{
  "id": 17033729,
  "title": "My generation owes young people mentorship – Kufuor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/my-generation-owes-young-people-mentorship-kufuor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T08:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/my-generation-owes-young-people-mentorship-kufuor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has emphasized that his generation owes it to the younger generation to provide mentorship and share their experiences from their long journey in public life. In an interview on Joy News’ PM Express, Kufuor highlighted the rapid pace of technological change that leaves today’s youth with little time to engage in the lengthy apprenticeship that shaped his own career. He believed that intergenerational evolution played a crucial role in society's progress.\n\nKufuor pointed out that he came to his career through a long apprenticeship, moving from studying law to legal practice, city administration, and other responsibilities. However, he acknowledged that his contemporaries may not be privileged to undergo such an extensive learning process due to the accelerated pace of change brought about by technologies like artificial intelligence. To address this, Kufuor noted that older generations must make their experience accessible to the next generation as part of their responsibility.\n\nHe also challenged the assumption that today’s youth are not prepared, pointing out that their access to education and technology gives them advantages that his generation lacked. Kufuor contrasted the current generation’s ability to learn quickly through mobile phones with his own experience in the 1950s and 1960s, when telephone access was scarce even in Kumasi. He believed that the current generation was better prepared in that sense.\n\nFor Kufuor, mentorship offered a way to combine the advantages of the younger generation with the practical lessons acquired by older generations. The aim was to help young people gain insights quickly and improve upon what their predecessors had achieved. The John A. Kufuor Foundation pursued this ambition through its Kufuor Scholars Program, a three-year initiative that supplemented university education with leadership training, mentorship, coaching, and practical activities. The program aimed to nurture patriotic, ethical, and community-minded leaders who could solve problems and contribute to national development.",
  "summary": "Former President John Agyekum Kufuor says his generation owes young people mentorship and should share lessons from its long journey through public life. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, he said rapid technological change leaves today’s youth little time to follow the lengthy apprenticeship that shaped his career. “So my generation should feel a responsibility […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Today’s youth are better educated than our generation – Kufuor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/todays-youth-are-better-educated-than-our-generation-kufuor",
        "published": "2026-10-28T21:33:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}