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. It was founded in 1938, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast. The Basel missionary-

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Nicholas Timothy Clerk Nicholas Timothy Clerk (28 October 1862 – 16 August 1961) was a Protestant theologian, clergyman and pioneering missionary of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society in southeast colonial Ghana. His father was the Jamaican Moravian missiona ...

(1862–1961), who served as the first Synod Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1918 to 1932, used his tenure to advocate for the establishment of the secondary school. The school has ties with its sister schools,

Aburi Girls' Senior High School Aburi Girls' Senior High School, formerly Aburi Girls' Secondary School, also known as ABUGISS, is a Presbyterian senior high boarding school for girls located south of Aburi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The brother school of Aburi Girls i ...

and

Krobo Girls Senior High School Krobo Girls' Senior High School is an all female second cycle institution in Odumasi Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf o ...

. The school's crest has a shield with the Presbyterian symbol (the St Andrew Cross-Scottish flag with the Swiss flag embedded and a burning torch in the middle) with the motto of the school, "In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen", meaning "In Thy Light We Shall See Light", scrolled beneath the shield. The school was originally located in Odumase - Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana before moving to its current location in

, in 1968. The school anthem is "Happy Are We", written by J. L. Anang and transcribed by Stephen Appiah Danquah. The school is a seven-time

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winner. The alumnus of the school are refereed to as "''Ɔdadeɛ".''

History

Odumase campus (1938–1968)

The school was started in

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after an educationist of the Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast, E. A. W. Engmann, continued to lobby and push for the establishment of a church boys' school, after N. T. Clerk had retired from his church position. This effort came to fruition in 1938 with the first group of 16 boys and four

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s. Engmann was the first headmaster. The Odumase campus housed

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missionaries, then a primary school and then a government survey school before becoming the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School. One of the traditions of the school is the "''ɔdadeɛ"'' (

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tree) located on the campus. An alumnus of the school is referred to as "''Ɔdadeɛ"''. The baobab tree is a Ghanaian symbol of knowledge, resourcefulness and strength. New students were traditionally initiated at the feet of this tree clad in bedsheets and powdered faces. PRESEC was located here until 1968 when it was moved to its current location at Legon, Mile 9.

Legon campus (1968 to date)

In September 1968, the new campus at Legon just north east of the

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campus at Mile 9, received its first set of students. At the new campus, it continued as a boys' boarding

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until the mid-1970s when the sixth form was upgraded to the National Science College. Female students were admitted into the sixth form in small numbers from September 1975. They continued to be part of the student body until June 1996 when the last batch left. PresecDiningHall

The Legon campus started with four student boarding houses. Three were named after notable Presbyterian leaders as Kwansa House, Clerk House and Engmann House. The fourth was named Akro House after the people of

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. The next two houses to be built were Riis House and Labone House. With the completion of the National Science College buildings, Ako-Adjei House and Owusu-Parry House were added (the latter named after the first Senior Prefect). Another house, House 9, admitted its first residents in September 2010 as well as a new house, House 10.

Campus

Houses

* Kwansa House * Clerk House * Engmann House * Akro House * Riis House * Labone House * Ako-Adjei House * Owusu Parry House * House 9 * P. T. A. House

Alliance

Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School, PRESEC has an ongoing alliance with their fellow Presbyterian Girls' school,

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, ABUGISS. The alliance is known as PRE-GISS.

Odadeɛ Radio

In December 2021, the 1981 year group of the alumni of the school launched an internet radio station called Odadeɛ Radio to serve both the school and its alumni and others worldwide. It is claimed that this is the first Senior High School in Ghana to have its own radio station. The station was established to generate increased interest by the students in media studies fields such as journalism, news reporting, photography and media management. It is also to support educational activities of the school and the mentorship programmes of the alumni. The first manager of the radio station is John Addo-Fening of the 1981 alumnus who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Rite 90.1 FM radio station.

Selected achievements

Presec civic education club handing over2002

1990s

* PRESEC regularly had one of the best GCE O-level and A-level results prior to the change of the national examination system to the

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and

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. * In 1995, the school won the second edition of the

competition. PRESEC Southern Sector Champions, defeated

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, Northern Sector Champions in the Final of Finals. * In 1999, the school won four of the seven WAEC (

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) Excellence Awards for the best individual performances in the final examinations for over 500 secondary schools.

