Personal Development
Build character, discipline, leadership mindset, emotional intelligence, and life management skills.
Private Education
Foundation Ghana
Unlocking Potential.
Shaping Futures.
A Ghana-based nonprofit Organisation dedicated to empowering person(s) including corporate executives and leaders for lifelong success through holistic education, mentoring, and career guidance. Our goal is to support private individuals, corporates and private institutions to achieve their educational goals.
6+Core Activities
100%Commitment
NationwideImpact Focus
FutureReady Leaders
Our Mandate
Functions of Private Education Foundation Ghana
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Support Access to Quality Private Education
Promote equitable access to quality private education at the early childhood, basic, secondary, and tertiary levels in line with national education priorities.
Provide Scholarships, Bursaries, and Learner Support
Offer financial assistance to deserving learners, including children from low-income households, vulnerable communities, and special needs backgrounds.
Strengthen Teacher and School Leadership Capacity
Support continuous professional development, in-service training, certification, and leadership programmes for teachers, headteachers, and school proprietors.
Support Educational Infrastructure and Learning Resources
Mobilise resources to improve school infrastructure, teaching and learning materials, ICT facilities, libraries, and safe learning environments.
Promote Curriculum Innovation and Learning Quality
Encourage the adoption of competency-based, learner-centred, and technology-enabled curricula aligned with the Standards-Based Curriculum and national assessment frameworks.
Enhance Quality Assurance and School Improvement
Support private schools to meet regulatory and inspection standards set by NaSIA, GES, GTEC and other relevant authorities through capacity building and advisory services.
Promote Inclusive and Special Needs Education
Advocate for inclusive education and support programmes for learners with disabilities, learning difficulties, and special educational needs.
Undertake Education Research and Policy Advocacy
Conduct research, generate data, and engage in policy dialogue to inform reforms and strengthen the role of private education in national development.
Foster Partnerships and Sector Collaboration
Build strategic partnerships with government institutions, development partners, faith-based organisations, civil society, and the private sector to advance education outcomes.
Mobilise Resources and Ensure Institutional Sustainability
Raise funds through grants, donations, endowments, and income-generating activities to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Foundation’s programmes.
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Holistic Growth
Founders Message
Nurturing excellence, strengthening human capital.
PEF Ghana is a Ghana-based nonprofit organisation dedicated to empowering individuals, institutions, and communities through leadership development, strategic capacity-building, and transformative learning. We exist to nurture excellence, strengthen human capital, and support people at every stage of their personal, academic, and professional journey.
Our work is driven by a strong commitment to building leaders, inspiring innovation, and helping organisations and individuals unlock their full potential. Through tailored programs and targeted interventions, PEF Ghana provides practical solutions that address real human-capacity challenges within Ghana’s education, corporate, and social sectors.
We invite you to join us on this journey as we work together to shape lives, strengthen institutions, and promote excellence across Ghana and beyond.
— Founders Private Education Foundation Ghana
Our Team
Leadership Profile
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Prof. Samuel Lartey
Country Lead & Global Research Director
Prof. Lartey is a recognized expert in Financial Technology, Cybersecurity, and Governance. Known affectionately as the “Accidental Professor” due to his dynamic blend of corporate and academic expertise, he provides strategic advisory support for global private and public institutions.
A prolific author and thought leader, he has worked with prestigious institutions including Barclays Bank, Stanbic Bank, and the Chartered Institute of Bankers. At PEF Ghana, he leads our research initiatives, driving evidence-based interventions for youth development.
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René Carayol (MBE)
Global Leadership Speaker & Executive Coach
Former senior executive: at various times he worked at Marks & Spencer, served as Systems Director at PepsiCo, and became Managing Director at IPC Media — where he played a key role in a major buy-out.
Today he is a world-renowned leadership speaker, executive coach and author, focusing on inclusive leadership, corporate culture, transformation and personal strengths. He’s written several influential books, including Corporate Voodoo and SPIKE: What Are You Great At? — where he encourages people to identify their unique strengths and lead accordingly.
In recognition of his service to business and his contributions to leadership and inclusion, he was awarded an MBE in 2004.
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Hon. Margaret Dudu Mwanakatwe
Business Executive & Banker
Hon. Margaret Mwanakatwe is a business executive and banker, with a professional career spanning over twenty years.
She has been a banking chief executive in her native Zambia, Ghana, and Uganda and a senior executive at the United Bank for Africa (UBA) in Nigeria.
Flagship Initiative
The University of Success
A holistic personal, corporate and tertiary development pathway that equips learners with the mindset, skills, and opportunities to not just survive, but thrive.
More Than Just Grades
While academic excellence is vital, it is not enough. Our model focuses on the "Whole Learner," bridging the gap between school and the real world through a structured curriculum of life skills and exposure.
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Personal Mastery
Goal-setting, self-discovery, and emotional intelligence.
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Soft Skills & Leadership
Communication, critical thinking, and responsible citizenship.
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Entrepreneurship
Financial literacy, business exposure, and innovation.
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Career Readiness
Employability skills, CV building, and world-of-work transition.
Future-Ready Leaders
Graduates emerge confident, skilled, and ready to contribute to Ghana's development.
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New Initiative
Strategic Solutions
Education for Employment (EfE)
A strategic bridge between education and the economy, strengthening workforce readiness, supporting private sector growth, and contributing to inclusive and sustainable national development.
Strategic Alignment
The initiative is designed to align learning outcomes with labour-market needs by integrating practical skills, employability competencies, industry exposure, and lifelong learning pathways. EfE emphasises job readiness, entrepreneurship, productivity, and adaptability across priority sectors of the Ghanaian economy.
