Dr. Andy Osei Okrah, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Young Professionals and Youth Coalition (YPYC), has received Ghana’s Most Respected CEO in Youth Development Award at the 6th edition of the Ghana Industry CEO Awards, 2023 held in Accra.
Dr. Okrah shrugged off stiff challenge in the keenly contested category to emerge top, confirming pre-event prediction of his imminent victory, credited largely to his decade long countrywide youth activism.
The Business Executive, Organisers of the prestigious award, commended him on his convincing victory saying an overwhelming majority of voters in an exit poll confirmed their confidence in the YPYC Founder as a credible individual whose Youth-driven organisation could be trusted to champion and sustain youth-biased policies and programmes.
Dr. Osei Okrah expressed his profound gratitude to the organizers for the recognition, and promised voters who reposed confidence in his leadership style not to relent in youth advocacy and activism.
He assured that YPYC will continue to promote gender equality, youth empowerment, employment, leadership and youth inclusion in the decision-making process.”
Dr. Andy Osei Okrah recently received a Transformational Leadership Award by the Humanitarian Awards Global (HAG) for his philanthropic and humanitarian services to humanity especially in youth leadership development.
