Biography

Joshua Tefe is a graduate of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), where he earned a Bachelor of Education Degree in Accounting. He is a professionally licensed teacher and the founder of Friends Foundation Ghana (FFG), a nonprofit initiative that supports underserved school children and orphans through education, mentorship, and community support.

Joshua has experience in education, leadership, and community development. He has worked as an Inventory Manager and Personal Assistant at Shreeji Ghana Company Limited and as a student-teacher intern at Agate Senior High School. He later served as a Leadership and Development Associate with Lead For Ghana in Sefwi-Chirano in Ghana’s Western North Region, where he supported teaching, student development, and community engagement. He subsequently served as a Ghana Education Service (GES) Teaching Associate under the Transforming Teaching, Education and Learning (T-TEL) programme.

Joshua is currently serving as a CorpsAfrica/Ghana Volunteer in Avee community in the Volta Region. Driven by a passion for education, leadership, and community development, he hopes to work alongside community members to harness local strengths, ideas, and aspirations to create sustainable, community-led solutions.