Frank Akowuge Dugasseh

Frank currently serves as the District Operations Manager with Anglogold Ashanti Malaria Control Limited (AGAMal), the corporate social arm of Anglogold Ashanti Mining Company. The focus of AGAMal is to reduce malaria cases in Ghana. Frank started the first ever Mobile Library Service (MLS) in Northern Ghana with only five books on a bicycle after his National Service in 2007. Through social media and families he collected over 2000 reading materials and secured funding to purchase a van to reach more in rural communities. In 2011 he founded the Wechiau Community Library in Wechiau to augment the MLS. Frank Akowuge Dugasseh holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Technology from the University for Development Studies (UDS), Tamale and is currently pursuing a master’s of science degree in Environmental Resource Management at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. After completing the Washington Fellowship, he intends to set up an incubator for the training of social entrepreneurs in Ghana to help scale up their activities.