Two charities, the KGL Foundation and the GNPC Foundation, have entered into a partnership to expand educational opportunities for Ghanaian students, bringing the public and private sectors together to support the development of the country’s human capital.
The partnership agreement signed at the KGL House in Cantonments, Accra, seeks to support an additional 1,000 students, building on the GNPC Foundation’s long-standing scholarship programme and the KGL Foundation’s commitment to expanding access to quality education, helping more Ghanaian students to pursue their educational dreams and future aspirations without financial circumstances standing in the way.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Group Executive Chairman of KGL Group, Alex Apau Dadey, recounted the personal significance of education to him and how his late father, Dr Alex Dadey, was a distinguished educationist, further strengthening his long-standing appreciation of education as a key driver of opportunity and national development.
“True success lies in our ability to create value and ensure that the value we create contributes meaningfully to the lives and communities from which we derive value.”
Mr Dadey further noted that education remained a key thematic area of the KGL Foundation, which had supported over 300 students and continued to develop partnerships that expand access to educational opportunities.
The KGL Foundation’s education initiatives include its partnership with Lancaster University Ghana to support scholarship opportunities for brilliant students with financial needs, refurbishment of the Gloria Boatemaa Dadey Nifa Basic School in Adukrom into a renowned centre of learning, the Kwabotwe Centre for Sports Excellence, the UG Alumni Centre in its final phase and its $1 million, five-year partnership with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to support juvenile football development.
Value of collaboration
Against this backdrop, the Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Helga J. M. Boadi, said the partnership demonstrated the value of public-private collaboration in addressing national development priorities.
She stated that the GNPC Foundation, to date, had supported more than 9,700 students through its national and international scholarship programmes, with approximately 1,390 students currently enrolled under its national scholarship scheme.
The collaboration with the KGL Foundation will bring an additional 1,000 students into the scholarship programme.
Ms Boadi expressed excitement about the partnership, emphasising that collaboration between public institutions and private enterprises should extend beyond conventional commercial relationships to include purposeful investments in people.
She also highlighted the GNPC Foundation’s approach to educational development, noting that its interventions are undertaken in collaboration with institutions, including the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education, to ensure that educational investments go beyond infrastructure and contribute to stronger learning environments and improved opportunities for students to thrive.
The Programmes Manager of KGL Foundation, Nii Annorbaah Sarpei, described the partnership as a significant addition to the foundation’s growing network of collaborations with public institutions, including GETFund, the Mental Health Authority, the GES and the GFA.
For both Foundations, the objective is to turn educational opportunity into human potential, and human potential into lasting national progress.