2000s

* In 2002, at the National Constitution Quiz organized by the

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, PRESEC Civic Education Club emerged winners of the competition. * In 2003, PRESEC repeated the feat of 1995 by defeating Opoku Ware School in the National Science and Maths Quiz competition. A student from that winning team was later adjudged the overall best performance in the WAEC (

) SSSCE examinations that year. * On 1 July 2006, the school won the National Science and Maths Quiz for a third time. The school was given the competition trophy for keeps. PRESEC defeated St. Peter's Secondary School, then defending champions, in the final. * On 16 June 2008, PRESEC emerged wiiners of the National Title of NIIT ICT Expert 2008 in Kumasi, after beating the regional champions: St. James Seminary SHS,

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(Brong-Ahafo), Opoku Ware School, Kumasi (Ashanti Region), St. Augustine's College,

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( Central Region) and Baidoo Bonsoe SHS,

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( Western Region) with 78 schools competing also at the regional levels. * On 8 July 2008, PRESEC won the National Science and Math Quiz for a fourth time. The school defeated Opoku Ware School in the final. This was the third time PRESEC had defeated Opoku Ware in the final. *On 24 June 2009, not only did PRESEC win the quiz competition for the fifth time, but they also became the first school ever to successfully defend their title as National Champions. PRESEC defeated

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in the final.

2010s

* In 2010, two PRESEC students represented Ghana and won a bronze medal at the

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(IJSO) held in

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, out of 35 countries across the world. * In 2010, a student was honoured at the WASSCE 2009 Excellence Awards Ceremony, as Best Candidate in the General Science Programme, the National Best Candidate and then the Overall Best Candidate in

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; and a student was Overall Best in the Business Programme. * On 13 May 2011, the school won the VRA 50th Anniversary Inter-Schools Debate Competition beating

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in the finals of the competition. * In September 2011, the school won the Sprite Ball Inter-Schools Basketball Championship, defeating defending champions, Achimota School 10-8 in the finals. * On 2 September 2011, the school won the maiden edition of the "Coke Hit Single". The competition featured musical talents from 32 senior high schools who vied for the ultimate title of "Coke Hit Single" - Best high school musical talents in Ghana. * In March 2013, during the WASSCE 2012 Excellence Awards, a student was judged the Overall Best Candidate in the General Arts Program in the West African Examinations Council's examinations (

) conducted throughout the West African sub-region; in a year where the Council recorded its highest number 'ever' of candidates meeting its minimum eligibility criterion for the excellence awards, that is 8 grade A1s - (530 candidates out of the total 174,385 candidates who sat for the May/June WASSCE in 2012). * 2016 - The Speaker of

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, Aaron Mike Ocquaye (Class of 1962), as well as 15 Members of Parliament who are alumni, were elected to the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic. *In December 2019, a PRESEC student represented Ghana and won Silver Medal at the International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in

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- the first time a Ghanaian had won Silver Medal at the Olympiad; until then, previous medalists from Ghana had won Bronze.

2020s

* On 8 October 2020, the school won the National Maths and Science Quiz contest for the sixth time by beating Adisadel College and Opoku Ware Senior High School in the finals. *On 13 May 2020, the school won The Sharks Quiz contest which was against Mawuli Senior High School. *In March 2022, a student was adjudged the overall best WASSCE candidate in Ghana and won the 2nd prize in West Africa at WAEC's 2021 International Excellence Awards. *On 26 October 2022, PRESEC defeated Prempeh College and Adisadel College to win the NSMQ competition for the seventh time.

Headteachers

Notable alumni

Politics, government, and public policy

* Bryan Acheampong - Member of Parliament for

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since July 2016 * Collins Adomako-Mensah - Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North * J. B. Danquah Adu - Member of Parliament for Akim Abuakwa North * Lt. Gen. F. W. K. Akuffo - Head of State of Ghana (5 July 1978 – 4 June 1979) * Vice Admiral Seth Amoama - Chief of the Defence Staff of the

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since January 2021. *

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- Minister of State in the third republic *

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- Director of Communications at the Presidency (2017-) *

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- Economist and Member of Parliament for Akan Bowiri in the first republic *

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- Economist and Member of Parliament for New Juaben South 6th and 7th parliament, Chairman of the 7th Parliament’s Finance Committee * Kwaku Boateng - Minister of Education and Minister of Interior in the first republic *

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- Ghana's longest-serving Minister of Finance (1982–1995), Chairman of Ghana National Gas Development Task Force *

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- Member of Parliament -

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since January 2017 * Lawrence Kpabitey Kodjiku - First Director of the

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, Regional Commissioner (Regional Minister) for the Ashanti Region (1975-1977), Regional Commissioner for the Greater Accra Region (1977-1979), Regional Commissioner for the Northern Region (June 1979-August 1979), and formerly Ghana's ambassador to

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. * Eric Oduro Osae - Director General of the internal audit agency of Ghana and Dean of Institute of Local Governance *

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- Member of Parliament - Ledzokuku Constituency in the

