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Patrick Osei Agyemang, known in the media circles as Country Man Songo, is a sports PATRICK
journalist who has created a lot of controversies with his show, ‘Fire for Fire’. OSEI
AGYEMANG
He was awarded by the Riches Theological College and Clergy Council in the United States
with a Doctorate in humanity for his contribution towards corruption in the sports industry.
He has also been awarded the ‘Best TV Sports Show Host of the Year’ three times at the
Radio and Television Personality Awards in Ghana.

His passion, zeal and flair for sports presenting on his Adom TV show, ‘Fire for Fire’, makes it
one of the most viewed sports television shows in Ghana.

He is also renowned for his reportage on the rot and corruption of the Ghana Football
Association (GFA) which led to the resignation of the GFA president after thorough
investigations.

Country Man Songo is married with four children.

Roland walker is a personality who exhibits journalism is his hallmark. His experience as a ROLAND
broadcast journalist and marketing personnel has given him great exposure across West WALKER
Africa especially in the area of tourism.

He began work with TV3 in Accra. He formerly worked with the Multimedia Group as the
host of “the AM Show”. He is skilled in election reporting. As a marketer, he works with the
Jospong Group of Companies, Ghana.

Aside from marketing communication being his specialty, he also produces documentaries
on humanitarian issues such as child’s rights, education and other social issues. He has also
worked with DW-TV, CBS, and ESPN, as their correspondent.

Doreen Wilhelmina Akua Andoh popularly known as Doreen Andoh is a radio personality, DOREEN
brand ambassador, occasional TV personality, and events host. She attended the Tema ANDOH
Parent Association School, St Roses Secondary for the Ordinary Level, then to Holy Child
School for the Sixth Form. She later offered Public Relations at the Ghana Institute of
Journalism (GIJ) and went ahead to study at the Columbia School of Broadcasting in the
USA, offering a course in Radio and Television Broadcasting.

Young Doreen decided to get a holiday job after her A’ Level and got an opportunity at Joy FM
as a news and announcements reader. Her experience in broadcast journalism spans for a
period of 20 years which has earn her the title as Queen of the Airwaves. She was the first
woman to receive the Best Presenter of the Year award in 2001and also won the Outstanding
Female Presenter award at the 2013 Ghana Women’s Awards.



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ACE KOJO Ace Anan Ankomah is one of the best-known faces in the legal profession in Ghana, with
ANAN over two decades experience in law practice. Ace attended Mfantsipim School in Cape Coast
ANKOMAH before enrolling at the University of Ghana, Legon where he graduated with a Bachelor of
Laws (LL.B) in 1990. He continued to the Ghana Law School for his professional studies and
was called to the bar in 1992. He also later proceeded to the Queen's University, Kingston,
Ontario, Canada to study for his Masters of Laws (LL.M).

He was a Senior Lecturer in Civil Litigation at the Ghana School of Law between 2005 and
2012 before forming the law firm Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah (BELA), a well-respected
law firm, with his partners. He has served on the International Court of Arbitration of the
International Chamber of Commerce

He has received a number of awards for his exploits including the Legon Hall Exhibition Award,
1988; the Law Students' Union, the Ghana Bar Association Prize for Outstanding Academic
Performance, 1991 and the Queen's Dean of Graduate Studies and Queen's Graduate Awards,
1993-1994.

DR. ABDUL Dr. Abdul Baasit Aziz Bamba is one of the leading legal brains in Ghana with wide-ranging
BAASIT expertise and experience in commercial law, company law, arbitration, insolvency, criminal
AZIZ BAMBA law among others. He is also a graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon, where he received
a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree in June 1999. He obtained a certificate to practice law
in October 2001. He also holds a doctoral (SJD) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, USA.

He has consulted for a number of international institutions such as the World Bank, and the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the harmonization of business
laws in West African countries.

Currently, Dr Bamba is a Lecturer in Criminal Law, Property and Contract Law at the Faculty
of Law, University of Ghana. At various times, he has taught Agricultural Law and Commercial
Law at the College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, and at the
Accra City Campus of the University of Ghana.

DAAD Mrs. Daad Akwesi is a Partner at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, one of the leading law
AKWESI firms in Ghana. She earned her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Ghana in 2001
after which she proceeded to the Ghana Law School to study for her professional certificate
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She has worked variously in the institutions aligned with the legal filed, including her role as
a Legal Assistant and Coordinator, Prisons Project, for the Legal Resources Centre, in Accra
in 2002; and as a Field Agent with the African Society for International and Comparative Law,
Accra in 2001.

As a partner in partner in Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, she is part of the Litigation and
Dispute Resolution practice group.

Daad is very meticulous and diligent with her work and plays an integral role in managing the
team.

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Yonny Kulendi’s is the managing practitioner of his law firm Kulendi@Law, a commercial, YONNY
litigation, and constitutional law practice. Prior to founding his firm, Yonny Kulendi worked KULENDI
as an associate barrister and solicitor at Akufo-Addo, Prempeh & Co. A reputable law firm in
Ghana, where he underwent pupilage and was later assigned to the Legal Aid Board of Accra
for his national service.

Yonny Kulendi studied law at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he earned his Bachelor
of Laws (LLB Honors). He enrolled at the Ghana School of Law for his professional studies
where he obtained a barrister of law degree and a solicitor’s certificate.

He holds a Master’s Degree in International Security and Civil-Military Relations from the
Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA and is a Fellow of the inaugural class
of the Africa Leadership Initiative-West Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership
Network.

Cynthia Quarcoo Jumu is the Founder of the law firm CQ Legal and the media firm Africa 1 CYNTHIA
Media and the unseen force behind a number of Ghana’s leading artistes. QUARCOO
JUMU
Her law firm CQ Legal is reputed to be the first law firm in Ghana to have a dedicated
entertainment, sports and media practice, in addition to the other practice areas.

Growing up he first trained as an economist, intending to be a development economist with
either the World Bank or the United Nations but she switched to become an analyst with
Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), before finally settling on the law.

Cynthia has LLM in Corporate Commercial Law and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Bachelor
of Arts (BA) in Economics and Business Law, and is a Barrister of England and Wales, Barrister
and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana; and, a member of Lincoln’s Inn and the Ghana
Bar Association.

Her children – six; aged between 12 and 24 are her pride and joy and an important source of
inspiration. Her first child who is a female is a journalist.

Mention the name Lithur and people will cast their memory back to the Election Petition
of 2012 and the crucial role of Lawyer Tony Lithur in ensuring that former President John
Dramani Mahama kept his job as president of the Republic of Ghana.

A notable Rotarian Tony Lithur is a legal practitioner noted for his services in land mark cases
in the country. He works at Lithur, Brew & Company as Lead Partner.

He is a beneficiary of first-class education – a past student of Achimota School, Presbyterian
Senior High School, University of Ghana, and Ghana School of Law.

TONY
LITHUR

206 Tsatsu Tsikata was born in Keta but was brought up in Accra, Adabraka to be precise. Known
for his penchant and flair for winning high class social cases Tsatsu who was born on October
TSATSU 10, 1950 is also the former Boss of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
TSIKATA
As a young boy he wanted to follow his older brother Fui Tsikata to school so he started
school at an early age. Tsatsu has always been an exceptional student. For instance, he
entered Mfantsipim School at nine years to undertake his senior high school education with
a scholarship from the United Africa Company. At 18 he left the University of Ghana with a
First Class LLB. Again, at Oxford he mesmerized those around him with Bachelor of Civil Law,
First Class. Tsatsu Tsikata has three children with his spouse, Esther Cobbah.

PHILIP Philip Addison born in Accra in June 1956, is a Solicitor, Barrister-at-Law and Senior Partner
ADDISON of the Law Firm of Afro-Solicitor, one of the leading Commercial Law Firms in Accra. He is a
graduate of the University of Ghana (LL.B. Hons 1982) and the Ghana School of Law (Qualifying
Certificate in Professional Law 1984). Addison was called to the Bar and the Notary Public in
1984 and 1996 respectively.

He is also a distinguished product of the prestigious Academy of American and International
Law at the South-Western Legal Foundation on the campus of the University of Texas at
Dallas, Texas, United States of America (1991) and the Wisconsin Institute for International
Legal Programs at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin, United
States of America (1994).

Mr. Addison Philip is a member of the Board of Governors of the Ghana Branch of the
American Chamber of Commerce; a Member of the Congress of Fellows and Legal Scholars
of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Austria; Member of the International Legal
Team for Intel Corporation; and several distinguished international institutions.

