When The High Street Journal sat down with Samuel Adranyi, he didn’t start talking about software, coding, entrepreneurship, nor business models. He started with sound, the hum of engines, the crackle of broken radios, the chatter of mechanics in a police barracks workshop.
“I was a barracks boy to the core,” he says, smiling at the memory.
His father, a police officer and volleyball coach, lived and worked at the Police Training School. For young Samuel, that world, full of tools, oil, and noise, was his first classroom. He wanted to know how things worked. What was inside the machines? Why did they move, buzz, or spark?
By the age of eight, curiosity had become his signature. “I think I had broken about four or five of my father’s radios,” he laughs. “I just wanted to understand how the sound came out.”
One afternoon, before his father returned home, Samuel quietly fixed all the radios he had dismantled. When his father walked in, he saw not a boy who broke things, but one who could build. That moment changed everything.
It was the first glimpse of a mind designed to explore, repair, and innovate.
Discovering Computers
Samuel’s school, Englebert, in the Airport Residential Area, began computer classes while he was still in primary school. Around the same time, his father travelled abroad for a volleyball championship. There, he noticed something unusual: the opposing team was using a small computer to analyze game tactics in real time.
When he returned, Samuel told him about the new computer lessons. “He just said, ‘If that’s what you want to learn, go and learn it.’ That was all the permission I needed,” Samuel recalls to The High Street Journal.
From then on, computers became his universe.
The Turning Point
By secondary school at Koforidua SecTech, Samuel was already the go-to fixer for malfunctioning computers in the lab. He even started teaching his classmates, and juniors, during his free time.
One day, the headmaster sent him to the Regional Education Directorate to fix a broken printer. He arrived in his uniform, diskettes in hand. Within minutes, the printer came back to life.
The Regional Director was stunned. That simple act opened a mentorship that would change Samuel’s life, bringing training opportunities, scholarships, and exposure he could never have imagined.
“It taught me something I still hold onto,” he tells The High Street Journal. “Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Sometimes, one person believing in you can change your entire path.”
Learning Without Tools
Despite his talent, Samuel didn’t own a computer until his second year at university. “The ideas were always there,” he says, “but I didn’t always have the tools.”
He made a promise to himself: one day, he would build a place where young people could learn, experiment, and fail safely, without being held back by lack of access.
That promise became the seed of Afrilogic Solutions Limited.
Building Afrilogic
Today, Afrilogic Solutions is more than a tech consultancy. It’s a space for growth. The company helps businesses streamline operations and adopt digital systems, but at its core, it’s a hub for youth empowerment.
Samuel tells The High Street Journal that his mission is simple: he doesn’t just want to build technology for Africa. He wants to build it with Africans.
Through workshops, mentorship, and community bootcamps, often free, Afrilogic opens doors for young developers, cybersecurity enthusiasts, and digital innovators who might otherwise be left out.
“I know what it feels like to be hungry to learn but not have the tools,” he says. “Afrilogic is my way of making sure the next Samuel doesn’t have to struggle the same way.”
Why His Story Matters
For Ghana’s young dreamers, Samuel’s story hits home. Many face limited access to equipment, lack of mentors, and families unsure of what a career in tech really means. Samuel has lived all of that.
His advice, shared with The High Street Journal, is clear:
“Curiosity is a gift. Protect it. You don’t have to start big. Start with what’s in front of you. Take things apart. Read. Ask. Try. The road isn’t smooth, but it’s possible.”
He also urges parents: “Not every gifted child fits neatly into a classroom. Sometimes the one who keeps dismantling things is the one learning the most. Guide them. Don’t silence them.”
A Story That Feels Like Ours
Samuel’s journey feels familiar, a Ghanaian story of persistence, mentorship, and faith.
A boy who asked questions.
A father who saw potential.
A mentor who opened a door.
And a man who chose to pass it on.
“You can start small,” he says. “You can rise from ordinary spaces. You can build something that matters.”
A Final Word to Ghana’s Young Innovators
“Technology isn’t magic,” Samuel tells The High Street Journal. “It’s patience and skill. If you commit to learning, there’ll always be space for you. The future is not waiting, it’s being built right now. And we need you in it.”
