Shadrack Frimpong is a Ghanaian global health leader, academic, and social entrepreneur who received the 2019 Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Dedication. He was honored for his pioneering work in health equity and for founding Cocoa360, a nonprofit that uses a "farm-for-impact" model to transform rural communities.Frimpong’s mission is deeply personal. Growing up in a village without running water or electricity, he nearly lost both legs to an infection at age nine because his family could not afford medical care. This experience, combined with seeing his sisters denied an education so he could attend school, fueled his "all-consuming passion" for ending extreme poverty.Today, he is recognized as a leading voice in community-led development, serving as an Obama Foundation Africa Leader (2025-2026) and a Gates Cambridge Scholar.The "Farm-for-Impact" Model Frimpong developed a self-sustaining circular economy model through Cocoa360 that eliminates reliance on traditional aid:Labor-for-Services: Community members volunteer their labor on a communal cocoa farm.Funded Outcomes: The revenue generated from the cocoa harvest is used to fund a tuition-free all-girls school and a subsidized medical clinic.Scale: As of 2026, the model has reached over 20,000 people and is being scaled to 200 communities across Ghana and Nigeria, aiming to serve 320,000 families.Academic & Global Leadership Triple Ivy League Success: He holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (Biology and Nonprofit Leadership) and Yale (Public Health), and completed a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge.Medical Training: He is currently an M.D. candidate at the Yale School of Medicine, intending to integrate clinical practice with systemic public health reform.Global Expertise: He has co-authored evidence-based frameworks for the WHO and UNICEF and was named the youngest Ghanaian to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of London (2023).