The Board, Management and Staff of Rancard Solutions Ltd would like to congratulate Dr. Patrick Awuah on winning the prestigious John P. McNulty Awards for 2009 and the Microsoft Alumni Foundation Integral Fellow Award.  Both awards are in recognition of his valuable contribution in service and in making a difference in his community, society and the world at large.  We are proud of his contributions towards developing and promoting ethical and entrepreneurial African Leadership.  Dr. Awuah joined Rancard’s board in May 2007 after having previously served on the advisory board. 

Dr. Patrick G. Awuah Jr. is the President and Founder of Ashesi University, a private, coeducational, liberal arts institution that begun instruction in March 2002 in Accra, Ghana.  Ashesi has a mission to educate African leaders of exceptional integrity and professional ability and nurture excellence in scholarship, leadership and citizenship.  The university college offers majors in Computer Science, Management Information Systems and Business Administration.

Prior to founding Ashesi University, Dr. Patrick Awuah worked as a Program Manager for Microsoft.  He holds bachelor degrees in engineering and economics from Swarthmore College and an MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.  He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2004 by Swarthmore College in recognition of his leadership role in African higher education.

He is also a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative which is a branch of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, a member of the United States Council on Foreign Relations, also a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy amongst others.  He is indeed an exemplary African leader and role model for the new Africa he dreams of.   “If there is anything you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

External links: 

• http://www.microsoftalumni.org/postgala.aspx - Microsoft Alumni Foundation
• http://www.mcnultyprize.org/winner2009.shtml - McNulty
• http://www.ashesi.edu.gh/ - Ashesi University