KIZITO Kizito has been the Managing Partner of Beyuo & Co since he founded the firm in 2008 after
BEYUO fifteen years of private civil commercial practice.
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Throughout his legal practice he has advised international and domestic companies, from
WHO'S WHO 2019 financial institutions to state and parastatal institutions, on complex transactions and tasks.

He studied law at the University of Ghana from 1988 to 1991. He obtained his professional
certificate from the Ghana Law School in 1993. He was appointed Notary Public of the
Republic of Ghana in 1994. Kizito enjoys photography and collects retro music and LPs as a
hobby. He also loves to travel to exotic destinations around the world.

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A legal stalwart within the Sam Okudzeto & Associates is the legal heavyweight, Nene
Amagatcher.

Lawyer Amagatcher is a teacher at the Ghana School of Law and an international consultant.
He was formerly in the honourable position of a consultant with the World Bank.

He is a specialist in many areas of the law profession with over three decades of impressive
and distinguished law practice. The legal expert who sometime in the past served as the
Ghana Bar Association President now sits at the Highest Court of Ghana as Member of the
Supreme Court of Ghana.

NENE
AMEGATCHER

Kwame Akuffo is a senior member of Akuffo Addo, Prempeh & co Chambers. He holds a
Bachelor’s degree in LLB from the university of Ghana, Legon.

He won the best Advocate Student Award in 1995 at African Human Rights Moot Court
Competition and member of the Runner-up Team of University of Ghana 1995 African Moot
Court Competition.

He’s involved in several litigation, Arbitration, In Commercial Law, Estate and Criminal Law
since 1998 to date.

KWAME
AKUFFO

Known as ‘Che Che’ right from his student days at the University of Ghana, Mr. Akoto Ampaw
was part of the New Patriotic Party’s legal team in the Electoral Petition of 2013.He’s also a
senior member of the Akuffo Addo, Prempeh & co Chambers in Accra.

He is the chairman of the Human Rights Committee of the Ghana Bar Association and a
member of the National Media Commission legal team and the Ghana Bar Association, the
Media Foundation for West Africa ‘s legal defense team, the Right to Information coalition
Ghana, the National Coalition against Privatization of water and the Human Rights and Civil
Liberties Advocacy.

AKOTO
AMPAW

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BENSON Lawyer Benson Nutsukpui who has been in legal practice for about three decades is the
NUTSUKPUI Managing Partner of Kuenyehia & Nutsukpui. Not only is he into legal practice – his experience
in other areas makes him a much sought-after material to fill other positions in the country
for instance, he is an Allied Oil Company Limited Board Member; Universal Merchant Bank
Board Member, Oil Channel Limited Board Member; and an Aero Surveys Limited Director.

He has served the Ghana Bar Association with distinction in the following positions: Member
of the Association’s General Council; National Vice President; National Secretary; and,
National Assistant Secretary.

Internationally, the Managing Partner of Kuenhyia & Nutsukpui is man well recognized for his
services as an International Bar Association (IBA) member; and, as an Executive Committee
of the African Forum of the IBA member.

CHARLES Mr. Charles William Zwennes is the Board Chair of Republic Bank, formerly HFC Bank Ghana;
WILLIAM a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited Mr. Zwennes is a successful lawyer in
ZWENNES Private Practice and has been a member of the Board of HFC since April 2015.

He holds the enviable record of having qualifications from two distinguished legal bodies
that enable him to practice not only in Ghana but in England and Wales. He is a Barrister &
Solicitor of the Superior Courts of Ghana and Barrister-at-Law of England and Wales.

He has years of experience in London working with two well-known legal offices – Messrs.
Arnold Fooks Chardwick, and Chambers of Christian Bevington before settling in Zwennes,
Hughes & Co.

He attended the University of Kent and the University of London where he obtained LLB
and LLM respectively. Lawyer Zwennes holds membership of the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators; Commonwealth Law Bulletin; the American Society of International La; and the
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

Kojo Bentsi-Enchill is a commercial lawyer very well known for his expertise in oil matters.
At Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah he doubles as the Senior Partner and Head of Energy &
Natural resources.

He is a product of the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained his LL.B. in 1973; Ghana
Law School (QCL. 1975).

KOJO BENTSI- Per international exposure he was the Assistant Program Officer in the International Human
ENCHILL Rights at the Ford Foundation and the Foreign Associate with Shearman & Sterling, both
positions in New York.

His personal focus is on: his wife and 3 children; reading socio-political stuff, researching
Ghana legal history; playing, or rather trying to play, classical piano music: and, watching
terrible action movies.

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210 Born on December 21, 1994 in Accra, Daniel Amartey plays professional football with
Leicester City as a defender and midfielder. He also plays for the national team, the Black
DANIEL Stars.
AMARTEY
Amartey began his football career playing for Inter Allies. His rise in the national team has
been phenomenal. He was called to take part in the national Under 20 in 2012; three years
later, he was featuring regularly in the Black Stars, the senior national team.

Amartey is credited four times for playing full duration for the Black Stars two years ago in
the African Cup of Nations. His efforts are acclaimed as catapulting the Black Stars to play
in the third-place match of the tournament.

ELIZABETH 26-year old Elizabeth Addo plies her trade in China. She is a forward star with the Jiangsu
ADDO Suning Football Club.

The Jiangsu ‘darling’ who started professional football sixteen years ago with the Accra
based Tesano Ladies is also a member of Ghana’s national women’s team, the Black Queens.
Besides the Chinese club, she has played for several foreign clubs such as Rivers Angels
FC of Nigeria; ZFK Spartat Subotica in Serbia; the Hungarian giants Ferencvarosi TC and
Kvarnsvedens IK of Sweden.

She captained the national Under-14 team that won the 2007 FIFA U-14 Championship in
Switzerland. Again, she was captain of the Ghanaian team at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s
World Cup held in New Zealand and Deputy Captain for Ghana’s U-17 female team, the Black
Maidens at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

Gemma Acheampong is a Ghanaian-American athlete specializing in sprinting events who
holds the Ghana national record in the rarely-contested indoor 300 metres. Born on February
14, 1993, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, she represented Ghana in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the
2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

The former star of Boston University has achieved several honours for Ghana the African
Games and the Commonwealth Games.

The well-acclaimed sprinter became an athlete by default. “I originally started running to

have fun with friends and boost my resume for college admissions. It became obvious that

GEMMA I had no promise over 400m and began to find my true talent in the 100m dash”, she says.

ACHEAMPONG

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He Head Coach of Ghana’s senior national team, the Black Stars, James Kwasi Appiah was JAMES
born on June 30, 1960. KWASI
APPIAH
Kwasi Appiah, a left back, played club football with Asante Kotoko from 1983 to 1993 and
featured prominently for the Black Stars between 1987 and 1992. He was a former captain of
the national team and appeared in two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

Kwesi Appiah who served as Ghana’s assistant coach between 2007 and 2012, received
technical training from Manchester City and Liverpool – both English clubs. He qualified
the Black Stars for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, making him the first black African Coach to
take the country to the World Cup.

The former Asante Kotoko defender was in charge of the Ghana Under-23 team that won
the historic 2011 All Africa Games gold medal.

Born 26 years ago in Kumasi and based in the USA, Janet Amponsah is fondly recognized as JANET
one of the country’s reliable athletes. AMPONSAH

The 100 metres sprinter of repute attended Middle Tennessee State University in the USA. In
2015 she won the highly coveted Female Athlete of the Year award. Due to visa problems she
missed the 2015 World Championships in China.

Amponsah competed in the 200 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay events at the 2016
Olympics. In 2018, like an arrow she flew to the silver spot of the medal zone of the 100 metres
during the African Senior Athletics Championship.

She has competed for the red-yellow-green with black star in the middle flag of Ghana in
African Championships, World Junior Championships, Commonwealth Games, All-Africa
Games and World Championships.

Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah who was born on August 14, 1981 in Kumasi, is a Ghanaian- KOFI
American professional wrestler signed to WWE, under the ring name Kofi Kingston, where SARKODIE-
he performs on the SmackDown brand. He is the current WWE Champion in his first reign. MENSAH

He is the first African-born world champion in WWE history as well as its 30th Triple Crown
Champion and 20th Overall Grand Slam Champion.

