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Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a celebrated his company, Tiger PI in its investigative work.
Ghanaian undercover investigative He has, in the course of his investigations come
journalist and documentary maker. close to being killed several times and in 2019, a
His work uncovering corruption and official close associate of his was slain in an apparent
misconduct through acts of bravery and derring- targeted execution. Despite these challenges,
do has made him one of the most famous names Anas seems unperturbed and continues to
in Africa although ironically precious few know conduct his daring, undercover investigations
what he actually looks like. targeting the high and mighty.

Although he traces his roots to Bimbila in the It is no wonder then that his work has been
North of the country, Anas was born in Accra and praised by high profile individuals such as Barack
grew up in the 37 Military Barracks. He trained in Obama, former President of the United States
journalism at the Ghana Institute of Journalism, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft. In 2015,
before acquiring a degree from the University Anas was named by Foreign Policy Magazine as
of Ghana. He also studied law and was called to one of the leading global thinkers of that year.
the Ghana Bar in 2013. In 1998, Anas joined The He has won more than 50 awards including
Crusading Guide newspaper and would later the Ghana Journalists Association Journalist
become co-publisher with Kweku Baako, the of the Year in 2016 and 2005. Others are the
paper’s founder. Excellence in Print Journalism (2016) from the
Rajasthan Patrika Group in India; the Honorary
From behind his disguises, Anas has conducted Award for Excellence in Journalism at the 4th
several daring investigations that have unearthed Annual African Youth Excellence Awards; Most
corruption and wrongdoing in several public and Influential Young Ghanaian 2016 from Avance
private entities such as the Driver and Vehicle Media; the Komla Dumor Award for Journalism
Licensing Authority, the Osu Children’s Home, and Advocacy; the Percy Qoboza Award from the
the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, National Association of Black Journalists in the
the Electricity Company of Ghana and the Accra USA; the European Union Journalism Prize for
Psychiatric Hospital. Anas’ most controversial Development, Democracy and Human Rights; the
works include an investigation into corruption African Investigative Journalism AwardFAIR/IJC
within Ghana’s judiciary, which led to the dismissal Awards in South Africa; the Martin Luther King
of several judges and employees of the judicial Award in the United States and the International
service who were caught on tape receiving gifts Award for Excellence in Journalism presented by
from either the journalist or his associates and the International Catholic Union of the Press in
another on football in Africa in which officials Switzerland.
in several countries including Ghana, Kenya
and Nigeria were implicated in various acts of Little is known about Anas’ private life and his
malpractice. real face is concealed from the public behind a
beaded mask. Though operating in anonymity,
Anas’ work and methods have come under he is a highly visible and valuable presence in
attack in the wake of these assignments, but he the fight against corruption and malfeasance
retains the confidence of the public and many with a legacy that even as at now will be hard to
international organizations and media houses, challenge.
including the British Broadcasting Corporation
and Al Jazeera, which continue to cooperate with

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KWAMI
SEFA KAYI

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Kwami Sefa Kayi is the host of kokrokoo, Since then, Kwami Sefa Kayi has become an
the most listened to radio show in the impossible to ignore fixture in Ghana’s media
country. He is also a TV presenter, actor landscape, with his voice in the homes, offices
and philanthropist. From his perch in the Peace and cars of millions of Ghanaians both home
FM studios, the consummate media professional and abroad every morning. His show is the
plays an outsized role in setting the national most coveted spot on radio and serves as the
agenda, influencing the public discourse and proverbial public square for the Ghanaian political
even swaying the winds of opinion. class and commentators. It would however be a
mistake to restrict his influence on the public
He attended Okuapeman Secondary School to the radio show that he hosts. Through other
before going on to study Public Relations, appearances on TV and at shows he hosts, and
Advertising and Marketing at the Ghana Institute in his own right, he has won himself a huge and
of Journalism. He also obtained a certificate dedicated following.
in Advanced Communications from the same
institution. Constantly seeking knowledge and Aware of this, he has in recent times sought to
insight, he completed an Executive Master of leverage it into social advocacy and philanthropy.
Arts in Conflict, Peace and Security (EMCPS) With his charity, the Kokrokoo Foundation, Kwami
programme at the Kofi Annan International Peace is seeking to make a different kind of impact by
Keeping Centre in Accra in 2018. distributing incubators to hospitals who need
them around the country.
His career began shortly after his national
service, when he started writing for various In 2017, the Ghana Journalists Association named
newspapers and magazines in the country, Kwami Sefa Kayi its Journalist of the Year, a
pitching entertainment stories and interviews crowning fit for a much decorated career. It is
with stars of stage and screen at the time. He worthy of note that the GJA itself acknowledged
worked at the showbiz and lifestyle newspaper, that the honour was accorded him for much
‘People and Places’ before a lucky opportunity more than his work as a media practitioner, an
got him on air while he was trying to make it as an indication that had indeed transcended the craft
actor in a Ghana Broadcasting Corporation drama for which he first became famous. He is married
group. and has two daughters and a son.

