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Awards and Recognition

WISE Prize for Education 2017 presented to Ashesi Founder, Patrick Awuah

Senior, Derick Omari ’18, named recipient of Queen’s Young Leader Award

Ashesi juniors win two awards at International Genetically Engineered Machine competition

Ashesi alumna, Yawa Hansen-Quao ’07, awarded Eisenhower Fellowship

Student dorms win recognition at Ghana Construction Awards

Ashesi President, Patrick Awuah, named 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellow

Ashesi President receives Haas International Award from UC Berkeley

Ashesi receives 2014 OFID Annual Award for Development

Ashesi alumni selected to join the 2014 Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

Ashesi named Organisation with Best Social Media Presence at BloggingGhana Social Media Awards

Ashesi President named Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

Ashesi President awarded Elon University Entrepreneurship Medal

Ashesi President honoured by Babson College for “outstanding entrepreneurial leadership”

Ashesi Professor named 2013 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award (TDIA) recipient

Leading through innovation at Ashesi: Patrick Awuah receives Haas School leadership award

Ashesi ranked among Ghana’s ten most respected organisations

Ashesi named one of nine top universities participating in The MasterCard Foundation’s $500 million Scholars Program

Ashesi President wins Millennium Excellence Award

Patrick Awuah named amongst the 100 Most Creative People in Business 2010

Ashesi President ranked among ten most respected CEOs in Ghana

Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow Award

Winner 2009 – John P McNulty Prize

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference, Fellow. (2009)

President of Ghana, Order of the Volta. (2007)

Ashesi President nominated Young Global Leader 2007

Swarthmore College, Honorary Doctorate. (2004)