Prempeh College is an all-boys boarding school in a suburb of Kumasi (the Ashanti regional capital), founded in 1949 by Asantehene Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II. Prempeh College was originally meant to cater to the educational needs of Kumasi Metropolis and Ashanti. It is the first all-boys secondary school in Ashanti. Prempeh College is a reputed Grade A school with other secondary schools including Mfantsipim School, Wesley Girls' High School and Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School. The school is modelled on Eton College in England. It won the National Science and Maths Quiz twice, in 1994 (the first school to win the maiden edition) and 1996. Prempeh College won the 2015 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz after beating Adisadel College and University Practice SHS in the final making them 3 time champions of the competition, making it the second school in Ghana to clinch a trophy for keeps. The college also won the National Robotics Inspired Science Education Challenge in 2014 and is the Only School from Ashanti Region to win the competition. The college is the only high school from Ashanti region to have won the National Debate championship in 2004. The school topped matriculation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 2012, with 296 students from the college admitted, and is currently the top school in Kumasi Metropolis and Ashanti and Ghana. Prempeh College is an archrival to Opoku Ware School, and is the most fiercest rival among senior high schools in Ghana.

Prempeh is the academic home of more than 2,000 young men, of whom approximately 90% are in the boarding school. 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 the Ashanti Royal Kingdom. In 1949, 50 boys from Mfantsipim School and their headmaster, Rev. Sidney N. Pearson commenced the college.

The school is headed by a chairman and board of governors, who appoint the headmaster. It contains nine boys' houses, each headed by a housemaster, selected from the more senior members of the teaching staff, who number some 70. Almost all the school's students have gone on to universities, about a third of them to KNUST, Ghana's premier science university.

As of 2012, the headmaster was E. K. Yeaboah, a member of CHASS. Prempeh has grown over time. In 1949, there were 50 boys. In the late 1990s there were about 800, later increasing to over 1,600.

The school uniform includes a dark-green coat (or college blazer), the college cloth, striped college tie and green shirt. All students wear a white shirt for evening preps and white shirt with white trousers for Saturday, with the college tie for Saturday morning inspection and dining. There are some variations in the school dress worn by boys in authority. The college blazer (suit) was in use from the beginning in 1949, was dropped in the 1980s, then revived in 2003. Students wear the college suit for ceremonial purposes, such as speech day and graduation ceremonies.

The academic staff wear black gowns with kente pleats in the front at the beginning of each term and at the speech and at graduation ceremonies. It is affectionately called "Green Shirt".

The magazine of Prempeh College has long been called The Stool. It is a 100-page document which gives annual reports of the school. With a patron, an editorial board and the SRC, they deliver to the student body the all-formidable magazine. What has always been featured, for example, are perceptions about the school outside, short messages from students of the college to other schools, interviews with alumni and many interesting features.

The College has an ongoing alliance with Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School. It is affectionately called AMANADEHYEE, which when translated into English means 'Royal pair'. It has its vibrancy at the various universities in the country, like the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and University of Ghana, Legon.

Prempeh College has produced the most 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.

Among these are Dr. Akosah, the former president of Ghana Medical Association and director-general of the Ghana Health Service; Dr. Asamoa-Baah, WHO 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 Timesand 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 world;" Dr. Joseph William deGraft Johnson Riverson, executive director of Donor Relations & Coordinator of Trachoma Program, World Vision US, 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 psychiatric practice and psychiatrists are rare; and Dr. Kweku Ghartey, retinal surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, who was ranked one of "America's 100 Best Doctors" by U.S. News & World Report.

