AAOBA NEWS

The Accra Academy Old Boys’ Association (AAOBA) held its maiden career and business networking event under the theme, “Developing Careers, Building Businesses” on Saturday 28th July 2018 at the Accra Academy. The event dubbed “Bleoo Connect” took place at the K. G. Konuah hall and was organized to offer members of the Association an avenue for business networking and insights into career development with the goal of reducing the unemployment rate in the country and make indigenous Ghanaians businesses competitive in the global economy. Mr. Gabriel Akpalu, the CEO of Solnetwork Mr. Gabriel Akpalu, the CEO of Solnetwork, was invited by the association to deliver a talk on Human Resources and Careers. Mr. Alex Mould (Bleoo ’78), a Financial and Energy Consultant In his speech the Special Guest Speaker, Mr. Alex Mould (Bleoo ’78), a Financial and Energy Consultant, talked about career development and shared his past experiences as former Chief Executive Officer of th...

Following the launch of the Bleoo Legacy Fundraising Initiative (BLFI) on 24th March 2018, the AAOBA President constituted an interim committee to coordinate the recieing of pledges from Bleoobii both home and abroad. The committee consists of the AAOBA President, Mr. Emmanuel Bruce-Attah, Mr. Simon Ontoyin and Miss Rebecca Yeboah. The committee began its campaign to collect pledges on 8th May 2018 and after two weeks had recorded Gh¢103500 in pledges from 27 alumni who are as follows;    Joseph Okpoti Bleoo '56 GH¢1,000 Emmanuel Bruce-Attah Bleoo '73 GH¢10,000 Kwei Jones-Quartey Bleoo '73 GH¢10,000 Bellock Tackie Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 Emmanuel Ako-Nai Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 Emmanuel Osafo Lartey Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 Felix Addo Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 Festus Sackitey Crabbe Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 Julius Amarteifio Bleoo '73 GH¢5,000 ...

A meeting of Bleoobii Presidents' was organised under the auspices of the AAOBA National Executive from 26th May 2018 to 16th June 2018 at the Ghana Armed Forces Mess in Accra.   40 year group presidents where invited, out of which 17 year group presidents attended in person or where represented. The weekly meetings which were held by decade groupings were convened and chaired by the AAOBA President, Mr. Emmanuel Bruce-Attah.  The meetings were organised to enable year group presidents; •  Brainstorm on how to improve Bleoobii participation in AAOBA activities. • Review the key provisions of the Proposed Amended Constitution. • Solicit Year Group contributions for the AAOBA Newsletter. • Update Year Groups on the Bleoo Legacy Fundraising Initiative. • Update Year Groups on the 2018-annual year group levy. • Discuss any other matters of interest to the various Year Groups. The maiden breakfast meeting began on 26th May 2018 with a meetin...

The 2018 batch of final year students of Accra Academy were inducted into the Accra Academy Old Boys' Association at a ceremony held at the K. G. Konuah hall on Wednesday, 9 May 2018. The 2018 year group donated a lectern to the School after their induction into the alumni association. Mr. Emmanuel Bruce-Attah, President of AAOBA, expressed gratitude for the donation  and noted that the School would have achieved much more progress if the Spirit of Giving  back to the School had been inculcated in alumni when they were students of the School.

In this issue: *AAOBA Hosts Orientation for New Students of Accra Academy *Accra Academy Old Boys’ Association Holds Maiden Annual General Meeting * Bleoo Legacy Fundraising Initiative Launched * ‘ Bleoo 2006 donates to Pantang Hospital *   Job Vacancies & Class Notes This newsletter is a quarterly publication intended to provide Bleoobii information on the activities of the association. Year Groups and Bleoobii who wish to contribute content to this publication should send their submissions to the Editor via email to aaobanews@gmail.com AAOBA Hosts Orientation for New Students of Accra Academy The Accra Academy Old Boys’ Association (AAOBA) has organised an orientation for day students admitted to Accra Academy in October 2017. The orientation took place at the K.G. Konuah hall on Thursday the 18th of January 2018 and was chaired by Bleoobi Emmanuel Bruce-Attah, President of the Association. The new student ent...