In 1996, he was the first presenter to join Radio
Gold, a new radio station that was just being set
up. He made such an impact that when Peace FM
needed a new host for their flagship Akan morning
show, Kwami Sefa Kayi seemed a natural choice
despite being an English language presenter up
until that moment.

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MOST REV. CHARLES G.
PALMER-BUCKLE

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Service to mankind is service to God, this and Africa, as well as, political violence and
has been one of his prime goals in his homosexuality. He served on many important
field of calling. Most Rev. Gabriel Charles platforms including being a member of the nine-
Palmer-Buckle can be described as a Prestigious member National Reconciliation Commission
Father who held in high esteem and adored by (NRC) from May 2002 to October 2004 and tasked
many. to bring truth and reconciliation in Ghana after
human rights abuses and atrocities.
Palmer-Buckle was born on June 15, 1950 in Axim,
Ghana, son of Ebenezer Charles Palmer and The Ghana-Turkey Corporation and Development
Beatrice Aba (Annobil) Buckle is the Metropolitan Association (TUDEC) at a Dinner held in Accra on
Archbishop of Cape Coast. The Most Reverend Thursday, June 8, 2017 honoured Charles Palmer
was the second Ghanaian native to become Buckle for his role in championing peace in the
Archbishop of Accra, he became the 4th Ordinary country.
for Accra since its establishment as a diocese
and was also the first Bishop of Koforidua. A statement was released by the Apostolic
Nuncio to Ghana, His Excellency Most Rev. Jean
He holds a Doctorate Degree in Sacred Theology Marie Speich on May 11, 2018 that “His Holiness
from the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of
and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the His Grace Archbishop Matthias Nketsiah of Cape
Pontifical Urban University after he graduated Coast and has appointed His Grace Most Rev.
from the Pope John Senior High School and Charles Palmer Buckle as the new Archbishop of
Minor Seminary in Ghana where he served as the Archdiocese of Cape Coast”.
a chaplain and teacher at both the Pope John
Senior High School and Minor Seminary and at
Achimota School.

He was the First Vice President of Caritas
International and President of Caritas
Africa Region, a federation of 198 member-
organizations in 154 countries all over the
world with headquarters in the Vatican City and
also served as the Bishop-Chairman for the
Department of Socio-Economic Development of
the Catholic Bishop’s Conference in Ghana.

Palmer-Buckle is a former teacher, a key figure
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DR. DR. MacDONALD
MICHAEL K. KWAME VASNANI
AGYEKUM KYEI
ADDO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CONSOLIDATED SHIPPING AGENCIES LTD.
CHAIRMAN UNITY OIL COMPANY LTD.
KAMA GROUP LTD.

Dr. Michael Agyekum Addo is an Dr Kwame Kyei is the Chief Executive Macdonald Vasnani is the Founder of
accomplished entrepreneur who has Officer and Chairman of the Board of the Consolidated Shipping Agency Limited,
built a huge business footprint in the Unity Group of Companies, a business popularly known as Conship. He is
pharmaceutical industry in Ghana. He concern with a workforce of about 4,000 considered as one of the foremost
received his education from the Kwame whose interests span the airline, oil and authorities in the freight forwarding
Nkrumah University Of Science and gas, media, and hotel industries. He and logistics industry in Ghana. His key
Technology (KNUST) where he earned was born in 1961 in Accra, but hails from competencies in the area of growth
his Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy, Agona Wiamoase in the Ashanti region. management and business development
and proceeded to study for his Master’s When in 1992 Dr Kyei started his as well as risk analysis and management
Degree in Industrial Management from dealings with the Bulk Oil Storage and have ensured that the company he
the same university. Transportation (BOST) Company as a founded from a container office has
transporter, he was setting a stage for become a global giant with presence in
Dr. Agyekum Addo started his journey a business that would one day become over 2000 locations across the globe.
operating a pharmaceutical shop in a key player in Ghana’s economy. Dr Kyei
Kumasi in 1983. Whilst at it, he started went on to establish his first petroleum Whilst working at the Tema Port, Vasnani
manufacturing medical products product retail outlet in Accra and became had a vision to start his own shipping
from his garage in 1986. Thus began a dealer for the Ghana Oil Company Ltd. agency, and thus begun the creation of
Kama Group of Companies, a business (GOIL). He later received an Oil Marketing Conship in 1996. The agency has over the
conglomerate that boasts of 11 wholesale License by the Energy Commission upon years been at the forefront of offering
and retail outlets across Ghana, two which he founded the Unity Oil Company unmatched services in the areas of
pharmaceutical factories, a micro- Limited in 2002, a company which runs logistics, husbandry, vessel agency,
finance firm, a real estate business and a over thirty filling across the nation. trucking, personnel movements and
multi-purpose conference center. boat crew operations.
Among his other businesses, Dr Kyei
Dr Agyekum has also established the owns Nation Services Company Ltd, Vasnani has been recognized for his
Kama Education Project, which trains a Bulk Distribution Company (BDC), contribution to deepening economic
teachers to make entrepreneurs out of Sports Hotel in Kumasi, Unity Air, Light growth in Ghana. In 2015, he was
students from a young age and has also Television, Vison 1 FM and Wisdom conferred with an Honorary Doctorate
written a number of books with a goal FM. He was voted the Best Petroleum degree in Business Administration
of instilling the can-do attitude in the and Gas Entrepreneur in 2013 and specializing in Oil and Gas from the
younger generation. Dr Agyekum Addo has received an Honorary Doctor of Commonwealth University. He was also
has been recognized for his contribution Services and Development degree from voted the Upstream CEO of the Year,
to the growth and development of the International Ministerial Council of in 2015 and 2016. Vasnani is a devout
Ghana’s pharmaceutical industry. Europe- an affiliate of the University of Christian whose believe in an honest,
Copenhagen, Denmark and Ghana. upright leadership has seen him form
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DR. DR. KWAKU
SAMUEL ERNEST OFORI BEDIAKO
AMO TOBBIN SARPONG
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CH GROUP
TOBINCO GROUP OF COMPANIES SPECIAL ICE COMPANY