Other Prempeh graduates include: Dr Kwabena Dufuor, former governor of Bank of Ghana; J. A. Kufuor, President of Ghana; Yeboah-Amoah, CEO of The Ghana Stock Exchange; Prof. S. K. Adjepong, former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Coast and principal of the Methodist University College; Martin Sannah Kwakwa, journalist and editor of the Australian Associated Press; Jim Kusi, the engineer who reconstructed the New York City subway system; Appiah Kusi Adomako (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA); Kofi Bonner, vice-president and chief administrative officer of the Cleveland Browns football franchise; Derek Appiah, British Telecom Project Manager 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); Dr Francis Achampong, chancellor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, 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; Rev Dr. Robert 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); Nana Ampomah Dadey, Unicorn Ghana, Kwaku Sintim-Misa: the stage dramatist; Edward Boateng, CNN/Turner International's regional director for Europe; Kwabena Sarpong-Anane, former Deputy Director - General of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation; Kwaku Anane Sarpong, Pharmacist and Postgraduate student at Ankara University, Turkey; Dr. K. S. Amankwah Physician, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Mackenzie Health, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.

Notable Alumni

John Agyekum Kufuor, former president of the Republic of Ghana; Owusu-Ansah Koffi; Dr. Kwabena Dufuor; Dr. William Amankwa Danquah; Fritz Baffour, television producer and media consultant is the managing director of Tropical Visionstorm Limited; Prof. Ameyaw Asabere Vice Chancellor, University of Education Winneba; Dr. Ato Essuman, Former Council of State for Central Region; Kow Essuman, one of Ghana's youngest lawyers who is admitted to practise law in England and Wales, New York and Ghana.

Headmasters

Reverend Sidney Pearson (1949–1952), Reverend Butler (1952–1954), T. A. OsaeM. K. Atiemo (1977–1984), Reuben T Sackey (1985–1995), Twumasi Amponsah (1996–1998) Acting headmaster, Francis Y Asamoah (1998) Acting headmaster, Eben Afoakwa Sekyere (1998–2001), Owusu Achiaw (2002–2008), E. K. Yeboah (2008–to date)

AMANFOO NORTH AMERICA PREMPEH ENDOWMENT FUND (ANAPEF)

Amanfoo North America Prempeh Endowment Fund (prempehfund.org)

ANAPEF - the raison d'être

Prempeh College's student population currently stands at 3000 instead of the original 900 it was intended for. Not unexpectedly, resources are grossly inadequate. This situation coupled with the maintenance culture (or its lack thereof), has led to the deterioration and decay we see at Sofoline lately.

Given the limited government support, historically, Amanfoo have always risen to the occasion and supported the school. Unfortunately, the modus operandi of making contributions in fits has become burdensome and difficult to sustain.

Donor fatigue is slowly creeping in primarily because of the maintenance culture. The nagging question is: how do we make a long lasting contribution and how do we "protect" our investments.

From the outset, ANA thought long and hard about this situation and considered a fund. As most will recall, about $40,000 cash was raised at the inaugural fundraising dinner for the then proposed Endowment Fund. After the fundraiser, ANA commissioned a 4-member committee to establish the ANA Prempeh Endowment Fund (ANAPEF) expressly for this purpose.

The ANA board is proud to announce the successful establishment of ANAPEF registered in the state of Texas. The fund will be administered by the ANAPEF board, and projects will be undertaken in conjunction with the school.

The ANAPEF board comprised of Seniors Francis Yaw Berkoh Nketia, Richmond Kyei Fordjour, Kwasi Peprah Abrefa Kodom and Kwabena Osei Mensah. We salute those seniors for the countless hours they spent in putting ANAPEF together.

A 7-member ANAPEF board was duly constituted following the successful launching of ANAPEF. Senior Dr. Alooma Borquaye was elected ANAPEF president along with Seniors Kwadwo Osei-Akoto (1976/78) as Secretary and Richmond KyeiFordjour (1988/90), as Treasurer. Other board members include Seniors Dr. Vernon D. Darko (1989/91), Daniel Owusu, Linda Adjei-Kontoh, and J. Kojo Kittah. Samuel Borquaye DDS, is a dental surgeon with a practice in Texas. Kwadwo Osei-Akoto, a civil engineer lives in New Jersey. Richmond KyeiFordjour MBA, is a financial consultant and lives in New Jersey. Vernon D. Darko PHD, is an entrepreneur and serves on multiple boards including boards of Darko Farms, EQUIPXP®, and EXP Capital. He lives in Texas. Daniel Owusu MBA, an IT specialist with experience in the hospitality industry, lives in Maryland. J Kojo Kittah MD, a pulmonologist, lives in Wisconsin. Linda AdjeiKontoh CPA serves as the non-Amanfoo on the board. She is an auditor for the Texas comptroller of public accounts.

