Jeph Acheampong | |
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| Born | 17 March 1994 |
| Education | New York University, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Organization | Blossom Academy |
| Website | jacheampong |
Jeph Acheampong is a Ghanaian-American businessman. [1] [2]
He is an Expo Live Global Innovator, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, and was named a Future of Ghana Pioneer. [3]
Acheampong was born in Accra, Ghana and grew up in New York. [4] He graduated high school in 2012 from Forest Hills High School (New York). Acheampong went on to study economics at New York University. Later, he pursued a masters at Harvard University. [5]
While at New York University, Acheampong founded Anansi Global, a humanitarian fashion company. In 2018, he founded Blossom Academy, Ghana's first Data science academy. [6] [7] ™ He was also a founding member of Esusu Financial, and a co-founder Blossom Corporate Training, which upskills working professionals in leadership skills. [8] [9]
In 2016, he was awarded the NYU President’s Service Award. In September 2021, he was featured on CNN’s What's the Big Idea and was recognized by Nigerian newspapers as 1 of the 5 Most Influential People making an impact. [10] [11]
In 2022, the Government of Ghana appointed Jeph Acheampong to support the development of the Ghana National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2023-2033. [12] He was invited as a speaker by West Africa Business Forum for youths and young women entrepreneurs from 15 countries across Africa, and also at the 2024 World Youth Development Forum in Guangzhou, China. [13] [14]
He is an advocate for systemic change that addresses the root causes of poverty and unemployment. [2] In 2025, he was listed among the top ten Under-40 African Ivy League Graduates making an impact in Africa, and a finalist in the Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge. [15] [16]
He is a 2018 Princeton in Africa Fellow, a 2023 Acumen Fellow, and a 2024 Social Innovation + Change Initiative Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. [17] [18] [19]