He made his first WWE appearance in 2008 and in late 2009 he started being billed from his
home country of Ghana.

His parents are Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah and Elizabeth Sarkodie-Mensah. He is married to
Kori Campfield and the couple have two children.

212 Born 31 years ago, Kwadwo Asamoah is acknowledged as a highly industrious and a real utility
player with the ability to do so many things on the playing field with few equals. He plies his
KWADWO professional football trade in Europe with Juventus FC.
ASAMOAH
He has been in the Black Stars’ colours several times and twice in the FIFA World Cup tourney.
He is seen by many football lovers as somebody who has natural discernment in knowing
where the ball will be at every moment of the game. This makes him an all-round player on
the field – an asset that makes him a much sought-after player by coaches and managers,
administrators and football agents.

He has received several honours from the Ghana Football Association, Confederacy of
African Football and Bloomberg.

RICHARD Richard Oblitey Commey, born March 10, 1987 is a professional boxer with an impressive
OBLITEY record. He’s from Accra, specifically Jamestown. Richard started his boxing career in
COMMEY Bukoom, a suburb in Accra, which has produced most great Ghanaian pugilist.

THOMAS He has been the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Lightweight World Champion;
TEYE IBF Continental Africa Lightweight Champion; African Boxing Union (ABU) Lightweight
PARTEY Champion; IBF Inter Continental Lightweight Champion; Commonwealth Lightweight
Champion and Ghana Lightweight Champion.
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Richard has built a global brand with a world record of 30 fights with 28wins by knock-out and
2 losses. He lost his title to Robert Easter Jr. in 2016.

Thomas Teye Partey, a defensive midfielder who plays professional football with the Spanish
side, Atletico Madrid, was born on June 13, 1993, in Odumase Krobo, Eastern Region.

He started his football career with the local Odometah FC’s youth ranks and was transferred
to Atletico Madrid in 2011 where he was mainly with the reserve side making 28 appearances
and scoring 3 goals for the reserves. He was called up to the main squad for the match
against Real Sociedad on March 10, 2013.

Partey’s international career manifested when he was called up in May 2016 to join the Black
Stars and made his debut on June 5, 2017 to replace Frank Acheampong for the last eleven
minutes of the Black Stars 2-0 win that paved the national team’s position in the 2017 Africa
Cup of Nations finals.

The Ghanaian international football star was honoured by Atletico Madrid with a plaque at the
Wanda Metropolitano for his 100th appearance. He was also named during the 2018 Africa’s
Best XI Team Aiteo CAF Awards held in Senegal on January 8, 2019.

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Jordan Pierre Ayew was born on September 11, 1991 in Marseille, France, to Abedi Ayew Pele JORDAN
and Maha Pele. PIERRE
AYEW
The on-loan professional star features prominently as a forward player in the Crystal Palace
team and since joining the Black Stars, none can begrudge him his success and rise to
prominence. He was part of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations team that won the silver medal in
Equatorial Guinea and he was also included in the Black Stars squad for the 2014 World Cup.

In the 2019 African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt, Jordan Ayew was marked up as one
of the players who made things move within the Black Stars. He is highly remembered for his
hat-trick which enabled the Black Stars to pummel South Korea 4-0 in 2014.

Szandra, best known for her exploits in Judo, is a Ghanaian woman of many parts. She is an SZANDRA
Olympic Athlete, Judo Coach, Live Commentator, Media Commissioner, and a Sport Addict. SZOGEDI
She is the first female judoka to represent Ghana at an Olympic competition at the 2016
Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she competed in the Women's -63 kg.

Born in 1988 and raised in Budapest, Hungary, Szandra, with a background in gymnastics
started judo at age 11 after she was introduced to the sport by a family friend. She currently
competes in the - 63 kg event.

Aside competing in the sports, she is also imparting her knowledge in judo on others. She
is currently the General Secretary and Head Coach of the Jamaican Judo Association. She
has worked as the Media Commissioner for the European Judo Union and also as co-editor
for the World Judo Championship E-Book for the International Judo Federation. Her exploits
and successes in her chosen sports field have earned her recognition as she was voted
‘Female Judoka of the Year’ by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana in 2016.

Winful Essau Cobbinah is a professional footballer born in Accra in 1991 who currently plays WINFUL
for Albanian top-flight club KF Tirana as an attacking midfielder. He is best known for his ESAU
career exploits at Accra Hearts of Oak, but he began his career at Starke Professionals and COBBINAH
then moved to Tudu Mighty Jets before signing for the Premier League giants, Accra Hearts
of Oak in 2012.

Before joining his current club, Cobbinah had sojourned to Saudi Arabia where he signed for
Saudi club Najran, a contract that was terminated for non-payment of wages. He was later to
return to Accra Hearts of Oak for the 2017 league season during which he scored 5 times in 25
league appearances. At the national scene, Cobbinah has represented Ghana in the U17 and
Ghana U20, and also played for the senior National Team, the Black Stars.

Football, without doubt, is one of the most unlikely economic exports from Ghana and the
sport has contributed in empowering thousands of young Ghanaians to realize their dreams
in life. Winful Cobbinah is a living manifestation of this.

214 In the sporting field of swimming, few names ring a bell like Abeiku Gyekye Jackson, the 19
year old swimming sensation who has bagged over 30 gold medals in his short career. Born
ABEIKU in 2000 and having begun swimming as early as at the age of 3, Abeiku has been a national
GYEKYE discovery in the water sport. He currently specializes in the 50-meter freestyle and also
JACKSON competes in the 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, and 100m butterfly.

Abeiku holds Ghanaian national records in 13 disciplines, including freestyle, butterfly,
breaststroke, and backstroke events over distances from 50 to 400-meters. He has also
set records at the CANA Africa Zone 2 Swimming Championship in Dakar, Senegal where he
won the 100meters Butterfly Men, with a new CANA Zone 2 championship record of 57:56.
He represented Ghana in the 50-meter freestyle at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil.

Among medals won are 9 Gold medals won at the 40th International Schwimmfest held in
Arnsberg, Germany in May 2015. He received special recognition at the 38th Sports Writers
Association Ghana Awards (SWAG) 2013 when he was voted ‘Discovery of the Year 2013’.

AKWASI Akwasi Frimpong is perhaps one of the most notable faces in the international sporting
FRIMPONG discipline of Skeleton. His fame is not so much about his medals as it is about his
determination and self-belief to venture into a terrain so alien to his African origins. Indeed,
in the 2018 Olympics in Skeleton, he was just the second Winter Olympian from Ghana and
the only athlete representing the whole of the African continent.

Born in Kumasi in 1986, Frimpong moved to the Netherlands at the age of 8. He currently
competes in Sprint, Bobsledding, and Skeleton. He has had to overcome a number of
setbacks to be able to compete in international sports. Faced with a rejection from the
Dutch Bobsled team, he switched sports and national representation in a bid to qualify for
the 2018 Winter Olympics in the Skeleton discipline – a dream which materialized with a near-
automatic invitation as he switched nationalities to compete for his country of birth, Ghana.
Although he was not nationally funded and had to rely on donations and support from
well-meaning people and entities, he carried the Ghanaian flag with pride. In his uniquely-
designed helmet and colorful costume, Frimpong stole hearts at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

STEPHEN Stephen Appiah is one of the most celebrated footballers Ghana has ever produced. Known
LEROY for his signature goal celebration style, the ex-footballer was known for his antics on the field
APPIAH as he was for his leadership qualities in uniting his team.

WHO'S WHO 2019 Appiah’s name came to the fore when he began playing for Accra-based premier club, Accra
Hearts of Oak. During his playing career, he featured in the Ghana national team at all levels,
playing for the youth, Olympic, and senior team, which he captained until his retirement from
active national duties.

Appiah played in two World Cups, during the Black Stars World Cup debut in Germany 2006
and then in South Africa in 2010.
At the club level, Appiah played for some of the most notable names in European football
including Brescia, Udinese, Parma, Juventus, and Fernabache.

Appiah’s ability to inspire confidence in his team won him many plaudits on and off the field
and this has endeared him to many even after retiring from the game. Currently, he is part of
the coaching staff of the Black Stars under the leadership of Coach Kwasi Appiah.

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Andrew Morgan Ayew, the second son of Ghana soccer legend Abedi Ayew Pele, is the current ANDRÉ
captain of the Senior National Team, the Black Stars. Born in 1989, Ayew, like all his brothers MORGAN
took to the profession of his father and begun making waves in international football at an AYEW
early age. He currently plays for English Championship side, Swansea City.

