2025 Impact Makers Awards Winners
Visionaries and grassroots leaders whose initiatives in education, health, social welfare and women’s empowerment transformed communities.
Akua Sarpong
Leads Lifeline for Childhood Cancer Ghana, supporting thousands of families with diagnostics, treatment and psychosocial care while building a dedicated oncology centre.
Geoffrey Kwame Buta
Photojournalist and founder of Foto4Change, donating books, building classrooms and teaching deaf children photography as a tool for self‑expression.
Eric Boadi Sampong
Teacher who revived a collapsing rural school by constructing classrooms, staff housing and a borehole, achieving a 100 % pass rate for students.
Williams Ayaaba Akongbabre
Creative arts advocate whose Action Packs and textbooks equip teachers and students, with profits reinvested into community development.
Raymond Senyo Amezado
Army veteran and overall Impact Maker of 2025 who founded the Fafali Organization, offering after‑school education, STEM programmes and sports coaching to thousands of children.
Osei Kwadwo Boateng
Founder of OKB Hope Foundation, delivering mobile clinics to villages and prisons and promoting mental wellbeing through wellness clubs and AI‑powered counselling.
Portia Dumba
Champion of girl‑child development who trains rural women in shea butter processing and runs a basic school for deprived children.
Bennett Asante Nkrumah
Runs Generation Hope International School and charity home, offering free education, meals and accommodation to children from remote communities.
Daniel Nkrumah
Founder of the FOPIC Foundation whose social welfare programmes provide inclusive care, education and health services to tens of thousands of vulnerable people.
Joseph Tettey Afangbe
Youth advocate and WASH champion leading Young Visionary Leaders Ghana to deliver clean water, education and health initiatives to remote communities.
2024 Impact Makers Awards Winners
Change‑makers who built schools, championed beekeeping, empowered women, and advanced healthcare for marginalised communities.
Eunice Agyepong
Young teacher and overall Impact Maker of 2024 who founded Noka M/A Basic School from scratch, growing enrolment from seven to over a hundred pupils in six months.
Kwame Sarkwah Aidoo
Beekeeping expert and founder of Bees for Development Ghana, empowering farmers and women with sustainable income through apiary projects across Africa.
Gloria Lardi Adakurugu
“Celebrity Teacher” and founder of GLA Foundation, providing educational materials, scholarships and mentorship to marginalised students for over a decade.
Rev. Sr. Jusinta A. Osei
Distinguished educator and humanitarian honoured globally for renovating schools, donating resources and championing girl‑child education and community welfare.
Andrew Agyenim Boateng
Teacher and community innovator who founded Jaman North Students Union and is building a technology centre to bridge the rural‑urban digital divide.
Rhoda Kadoa Wedam
Founder of the Song‑Ba Empowerment Centre, providing skills training, reusable sanitary pads and leadership opportunities to women and girls.
Samuel Nana‑Bekai Djirackor
Agricultural engineer and founder of Haven of Love Children’s Foundation, delivering mobile health services, environmental projects and youth empowerment across northern Ghana.
Nicholas Cofie
Banker and founder of MyHelp‑YourHelp Foundation, providing healthcare, education support and economic empowerment programmes to vulnerable communities.
Joel Duah Afi
Medical superintendent and Mandela Washington Fellow delivering maternal health, telemedicine and clean water initiatives to underserved communities.
Joseph Maudjorm
Hydrogeologist and WASH specialist improving access to safe water and sanitation for rural communities through sustainable borehole projects and training.
2023 Impact Makers Awards Winners
Honouring pioneers whose initiatives addressed education, health, agriculture and community development across Ghana.
Isaac Adjaottor
Founder of Farm for Livelihood Association, using farm income to support persons with disabilities and provide scholarships for disadvantaged youth.
Amadu Zulkarnain Mohammed
Director of Achievers Ghana who champions girls’ education through scholarships, mentorship and community outreach programmes.
Ellen White Opoku
Education officer and philanthropist advocating for child rights, gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals across communities.
Jefferson Kwasi Agbotro
Founder of FOHA, mobilising hundreds of volunteers to provide free health screenings, vaccinations, blood donations and educational outreach in rural communities.
Joy Okrah
Agricultural entrepreneur modernising farming through multi-crop threshers, training farmers and reducing post‑harvest losses.
Rev. Fr. Dr. Moses Awinongya
Catholic priest and founder of the Regentropfen Education Foundation and College, providing scholarships and building model schools in northern Ghana.
John Akaribo
Community leader who established the first girls’ school and a community health centre in Nyariga Doone, empowering local girls and improving healthcare access.
Richard Kwei Mensah Okoe
Social entrepreneur and founder of the National Beekeepers Association, training farmers and integrating beekeeping to enhance crop yields and incomes.
Yayra Portia Klu
Founder of Uriel Impact Generation, inspiring youth and women through volunteerism, entrepreneurship and programmes to combat unemployment.
Eliasu Yussif Baba
Entrepreneur and philanthropist who established the BAHASS Foundation to provide compassionate care and support for people living with mental health conditions.