Honors & Awards
Arthur L. Pulley ’53 and Bernice Cosey Pulley ’55 Research Award | Yale University
May 2020
Gates Cambridge Scholar
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Apr 2020
Richard J. Estes Global Citizenship Award
University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
May 2019
Forbes 30 Under 30
Forbes
Nov 2018
Buckingham Palace
Jun 2018
Cocoa360’s Shadrack Frimpong Receives Queen’s Young Leader Award
Buckingham Palace
Jun 2018
Cocoa360’s Shadrack Frimpong Receives Queen’s Young Leader Award
John Boyer Scholarship
First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry
May 2018
President’s Engagement Prize Recipient
University of Pennsylvania
March 2015
Graduation Flagbearer for Biology Department & SAS
University of Pennsylvania
April 2015
Flag bearer for the Biology Department of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Sciences(SAS) during May 2015 commencement/graduation ceremony
Future Award
Ghana Legacy Honors
March 2017
Youngest Ghanaian ever to be awarded.
President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative (CGI) University
October 2011
*Repeat invitations in 2012, 2013 & 2014
Research Grant
Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC Foundation)
June 2013
Research Fellow
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
July 2013
Penn Ten
The Daily Pennsylvanian
April 2015
“…top ten most impressive students at the University of Pennsylvania”
YACE Award
Face2Face Africa
2016
Lowell Levin Award for Excellence in Global Health
Yale University | World Health Organization
May 2020
Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award
Muhammad Ali Center
Jun 2019
Student Speaker, Spring Scholarship Celebration
University of Pennsylvania
April 2015
“…student speakers are phenomenal undergraduates chosen every semester to address alumni, donors, parents and students at the University of Pennsylvania’s scholarship celebrations”
Silver Prize Winner, International Commonwealth Essay Competition
Royal Commonwealth Society, United Kingdom
October 2010
Harnwell College House Research Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
January 2014
Bronze Prize Winner, International Essay Contest for Young People
United Nations & Goi Peace Japan
October 2012
Discovering Youth Leadership Fellow
The Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom
September 2013
Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
National Grid, State of Massachusetts
April 2015
Most Promising Young Katakyie
Opoku Ware Old Boys Alumni Association
Dec 2017
Scholar Award Winner
African Youth Excellence Inc.
August 2014
InsideUCSF Scholar
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
February 2013
CGI U Honor Roll
Clinton Foundation
October 2017
Top 30 Under 30
Future of Ghana Publications
2016
CocaCola Young Achiever
CocaCola
March 2017
Cordes Fellow
Cordes Foundation
2016
University Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
November 2013