Dede, as he is popularly known, began his career at his dad’s Nania FC in 2004 when he
debuted at age 14. He was later to travel to France, where he joined his father’s former club,
Olympique Marseille where he made his debut in 2007. Ayew also played for Lorient and
Arles-Avignon, helping the latter team earn promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time.

On the national front, Ayew has earned over 80 caps having played from the youth to the
senior team levels. In 2009, captained the U20 team which won both the 2009 African Youth
Championship and the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

He was also a member of the Black Stars in the FIFA World Cup 2010 held in South Africa and
the 2014 tournament held in Brazil.

Christian Atsu is a member of the Senior National Team, the Black Stars. He currently plies CHRISTIAN
his professional football career with England-based Premiership club, Newcastle United. ATSU
Born in 1992, the nimble-footed winger has earned regular call-ups to the national team TWASAM
thanks to the immense contribution and excitement he brings to the game.

Having begun his career with FC Porto of Portugal, Atsu was snapped by an English Premier
team, Chelsea at a sign-on fee of £3.5 million, before being loaned to Vitesse Arnhem,
Everton, AFC Bournemouth and Málaga. After another loan spell at Newcastle during the
2016–2017 football season, he was permanently signed by the Newcastle where he has been
a regular feature for the team.

On the national scene, Atsu has earned over 30 caps for the Black Stars since his debut
with the team in 2012. He was a member of the Ghana team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and
has also played in two Africa Nations Cup tournaments. Atsu is engaged in philanthropic
works helping free prisoners incarcerated for minor offenses and supporting them to be
rehabilitated back into society.

Christian Amoah is a man born with a knack to make history in his chosen career field. Born
in 1999, not only was this sportsman the first Ghanaian to compete in weightlifting in the
Olympics, but he was also the youngest athlete to take part in that sports segment at the
2016 Summer Olympics games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christian made his debut at the
Olympics competing in the middle-heavyweight class of 85 kg.

Prior to his Olympics debut, Amoah had competed in a number of tournaments, including
the African Youth Games held in Botswana in 2014 where he won bronze; the 2014
Commonwealth Games and the International Weightlifting Federation Championship in the
United States.

CHRISTIAN
AMOAH

216 Asamoah Gyan is currently the General Captain of the Senior National team of Ghana, the
Black Stars. Born in 1985, Asamoah Gyan began his playing career with local premier league
ASAMOAH club Liberty Professionals in 2003. He was later signed by Italian Serie A club Udinese where
GYAN he spent three seasons.

Gyan currently plays for Indian league club North East, United FC and has also played for
clubs like Modena, Rennes, and Sunderland. In 2011, Gyan joined Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League
on loan and became the league's top-goalscorer.

Gyan is the all-time top scorer for the Senior National Team having bagged in 51 goals. He
has represented Ghana He represented Ghana in three FIFA World Cups, including the 2006,
2010 and 2014 competitions. FIFA World Cups is also the top African goalscorer in the history
of the World Cup. Gyan is one of the most capped players in Ghana having represented the
country in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in seven Africa Cup of Nations.

BEATRICE Beatrice Gyaman is a Ghanaian track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. Her
GYAMAN discipline and consistency has made her a regular feature for the national athletic team
since making her debut in 2010. Born in 1987, Beatrice is not only made for the sports – she is
also a teacher by profession, having studied basic education at the University of Cape Coast.

In her career featuring for the national team, she has won a number of medals in the 4 ×
100 meters relay at three African Championships, namely: the 2010 African Championships
in Nairobi, Kenya; the 2014 African Championships in Marrakech, Morocco; and the 2016
African Championship in Durban, South Africa.

Her relay team won medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in New Delhi, India,
where they were the first runner-ups

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DANIEL
AMOATENG

Prophet Daniel Amoateng ignites a passion in the prophetic calling in Christianity through his in-depth knowledge of workings in the
spiritual realm. The founder of the London-based London Prayer Centre is a noted firebrand preacher who has been ministering to
his generation since the age of 13. His radical style in imparting the gospel unto his flock has endeared him to many who yearn for a
new, charismatic way of preaching the gospel.
He holds a BSc. degree in Civil Engineering, and also a Master’s degree in Construction Management (MSc) from City University,
London.
As a celebrated Philanthropist, he has founded the Daniel Amoateng Ministries and Daniel Amoateng Foundation (DANAF), a
foundation that was critical in extending help and support to orphans and victims of the dreaded EBOLA disease in Sierra Leone and
Liberia.
An all-rounder, Daniel has also written extensively on prophetic teachings. He has authored best-selling books including ‘Guarding
and Protecting Your Prophetic Word’, ‘Exposing dream killers’ and ‘From Impossibility to Possibility’ among others. He has received
plaudits and recognition for his humanitarian and philanthropy works, including an award he picked up in 2015 from GUBA for his
humanitarian work in the United Kingdom.

DR. KOFI
OSEI-KUSI

Dr. Kofi Osei-Kusi is the Executive President of Osei-Kusi Foundation (OKF), a foundation with its headquarters in the United States,
which has over the years invested heavily in young people in schools, prisons, rural areas through scholarships, coaching and
mentoring programs. He is also the Chancellor of GH Media School, the Chairman of the African Youth Philanthropy Forum of Ghana,
and serves on the board of several organizations.
Dr. Osei-Kusi’s OKF foundation is also the licensed operator of the Head of State Awards Scheme in Ghana, an award scheme that
seeks to reward and give recognition to young people contributing to the development of the country in various fields.
He has worked as a corporate trainer for over 100 organizations across the globe, whilst he has also facilitated international
conferences in countries such as the USA, UK, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana, among others.
Through his exemplary work in the area of youth development, Dr. Osei-Kusi has received several recognitions including the recent
‘Foundation Philanthropist of the Year 2017 award at the National Philanthropy Awards in Ghana’, ‘SME Ghana High Impact Personality
Award in 2016’ and the winner of the African Youth Special Recognitions Award in 2016.

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JANET
ABOBIGU

Janet Abobigu is the founder of Uni-Jay Company Limited and Uni-Jay Amaleboba Foundation, a philanthropic organization that has
been at the forefront of empowering people through skills training, education and health care.

Inspired by the difficulties she went through as a child growing up in Kumasi where she had to work as a head porter to finance her
education, Mrs. Abobigu has made it a lifelong goal to lift the less-privileged out of poverty through skills training, education and
scholarships.

Having dropped out of school to learn a trade in dressmaking, Mrs. Abobigu began her journey making dresses for people from her
parents’ rented room. Buoyed by increased sales, she later rented a kiosk from which she operated. Her business is today a household
name in Kumasi and Ghana as a whole as it has become a large-scale fashion house doing brisk business in manufacturing in the
garment and sewing with a workforce of over 200 permanent employees and over 400 other contract workers. In her philanthropic
work, she has so far trained over 5000 people in skills development.

Her perseverance in life has earned her a number of awards, including being adjudged the Fashion Company of the Year for Ashanti
Region, overall Fashion Company of the Year and the Chamber Business of the Year at the Chamber of Commerce Business Awards in
2018.

BEN OCRA

Dr. Ben Orca is one of the foremost personalities in Ghana who has been able to effectively combine a distinguished career in
academia with an enviable feat in the world of philanthropy. He has a solid track record in the field of International Development
and Research and a background in Information Communications Technology, Research Methods, Corporate Management and
International affairs. Having chalked immense successes in his career life, Dr. Ben Orca has been using his voice and connections
to better the lot of the ordinary Ghanaian and advancing their needs through the provision of capacity-building support services
to humanitarian-focused organizations to better achieve their goals.

He is currently the Director of Ghana Philanthropy Forum, a not-for- profit, non-membership organization established as a
philanthropy support entity with the mandate to strengthen the capacities Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Non-Governmental
Organizations (NGOs), community foundations, among others.

He has worked with several reputable organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, Southern New Hampshire
University and is currently a lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).

Through his foresight, commitment and dedication to development related projects he has been recognized and rewarded with
honors from some public officials in the United States such as one from the former of New Hampshire, Governor John Lynch.

