{"id":443571,"date":"2017-12-04T17:54:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/physically-challenged-knust-graduate-defies-all-odds\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:54:06","slug":"physically-challenged-knust-graduate-defies-all-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/physically-challenged-knust-graduate-defies-all-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Physically challenged KNUST graduate defies all odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10325458.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwaku Ntim Twumasi\" title=\"Kwaku Ntim Twumasi\" width=\"295\" height=\"441\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwaku Ntim Twumasi has in excess of 100 people working for him<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512410046_70_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A physically challenged graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), who has defied all odds \u2013 creating jobs and changing the lives of many, has been recognized with an award.<\/p>\n<p>Kwaku Ntim Twumasi, popularly known as \u201cNTK\u201d, employs in excess of 100 people and has been adjudged the \u201c2017 National Young Male Disability Entrepreneur\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This was at the national young entrepreneurs awards ceremony held at the British Council Hall in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The event is held annually by the Youth Business Network Foundation to recognize outstanding young people into business.<\/p>\n<p>It forms part of an aggressive push to get many of the nation\u2019s youth to act boldly to establish their own businesses to bring down the high unemployment among them.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Twumasi, confined to a wheelchair because of a road crash, is engaged in aluminum fabrication. 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