Programme Administration and Delivery
The Education for Employment Programme is administered and delivered through a collaborative, multi-stakeholder model that engages a broad ecosystem of education, training, and social development actors to ensure relevance, scale, and impact.
PEFG Mastermind Alliance
Education to Employment | Knowledge to Productivity | Compassion to Opportunity
The PEFG Mastermind Alliance is a humanitarian, knowledge-driven, and sponsored community designed to bridge education and employment through collective intelligence, applied learning, and competency-based progression. Operating as a structured community of learners, practitioners, mentors, and sponsors, the Alliance transforms education into employability, entrepreneurship, and dignified livelihoods, with a deliberate focus on vulnerable and underserved populations.
Turns Learning into Job-Relevant Knowledge
Formal education, training, and lived experience are refined into industry-aligned understanding and workforce-ready insight.
Translates Appreciation into Workplace Application
Knowledge, values, and qualifications are converted into practical skills, innovation, and measurable performance in real economic settings.
Migrates Confidence into Market-Ready Competence
Mentorship, peer accountability, and experiential learning transform self-belief into proven capability that meets labour-market and enterprise demands.
Extends Humanitarian and Sponsored Pathways
Through sponsorships, scholarships, mentorship funding, and strategic partnerships, PEFG removes financial, social, and structural barriers—ensuring that talent, not circumstance, determines access to opportunity.
Structured Progression Model
Education → Skills → Competence → Productivity → Employment or Enterprise
"The PEFG Mastermind Alliance functions as a compassion-powered community and pathway platform, where humanitarian support is intentionally sponsored, education is economically activated, and opportunity is transformed into dignity, income, and lasting national value."
PEF Ghana Learning Journey
Continuous Learning, Mentoring, and Transformation
The PEF Ghana Learning Journey supports individuals, professionals, students, researchers, and emerging leaders to achieve personal growth, professional excellence, academic advancement, and societal impact.
Participants can submit their personal and career learning needs so that tailored learning modules, mentorship opportunities, and practical development programmes can be designed around them.
Professional Development
Improve workplace competence through leadership, strategic thinking, communication, ethics, and productivity.
Academic Development
Support learners with academic writing, study strategies, critical thinking, and thesis development.
Research and Knowledge Development
Develop capability in research methods, policy research, data analysis, and evidence-based decision making.
Publication and Knowledge Dissemination
Guide participants in publishing papers, policy briefs, books, opinion pieces, and feature articles.
Project Management and Implementation
Provide practical training in project design, planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and impact measurement.
Journalism, Writing, and Public Communication
Strengthen feature writing, investigative journalism, policy commentary, storytelling, and public communication.
Leadership and Governance Development
Prepare emerging leaders in governance systems, ethical leadership, public policy, and institutional development.
Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Support innovators through business planning, enterprise management, financial literacy, and market development.
Digital Skills and Innovation
Build digital literacy, data management, and modern knowledge technology skills for higher productivity.
Career Planning and Mentorship
Offer mentorship pathways that guide career choices, leadership growth, and long-term impact.
Policy and Development Studies
Deepen understanding of public policy, socio-economic development, governance systems, and strategic national issues.
Call or WhatsApp to Participate
Share your learning needs and areas of interest so programmes can respond to today’s development opportunities and challenges.
Collaborating Partners & Target Groups
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Individuals
Including youth, graduates, job seekers, and career switchers.
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Schools
Both basic and secondary institutions.
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Educational & Learning Institutions
Public and private.
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Learning Centres
Community-based training hubs.
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Incubators & Hubs
Innovation hubs supporting entrepreneurship and start-ups.
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Colleges
Technical institutions.
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Universities
Tertiary education providers.
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Professional Bodies
Certification institutions.
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Skills Development Orgs
Including TVET and vocational training providers.
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Social Welfare Orgs
Supporting vulnerable and underserved populations.
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Industry and Corporate Partners
Facilitating and providing mentorship, internships, and employment opportunities through education-appreciation, and knowledge-application.
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Government Agencies and Policy Makers
Facilitating policy support, regulatory guidance, and public sector partnerships.
Through this integrated delivery model, the EfE initiative promotes co-designed curricula, workplace learning, mentoring, certification, and transition-to-work support, ensuring that beneficiaries acquire market-relevant skills and sustainable employment pathways.
"We bridge the “gulf” between confidence (education) and competence (knowledge)" - PEFG
PEFG LIBRARY -
PEF Ghana Library Services:
Empowering Minds, Enriching Futures.
- 1. “Knowledge at Your Fingertips.”
- 2. “Unlocking Minds, Inspiring Growth.”
- 3. “Read, Learn, Rise.”
- 4. “Where Ideas Come Alive.”
- 5. “Fueling Curiosity, Shaping Futures.”
- 6. “Your Gateway to Knowledge.”
- 7. “Discover, Learn, Achieve.”
- 8. “Bringing the World to Your Library.”
- 9. “Enriching Minds, Empowering Lives.”
- 10. “A Library for Every Mind.”
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Membership Categories
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Institutional Members
For registered private schools, colleges, and training institutions seeking support, advocacy, and development programs.
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Corporate Members
For companies and professional organisations that partner to support educational innovation, infrastructure, or capacity building.
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Professional Members
For educators, administrators, consultants, and academic professionals committed to advancing private education standards.
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Affiliate Members
For NGOs, associations, and international organisations collaborating with PEFG on research, advocacy, or community projects.
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Student Members
For students in teacher-training colleges, universities, or educational programs who seek mentorship and professional development.
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Honorary Members
For distinguished individuals recognised for exceptional contributions to education in Ghana.
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Donor & Patron Members
For individuals or institutions that provide financial, material, or strategic support towards PEFG’s mission.
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