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, Deputy Minister of Health *

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- Speaker of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic (2017–2021), former Minister of Communication (2005–2009) * Mike Oquaye Jnr - Diplomat *

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- Omanhene (or paramount chief) of the Akuapem traditional area (Okuapeman) in Ghana *

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- former National Coordinator,

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and former National Chairman- National Democratic Congress * Erasmus Isaac Preko - Member of parliament during the first republic, Minister of Fuel and Power (1965 – 1966) * Andrews Kwabla Puplampu - Minister for Lands (1965 – 1966) * Samuel Sarpong - Ashanti and Central Regional Minister (2014 - 2016) *

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- IMANI Ghana and 2012

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(YGL) *

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- former Minister of Education * Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover - Member of Parliament for

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since 2013 *

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- Member of Parliament - North Tongu, former Deputy Minister of Education (2013–2016) * Ato Ulzen-Appiah - Director of the GhanaThink Foundation and named amongst most influential young Africans * Kobla Mensah Wisdom Woyome - Member of parliament for South Tongu

Academia

* Gilbert Ansre - Professor of Linguistics,

and Bible translation expert *

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- Vice-Chancellor of University of Ghana (2010–2016) *

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- Vice-Chancellor of

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(1974–1983) *

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- Professor of Bioengineering and Neuromorphic Engineering, Stanford University *

George C. Clerk George Carver Clerk, (29 July 1931 – 2 May 2019) was a Ghanaian botanist and plant pathologist. A professor and later, an emeritus professor at the University of Ghana, Legon, he also focused his research on West African mycology and ecolo ...

- pioneering Ghanaian

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and

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Nicholas T. Clerk Nicholas Timothy Clerk (3 March 1930 – 22 September 2012) was a Ghanaian academic, administrator and Presbyterian minister who served as the Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) from 1977 to 1982. He ...

- Ghanaian

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, administrator and

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, former

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, vice chancellor of the

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* Eric Yirenkyi Danquah - Founding Director of West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) and winner of the World Agriculture Prize (WAP) *

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- Vice Chancellor of the Central University

Arts and entertainment

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- owner of Great Idikoko Ventures and President of Film Producers Association of Ghana *

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- Actor and movie director *

- Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (1974 - 1983) *

Kwasi Kyei Darwkah Kwasi Kyei Darkwah popularly known as KKD (born December 19, 1965 is a Ghanaian broadcaster, Master of Ceremonies, media, culture and tourism expert. Early life KKD was born on 19 December 1965 in Tema to Opanin Kwasi Darkwah and Ohemaa Ama A ...

- Ghanaian broadcaster and master of ceremonies * Dancegod Lloyd - Ghanaian dancer and choreographer. *

Kwaku Sintim-Misa Kwaku Sintim-Misa aka "KSM" (born 1956) is a Ghanaian actor, director, satirist, talk show host, and author. He also has his own shows on radio and television. He is the host of The KSM Show. Early life KSM was born the fifth of six siblings on ...

- Ghanaian actor, political satirist, and host of ''Thank God it's Friday''

Sports

Ezekiel Ansah Ezekiel Nana "Ziggy" Ansah (born May 29, 1989) is a Ghanaian professional American football defensive end who is a free agent. Born in Accra, Ghana, he moved to the United States to attend Brigham Young University, where he played college footbal ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive end *

Reuben Ayarna Reuben Ayarna (born 22 October 1985, in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer who is currently a player-coach for Vermont Green FC. Before Vermont Green FC, he played defensive midfielder for Kuopion Palloseura. Ayarna began his football career at th ...

- Footballer, Defensive Midfielder for the Kuopion Palloseura in

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku (born 14 January 1998) is a Ghanaian sprinter, who currently competes for ASICS Global. He made history by breaking a 22-year national record held by Leo Myles Mills on 26 March 2021 in Texas by clocking 9.97 seconds to ...

- Member of the Ghana 4×100 relay team and International Champion * Isaac Kissi - footballer * Andrew Owusu - international triple jump champion

Corporate, business, and finance

* Jonathan Herbert Frimpong-Ansah - former Governor of the

Bank of Ghana The Bank of Ghana ( BoG) is the central bank of Ghana. It is located in Accra and was formed in 1957. The bank is active in developing financial inclusion policy and is a member of thAlliance for Financial Inclusion History The Central Ban ...

* Lucy Quist - first Ghanaian woman to become the CEO of a multinational telecommunications company in Ghana *

Patricia Obo-Nai Patricia Obo-Nai is a Ghanaian engineer, the first Ghanaian to become Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana. Her appointment on 19 February 2019 took effect on 1 April 2019. She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, (GHIE) and Vod ...

