About Us
About The Founder
Riffath-Yakub Abubakar is an Honorary Award Recipient for Youth Leadership. Riffath holds pivotal roles in various organisations, showcasing his multifaceted expertise and dedication to youth empowerment and business development. As the Executive Director of the National Academy of Students’ Achievement Awards Ghana (NASAAG) and the Chief Planner of Third Star Ltd, he plays an instrumental role in fostering growth and progress. Additionally, he serves as the Country Director of Project Know Thy Self International, Executive Secretary of Okantey Adjetey Consultancy Limited, an International Education Consultancy firm based in Ghana with operations in the UK, Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana. Riffath is also the Head of Business Development at Leonard Homes Property Management Ltd. A Real Estate, Construction & Property Management Company. and the Executive Coordinator for The ELDERS Consult, Ghana. He is an Executive organising committee member of Afrotalks.com Riffath offers a Freelance Tutorial service to schools and organisations.
Riffath is internationally recognised as a Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Development Coach/Mentor/Trainer, a Non-Profit/NGO and Corporate Event Consultant, Corporate Relationship Management-CRM Coach, and Industry-Academia Policy Development. He is renowned for his engaging public speaking and transformational messages. As a fervent youth development activist, Riffath channels his intellect and energy toward mentoring and empowering students and young individuals to embrace leadership, entrepreneurship, employability skills, and managerial competence. He goes beyond traditional academic qualifications, imparting attitudes, skills, and knowledge essential for thriving in today’s job market.
Since 2018, Riffath has spearheaded numerous regional and national events, including capacity-building summits, workshops, and career guidance sessions, impacting over 10,000 youth and students across Ghana and abroad. Noteworthy institutions include the University of Plymouth-UK, RVS Institute of Management Studies and Research-India, University of Ghana, University of Education, Winneba, Islamic University College, Methodist University, Ghana, Valley View University, University of Media, Art and Communications (UniMAC-GIJ), Ghana Communication Technology University, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Africa University College of Communications, Lakeside University College, Design & Technology Institute, and many more.
Riffath’s works have garnered international recognition. In 2025, Riffath was conferred an honorary award for ‘Youth Leadership’ at the National Youth Shakers Conclave & Awards – Ghana Edition, by the Relevant Achievers Impacting Nations (RAIN) in collaboration with the World Conference of Mayors (WCM), USA. He was featured as the first Ghanaian in the “World Millennials Magazine 2021” by SHEHUB.TV in the United Kingdom. His significant contributions to student and youth development led to his recognition on the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ghana website in 2021. Furthermore, he was nominated and emerged as a ‘Top Three Finalist’ in the “Founder of the Year 2021” category at the Founders of The Year Awards Africa, Kenya.
Riffath has also been invited as a guest speaker at various industry events, including the Industry-Academia Round-table 2025, Ghana-Nigeria Start-up Exchange 2025, Global NGO Founders Conference 2024, Ghana Events Summit 2023, Strategic Business Forum 2022, and the launch of Integrity Leaders of Change Ghana. Additionally, he has actively contributed to industry-based initiatives such as the launch of the “Knowledge Bank” by the Ghana India Trade Advisory Chamber – International Foundation and the Global Africa Trade Advisory Chamber in Accra, Ghana.
He has also played integral roles in coordinating events like the Ghana Youth Employment Agency (YEA) nationwide “Job, Career, and Entrepreneurship Fair 2021, and the Western and Central Regional Sensitisation Workshop on Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) by GIZ and Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs. Riffath’s commitment is further evidenced by his involvement in planning and coordinating the “Young Entrepreneurs Summit & Expo” by the Ghana Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs and consulting for events like the “Youth Explosion Conference” and the “Extraordinary Ladies Conference.”
Who We Are
We are a non-profit and non-governmental training and awarding academy established to train, mentor, empower, and properly position students in their chosen career fields; fostering their growth in various career paths.
Our Values
We thrive on mental transformation for human resource and capacity development.
At NASAAG, we are obsessed with credibility, as such objectivity in diversity is never compromise.
We create a platform conducive for students/youth and stakeholders for their distinctive expertise in development.
We ensure that all our core values are grounded in principles.
Open and voluntary membership, with focus on students/youth community development. We believe it takes people with different ideas, strengths, interests, beliefs and cultural backgrounds to bring a meaningful positive change in a community.
Key Goals
- Bridge the gap between industry and academia to provide industrial internship or attachment opportunities to students that will prepare them for the future of job.
- Advocate and train students in Sustainable Leadership and Governance.
- Advocate the practice of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Advocate entrepreneurship, business and self-employment culture among students/y
- Leverage social policies to advocate for inclusiveness (Youth, Women, & Persons with Disability).
- Partner with STEM organizations to promote STEM Education across all levels of
- Achieve drastic reduction in Graduate/youth unemployment (at of all levels of education).
- Liaise with Government-Youth-Agencies, Ministries and NGOs for students entrepreneurship ecosystem improvement, student start-ups investment, Funding and study scholarship.
NASAAG 5 YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2025 - 2030
- Center for Innovational Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Managerial Studies (CILEMs)
- NASAAG Stationery & Design Print Studio
- NASAAG EduSave: Educational Savings and Investment Scheme for Students.
- NASAAG EduT-Fund: Education Trust-Fund to Provide Infrastructure Support to Underserved Communities & Scholarship for Needy Students
FUNDING & OPERATIONS
Currently the academy survives and operates on donor supports and sponsorships. The academy is intended to raise funds from ‘Internal Generated Fund (IGF)’, donors and sponsors to procure its operational working tools, equipment, and assets that can be commercialized to generate revenues for the academy, to manage or curd the hiring of exponential increasing items or equipment for operation. The academy has developed three (3) business modules/ideas to be implemented to generate funds for the sustainability of NASAAG, in order to manage dependency of supporters, donors.
TO SPONSOR/SUPPORT OR DONATE IN CASH OR KIND.
Bankers: National Investment Bank (NIB)
Account Number: 1151100065201
Account Name: National Academy of Students Achievement Awards Ghana
Vodafone/Telecel Cash: 0200671218 (National Academy of Students Achievement Awards Ghana LBG)
TO SUPPORT WITH OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT & OFFICE GADGETS.
Contact Us
Call Only: +233 (0) 20 067 1218
Call/WhatsApp: +233 (0) 50 880 2076
Email @: nasaawardsghana@gmail.com
Our Partners
These organizations make it possible for us the have this awards each and every year.