ANAPEF INVESTMENT COMMITTEE : A 5-member Investment Committee has been duly constituted following the successful launching of ANAPEF. The committee has been tasked with investing funds raised by ANA/ANAPEF. Seniors Sam Borquaye (1976/78), and Richmond Kyei-Fordjour (1988/90), ANAPEF President and Treasurer respectively, serve on the committee along with Seniors Kwasi Donkor (1993/95), Emmanuel Addai (1989/91) and Boachie Boamah (1979/81). Samuel Borquaye DDS, is a dental surgeon with a practice in Texas. Richmond Kyei-Fordjour MBA, a financial consultant lives in New Jersey. Kwasi O. Donkor MBA lives in Washington DC and is a senior policy advisor at the USAID. Senior Emmanuel Addai MBA is a finance and IT consultant with the FAA and lives in Virginia. Senior Boachie Boamah, CPA is an auditor and lives in Texas.

 PERSONALITY PROFILE: KOFI W. NUAKO Senior Kofi Wiredu Nuako is a member of the 76/78 class. ZeePascal, as he was called, recollects his time on campus with fondness. As Butler House prefect, he was the self-appointed house football team captain much to his housemates’ chagrin. To this day, he regards Mr. Goodfellow and the late Mr. Gyamerah, Butler housemaster and assistant housemaster respectively as mentors. ZeePascal proceeded to the University of Ghana Medical School where he graduated as overall best student in 1985. He won a scholarship to Harvard for postgraduate studies. After internal medicine residency at Good Samaritan, he proceeded to the Mayo Clinic for fellowship in gastroenterology. Senior Zee is very passionate about Prempeh College. At the 2016 ANA fundraising dinner, ZeePascal donated $7,600 (symbolizing the class of 76) to ANAPEF! Last year Senior Zee topped it up to $10,000. It was for completeness’ sake, he quipped. Dr. Nuako is a strong supporter of ANA and ANAPEF and a firm believer in restructuring education to empower young enquiring minds. His 2 older kids who are both in medical school can attest to this. Zee is a board-certified gastroenterologist and lives with his family in Tennessee. He enjoys traveling and playing tennis when he is not bogged down by work. We are proud to recognize Dr. Nuako’s contribution. Ayekoo ZeePascal!

The ANA board is happy to announce the institution of the ANA Lifetime Achievement Award for Amanfoo who have been worthy Prempeh College ambassadors and have contributed significantly to our alma mater, Ghana and the world at large throughout their careers.

 Resolution of the Board of

Directors of Amanfoo North America, Inc.

At the meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Amanfoo North America (the “Association” or “ANA”), a Maryland Nonstock Corporation, duly held and convened on January 08, 2017, at which a quorum of the Board was present and voting throughout, the following resolution was proposed and approved by the Board:

RESOLVED, that in accordance with Article VI of the Bylaws of the Association the persons listed in Exhibit A being regular members of the Association have been duly appointed by the Board to serve on the following standing committees:

1. Fundraising Committee

2. Finance Committee

3. Publicity and Outreach Committee

4. Planning Committee

5. Regional Committees

   • East Coast

     • DMV

     • New York Metro

   • Midwest

     • Columbus

     • Chicago

   • West Coast

   • South

     • Atlanta

     • Houston

     • Dallas

   • Canada

6. Audit Committee

7. Nominating Committee

RESOLVED, that the standing committees shall carry out their duties as delegated by the Board and in accordance with the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Recording Secretary of Amanfoo North America, hereby certifies that the above is a true and correct copy of the resolution adopted at the meeting of the Board.

