Adisadel College, popularly known as “ADISCO”, is an Anglican boys’ boarding school in Cape Coast, Ghana. It is one of the best schools in the Central region. It is also one of the category ‘A’ schools in the country
MOTTO
Vel Primus Vel Cum Primis (Either the first or with the first)
DATE ESTABLISHED
4 January 1910; 113 years ago
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FOUNDER
Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn
AWARDS
- Winners of the 2016 edition (and runners up on 4 other occasions) of the National Science and Maths Quiz
- Winners of 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 editions of the National Hockey Championship / Citizens International Inter-Schools (CIIS) Hockey fiesta.
- Winners of 2021 National Robotics Championship
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NOTABLE ALUMNI
- William Emmanuel Abraham, Ghanaian philosopher
- Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, and the first African to be elected a Fellow of All Souls College
- Ebenezer Laing, Ghanaian botanist
- Joshua Owusu-Sekyere, Agricultural Engineer, Rector of Perez University College
- John S. Pobee, Theologian, Emeritus Professor of Theology, and Former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana
- Kwasi Wiredu, philosopher
- Thomas Mensah (engineer), pioneer in fibre optic technology, and lead engineer in first laser guided weapons for US Department of Defense guided missile program
- Kofi Antubam, Ghanaian artist”
- Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Businessman and co-founder of defunct UT Bank
- Nana Appiah Mensah (aka NAM1), a businessman and Chief Executive Officer of MenzGold Dealership
- W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah, Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group, 2003 to 2007. Special Advisor to the President of the African Development Bank, 2008 to 2015.
- Ernest Bediako Sampong, Pharmacist and businessman; CEO of Ernest Chemist Limited; Multiple award winner including multiple CEO of the year awards, Ghana’s Order of the Volta Award, and the CIMG Marketing Man of The Year
- Nii Quaynor, Network Computer Systems
- Freddie Blay – lawyer, Former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana and Chairman of the New Patriotic Party
- Edward Osei-Kwaku, deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, and Minister of Youth and Sports
- Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
- Kojo Yankah, former minister of state.
- Chief Justice George Kingsley Acquah,
- Chief Justice Philip Edward Archer
- L.J. Chinery-Hesse, parliamentary draftsman, Solicitor-General and Acting Attorney General (1979)
- Godfred Yeboah Dame, current Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana
- Samuel Appiah, footballer
- Ibrahim Ayew, footballer
- Baffour Gyan, retired footballer