Kevel Gumbs, Founder & CEO of Hobor Community Hospital, Ghana, says the new hospital reflects a model in which health infrastructure drives inclusive economic growth, skills development, and resilient local systems.
Born in Montserrat and educated at Kinsale Primary School (KPS), Kevel Gumbs’ early involvement in Dr Shott’s education initiatives, Out of the Mouth of Babes and From Babes to Protégés and Beyond, instilled leadership, enterprise and a global outlook.
As a descendant of the Windrush generation, his journey across the Caribbean, the UK and Africa has translated into an inspiring form of Transformational Entrepreneurship that reinvests professional skills, capital and experience into long-term community assets.
By establishing a modern hospital on family-owned land, Hobor Community Hospital was intentionally designed to operate as a sustainable local enterprise. With no other hospital within a two- to three-hour travel radius, this strategic investment is already catalysing new housing, business development, and increased local investment in Hobor. In turn, this reinforces the hospital’s role as a centre for inclusive economic growth. Hospitals naturally stimulate demand for logistics, maintenance, supplies, accommodation, transport, catering, and professional services.
The hospital’s clinical focus on maternity, women’s health, children’s services, diagnostics and surgery addresses health conditions that most directly affect household stability, workforce participation and long-term productivity.
Partnership with Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) further strengthens this model by removing registration and annual fees, ensuring predictable access to care while supporting a viable patient base essential for financial sustainability.
A defining feature of Hobo Community Hospital is its emphasis on skills development and professional training. The auxiliary surgical observation room creates structured learning opportunities for students, strengthening the local health workforce and reducing reliance on external systems.
This initiative embodies the principles and values of the Windrush Anchor Heritage Education Programme. It demonstrates how heritage, education, entrepreneurship, transformational leadership and health infrastructure can converge to create sustainable institutions through enterprise-led community development, forming a foundation for families, neighbourhoods, local economies, and “Passing the Baton” for intergenerational employability learning and skills for global opportunities.