Samuel Amo Tobbin is the Executive Ernest Ofori Sarpong is an entrepreneur Kwaku Bediako is the founder and
Chairman of the Tobinco Group with business interests in the import Chief Creative Director of Chocolate
of Companies, an umbrella entity and export as well as trading sectors of Clothes Ghana. He had his education
which oversees the operations of Ghana’s economy. He is also the founder at the Achimota School after which he
seven distinct companies including, of the Special Investments Ltd, a real furthered his education at the University
Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, Entrance estate and construction business based of Ghana, where he obtained a Bachelor
Pharmaceuticals and Research Centre, in Accra and Special Ice Ltd, a mineral of Arts and Science in Archaeology and
Atinka Media Village, Abii National water brand which has production points Information Studies.
Savings and Loans, Priority Insurance, in Accra and Kumasi.
DOR Events and Toblues Properties. After his University education, he
He has also founded the Samuel Amo As an astute entrepreneur, he has started a company called Checkmates
Tobbin Foundation to spearhead his partnered with celebrated business which was involved in marketing and
humanitarian activities into the areas owner, Osei Kwame Despite to found business provision services. He later
of education, health, social safety, a number of companies including the founded his well-known fashion brand,
economic and livelihood empowerment. United 2 Co. Ltd, a holding company for Chocolate Clothes, which was picked to
Samuel Tobbin has undergone extensive the U2 Salt Ltd. - salt mining company; cloth the Ghana Senior National football
training in Finance, Management and United Television (UTV Ltd), a television team, the Black Stars, during the 2014
Strategic Planning and these have been station; and Best Point Savings and World Cup. Chocolate also clothes
the bedrock of his successes in the Loans Co. Ltd, a savings and Loans Ghanaian celebrities such as Nasty C, Mr
business ventures he has embarked on. Company. Eazi, Majid Michel, and M.anifest among
others.
He and the brand he represents have In recognition of his exploits in the
been recognized with a host of awards, business world and his contribution He has featured on CNN’s African Start-
including one received from the Ghana to the socioeconomic development up program, African Voices; Vogue
Pharma Awards in 2015 as the ‘Top Anti- of Ghana, Ernest Sarpong has been Magazine in 2017 and on BBC radio in
malaria Brand of the Year 2014’; another, conferred with an honorary Doctorate 2018.
conferred on his product, Lonart by the degree of Philosophy in Law from the
Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana Barkley University of the United States of Kwaku has been recognized for his
(CIMG) as the ‘CIMG Product of the Year America. He was also awarded the ‘Best exploits in the fashion designing
2014’; and the ‘CIMG Marketing Oriented Manufacturing Entrepreneur for 2013 by industry. He won an award in 2018 at
Company of the Year 2011’, among others. the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana. ‘Tailored African Fashion’, a project by
Samuel Tobbin is a devout Christian and the African Fashion Fund in collaboration
the Presiding Elder of the Church of with Joy FM.
Pentecost, Dr. Thomas Wyatt Assembly,
New Town District in Accra.

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KWAME DR. CHARLES
OFOSU OSEI KWAME AMPOFO
BAMFO DESPITE

MANAGING DIRECTOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHAIRMAN
BAMSON GROUP DESPITE GROUP OF COMPANIES KAMPAC GROUP

