Richard Appiah Akoto

Richard Appiah Akoto (also nicknamed Owura Kwadwo Hottish),

In 2019, he shared of photo of himself on Facebook sketching the features of Microsoft Word on a blackboard to teach students in his class went viral highlighting issues with the Ghanaian educational system. Since the event, Akoto's school have been given financial and technology support, particularly from Microsoft, and from others around the world. Akoto has spoken at global conferences on the challenges teachers face teaching ICT in the Ghanaian educational system. In September 2018, he was given a full scholarship to pursue a master's degree in education with UNICAF University.

Microsoft intervention

His photo caught the attention of global tech entrepreneur and the CEO of Apps Tech, Rebecca Enonchong who tweeted it to Microsoft after which Microsoft pledged to support his students with computers and enroll him in the Microsoft MCE program. At the Microsoft education exchange organised in Singapore, he was given a standing ovation by hundreds of participant gathered. An IT laboratory was also built for the school.