Young Ghanaian Businessman and Country Manager for U-ton Engineering Ghana, Issah Abdulai Afugu has been adjudged the Most Influential Young Person of the year by the Confederation of West African Youth.

Mr. Afugu was awarded the Influential Young Person of the year for his enormous contribution to Ghana’s Fiber Internet space through his work in the industry.

He currently helms the affairs of one of Ghana’s largest Fiber infrastructure company; U-ton Engineering Limited as Country Manager, dealing with over 300 members of the workforce.

He possesses a strong business and leadership record as Country Manager and has a deep understanding of the consumer and business landscape in the African region.

Speaking during the ceremony Mr. Afugu mentioned how delighted he was on attaining the feat and reiterated the need for a consented effort amongst youth across the sub-region to alleviate the struggles and hardships of the people.

The Confederation of West African Youths is an all inclusive leading ECOWAS youth platform representing and safeguarding aspirations of millions of youth across our sub-region.

This year’s edition of the event was held in Sierra Leone.

The organization envisages becoming the single largest youth body representing over 200 million youth across ECOWAS by 2022.