K–12 STEM systems
Designing practical learning pathways that connect curriculum, tools, facilitation, assessment, and progression—not isolated technology activities.
About Jonathan
Jonathan Kennedy Sowah is a Ghanaian AI engineer and education technology leader designing practical, offline-first pathways into robotics, coding, and artificial intelligence for K–12 learners and teachers.
The conviction
African learners should not only use the future’s technology. They should understand it, question it, and build with it.
The story
Jonathan was born in La and raised in Teshie, Ghana. His interest in technology began long before he had reliable access to it. At 13, frustrated by learning about computing in a school without computers, he left the classroom and began teaching himself through an internet café.
He later returned to formal education, started a student technology club, and discovered that his experience was not unusual. Across Ghana, talented learners were meeting science and computing as theory when they needed the chance to experiment, build, fail, and try again.
That insight became InovTech STEM Center. Today, Jonathan designs education systems that bring together learner experiences, teacher development, relevant curriculum, accessible technology, and partnerships built to last.
“Computing and coding should be like a basic language—every child should learn.”Read the CNN profile
The work so far
25,000+
learners reached
2,500+
educators trained
100+
schools engaged
Portfolio-level reach across Jonathan’s education programmes. These figures are cumulative and reflect access and participation; the deeper work is strengthening learner progression and educator capability over time.
What Jonathan brings
The work spans the classroom, the product table, the teacher workshop, and the policy room—but it is held together by one question: what will make capability last?
Designing practical learning pathways that connect curriculum, tools, facilitation, assessment, and progression—not isolated technology activities.
Helping learners move from using technology to understanding systems, building prototypes, and solving problems that matter in their communities.
Engineering context-aware AI solutions, then translating the technology into learning experiences that help educators and young people use it critically, responsibly, and creatively.
Equipping educators with the confidence, pedagogy, and classroom-ready support required to make new technology useful after the workshop ends.
Building for African realities: shared devices, uneven connectivity, constrained budgets, diverse learning needs, and the ingenuity already present in every classroom.
Contributing field experience to conversations about curriculum, science and innovation policy, EdTech adoption, and Africa’s future workforce.
Selected recognition
Independent coverage and programmes that have tested, documented, or accelerated the work.
Celebrated among four Ghanaian leaders recognised for exceptional leadership and community impact across the Commonwealth.
2025The United Nations Country Team in Ghana selected Jonathan Kennedy Sowah’s ‘KodeVR: Virtual Robotics For All’ among the top three youth-led solutions advancing a more inclusive and sustainable future.
2025InovTech joined the second Ghana cohort supporting inclusive, scalable, and contextually relevant EdTech ventures.
2025Selected for the London cohort of nonprofit leaders developing the systems leadership required to scale lasting impact.
2022A profile of Jonathan’s journey from an internet café to building practical robotics education for learners across Ghana.
2022VOA documents the roaming robotics model bringing practical STEM education to Ghanaian communities.
2025Jonathan joined education, government, and industry leaders at Ghana Digital Innovation Week to examine barriers facing girls in STEM.
Selected journey
A continuing practice shaped by classrooms, products, partnerships, and public conversation.
With no computers in his school, Jonathan left the classroom and found his way into an internet café—where curiosity became a self-directed education.
What started as a response to one learner’s lack of access became a platform for practical STEM learning, teacher development, and education innovation.
Voice of America and CNN documented the mission to make computing, coding, and robotics accessible across Ghana.
Jonathan brought field experience into forums including Ghana Digital Innovation Week, Metaverse Safety Week, and national STEM conversations.
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship and American Express Leadership Academy strengthened the work around learning science, leadership, inclusion, and sustainable growth.
Jonathan was named a Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust 100 Young Leaders awardee—recognition of a journey that remains rooted in opening doors for the next learner.
For schools and partners
Work with Jonathan on programme strategy, teacher development, practical curriculum, education technology, or a context-specific implementation challenge.
Discuss a partnershipFor media and conveners
Invite Jonathan for keynotes, panels, media interviews, workshops, and conversations on robotics, AI, coding, teachers, and the future of learning.
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