Soba.America.E-Newsletter.2017

and 500,000 FCFA to any students who scores 11 straight A’s (33 points) in the G.C.E.
Ordinary Level exams over the next three years. That was met with rapturous applause
by the students and staff. President Itoe then introduced the keynote speaker - SOBA
America Vice-President and co-chair of the board of directors of Sasse Alumni Association,
Dr. Bertrand Fote. He highlighted the fact that Dr. Fote’s personal story was the
inspiration for the creation of the scholarship awards.
Dr. Fote used his story to send a message of hope, positive thinking and hard work to
the students. He recounted how his life was changed when he received a scholarship
from an alumnus – the late professor Victor Anomah Ngu – when he was a student in
1991. He told them how the impact of that moment gave him a sense of purpose and
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