Kwame Ofosu Bamfo is a celebrated Osei Kwame Despite is a renowned Charles Ampofo is the Chairman and
entrepreneur and business owner best business owner whose contributions Founder of Kampac Group, a company
known for establishing the Bamson to deepening media pluralism and with headquarters in Dubai in the United
Company Limited, a household name growing Ghana’s economy cannot Arab Emirates. He was born in 1960 in
in the paints business founded in 1980. be underestimated. Starting his Juaso in the Asante Akyem District of
From its humble beginning selling and entrepreneurial journey through the Ghana. He had his O-level at the Abuakwa
retailing paints and serving as agents music industry where he sold cassettes State College in Kyebi and his A-level at
for GIHOC Paints, one of the largest in Accra, Osei Kwame Despite branched the Ahmadiyya College, after which he
local paint manufacturers at the time, into the media industry and established travelled abroad to the United States of
Bamson Company began importing a number of high-performing radio and America and the United Kingdom for his
car refinishing paints from AkzoNobel, television stations across the country. University education.
a Dutch multinational company that
manufactures the Sikkens brand of His company, the Despite Company In 1988, he founded Kampac International
paints. The brand Sikkens, which Ltd, operates popular media channels PLC in Dubai, a conglomerate which
Bamson eventually became the sole including Peace FM, Okay FM, Neat FM has interests spanning Oil and Gas,
authorized dealer in Ghana, has become and Hello FM among others. He also co- Real Estate, Travel and Tour and well as
the most widely used car paint in Ghana founded UTV with his friend and business telecommunications. Kampac has 8 oil
for over 30 years. partner, Ofori Sarpong. Together, these blocks in Kazakhstan, 3 in Mauritania, 2
two also founded the United 2 Co. Ltd, in Nigeria and 2 in Senegal.
Kwame Ofosu Bamfo’s Bamson Company a holding company for the U2 Salt Ltd. -
currently employs over 150 people and salt mining company; United Television Among his other business interests
has 7 branches and 40 distributors (UTV Ltd), a television station; and Best Charles Ampofo in 1999 founded
across the nation. He has also set up Point Savings and Loans Co. Ltd, a Universal Transfer Service as a Financial
the Bamson Training Center, a training savings and Loans Company. Services and Funds Transfer company
center that offers technical courses which eventually became a multi-
and training programs in auto spraying, He has received prestigious awards for banking network in Côte D’Ivoire with
equipment maintenance and other his exemplary track record in business, 24 branches. He has also invested over
services to technicians and shop owners including an Honorary Doctorate degree $5 billion to transform a 200-hectare
in the auto paint business. in Human Resource from Canterbury property in Sual, Pangasinan in the
University, an Honorary Ambassador of Philippines into an “Energy City”, which
Kwame Ofosu Bamfo is also the owner Business Entrepreneur in West Africa upon completion, will reportedly be one
of Alisa Hotels, a top-end hotel business (Ambassador) and an Honorary man of of the top 50 oil companies in the Far
group in Accra. the Moment. He was also awarded with East.
the ‘Best Entrepreneur for Multimedia’
WHO'S WHO 2019 by Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana Charles Ampofo has been a member of
in 2013. the Global Fortune Forum since 2005.

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DANIEL KWASI KWABENA
McKORLEY TWUM ADJARE
DANQUAH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
McDAN GROUP OF COMPANIES MULTIMEDIA GROUP LTD . FOUNDER
METALEX GROUP

Daniel McKorley is the founder and Daniel Kwasi Koranteng Twum is the Kwabena Adjare Danquah founded and
Chief Executive Officer of McDan Group founder and Chief Executive Officer leads Metalex, a leading distributor of
of Companies, a group with primary of the Multimedia Group, the nation’s roofing materials in Ghana. He got his
interests in the shipping and logistics pre-eminent media conglomerate and start in the business when on completing
sector. He holds an Executive Masters brand. He was educated at the University secondary school, his father, himself
in Business Administration (EMBA) and a of Ghana and Harvard Business a trader, gave him a loan of USD 5000,
Certificate degree in Entrepreneurship, School, earning a Bachelor’s Degree with which he started trading in steel
both from the Ghana Institute of in Economics and Master’s Degree in cabinets. He soon became a distributor
Management and Public Administration Business Administration respectively. for the Ghana Aluminum Company and
(GIMPA) as well as two diplomas in in 1984, began manufacturing aluminum
Leadership and Transport and Logistics. In 1995, he took an uncertain plunge into products himself. He also partnered with
Daniel McKorley, born in 1978 in Labadi, the radio broadcast business at a time Macsteel, the foremost producer of steel
Accra, founded McDan Shipping when the state broadcaster was the only products in Ghana and operates their
Company 1999. And from its small name in the business. Joy FM, the first local arm in Ghana. He currently exports
beginnings, the company has grown in his stable soon captured the interest to various West African countries and a
and currently has presence in over 2000 and loyalty of listeners with fresh, quality factory in Liberia is in development.
major air and seaports worldwide. It has programming. Since then, Joy has been
also struck a strategic partnership with joined by others, such as Hitz FM, Adom As his business grew, he spotted the
Universal Freight Organization, Cross FM, Luv FM, Asempa FM, myjoyonline. opportunities in South Africa and
Trades and World Cargo Alliance (WCA). com and TV stations such as Joy News invested in the country’s real estate
With an extensive experience in the and Joy Prime. The company also sector, buying cheaply from departing
freight forwarding, haulage and logistics operates Multi TV, a free to air digital box owners who were fearful of the future
industries, Daniel McKorley has paid his service that hosts over thirty third party of the newly racially integrated country.
dues in contributing to the growth of TV and radio stations. His portfolio has since grown into over
Ghana’s economy through an improved a USD 100 million worth of residential
transport and logistics sector. He is an executive member of the Ghana and commercial properties, under
Employers Association and has served the brand All Danquah CC. He is also
Daniel McKorley has been conferred as the President of Ghana Independent chairman of Comet Steel in South Africa
with an Honorary Doctorate Degree Broadcasters Association. He has and has investments in hospitality and
from Commonwealth University, consistently been recognized as one broadcasting back in Ghana.
London Business School, UK for his of the top business leaders in Ghana by
entrepreneurial successes. Among various organizations.
other recognitions, Daniel McKorley has
received awards at the Achievers Award
organized by the West Africa Regional
magazine, as well as an award for the
‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 2016.