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REV. DR.
MOSES
ASAAH

Rev. Dr. Moses Asaah Awinyonga is a Catholic priest, a philanthropist and a social worker. He is the head Pastor and founder of the
Regentropfen Education Foundation, which offers scholarships to brilliant but needy school children. He is a man who stands as a
mouthpiece and a voice for underprivileged persons.
He is also the President of the Regentropfen College of Applied Sciences (ReCAS). According to him, the school, which is affiliated
to the University of Development Studies, helps bridge the gap in the education system among the people within the Bongo District
of the Upper East region.
In 2017, Rev Awinyonga was nominated on the MTN Heroes of Change third edition, which he emerged winner of the Education
Category. His foundation was also named the Best Social Institution of the year at the Northern Investor Awards. His incredible
passion for service and contributions to his community cannot be overlooked. He is well known for his dedication in the fight for
eradicating poverty and promoting quality education within the Upper East region of Ghana.

LORDINA
MAHAMA

Former First Lady Lordina Mahama was born on 6th March, 1963. She had her basic elementary education at the Tishigu Anglican
Elementary School, Tamale in the Northern region. She later attended the Ghana Secondary School for her secondary education and
then went to Flair Catering Services for a vocational certificate. She graduated with a degree in Hospitality Management from the
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), before gaining a master’s degree in Governance and Leadership
from the same institution.
During her tenure as the first lady of Ghana, she served as the Vice President for the West Region of the Organization of African First
Ladies (OAFLA), an organization for first ladies with the aim of becoming a united voice for Africa’s vulnerable population living with
HIV/AIDS, especially women and children. She was later elected to serve as President of the same organization. She is the founder
of the Lordina Foundation, a non-governmental organization which aims at addressing the needs of the underprivileged in society,
especially orphans, women and children.
The former first lady served as National President of the Alternative Source of Income Program (ASIOP), a non-governmental
organization which helps orphans and the vulnerable in society. Her passion for humanitarianism has earned her several honors,
such as being inducted into the Global Women Leaders' Hall of Fame, and other citation on the Global Inspiration, Leadership Award
in Dubai under the auspices of the Africa-Middle East-Asia Summit among others.

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OHENEBA
BOACHIE-
ADJEI

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spinal reconstruction. He was born on the 16th of December
1950 in Kumasi. He studied at the Brooklyn College, New York, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree. He further attended
the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree.

In 1995, Dr. Boachie founded the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS), through this foundation, he has led teams
of surgeons on regular medical missions to Ghana and Barbados. He also served as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell
Medical College in New York.

After completing advance training in scoliosis at the University of Minnesota, he returned to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New
York and served as its Chief of Scoliosis Service department from 1994. He was an Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at both New York
Presbyterian Hospital.

He owns several patents for devices in the field of orthopedic surgery. Oheneba was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the
Hospital for Special Surgery Weill Cornel. In 2004 Dr. Boachie- Adjei was the recipient of the prestigious Humanitarian Award from the
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

VINCENT K.
KALEDZI

Mr. Vincent Kaledzi, is the Chief Executive Officer of Star Oil Company. Mr. Kaledzi got into the oil trading business as a part time
entrepreneur. Over time, he developed a great passion for the business and soon resigned his full-time job as a teacher to devote
more time to the oil business. He later co-founded the Oil Marketing Company (OMC) Star Oil which was incorporated on October
7th, 1998.

Vincent is an avid humanitarian; among other activities he adopted a ward of the Worawora Hospital in 2017. He regularly donates
funds to the Dansoman Police station to help with their community patrol activities. Through his company, Vincent established
the Xornametor Foundation, which seeks to provide relief to underprivileged communities.

When Mr. Kaledzi served as the President of the National Inland Canoe Fishermen Council (NICFC) in the early 2000s, he did a lot
of philanthropic work for the underprivileged fishing communities along the banks of the Volta river.



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RT. HON. AARON MIKE
OQUAYE

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The Right Honourable Aaron Mike Oquaye, He was also a visiting lecturer at George Mason
Ghana’s current Speaker of Parliament, is University in Virginia and the Vice-President
one of the most astute politicians Ghana of the African Association of Political Science
has produced. Born into a political family in the (AAPS), based in Zimbabwe.
then Gold Coast, Rt. Hon. Oquaye grew up inspired
and groomed to follow in the family traditions. Among the honours received, he was awarded
He was born to E. G. N Oquaye of Osu and Felicia the Rockefeller Senior Scholar Award in 1993 and
the Senior Fulbright Scholar Award in 1997.
Awusika Abla Oquaye (nèe Azu) of Odumase- In his political life, he has worked with figures
including JB Danquah, Professor Kofi Abrefa
Krobo in Osu, Accra. He lived his formative years Busia, President John Kufuor, Prof. Adu-Boahen,
in Asamakese in the Eastern Region, where the Peter Ala Adjetey, and B. J. da Rocha among
family was domiciled, and had his early education others.
there. He then moved to the Presbyterian Boys'
Secondary (PRESEC) at Odumase-Krobo to As a result of his commitment and hardwork,
further his education. he was appointed to serve as Ghana's High
Commissioner to India under President Kuffuor
Hon. Oquaye was ushered into the world of and later became the Minister of Energy, before
politics at a tender age as a result of his father’s moving to the Communications Ministry as its
role in the formation and birthing of the United Minister, all under the Kuffuor administration.
Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in Asamankese; his He also represented the people of Dome-
contributions to parties like the Gold Coast Party Kwabenya as their Member of Parliament
(GCP), the National Liberation Movement (NLM) between 2004 to 2012 and was also the Second
and the United Party (UP), all in Asamankese. He Deputy Speaker of Parliament prior to his exit
grew up privileged and politically-exposed having from the august house.
had big shots in Ghana’s political scene like Dr. J.
B. Danquah and Prof. Kofi Abrefa Busia visit his In Ghana’s current political landscape, Rt. Hon.
home. Mike Oquaye is seen as one of the foremost
authorities on the nation’s political history and is
With such exposure and inspiration, Rt. Hon regarded as such by people across the political
Oquaye was primed to walk in the footsteps of his divide. His contribution to growing and building
mentors. After his education at the Presbyterian the nation’s democracy, without doubt, will
Boys' Senior Secondary School, he proceeded to serve as useful footnotes to the nation’s political
the University of Ghana for further studies and history.
then later moved to the University of London,
at Lincoln's Inn, London. Among his educational
credentials, Hon Oquaye possesses a B.A. (Hons.)
Political Science, L.L.B. (Hons.), a B.L. and a
PhD. He has taught at the University of Ghana,
(Legon) where, at a point, he was the Head of
the Department of the Political Science and a
member of the University's Academic Board.

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JOSEPH OSEI KYEI- SARAH
OSEI- MENSAH- ADWOA
OWUSU BONSU SAFO

Joseph Osei Owusu is a Ghanaian lawyer, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is a Ghanaian Sarah Adwoa Sarfo is the New Patriotic
and politician. He is currently the First urban planner, politicianand Minister for Party Member of Parliament for the Dome
Deputy Speaker and also Member of Parliamentary Affairs. He is currently the Kwabenya Constituency in the Greater
Parliament for Bekwai constituency in the Majority Leader in parliament and also Accra region of Ghana. Adwoa is a lawyer
Ghanaian Parliament. He had Bachelor serves as Member of Parliament for the by profession and she is the current
of Arts (BA) Classic and Law from the Suame Constituency. He comes from Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament
University of Ghana, a Barrister of Law (BL) Bremang-Afrancho, Kumasi in the of Ghana. She is the newly appointed
from the Ghana Law School. Ashanti Region. He is a Development Minister of State in charge of Government
Planner, Architect, and Quantity Surveyor. Procurement.

KWASI HON. MOSES
AMEYAW- MATTHEW ANIM
CHEREMEH NYINDAM
Hon. Moses Anim is a member of
Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh hails from As an educationist by profession, Nyindam parliament for Trobu constituency in the
Jinijini in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana entered politics and won the Kpandai seat Greater Accra Region. Moses was born on
and currently serves as the Majority Chief on the ticket of the NPP. He’s currently the April 25, 1965, he hails from Adukrom in the
Whip of Parliament. He represents Sunyani First Deputy Majority Whip in parliament Eastern Region of Ghana and also a devout
East Constituency as their Member of and serves as a representative of the 7th Christian from the Church of Pentecost.
Parliament. Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh parliament of the fourth republic. Moses Anim serves as the Second Deputy
served as the General Secretary at the He hails from Kumdi in the northern region. Majority Whip of parliament.
National Associations of Local Authorities He holds BEd (social studies) from the
of Ghana and has been a Member of University of Education, Winneba.
Parliament since 2009.