Dated: 01/08/2017[Signature of Recording Secretary] Daniel Owusu, Recording Secretary

EXHIBIT A - Members of the Standing Committees of Amanfoo North America

1. Fundraising Committee

Name Year Yaw Berko Nketia - Chair 77/79 Samuel Borquaye (Alooma) 76/78 Ike Donkor Joseph Kittah (Joe K) 93/95

2. Finance Committee

Name Year Maxwell Osei-Tutu (D-Spanners) - Chair 93/95 David Bulley 76/78 Manny Adjei Poku Richmond Kyei Fordjour Daniel Owusu (OD) 93/95

3. Publicity and Outreach Committee

Name Year Alfred Osei (Olito) – Chair Samuel Borquaye (Alooma) Yaw Berko Nketia Godfried Arthur (Foli) 79/81 Mike Wiredu 83/85 Gabriel Kwame Boateng (Adele P) 84/86 Bright Abu Kwasi Abrefa-Kodom 93/95 Maxwell Osei-Tutu (D-Spanners) 93/95 Appiah Nuamah 76/78 John Afoakwah Kojo Amoh Tony Cillars Daniel Owusu (OD) 93/95 Harold Antwi 93/95 Kwame Antwi-Frempong Kwadwo Osei-Asibe 92/94

4. Planning Committee

Name Year Alfred Osei (Olito) – Chair Samuel Borquaye (Alooma) 76/78 Joseph Kittah (Joe K) 93/95 Godfried Arthur (Foli) 79/81 Mike Wiredu 83/85 Eric Minta Bright Abu Ben Amponsah Maxwell Osei-Tutu (D-Spanners) 93/95 Eric Oppong 76/78 Kwaku Manu Patrick Barfi 91/93 Anthony Asare Jeff Acheamfour Risco Osei-Darko Kwabena Osei Mensah 93/95 Stampley Asamoah-Ampofo (Soul-T) 93/95 Kwadwo Osei-Asibe (KPee) 92/94

5. Regional Committees a. East Coast

Name Year Sub-region Godfried Arthur (Foli) 79/81 Ike Donkor New York Metro Kwaku Manu New York Metro Dr. Amankwah New York Metro Mike Wiredu 82/84 DMV Patrick Barfi 91/93 DMV Risco Osei-Darko 92/94 DMV

b. Midwest

Name Year Sub-region Alfred Osei Chicago Jojo Chicago Kwame Antwi-Frempong Benjamin Amponsah Joseph Kittah Stampley Asamoah-Ampofo Columbus Akili Columbus

c. West Coast

Name Year Sub-region Jeff Acheamfour Robert Gyimah Kwadwo Osei-Asibe 94/96 Kstone

d. South

Name Year Sub-region Samuel Borquaye Houston Yaw Berko Nketia Gabriel Boateng Tony Cillars Maxwell Osei-Tutu Kyei-Nimako Atlanta

e. Canada 

Name Year Sub-region Koo Emma Eric Asare Jacob Oduro

6. Audit Committee

Name Year Kwaku Manu Kwaku Hagan 92/94 Nana Nyanor

7. Nominating Committee

Name Year Kofi Afihene 79/81 Kofi Sarpong 79/81 Ben Amponsah 86/88

 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - 2017 Senior Dr Kwaku Ohene-Frempong Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, the young vivacious boy from Kukurantumi entered Prempeh College in 1959 and left in 1966 as an educated, well rounded young man ready to take on the world. That he was named senior prefect in 1965 was testament to the character and integrity he had built on Sofoline campus! His discipline saw him excel in track and field, and he was named to the Ghana athletic team multiple times. He won a US government scholarship and proceeded to Yale University for his undergraduate studies. His quest for academic excellence saw him work his way through undergraduate studies, medical school, pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology. After his fellowship, he accepted a faculty position at Tulane University and dove into academics. His passion for Sickle Cell disease has seen him become a leading expert in the field, with over 200 peer reviewed publications to his credit. For years, he spearheaded the

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