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DR. JOHN E. DR.
THERESA TAYLOR KWABENA
OPPONG -BEEKO ADJEI

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN
MANET GROUP SURFLINE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. KASAPREKO GROUP OF COMPANIES

Theresa Oppong-Beeko is the Chief John E Taylor is an immensely Dr. Kwabena Adjei is one of Ghana’s
Executive Officer of Manet Group, a real successful serial entrepreneur with the most phenomenally successful
estate and civil engineering firm which proverbial finger in several pies. For over industrialists and the brain behind
she established in 1992. It is currently two decades, he has been proving (HE Kasapreko, the Ghanaian alcoholic
the second largest real estate firm HAS PROVN) his entrepreneurial skills brand recognized by CNN as one of the
and among the top twenty firms in the and abilities in fields as varied as oil and top five emerging global brands.
country. Among its subsidiaries are gas, automobile, finance, real estate
Manet Housing (real estate development); and telecommunications in Ghana and Starting out modestly in 1989, Dr. Adjei
Manet Paradise (a three star hotel resort); abroad. In 1999, Cirrus Energy Services quickly realized that to stand out from
Manet Construction (civil engineering which was later renamed Woodfields the other products on the market,
wing) and Manet Towers (an office block). Energy Resources, an oil trading he had to innovate and thus decided
Since its founding, Dr. Oppong-Beeko has company that quickly rose to the top of to source inputs different from what
guided the company through the choppy the industry, driven by his energy and others were using, bringing on board
waters of Ghana’s challenging real estate vision. Cirrus Oil Services followed in herbs and other local materials to
sector, completing over 1800 homes for 2007, a pioneer in the then burgeoning give his products a distinct taste and
a growing list of satisfied buyers. Its first field of bulk oil distribution in the country. effect. After reforming the product,
development, Manet Cottage was so well the savvy businessman who had
received by the market that others soon It is currently viewed as the market leader previously been engaged in general
followed, including the Manet Cottage in the sector. As the telecommunications and gold trading, professionalized his
Annex, Manet Gardens and Manet Ville. industry grew, he seized the opportunity operation, engaging corporate experts
to procure one of the first licenses or to revise and sharpen the operational
Dr. Oppong-Beeko attributes this to the standalone broadband services and structure of the company. His bet paid
company’s insistence on the highest introduced Surfline, the country’s first off and Kasapreko has since become
ethical standards, customer service 4G LTE network providing wireless a resilient behemoth with brand
and leadership in product development broadband services to the public. The presence on all five continents and
that have seen the Manet brand become restless entrepreneur, visionary and producing more bottles locally than
synonymous with professional execution innovator is also Executive Chairman globally associated brands such as
in real estate development. She is of Bay Developers and Freshfields Guinness.
reputed to be one of the wealthiest Farms. In 2010, he was named the Best
women in the country and held up as an Entrepreneur in Oil and Gas Sector in He was named the 'Marketing Man of
example and inspiration to especially Ghana by the Entrepreneurs Foundation the Year’ by the American Biographical
female entrepreneurs. of Ghana. Institute in 2000 and officially inducted
into the Ernst and Young Hall of Fame
for entrepreneurs in 2016.

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DR. ERNEST TONY
JOSEPH SIAW BEDIAKO OTENG -
AGYEPONG SAMPONG GYASI

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MANAGING DIRECTOR
JOSPONG GROUP OF COMPANIES ERNEST CHEMIST LTD. TROPICAL CABLES & CONDUCTORS LTD.

Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong is the Ernest Bediako Sampong, Chief Anthony Oteng-Gyasi is the Chairman and
celebrated star of one of the most Executive Officer of Ernest Chemist’s, Chief Executive Officer of Tropical Cable
stunning grass to grass stories in Ghana’s one of the largest pharmaceutical and Conductor Limited, manufacturer
corporate history. From extremely companies in West Africa, is among and distributor of electric and
humble beginnings, Dr. Agyepong now the most respected and distinguished telecommunication cables and the first
sits atop a multimillion dollar empire entrepreneurs in Ghana. He started his Ghanaian company in that field to gain
with interests in waste management, eponymous pharmacy business as a the prestigious ISO 9001 Certification, a
construction, financial services, single outlet in 1986, selling imported testament to the safety and quality of its
manufacturing and ICT with footprints in medical products and has since grown it products.
Ghana, China and the Middle East. into a vast enterprise that manufactures,
distributes, exports to countries all over Born in 1955, Mr. Oteng-Gyasi first
Unable to continue his education after the African continent, including Cote trained as a lawyer after studying at the
acquiring a City and Guilds of London d’lvoire, Senegal, Burkina Faso and University of Ghana, where he earned a
Certificate in electrical engineering Nigeria, in addition to serving the local Bachelor’s degree in Economics. After
from the Royal Technical Institute, he Ghanaian market. his studies, he went to work at the
joined his mother to sell exercise books Bank of Ghana, where he was posted
in the commercial district of Accra. The Mr. Sampong’s first taste of tertiary to the research department. An innate
irrepressible young man, however, made education as a medical student at entrepreneurial spirit, however could not
the best of the opportunity and he soon the University of Ghana came to an be repressed and he would soon deploy
set up his own printing press. Next was unceremonious end when clashes his skills in economics and law deployed
a t-shirt printing business along with a between students protesting against in the manufacturing sector. With
stint in construction. the government and security force led characteristic drive and ability, he has
to a closure of the university. He then overseen the company’s growth into a
It was in the mid-2000s, however, when transferred to the Kwame Nkrumah leader in the sector, supplying both home
a trip to China introduced him to the University of Science and Technology, and export markets and competing with
tricycles that became emblematic of his this time to study pharmacy. Mr. Bediako brands imported from Europe, America
waste management company, Zoomlion, Sampong’s rise has been driven by an and elsewhere. A staunch advocate for
that he had his greatest eureka uncompromising work ethic, ceaseless Ghanaian entrepreneurship, he served
moment, catapulting him from modestly innovation and an uncanny ability to as President of the Association of Ghana
successful entrepreneur into a national recognize opportunities where others Industries, the trade group for (OF)
icon with over 250,000 men and women see daunting challenges. He is the Ghanaian manufacturers. He is married
on his payroll. The severally decorated recipient of several honors and awards, with five children.
entrepreneur continues to innovate and including the 2017 People’s Choice
currently has about thirty companies Practitioners Award and the Local
under his Josspong Group umbrella. Pharmaceutical Institution of the Year
Award.

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IBRAHIM
MAHAMA

FOUNDER
ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS

Ibrahim Mahama is the son of a former minister and the brother of a president, but he’d be quick to point out that that
has not oiled the tracks of his entrepreneurial journey. Indeed, much of his success has been achieved without the
assistance of his well-positioned kinsmen, in particular his brother, for whom he often takes a lot of flak. Mr. Mahama
dropped out of school early and began finding a niche in business. At a mere twenty-six years old, he returned from the
United Kingdom with about GBP 500 in savings.
He eventually set up Engineers and Planners, a mining services and equipment firm that has (HAVE) since expanded
into various sectors and countries. With interests in mining, manufacturing, agriculture and real estate, he manages
Arcelor Mittal Sierra Leone and Liberia; Asutsuare Poultry Farm; Man Bosch Ghana (MBG) and Dzata Cement, 10-acre
factory currently in development near the Tema Harbor which is set to create 4,000 direct jobs and more than 10,000
indirect jobs when it becomes fully operational.
He enjoys mentoring young entrepreneurs and has pledged to support twenty young people to start their businesses
with seed capital of USD 2000 each.

THOMAS
SVANIKIER

CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR
SVANI GROUP

Thomas Svaniker is the Chairman and Director of the SVANI Group Limited, a transport, automobile dealership and
logistics company in Ghana. A veteran of business in various African markets, the Danish born entrepreneur first set up
SVANI Limited in 1999 to import and distribute vehicles, heavy duty equipment and generators across the sub region.
Under his guidance, the company has grown its client list as well as the brands and products on its menu to become
one of the leading companies in its class in the country. The company has donated equipment to various institutions
and supports the educational sector with funds and educational materials.
Mr. Svaniker is head of Opportunities Industrialization Centre, a nongovernmental organization which offers technical
and vocational skills training to underprivileged adults as well as of the African Poverty Eradication Commission in
Ghana and was also a founding member of the American Chamber of Commerce.
His strategic abilities have been tapped by Fidelity Bank, Dream Oval Limited, Atholl Energy Limited, Global Strategic
Ventures Limited on whose boards he has been asked to serve. He is married to Johanna Odonkor Svanikier with whom
he has three children.

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Ghana’s
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66 Rev. Sam Korankye Ankrah, Apostle General, established the
Royalhouse Chapel in 1992 in the Christmas month of December.
REV. SAMUEL His divine encounter while seeking greener pastures in Holland on
KORANKYE June 19, 1991, left him without doubt that his Creator had called him
ANKRAH into His vineyard. He returned to Ghana and the new Church was
born.
FOUNDER
ROYAL HOUSE CHAPEL Some awards received by the Apostle General during his career are:
A 2008 Order of the Volta award for his charitable work in the areas
of health and education; Angel of the Year 2009 Award from Pristine
Hub and TV Africa; the William Seymour Award for Excellence and
Humility in Leadership from The Azusa Revival Directorate in 2011
and the 2012 Global Award for Apostolic/Pastoral Excellence by the
Global Leadership Training Organization in recognition of his work
to ensure integrity in leadership in the West African Sub-region.

