Rich Ghanaian parents pay $18,000 a year at DPS International. $16,000 at Tema International School. Why?
Because their kids do the IB Diploma. SATs. Strong English. Strong essays. So they go straight to Harvard, MIT, Yale, Cornell on full scholarships.
Meanwhile, a brilliant kid in Kasoa, Tamale, or Ho is doing WASSCE thinking the best he can hope for is Legon or KNUST.
Same brain. Different information.
The rich kids aren’t smarter than you. They just had parents who knew the game.
Here’s the truth nobody tells you:
You don’t need DPS. You don’t need TIS. You don’t need rich parents.
I sold sachet water in Ghana. I went to Berea College on a full scholarship. Now I’m a software engineer in Dallas.
My friends from humble homes did it too. From WASSCE straight to top US universities. Full ride.
The system was hidden from us. Not from them.
https://t.co/pursEFinfC exists so the kid in the village has the same map as the kid in East Legon.
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Important points to note from all you’ve said;
1. From 1951 to 1957, Ghana was not yet fully independent, but Nkrumah was already leading the government under a new constitution introduced by the British.
2. 57’ to 60’ Prime Minister of an Independent Ghana.
5. Kwame Nkrumah did not take Ghana to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout while he was in power. The economy weakened as a result of reduced cocoa prices on the international market as well as government heavy spending in development.
🚨‼️🇬🇭Did you know Kofi Annan took a break from diplomacy to boost Ghana's tourism industry?
Between 1974 and 1976, he led the Ghana Tourist Development Company in Accra, bringing his expertise to modernize the country's travel infrastructure during his only major domestic government role.