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ALBAN HARUNA JAMES
S. K. IDDRISU KLUTSE
BAGBIN AVEDZI

Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader James Klutse Avedzi is the Member of
Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s in Ghana’s Parliament epitomizes the Parliament for Ketu North Constituency
Parliament is one of the most astute dream of the youth of the country who and is also the Chairperson of Parliament’s
politicians the country currently has. are eager to make a mark in the political Public Accounts Committee. Mr. Avedzi
He is the longest serving Member of landscape. Starting off as a student leader possesses in-depth knowledge in the
Parliament, having served in the august of the National Union of Ghana Students fields of finance and accounting having
house since 1993. Mr. Bagbin, prior to (NUGS) in his days at the University of pursued extensive studies in those fields.
his current position in Parliament, has Ghana, Haruna quickly caught the eyes He a member of the Institute of Chartered
served in various positions in past National of the political big shots and it was little Accountant, Ghana, and also holds an MBA
Democratic Congress (NDC) governments. surprising that he was quickly drafted into from the University of Liverpool and a PHD
mainstream politics after his education. from Universidad Empresarial de Costa
Rica.

MOHAMMED IBRAHIM COMFORT
MUBARAK AHMED DOYOE CUDJOE
MUNTAKA GHANSAH
Ibrahim Ahmed is the Member of
Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka is the Parliament for the Banda Constituency Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Ghansah is the
Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. He Member of Parliament for Ada constituency
Constituency in the Ashanti Region and holds a first degree in Political Science in the Greater Accra Region. She served
also the Minority Chief Whip in Ghana’s from the University of Ghana and serves as a Minister of State on Social and Allied
Parliament. Alhaji Muntaka who has been a on Parliament’s Local Government and Institutions during the tenure of President
Parliamentarian since 2005, was once the Rural Development Committee, the Special John Dramani Mahama and is currently a
Minister of Youth and Sports during late Budget Committee, the Communications member of the Education Committee, the
President Mills government. With his deep Committee, and the Business Committee. Gender and Children Committee, as well as
institutional knowledge in the workings of the Parliament’s Selection Committee.
Parliament, Alhaji Muntaka is one of the
leading lights enriching the debate in that
august house.

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ABDUL-AZIZ ABDUL-RASHID ABDUL-RAUF TANKO
MOHAMMED HASSAN PELPUO IBRAHIM

Mion Constituency Wa Central Constituency Yagaba-Kubori Constituency

ABDUL-SAMED ABENA OSEI-ASARE ABENA DUROWAA
MUHAMED GUNU MENSAH
Atiwa East Constituency
Savelugu Constituency Assin North Constituency

ABRAHAM DWUMA ABU-BAKAR ADUTWUM YAW OSEI
ODOOM SADDIQUE BONIFACE
Bosomtwe Constituency
Twifo Atti Morkwa Madina Constituency
Constituency

AKUKA ALBERT ALEX ADOMAKO- ALEX KOFI AGYEKUM
ALALZUUGA MENSAH
Mpohor Constituency
Garu Constituency Sekyere Afram Plain
Constituency
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ALEX TETTEH ALEXANDER KODWO ALEXANDER KWAMENA
DJORNOBUAH KOM ABBAN AFENYO-MARKIN

Sefwi-Akontombra Gomoa West Constituency Effutu Constituency
Constituency

ALEXANDER ALFRED OKO ALHASSAN UMAR
HOTTORDZE VANDERPUIJE
Zabzugu Constituency
Central Tongu Constituency Ablekuma South
Constituency

ALHASSAN SAYIBU ALI MAIGA HALIDU ALIMA MAHAMA
SUHUYINI
Dormaa West Constituency Nalerigu /Gambaga
Tamale North Constituency Constituency

AMA POMAA AMBROSE DERY ANDREW ASIAMAH
BOATENG AMOAKO
Nandom Constituency
Juaben Constituency Fomena Constituency

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ANDREW DARI ANDREW KOFI EGYAPA ANDY KWAME APPIAH-
CHIWITEY MERCER KUBI

Sawla-Tuna Kalba Sekondi Constituency Asante-Akim North
Constituency Constituency

ANGELA OFORIWA ANTHONY EFFAH ANTHONY AKOTO
ALORWU-TAY OSEI
Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa
Afadjato South Constituency Constituency Old Tafo Constituency

ARTHUR AHMED ATO PANFORD AUGUSTINE TAWIAH

Okaikwei South Shama Constituency Bia West Constituency
Constituency

AUGUSTINE COLLINS AZIZ ABDUL MUNIRU BARBARA ASHER AYISI
NTIM
Akan Constituency Cape Coast North
Offinso North Constituency Constituency

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BARBARA OTENG- BEN ABDALLAH BENHAZIN JOSEPH
GYASI BANDA DAHAH

Prestea-Huni Valley Offinso South Constituency Asutifi North Constituency
Constituency

BENITO OWUSU-BIO BENJAMIN KOMLA BENJAMIN YEBOAH
KPODO SEKYERE
Atwima Nwabiagya North
Constituency Ho Central Constituency Tano South Constituency

BENSON TONGO BABA BERNARD AHIAFOR BERNARD OKOE BOYE

Talensi Constituency Akatsi South Constituency Ledzokuku Constituency

BERNICE ADIKU BETTY KROSBI NANA BRIGHT WIREKO-
HELOO EFUA MENSAH BROBBY

Hohoe Constituency Afram Plains North Hemang Lower Denkyira
Constituency Constituency

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BRYAN ACHEAMPONG CASSIEL ATO FORSON CATHERINE ABELEMA
AFEKU
Abetifi Constituency Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam
Constituency Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira
Constituency

CHARLES AGBEVE CHARLES KONADU- CHARLES BINIPOM
YIADOM BINTIN
Agotime-Ziope Constituency
Nkoranza South Saboba Constituency
Constituency

CHRISTIAN CLEMENT HUMADO CLEMENT ABAS
CORLEYTEY OTUTEYE APAAK
Anlo Constituency
Sege Constituency Builsa South Constituency

COLLINS DAUDA COLLINS OWUSU CYNTHIA MAMLE
AMANKWAH MORRISON
Asutifi South Constituency
Manhyia North Constituency Agona West Constituency
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DANIEL KWESI DANIEL NII KWARTEI DANIEL OKYEM
ASHIAMAH TITUS-GLOVER ABOAGYE

Buem Constituency Tema East Constituency Bantama Constituency

DANDAAWA SUALIHU DELLA ADJOA SOWAH DEREK DARKO OHENE
ALHASSAN ASSIFO BEKOE
Kpando Constituency
Karaga Constituency Upper West Akim
Constituency

DEREK ODURO DOMINIC AKURITINGA DOMINIC BINGAB
AYINE ADUNA NITIWUL
Nkoranza North
Constituency Bolgatanga East Bimbilla Constituency
Constituency

DOMINIC - NAPARE DONKOR THOMAS EBENEZER GILBERT
OGAJAH NII NARH NARTEY
Sene East Constituency
Wulensi Constituency Ablekuma Central
Constituency

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EBENEZER KOJO KUM EBENEZER OKLETEY EDWARD ABAMBIRE
TERLABI BAWA
Ahanta West Constituency
Lower Manya Krobo Bongo Constituency
Constituency

EDWARD KAALE- EDWIN NII LANTEY EKOW HAYFORD
EWOLA DERY VANDERPUYE
Mfantseman Constituency
Lambussie Constituency Odododiodio Constituency

ELIZABETH AFOLEY ELVIS MORRIS EMMANUEL MARFO
QUAYE DONKOH
Oforikrom Constituency
Krowor Constituency Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese
Constituency

EMMANUEL AGYEI EMMANUEL AKWASI EMMANUEL ARMAH-
ANHWERE GYAMFI KOFI BUAH

Atwima Nwabiagya South Odotobri Constituency Ellembele Constituency
Constituency

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EMMANUEL KWASI EMMANUEL NII OKAI ERIC AFFUL
BEDZRAH LARYEA
Amenfi West Constituency
Ho West Constituency Amasaman Constituency

ERIC OPOKU ERIC KWAKYE ERIC OSEI-OWUSU
DARFOUR
Asunafo South Constituency Afram Plains South
Nkawkaw Constituency Constituency