In 2013, the Excellent Leadership Awards Group (EXLA) bestowed
upon him the Honorary Award for Humanitarian Services of the
Year in recognition of his charitable work. The 59-year old cleric
was born to J.O. Ankrah and Victoria Ziddah. He is married to Rev
Mrs. Rita Korankye Ankrah and they have been blessed with four
children.

BISHOP Bishop Owusu Ansah Bernard, the Presiding Bishop of Owusu Ansah
BERNARD Bernard Ministries (OABM), is an apostle with a strong prophetic
OWUSU ANSAH insight. Again, he presides over the Berachah Ministerial Fellowship,
a fraternity of ministers across the globe and undertakes social
PRESIDING BISHOP programmes with several governments and non-governmental
OWUSU ANSAH BERNARD MINISTRIES institutions.
(OABM)
The OABM Presiding Bishop is a well sought-after conference
WHO'S WHO 2019 speaker who travels around the globe, with his revelation, practical
and simple messages that bring change and salvation to countless
of people. He preaches and demonstrates with tenacity of
conviction that Jesus Christ and His Word are the only answers for
the challenges facing the world today.

In addition, the vision of the OABM says, “We believe, and we are
trusting God to reach out to every city, in every nation that we find
ourselves in. We believe in raising Christian leaders and Christian
followers that will do so with all of their hearts. We believe in
affecting people of all walks of life, from the lowest to the highest
as it is determined by society. We believe in loving the unlovable.
Keeping the un-keep able and reaching the unreachable.” Its
mission statement says, “The Total Gospel to the Total men.
We believe in preaching the Gospel of Jesus in its entirety. So,
preaching Socially, Psychologically, Spiritually, Medically, every
aspect of the Gospel must be represented in our messages and we
believe in reaching out to the Body, the Soul and the Spirit of men.”
Bishop Owusu Ansah is married to Sandra and they are blessed with
two children – a boy and a girl.

Rev. Father Andrew Campbell is the Parish Priest of Christ the King 67
Church in Accra; he is a humanitarian extraordinaire of the highest
order. The young Irishman arrived in Ghana to work as a Catholic VERY REV.
priest in the Society of the Divine Word on October 13th, 1971. With FR. ANDREW
the desire to help the poor and the needy burning in him, he was CAMPBELL
instrumental in the establishment of the Leper’s Aid Committee; a
group of young people dedicated to helping cured lepers through PARISH PRIEST
fundraising. CHRIST THE KING CHURCH

Concerned about the need for people to live in a clean environment,
Father Campbell is also a founding member and Co-Chair of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), West Arena, Accra - an
NGO whose goal is to make people aware of their responsibility to
keep their environment clean.

He has been extensively acknowledged for his unparalleled work
as a philanthropist. He was made an honorary SOS member in
November 1994 and received the Millennium Excellence Award for
Foreign Personality of the Decade in 2004. He took a national award
after placing second in the National Contest for Voluntary Blood
Donation in 2005 and was honoured in 2011 by the Commission on
Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for his work
in promoting and protecting the fundamental rights of the poor
and needy in Ghana. Again in 2011, an award for his contribution
to improving the lot of the Ghanaian child was presented to the
renowned cleric by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social
Protection.

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a medical doctor by profession but BISHOP
a man of God by calling. In 1988 he founded Lighthouse Chapel DAG
International which now has over 3,122 churches spread in HEWARD-MILLS
86 countries worldwide. He started his ministry through the
establishment of classroom meetings. It was only in 2006 that the FOUNDER & PRESIDING BISHOP
now popular church with beautiful buildings across the country UNITED DENOMINATION OF THE
could put up an edifice that it could call its own. LIGHTHOUSE GROUP OF CHURCHES

To ensure that the called are well equipped for the work of the
ministry, he established the Anagkazo Bible and Ministry Training
Centre in 1997 which has so far trained more than 2,390 pastors
worldwide; trained over 900 minister shepherds worldwide; and
sent out 457 missionaries across the globe.

To promote unity and brotherliness among the faithful he founded
the National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches
(NACCC), Ghana in 1999. The 56-year old charismatic evangelist has
Nathaniel Heward-Mills and Elizabeth Heward-Mills as parents.

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is married to Adelaide Heward-Mills,
a lawyer, and they have four children - David Mills, Joshua Mills,
Daniella Mills and Paula Mills.

68 Apostle, Engineer, Doctor, Kwadwo Safo Kantanka is Founder of
the Kristo Asafo Church, Great KOSA network of companies and
APOSTLE DR. many other institutions. Apostle Safo Kantaka whose mission
ING. KWADWO is to redeem Africa from bondage is the world’s greatest multi-
SAFO dimensional scientist and technologist of all time and has carried
out the greatest philanthropic activity in Ghana.
FOUNDER
KRISTO ASAFO CHURCH After his basic school education young Safo Kantanka attended the
Ghana Technical Works Institute in Kumasi. On completion of the
APOSTLE technical course, he joined Volta Aluminum Company (VALCO) as a
ERIC KWABENA welder where he worked with dedication for three years.
NYAMEKYE
He founded the Kristo Asafo (Christ Reformed Church) on February
CHAIRMAN 3, 1971. To many people another name for Apostle Safo Kantanka
CHURCH OF PENTECOST WORLDWIDE and the Kristo Asafo is philanthropy.

