Meet our guest speaker for commencement 2025, Reeta Roy. As President and CEO of the Mastercard Foundation, Roy has been instrumental in building one of the world’s largest and most impactful philanthropies. With a primary focus on Africa, the Foundation’s programmes have equipped more than 55 million young people with work-enabling skills and tools, and supported more than 18.7 million entrepreneurs. She is a thoughtful leader who is deeply committed to equity and inclusion and has worked tirelessly to build a foundation that is collaborative and known for bold action and transformative impact. Read more about Reeta Roy: https://ashe.si/3H0QlHR #Ashesi2025 #atAshesi (fb)

Ashesi President, Patrick Awuah, has been named one of three 2025 Sunhak Peace Prize laureates, recognized for his outstanding work in higher education in Africa. The award honours Ashesi’s pioneering multidisciplinary curriculum, which combines teaching values-based leadership with advanced technical skills and Ashesi’s commitment to collaboration and enabling stronger education outcomes for students on the continent. Other recipients were co-founder of Global Citizen Hugh Evans, and Chairperson of the Green Belt Movement Wanjira Maathai. The Sunhak Peace Prize’s Founder’s Award was also awarded to the former President of Nigeria H.E. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and Founder of the Revelation Spiritual Home Dr. uZwi-Lezwe Radebe during the same event. “These laureates did not merely observe history—they actively participated, demonstrating the transformative power of courage, compassion, and moral conviction,” shared Dr. Thomas Walsh, Co-Chairman of the Sunhak Prize Committee. “These laureates are not bystanders in the arena of history. Their life stories are testimonies to what is possible when conviction, compassion, and conscience converge—and give rise to action.” Read more: https://ashe.si/3EUF3Em #atAshes (fb)