta Antwi, Project Coordinator for Rural Enterprises Project, Ghana
Notable alumni
- John Agyekum Kufuor Former president of the Republic of Ghana
- Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa
- Mr. Frank A. Prempeh
- Dr. Ato Essuman - Central Region Representative on Council of State
- Mr. Owusu-Ansah Kofi
- Dr. Kwabena DufuorKwabena DufuorKwabena Duffuor is the Finance Minister of Ghana. He has also served as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana in the past.-Early life and education:...
- Dr. Tuffuor is the C.E.O/President of GhanaCare/Health Africa
- Dr. Asafu-Adjei is the CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching HospitalKomfo Anokye Teaching HospitalThe Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, is the second-largest hospital in the country and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region. It is the main referral hospital for the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.The hospital was built in...
in KumasiKumasiKumasi is a city in southern central Ghana's Ashanti region. It is located near Lake Bosomtwe, in the Rain Forest Region about northwest of Accra. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea... - Mr. Edward Boateng of Butler House is the CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
/Turner International's Regional Director for Europe - Mr. Kingsley Anane-Nimoh
- Dr. Asare-Aboagye
- Mr. Daniel Atakora of Freeman House, Prempeh College class of '94, working as an Analyst with SHI International Corp. headquarters in NJ, USA
- Mr. Yeboa Amoa, Managing Director of the Ghana Stock ExchangeGhana Stock ExchangeThe Ghana Stock Exchange is the principal stock exchange of Ghana. The exchange was incorporated in July 1989 with trading commencing in 1990. It currently has around 30 listed companies and 2 corporate bonds. All types of securities can be listed. Criteria for listing include capital adequacy,...
(GSE) - Mr. Fritz Baffour, television producer and Media Consultant is the Managing Director of Tropical Visionstorm Limited
- Dr. Kweku Ghartey of Guggisberg House Class of '62 is a retinal surgeon at the Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
. - Clifford D. Mpare of the Prempeh College Class of '77 isy Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Sloan Financial Group and the Chief Investment Officer of New Africa Advisers, Inc.
- Kow A. Essuman,Esq. - Barrister-at-Law (England and Wales) and Attorney and Counselor-at-Law (New York)
- William Amankwa Danquah, CEO of The Dragons Den,UK
- Kwaku kusi- Appiah,Freeman House(2003) Quantity Surveyor
- Kwame Adjei Kodie ( Aggrey House 1996) Material Engineer at Tema Oil Refinery.
- Dr. Yaw Adu Boakye (Aggrey House 1996) Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
- Mr Godwin Adjei (Ramseyer House 1998) Ghana Revenue Authority
* Albert Owusu Nkansah, Aggrey House(2004) Metallurgist.(AngloGold Ashanti)
- Isaac Ato Sam, Butler House (2004) Geographic Information System Administator.(AngloGold Ashanti)
Dr Daniel Adjei-Twum (Chief Technical Officer of the United Nations now retired)
- obed asamoahObed AsamoahDr. Obed Yao Asamoah is a politician from Ghana. Asamoah is the longest serving foreign minister and Attorney General of Ghana under Jerry Rawlings from 1981 to 1997. Asamoah was educated at King's College London and at Columbia University. He was a lecturer in Law at the University of Ghana...
,(2003)Accountant Lead, Maryland Department of Transportation
Bismark dwamenah (2004) resources manager frontier support london uk.
Sportsmen
- Samuel Adade "2004 Olympian in athletics" (Class of '2002, Gberg House)
- Atiso Amoroso "2006 Commonwealth Games athlete" (Class of 2005)
- Eric Dzigbodzi Goloe "Ghana's fastest youth during his time on campus" (Class of 2006, Ramseyer House)
- The late Henry Hagan "1996 Olympian, holder of the national 4x400 relay record" (Class of '88, Pearson House)
- Pierre Lisk "Sierra Leonean national athlete, 2-time Olympian (1996, 2000)" (Class of '92)
- Stan Allotey "Ghana's GREATEST SPRINTER of all times", Commonwealth record holder in 220 yards.
Football / Soccer Hall of Fame
- Ahmed Deedat Amoako (Class of '2006, Aggrey House)
- ApioMartin Osei NyarkoMartin Osei Nyarko is a Ghanaian footballer who played as a striker for King Faisal Babes.- Career :Nyarko began his career at Prempeh College he was named as team captain, he won the Ashanti Regional Milo Championship and the National Milo Championship, here was 2005 named as Sportsman of the...
(Class of '2005, Aggrey House) - Richard Osei Bonsu
- Faisal Chibsah (Class of '2004, OT House)
- Yussif ChibsahYussif ChibsahYussif Chibsah is a Ghanaian football midfielder, who is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Sweden.-Career:...
(Class of '96 Gberg House) - Paul Manu (Class of '2007, Butler House)
- Douglas Nyame "Man United" (Class of '2004, OT House)
- Dominic OduroDominic OduroDominic Oduro is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.-College:Oduro started his playing career in Ghana, playing for both Prempeh College and the University of Ghana before transferring to Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004...
(Class of '99, G'berg House) - Stephen Okei (Class of '2006, OW House)
- Sampson Otoo (Class of '2006, Aggrey House)
- Edmund Owusu Ansah (Class of '96 Aggrey House)
- Marlon Bilson (class of '2007, G'berg House)
Debate/National Competition Hall Of Fame
- Kwasi Owusu Gyeabour (Class of '2004, OT House) 2004 National Independence Debate Champion, Ghana Northern Sector Debate Champion 2004, Adae-Kese Debate Champion.
- Ohene Konadu P. Y (Class of '2004, OW House) 2004 National Independence Debate Champion,Ghana Northern Sector Debate Champion 2004, Adae-Kese Debate Champion.
- Abdul Khaliq Mohammed (Class of '2004, Ramseyer House) 2004 National Independence Debate Champion,Ghana Northern Sector Debate Champion 2004, Adae-Kese Debate Champion.
- William Kofi Owusu Demitia (Class of '2006, Ramseyer House) 2004 National Independence Debate Champion,Ghana Northern Sector Debate Champion 2004, Adae-Kese Debate Champion
- Baffour Tuffour-Kwarteng (Kharkiv national medical best student)
- [Asante Henry Gyan] (University of Mines and Technology)