He is the founder of Cocoa360, a nonprofit organisation in rural Ghana where villagers work on communal cocoa farms in exchange for free tuition at an all-girls school and subsidized healthcare.
[6] He was the first person from his village to attend college in the U.S.[7] In 2018, he returned to University of Pennsylvania for a master's degree in non-profit leadership.
Frimpong used the prize money from Amy Gutmann's President's Engagement Prize to found the nonprofit Cocoa360,[3] where proceeds from a community-run cocoa farm are used to provide free education to 300 students at the organization's Tarkwa Breman Girls School (as of 2023), and to subsidize healthcare at its medical clinic to over 17000 patients.
[13] He is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the American Economic Association.
[7] Frimpong also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Nonprofit Leadership Program with the Richard J. Estes Global Citizenship Award, which is awarded to a graduate of the Nonprofit Leadership Program who exhibits academic excellence, a commitment to improving the world, and dedication to social impact.
[17] In 2019, Frimpong was also one of six recipients of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award, which recognizes activists who work towards social change under age thirty.
[18][19] He holds an Honorary Doctorate[20] from Royal Holloway, University of London in recognition of his contribution to global health and community engagement in Africa.