Famous business magnate Sir Sam Jonah has delivered a proposal for Ghana to re-prioritise Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education, asserting that no nation achieves prosperity in the modern world without it at its core.
Speaking on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at the Academic City University's commencement ceremony, Sir Sam, the Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), implored Ghana to emulate global powerhouses that have placed STEM at the heart of their national development policies.
Addressing graduates from a university with a "bold and unapologetic focus on STEM and entrepreneurship", Sir Sam, the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital, an equity fund based in Johannesburg, South Africa, emphasised that "the future is not imagined - it is engineered." He presented compelling international case studies: China, now the world's second-largest economy, produces over 4 million STEM graduates each year.
This massive output is coupled with a deliberate philosophy where "almost every modern Chinese leader has been trained in STEM", fostering systematic problem-solving and rapid solution-building.