ERNEST HENRY ESSUAH EUGENE BOAKYE
NORGBEY STEPHEN ANTWI

Ashaiman Constituency Suaman Constituency Subin Constituency

EVANS BOBIE OPOKU EYIAH KYEI BAFFOUR FELICIA ADJEI

Asunafo North Constituency Lower West Akim Kintampo South
Constituency Constituency

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FIFI FIAVI FRANKLIN FRANCIS MANU- FRANCIS BAWAANA
KWETEY ADABOR DAKURA

Ketu South Constituency Ahafo Ano South East Jirapa Constituency
Constituency

FRANCIS KINGSLEY FRANCISCA MENSAH FRANK ANNOH-
ATO CODJOE OTENG DOMPREH

Ekumfi Constituency Kwabre East Constituency Nsawam-Adoagyiri
Constituency

FRANK FUSEINI FREDA PREMPEH FREDERICK OPARE-
ADONGO ANSAH
Tano North Constituency
Zebilla Constituency Suhum Constituency

FRIMPONG YAW ADDO FUSEINI ISSAH FUSEINI BASHIR
ALHASSAN
Manso-Adubia Constituency Okaikwei North Constituency
Sagnarigu Constituency
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GABRIEL OSEI GEOFFREY KINI GEORGE BOAHEN
ODURO
Tain Constituency Nkwanta South
Constituency New Edubease Constituency

GEORGE KWAME GEORGE MIREKU GEORGE NENYI
ABOAGYE DUKER ANDAH

Asene-Akroso-Manso Tarkwa-Nsuaem Awutu-Senya West
Constituency Constituency Constituency

GEORGE YAW GYAN- GIFTY TWUM- GODFREY TANGU
BAFFOUR AMPOFO BAYON

Wenchi Constituency Abuakwa North Wa East Constituency
Constituency

HABIB SAAD HARDI TUFEIRU HELEN ADJOA NTOSO
MOHAMMED
Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro Krachi West Constituency
Constituency Nantong Constituency

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HENRY QUARTEY HENRY YEBOAH IGNATIUS BAFFOUR
YIADOM-BOACHIE AWUAH
Ayawaso Central
Constituency Techiman South Sunyani West Constituency
Constituency

INUSAH ABDULAI ISAAC ADONGO ISAAC ADJEI MENSAH
BISTAV FUSEINI
Bolgatanga Central Wassa East Constituency
Tamale Central Constituency Constituency

ISAAC KWAME JAMES AGALGA JOHN MAJISI
ASIAMAH
Builsa North Constituency Krachi Nchumuru
Atwima Mponua Constituency
Constituency

JOHN ABDULAI JOHN FRIMPONG OSEI JOHN KWABENA
JINAPOR BLESS OTI
Abirem Constituency
Yapei Kusawgu Constituency Nkwanta North Constituency

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JOHN NTIM FORDJOUR JOHNSON KWAKU ADU JOSEPH CUDJOE

Assin South Constituency Ahafo Ano South West Effia Constituency
Constituency

JOSEPH MENSAH JOSEPH TETTEH JOSEPH ALBERT
QUARM
Kwesimintsim Constituency Upper Manya Krobo
Constituency Manso-Nkwanta
Constituency

JOSEPH BIPOBA JOSEPH DINDIOK JOSEPH KOFI ADDA
NAABU KPEMKA
Navrongo Central
Yunyoo Constituency Tempane Constituency Constituency

JOSEPH NII LARYEA JOYCE ADWOA AKOH JOYCELYN TETTEH
AFOTEY-AGBO DEI
North Dayi Constituency
Kpone-Katamanso Bosome-Freho Constituency
Constituency

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KENNEDY KWASI KENNEDY NYARKO KINGSLEY ABOAGYE-
KANKAM OSEI GYEDU

Nhyiaeso Constituency Akim Swedru Constituency Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai
Constituency

KINGSLEY CARLOS KOBENA MENSAH KOBINA TAHIR
AHENKORAH WISDOM WOYOME HAMMOND

Tema West Constituency South Tongu Constituency Adansi-Asokwa
Constituency

KOFI AMOAKOHENE KOFI BRAKO KOFI OKYERE-
AGYEKUM
Atebubu-Amantin Tema Central Constituency
Constituency Fanteakwa South
Constituency

KOJO APPIAH-KUBI KOJO ASEMANYI KWABENA APPIAH-
(DR.) PINKRAH
Gomoa East Constituency
Atwima Kwawoma Akrofuom Constituency
Constituency

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KWABENA DONKOR KWABENA OHEMENG- KWABENA OWUSU-
TINYASE ADUOMI
Pru East Constituency
Kade Constituency Ejisu Constituency

KWABENA TWUM- KWABENA AMANKWA KWABENA MINTAH
NUAMAH ASIAMAH AKANDOH

Berekum East Constituency Fanteakwa North Juaboso Constituency
Constituency

KWABENA OKYERE KWADWO NYANPON KWAKU AFRIYIE
DARKO-MENSAH ABOAGYE
Sefwi-Wiawso Constituency
Takoradi Constituency Biakoye Constituency

KWAKU AGYEMAN- KWAKU AGYENIM- KWAKU
MANU BOATENG AMPRATWUM-SARPONG

Dormaa Central Berekum West Constituency Mampong Constituency
Constituency

242

KWAKU ASANTE- KWAKU AGYEMAN KWAME TWUMASI
BOATENG KWARTENG AMPOFO

Asante-Akim South Obuasi West Constituency Sene West Constituency
Constituency

KWAME ANYIMADU- KWAME ASAFU ADJEI KWAME GOVERNS
ANTWI AGBODZA
Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo
Asante-Akim Central Constituency Adaklu Constituency
Constituency

KWASI WILLIAM SABI KWASI AMOAKO- KWASI ETU-BONDE
ATTAH
Dormaa East Constituency Kintampo North
Atiwa West Constituency Constituency

KWASI BOATENG ADJEI KWEKU GEORGE LAADI AYII AYAMBA
RICKETTS-HAGAN
New Juaben North Pusiga Constituency
Constituency Cape Coast South
Constituency
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LINDA OBENEWAA LYDIA SEYRAM MAGNUS KOFI
AKWELEY OCLOO ALHASSAN AMOATEY

Shai-Osudoku Constituency Ayawaso West Wuogon Yilo Krobo Constituency

MAHAMA AYARIGA MARK ASSIBEY- MARK KURT NAWAANE
YEBOAH
Bawku Central Constituency Nabdam Constituency
New Juaben South
Constituency

MARTIN GYARKO OTI MASAWUD MATHIAS KWAME
MOHAMMED NTOW
Techiman North
Constituency Pru West Constituency Aowin Constituency

MAVIS NKANSAH- MAVIS HAWA MERCY ADU-GYAMFI
BOADU KOOMSON
Akwatia Constituency
Afigya Sekyere East Awutu-Senya East
Constituency Constituency

244

MICHAEL YAW GYATO MUBARAK RAS MUHAMMAD BAWAH
BRAIMAH
Krachi East Constituency Kumbungu Constituency
Ejura-Sekyedumase
Constituency

MUMUNI ALHASSAN MUTAWAKILU ADAM NAANA EYIAH

Salaga North Constituency Damango Constituency Gomoa Central Constituency

NANA AMOAKOH NANA AKUA OWUSU NANA AMANIAMPONG
AFRIYIE MARFO
Upper Denkyira East
Constituency Ablekuma North Afigya Kwabre North
Constituency Constituency

NANA AYEW AFRIYE NANA DOKUA NASER TOURE
ASIAMAH-ADJEI MAHAMA
Effiduase-Asokore
Constituency Akuapem North Ayawaso East Constituency
Constituency
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OSEI BONSU AMOAH PATRICIA APPIAGYEI PATRICK BOAKYE-
YIADOM
Akuapem South Asokwa Constituency
Constituency Obuasi East Constituency

PATRICK BOGYAKO- PATRICK AL-HASSAN PATRICK YAW
SIAIME ADAMAH BOAMAH

Amenfi East Constituency Sissala West Constituency Okaikwei Central
Constituency

PAUL ESSIEN PETER NORTSU- PETER YAW KWAKYE-
KOTOE ACKAH
Jomoro Constituency
Akatsi North Constituency Amenfi Central Constituency

PHILIP BASOAH QUEENSTAR POKUAH RICHARD
SAWYERR ACHEAMPONG
Kumawu Constituency
Agona East Constituency Bia East Constituency

