In September, the MacArthur Foundation awarded Patrick Awuah one of its “genius” fellowships for his work bringing higher education to Ghana. After attending college in the U.S. and working for ...

When Patrick Awuah -- a former Microsoft executive who was educated in the U.S. -- returned to his home country of Ghana, his goal of starting a software company was dashed by the lack of a qualified ...

Christopher Gefli, an Achimota School alumnus, secured comprehensive scholarship to Ashesi University, to study Computer ...

Meet the genius who can't get out of school: Patrick Awuah, a former Microsoft engineer who moved from the United States back to his native Ghana to establish the nation's first liberal arts college.

The 2005 graduating class. After living in the United States for nearly 20 years, Patrick Awuah moved back to his native Ghana, in West Africa, to start a new university in hopes of educating Africa's ...

Patrick Awuah, founder and president of Ashesi University, Microsoft vet, and a MacArthur fellow, in Seattle this week. Photo: Todd Bishop, GeekWire. Many computer science and engineering departments ...

SEATTLE — Patrick Awuah didn’t mean to become a millionaire. The Ghanaian native came to the United States in 1985 to become an engineer. A then-little-known company named Microsoft hired him out of ...

When Patrick Awuah founded Ashesi University in his native country, Ghana, in 2002, he had a plan: Identify the nation’s future leaders, and give them a liberal-arts education. Classes started that ...

After seven years in rented buildings in Ghana, Ashesi University broke ground on a new campus that’s largely funded by donations from Microsoft alumni. The school was started by former Windows ...

An entrepreneur and educator, Patrick Awuah is a visionary leader who created Ashesi University College in 2002 with the mission of educating a new generation of ethical and entrepreneurial leaders in ...