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Kafui
Amenu Prebbie
Storyteller, Strategic Planning
Country Director, oneVillage Foundation – Ghana
Ghana ICT Youth Ambassador
[email protected]
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Kafui Amenu Prebbie is focused on bridging the digital
divide and sees youth development efforts aimed at continental
development as a key component of any Information development
effort (ICT4D). As Ghana's Information Communication
Technology (ICT) Youth Ambassador (2001), he has
supported various efforts locally, continentally and internationally.
Building on that momentum, he co-founded the African
Youth Initiative project and designed the CatchITYoung
project as legacy for the next generation. In 2001 he represented
Ghana at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom
Africa 2001, in South Africa, where he had participated in
various workshops and addressed various international media
representatives.
As President of the Apple Computer Club,
a student ICT4D club at the University of Education, Winneba-Ghana,
he had the opportunity to put to practice his thoughts on
bridging the digital divide. Alongside, he took a keen interest
in academic work at the University. He studied Mathematics,
Physics and Educational Psychology, winning an Academic Merit
Award in 2001.
Kafui became a teacher after he graduated from a three-year
course leading to a Professional Teaching Certificate
by the University of Cape Coast in Ghana
and his hard work earned him the "Best Science Teacher"
in his district in 1999, the youngest in the history of the
award.
As a strong organizer, he also became the Vice President
of the Optical Society of America student
chapter, which studied and advanced the science of light.
His activities concentrated on the use of light in communication.
With an interest to expand his horizon and affect his generation,
he has attended various workshops and addressed audiences
of mixed abilities. In Ghana, he is a regular participant
in programs including "Young and Wise" -
a monthly AIDS seminar organized by the Ghana AIDS Commission
and Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana, Cyber Series
- monthly ICT seminar. Kafui is aware of the devastating effect
of AIDS and thus developed "Sports
People That Care" for oneVillage Foundation - a project
that supports HIV awareness creation and generates funds into
a central HIV/AIDS Fund to support the HIV/AIDS infected and
affected, especially orphans.
Kafui believes "Life is all about learning and solving problems"
thus wishes to legacy for the next generation to learn from.
The time to be an ACTOR is now.
Contact:
Kafui Amenu Prebbie
[email protected]
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