246

RICHARD MAWULI RIDWAN DUADA ABASS ROBERT BABA
KOKU QUASHIGAH KUGANAB-LEM
Sissala East Constituency
Keta Constituency Binduri Constituency

ROBERT KWASI ROCKSON-NELSON RUDOLF NSORWINE
AMOAH DAFEAMEKPOR AMENGA-ETEGO

Achiase Constituency South Dayi Constituency Chiana-Paga Constituency

SAGRE BAMBANGI SALIFU ADAM SAMIU KWADWO
BRAIMAH NUAMAH
Walewale Constituency
Salaga South Constituency Kwadaso Constituency

SAMPSON AHI SAMUEL ATTA MILLS SAMUEL AYEH-PAYE

Bodi Constituency Komenda Edina Eguafo Ayensuano Constituency
Abrem Constituency
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SAMUEL NSOWA-DJAN SAMUEL ABDULAI SAMUEL ATTA AKYEA
JABANYITE
Upper Denkyira West Akim Abuakwa South
Constituency Chereponi Constituency Constituency

SAMUEL NARTEY SEBASTIAN N. SETH KWAME
GEORGE SANDAARE ACHEAMPONG

Ningo-Prampram Daffiama, Bussie, Issa Mpraeso Constituency
Constituency Constituency

SHAIBU MAHAMA SHIRLEY AYORKOR SIMON ACHEAMPONG
BOTCHWEY TAMPI
Daboya-Mankarigu
Constituency Anyaa-Sowutuom Tatale-Sanguli Constituency
Constituency

SOLOMON NAMLIIT SOPHIA KAREN EDEM STEVENS SIAKA
BOAR ACKUAKU
Jaman North Constituency
Bunkpurugu Constituency Domeabra-Obom
Constituency

248

SULEMAN ADAMU THOMAS NYARKO TIJANI HABIBU
SANID AMPEM MOHAMMAD

Ahafo Ano North Asuogyaman Constituency Yendi Constituency
Constituency

TINA GIFTY NAA VINCENT SOWAH WAHAB WUMBEI
AYELEY MENSAH ODOTEI SUHUYINI

Weija Gbawe Constituency Dadekotopon Constituency Tolon Constituency

WILLIAM AGYAPONG WILLIAM OWURAKU YAW AFFUL
QUAITTOO AIDOO
Jaman South Constituency
Akim Oda Constituency Afigya Kwabre South
Constituency

YAW BUABEN ASAMOA YUSIF SULEMANA YUSSIF ISSAKA
JAJAH
Adentan Constituency Bole Bamboi Constituency
Ayawaso North Constituency
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ZANETOR AGYEMAN- ZIBLIM IDDI
RAWLINGS
Gushiegu Constituency
Klottey-Korley Constituency

The omitted members of parliament listed below have
already been profiled in the Politicians category:

ANTHONY ABAYIFAA KARBO
DR. MATTHEW OPOKU PREMPEH
JOE GHARTEY
JOSEPH YIELEH CHIREH
KENNEDY AGYAPONG
KOJO OPPONG NKRUMAH
URSULA OWUSU
DANIEL BOTWE
SAMUEL OKUDZETO ABLAKWA

New Patriotic Party (NPP)
National Democratic Congress (NDC)

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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

ABASS, DUADA RIDWAN 246 AFFUL, YAW 248
ABBAN, KODWO KOM ALEXANDER 229 AFOTEY-AGBO, NII LARYEA JOSEPH 239
ABBEY, RANDY 193 AFRIYE, NANA AYEW 244
ABDUL-AZIZ, MOHAMMED 228 AFRIYIE, KWAKU 241
ABEBRESE, KONADU AMA 173 AFRIYIE, OWUSU NANA AKUA 244
ABIONA, NANA RICHARD 169 AGALGA, JAMES 238
ABOAGYE-GYEDU, KINGSLEY 240 AGBEVE, CHARLES 232
ABOAGYE, KWAME GEORGE 237 AGBODZA, KWAME GOVERNS 242
ABOAGYE, NYANPON KWADWO 241 AGGREY, ABEIKU GILBERT 194
ABOAGYE, OKYEM DANIEL 233 AGIDI, SENYO SETH 77
ABOBIGU, JANET 219 AGYAPONG, KENNEDY 157
ACHEAMPONG, AKOSUA REBECCA 169 AGYEKUM, K. ADDO MICHAEL 58
ACHEAMPONG, BRYAN 232 AGYEKUM, KOFI ALEX 228
ACHEAMPONG, GEMMA 210 AGYEKUM, OHENE DANIEL 143
ACHEAMPONG, KWAME SETH 247 AGYEMAN-MANU, KWAKU 241
ACHEAMPONG, RICHARD 245 AGYEMAN-RAWLINGS, ZANETOR 249
ACKUAKU, KAREN EDEM SOPHIA 247 AGYEMANG, AMA FELICITY 172
ACOLATSE, APALOO SELIKEM 198 AGYEMANG, OSEI PATRICK 201
ADADEVOH, SELORM 82 AGYENIM-BOATENG, KWAKU 241
ADAM, MUTAWAKILU 244 AGYIN-ASARE CHARLES 69
ADAMAH, AL-HASSAN PATRICK 245 AHENKORAH, CARLOS KINGSLEY 240
ADDA, KOFI JOSEPH 239 AHI, SAMPSON 246
ADDAE-MENSAH, KOJO 83 AHIAFOR, BERNARD 231
ADDISON, ERNEST 85 AHMED, ARTHUR 230
ADDISON, JOSEPH 162 AIDOO, AMA ATA 141
ADDISON, PHILIP 206 AIDOO, LORD BARNS 10
ADDO, ELIZABETH 210 AIDOO, OWURAKU WILLIAM 248
ADDO, OWUSU MICHAEL 165 AKANDOH, MINTAH KWABENA 241
ADDO, YAW FRIMPONG 236 AKIWUMI-TANOH, KAREN 120
ADISI, KWABENA NATHAN 199 AKOH DEI, ADWOA JOYCE 239
ADJAHO, DOE KORBLY EDWARD 144 AKUFFO, ABENA BOAFOA SOPHIA 20
ADJEI, ASAFU KWAME 242 AKUFFO, GLORIA AFUA 40
ADJEI, BOATENG KWASI 242 AKUFFO-AKOTO, KWAME 207
ADJEI, FELICIA 235 AKUFO-ADDO, NANA ADDO DANKWA 16
ADJEI, KWABENA 62 AKUFO-ADDO, REBECCA 94
ADJEI, OTI MICHAEL 198 AKYEA, ATTA SAMUEL 247
ADJEMAN, GEORGE 76 AKYIANU, PATIENCE 110
ADJETEY, ANANG 172 AL-SMITH, GARY 197
ADJORLOLO, KOFI 177 ALALZUUGA, AKUKA ALBERT 228
ADOMAKO-MENSAH, ALEX 228 ALHASSAN, BASHIR FUSEINI 236
ADONGO, FUSEINI FRANK 236 ALHASSAN, DANDAAWA SUALIHU 233
ADONGO, ISAAC 238 ALHASSAN, MUMUNI 244
ADU-GYAMFI, MERCY 243 ALHASSAN, SEYRAM LYDIA 243
ADU, BRAKO FRANK 86 ALORWU-TAY, ANGELA OFORIWA 230
ADU, FRIMPONG SAMUEL 166 AMANKWAH, OWUSU COLLINS 232
ADU, KWABENA GEORGE 165 AMARTEY, DANIEL 210
ADU, KWAKU JOHNSON 239 AMARTEY, KWAME COOL 10
ADU, MENSAH ISAAC 167 AMEGATCHER, NENE 207
ADUTWUM, OSEI YAW 228 AMENGA-ETEGO, NSORWINE RUDOLF 246
ADZETEY, SOWAH RANSFORD 87 AMESIMEKU, K. ERIC 10
AFARI-GYAN, KWADWO 136 AMEWU, PETER JOHN 154
AFEKU, ABELEMA CATHERINE 232 AMEY-OBENG, GRACE 124
AFENYI-DADZIE, GIFTY 128 AMEYAW-CHEREMEH, KWASI 226
AFENYO-MARKIN, KWAMINA ALEXANDER 229 AMOAH, CHRISTIAN 215
AFFUL, ERIC 235 AMOAH, ELVIS 10

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