The Founder

Aprotech Ghana is built around the vision and life’s work of Dr Kofi Sam, a man with a lucid understanding  of the obstacles faced by his and other African nations and a philosophy he believes can help these countries to overcome them. Dr Sam, a high-school classmate of namesake Kofi Annan, is an engineer with Ghanaian and English training. A cursory glance over his CV would suggest he is someone well acquainted with the way things work in his country. He has held coveted positions in education – as a  professor at the Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (UST), in the private sector – as the general manager of Tema Steelworks, one of Ghana’s largest indigenous corporations, and in government - as Minister for Works and Housing. Now in his 70s he is working full time to implement a vision for sustainable development in Ghana and beyond, a vision that has occupied his mind since his youth: the promotion of Appropriate Technology