John Agyekum Kufuor — Ghanaian Statesman born on December 08, 1938,

John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor is a retired Ghanaian politician and statesman who served as the second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and Chairperson of the African Union. His victory over John Atta Mills after the end of Jerry Rawlings' second term marked the first peaceful democratic transition of power in Ghana since the country's independence in 1957... (wikipedia)

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.
Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age.
With God's help and guidance, we shall soon see the end of this most unpleasant chapter in our history.
Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.