Nineteen professionals forming Cohort 2 have successfully graduated from the PK Amoabeng Leadership Scholars Programme after 12 months of intensive training.
At a ceremony held in Accra on Friday, November 28, the scholars were awarded certificates, medals, and brooches in recognition of their achievement, after taking the graduation oath.
The 19 graduates underwent training in leadership, mentorship and coaching, mindset transformation, entrepreneurship competitions, business incubation, and strategic interventions for SMEs.
A Business and Finance Reporter with the High Street Journal, Solomon Boakye, and entrepreneur Rachel Ithra were named the Best Male and Best Female Students, respectively.
Induction of New Cohort
The event also saw the induction of 25 professionals (Cohort 3) into the programme for a one-year intensive training aimed at transforming the mindset of the African leader.
The programme seeks to add value to the minds of emerging leaders and is designed to produce industry-ready professionals imbued with patriotism, innovative thinking, problem-solving abilities, creativity, and expertise in their respective fields.
Presenting both the graduates and inductees, Programme Consultant, Dr Pascal Brenya praised them for their dedication and growth.
He highlighted their impactful initiatives, including returning to universities and senior high schools to promote a culture of reading and giving back even as they continue their own leadership journey.
Dr Brenya commended their commitment to discipline, stewardship, and valuing time, reminding them that punctuality and responsibility are core to effective leadership.
"Last year you were seated over here, and today you are here. This has been a wonderful journey, but I strongly believe we are only now going to make it different as we have done over the years."
You believed in stewardship. That gave us hope, because we know it has started a new continuum and this is a time for us to honor you," he said.
Values
In his remarks, Founder, Prince Kofi Amoabeng warned that although the scholars emerge from the programme energized and ready to change the world, they are too often pushed back into a “toxic environment” that risks undoing their progress.
He noted that out of 20 transformed young leaders, he fears the system may erode the values of at least half.
To prevent this, he called for increased funding to scale the programme into a full academy capable of training larger numbers — enough to resist negative societal pressures.
“Now they are fresh. They are ready to change the world. But then we throw them back into the toxic environment, and if there are 20 of them, I will pray hard that not more than 10 are changed by the system,” he said.
“The idea is if we have more funding, we can form an academy and throw in a lot of these hopeful young people so the system cannot eat most of them up,” he stated.
He expressed gratitude to mentors and sponsors whose support keeps the vision alive, stressing that producing more value-driven young leaders is essential to changing the narrative for Ghana and Africa.
Discipline
The guest speaker, Paramount Chief of the Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, shared an example of the discipline required for effective leadership.
He recounted working two grueling jobs in London—an overnight 12-hour security shift followed by a day job at Harrods—for 18 months just to establish himself.
He urged the graduating class and the inductees to embrace discipline and resilience, the very qualities the foundation seeks to instill.”
