Information Minister and MP for Ofoase Ayirebi in the Eastern Region, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has dedicated his award as the Young Global Leader for 2020 to the youth of Ghana.
The World Economic Forum selected Mr. Oppong Nkrumah as one of 115 leaders who the forum describes as World’s Most Promising Leaders under the age of 40.
This was out of the more than 2000 nominations from around the world.
The World Economic Forum said the selected finalists were chosen after a “rigorous process and are expected to continue driving innovation for positive change across civil society, arts, culture, governance and business”.
In an interview, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said he is humbled by the honour and inspired on a daily basis by President Akufo Addo.
The forum also selected the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin, Vice-President of Ecuador Otto Sonnenholzner, Chief Economist Allianz Germany Ludovic Subran and Meagan Rapinoe who is the Senior Captain of the US Women’s National Team.
