Opoku Afriyie-Asante

Opoku Afriyie-Asante is a software developer with over seven years’ experience in social entrepreneurship. He develops algorithms which provide resolution to incidents within the Ghana Revenue Authority’s electronic governance program (GeGov). Opoku Afriyie-Asante co-founded Piiri Foundation, an innovative charity that drives social change using science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In 2008, he received training and support from MIT Media Lab in Cambridge to pioneer Ghana’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program – a technology that revolutionizes how children are educated. Currently, his program includes earth sciences subjects from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), which build awareness of environmental issues and geologic hazards related to processes like deep-sea drilling. Opoku graduated from the University of Education, Winneba, with a Bachelor of Education in Information Technology. On his return from the Mandela Washington Fellowship, he aspires to collaborate with the Ministry of Education to integrate project-based learning into the national curriculum.