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Grass to Grace: Village Boy Becomes Chartered Accountant, Inspires Many with His Short Story

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Grass to Grace: Village Boy Becomes Chartered Accountant, Inspires Many with His Short Story
Grass to Grace: Village Boy Becomes Chartered Accountant, Inspires Many with His Short Story

That’s an inspiring story shared by Dickson Assan. It highlights how someone’s background or academic performance does not necessarily limit their potential for success. Despite starting out in a farm village and attending village schools, he went on to excel academically and professionally.

Being a boys’ prefect throughout basic school and obtaining aggregate 8 in BECE shows his leadership qualities and academic abilities. Although he struggled in science in SHS, he persevered and eventually graduated with a first-class degree in accounting. His achievements also include being a scholarship student of the Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana and having over 8 years of accounting experience.

It’s great to see how he credits his success to God and encourages others to appreciate their journey and accept themselves. His story serves as a reminder that one’s past does not determine their future, and with hard work and perseverance, anyone can achieve their goals.

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Festus Conteh is an international youth that functions conveniently in all forms of writing including article writing, news, script, content writing, constitution and project/proposal writing. Writing is fun to Festus and has brought fame and recognition in his clime. In 2019, he was awarded best upcoming writer in an online writing completion that was organized by the Association of Sierra Leonean Authors (ASLA). After his impactful contribution to national development and cohesion through writing, he was nominated for the African Genius Award for the Best Writer in Africa Award Category an award he lost to one of the greatest African Writers - Chinua Achebe. In 2022, Festus was one of the applicants to the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) as Vice Chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) a process that met imperil feedback. As a freelancer, Festus has written articles for magazines, newspapers, and media houses and his articles have attracted big media houses including BBC, Aljazeera and Legit. Ng and is the Head of Programs at Salone Messenger a public relations firm based in Sierra Leone with the latest news and information. He is the founder of Africa’s Wakanda a platform that spotlight the beauty of Africa. Festus is also a perpetual volunteer in life-changing causes and has shown great commitment and dedication to being a catalyst and solution to the challenges faced by young people like himself. Festus currently serves as the Secretary General of the Africa Youth Leaders movement which is a network of youth between the ages of 20 – 30 years who have shown achievement, leadership potential and commitment to make a difference. Festus is also the Africa Focal Point of Youth for Change Initiative, which is a platform through which young people can access resources, be empowered and given the opportunity to grow to become useful members of society who will participate in the development of their communities and nation. Along with another Africa Youth platform, Festus has Co-Founded the Future of Africa initiative which is an advocate forum with the aim to bring together local and international socio-economic stakeholders to support innovative programs aimed at advancing the radical and practical progress of adoption awareness-vulnerable children and youth and youth leadership-through interlinking local, regional and international resources and opportunities.