Volunteer
of the week.
Nationality: Ghana
Profession : Petroleum
Engineer
Jonathan Adzokpe is an aspiring
Ghanaian and African for that matter. Having completed his Bachelor of Science
degree in petroleum engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
and made a first class, he was chosen to be a Teaching Assistant in the
department.
Thereafter, he gained a scholarship
from the World
Bank to study a two-year Master of Science degree in petroleum engineering
at the University
of Stavanger where he presently is. As a talented writer, he has
two-yet-to-be-published books, “Bring Out The Eagle
In You” and “Your Association May Be Killing You”. Jonathan
also hosts a motivational radio talk show program dubbed 'Motivational Arena'.
The program is aired live online every Saturday from 10:00 to 11:00 GMT on Nash
Radio, a Russian based radio station at www.radionash.com.
Jonathan is an agribusiness entrepreneur aside
his speaking, writing, and profession as a petroleum engineer. He’s also a
co-founder of Money
Trust Microfinance Services; a financial institution based in
Ghana.He is currently a columnist at ghanaweb.com
where you can find his articles. It is his hope to by the grace of God help
transform and position Africa for her divine greatness.Jonathan is a very staunch Christian. If
you ask him what his favourite quote is, he will tell you “I
expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do
or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not
defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.” This was
quoted by Stephen Grellet, a prominent French Quaker missionary.