- CEO

Vodafone Ghana Vodafone Ghana, formerly Ghana Telecom, is the national telecommunications company of Ghana. The company in Ghana operates under Vodacom Group - Africa's leading mobile telecommunications company. As of January 2020, it had around 9.3 million mob ...

Kris Senanu Kris Senanu is a Kenyan businessman who currently is the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at Safaricom. Prior to this he was Managing Director of Telkom Digital. Kris was the youngest Telco executive to run a listed ICT company. He was instrume ...

- Ghanaian Kenyan Business Executive

Law

Nene Amegatcher Nene Abayateye Ofoe Amegatcher is a Ghanaian lawyer, academic and judge. He has been an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 2018. He was born in Suhum, where he began his formal education. After his call to the Bar in 1980, he bega ...

- active Justice of the

Supreme Court of Ghana The Supreme Court of Ghana is the highest judicial body in Ghana. Ghana's 1992 constitution guarantees the independence and separation of the Judiciary from the Legislative and the Executive arms of government.1992 Constitution Article 125( ...

(2018–) *

Kofi Barnes Justice Kofi N. Barnes is a Ghanaian-born judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada. Early life and education Kofi Barnes was born in Ghana to Samuel Kwamina Barnes and his wife Cecilia. His primary school education was at the U ...

- Judge of the

Ontario Superior Court of Justice The Superior Court of Justice (French: ''Cour supérieure de justice'') is a superior court in Ontario. The Court sits in 52 locations across the province, including 17 Family Court locations, and consists of over 300 federally appointed judges. ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

* Benjamin Kwakye -

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

graduate, author, lawyer and winner of the 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Africa Region)

Music

Victor Kofi Agawu Victor Kofi Agawu (born 28 September 1956) is a Ghanaian musicologist and music theorist. He often publishes as V. Kofi Agawu and specializes in musical semiotics and ethnomusicology. He is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUN ...

- Professor of Music,

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

* Ayisi (A.I) - Ghanaian musician *

Ball J Albert Serebo Ayeh-Hanson (born 8 November 1984), known by his stage name Ball J or Ball J Beat, is a Ghanaian rapper, sound engineer, record producer and entrepreneur from Accra. He spent most of his formative years in the U.S State of Calif ...

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, ...

and

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

Elom Adablah Elom Adablah (born 28 June 1989), better known by his stage name E.L, is a Ghanaian Afrobeats musician, rapper, singer and producer. E.L's singles include "Obuu Mo", "Kaalu", "One Ghana", "Auntie Martha", "Shelele", "Mi Naa Bo Po", "Koko" a ...

- also known as EL, rapper, and musician (Artiste of the Year at the 2015/2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards) *

Choirmaster A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

- member of 'Praye' music group * GAMBO - Ghanaian musician *

Hammer of The Last Two Hammer of The Last Two (born Edward Nana Poku Osei; March 27, 1977) is a record producer in the Ghanaian music industry. He is the founder and CEO of The Last Two Music Group and is also known for grooming some of the best Ghanaian Hip Hop or ...

- producer and sound engineer *

Jayso Paul "Jayso" Nuamah Donkor (born June 1, 1983) is a Ghanaian rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter and entrepreneur. After 10 years in the music industry as a rapper and producer, Jayso gained more attention following his work on Sarkodie' ...

- Ghanaian rapper and record producer *

Denzel Prempeh Denzel Prempeh née Denzel Agyeman-Prempeh is a Ghanaian-born gospel musician and pastor. Denzel's career started in 2010 with the establishment of 'HeartbeatMusic'. He has since released two live albums, 'Tent Experience' in 2014, 'A Sound from ...

- Ghanaian musician

Journalism

* Owuraku Ampofo - Sports Journalist *

Bernard Avle Bernard Koku Avle also known as Bernardino Koku Avle (born 20 May 1981) is a Ghanaian media personality, broadcast journalist, public speaker. He is the current host of Citi FM's morning show ''The'' ''Citi Breakfast Show'' and the host of the ' ...

- Ghanaian media personality and broadcast journalist * Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor - journalist * Paul Adom Otchere - Ghanaian media personality and broadcast journalist * Louis Kwame Sakyiamah (Lexis Bill) - Ghanaian media personality *

Gary Al-Smith Gary Al-Smith is a Ghanaian sports journalist who reports locally and for international media – with a focus on African football. He is also a global shaper and a UNICEF ambassador. He initially worked with Citi FM however moved and is currentl ...

- Sports Journalist

References

External links

Official website

Alumni

Odadee Class of 1975

Odadee Professionals Society

Odadee Class of 1991
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