Apostle Safo and his church are always giving out something and
he has been honoured both far and near for his charitable deeds.
These include the Liberian Golden Image Award for his contribution
to humanity and towards peace for the people of Liberia; the
2007 Order of the Volta (Member Division); the 2006 Millennium
Excellence Award for Best Philanthropist in the Humanitarian
Category and the 2004 Industrial Pinnacle Award, Winner of Gold
in Industrial Development Engineering. He was also appointed
Member of the National Council for Tertiary Education in 2006 and
made Associate Member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers in
2004.

Apostle Eric Kwabena Nyamekye, born on October 21, 1965 to the
late Stephen Antiedu Nyamekye and Agnes Owusu in Asokore-
Ashanti is Chairman of the Church of Pentecost Worldwide. For
his education, he attended Tema Senior High School in 1983 and
proceeded to Nyankpala Agricultural College in the Northern
Region, where he obtained a Certificate in General Agriculture in
1986.

He is a past student of the Institute of Commercial Management,
University of Manchester, University of Ghana, and presently
Stellenbosch University.

His first station in the ministry was Daboase in the Western Region.
Among the many positions he has held within the Church of
Pentecost are: Chairman, Media Ministry Committee; Patron, Youth
Ministry, Area Secretary, Madina; Area Children’s Leader, Madina,
National Secretary for the Republic of South Africa and Member of
the National Executive Committee and Youth Committee.

The Church of Pentecost Chairman has six children with his very
supportive wife, Mary Nyamekye.

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Apostle Prof Opoku Onyinah is the immediate past Chairman of the 69
Church of Pentecost worldwide and former President of the Ghana
Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC). APOSTLE
PROF. OPOKU
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Theological Studies from the ONYINAH
University of Birmingham and a Master of Theology in Applied
Theology from Regents Theological College (offered by the FORMER CHAIRMAN
University of Manchester). In 2016, Apostle Onyinah was made an CHURCH OF PENTECOST WORLDWIDE
Associate Professor by the church.

The citation that followed his elevation to an Associate Professor
read, “It is with great honour and pleasure that we officially announce
the promotion of the Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle
Dr. Opoku Onyinah to the academic rank of an Associate Professor.”

The 65-year old cleric is a writer of great repute. Some of his books
are: Understanding Worship; Pentecostal and Exorcism; Spiritual
Warfare; Resting in the Lord; The Leading of the Spirit; No One May
See God and Live and Emmanuel, God with Us.

Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare is a church leader who is very BISHOP
passionate about crusades and preaching the Word of God. He was CHARLES
born in Achiase in the Eastern Region on March 22, 1962 to Staff AGYIN-ASARE
Sargent Andrews Asare of the Ghana Army and Elizabeth Arthur.
FOUNDER
For his basic and senior high education, he attended the Weija PEREZ CHAPEL
Barracks Primary School, Armed Forces Experimental School and
St Martin’s Senior High School, in that order. Bishop Agyin-Asare
started his ministry in Tamale. He relocated to the CFC Building at
Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra in 1994 where his meetings were
characterized by signs and wonders. The Perez Chapel now boasts
of thousands of members worldwide.

The Perez University College Chancellor and his spouse, Rev Mrs.
Vivian Agyin-Asare have three children. The couple also has one
granddaughter and an adopted daughter. He is a proud recipient of
several high-class awards both nationally and internationally.

70 Dr. Mrs. Dorothy Danso is National President of Women’s Aglow
Fellowship International and the Director of Sinapi Aba Trust. She is
DR. an astute and distinguished trade unionist with over three decades
DOROTHY of experience in supporting workplace organization and managing
DANSO conflicts between employees and employers. Under her chest
is extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in the design,
NATIONAL PRESIDENT implementation and evaluation of micro-credit programmes, as
WOMEN’S AGLOW FELLOWSHIP well as training and training needs assessment at the institutional
INTERNATIONAL and national/international levels.

DR. The Aglow President imbued with excellent leadership and a
MICHAEL managerial skill has been very instrumental in designing and
BOADI NYAMEKYE creating synergies among development-oriented organizations
locally and internationally. A skillful and effective communicator,
FOUNDER & GENERAL OVERSEER motivator and a much sought-after conference speaker, Mrs.
THE MAKER’S HOUSE CHAPEL Danso is highly respected for maintaining order and discipline in
INTERNATIONAL the body of Christ.

The national branch has established the Aglow Women Training
Centre and Computer Training Centre to train underprivileged
women and teenage girls who in one way or the other are unable
to complete their education due to poverty, neglect, disability,
prostitution, teenage pregnancy and HIV etc.

Sinapi Aba where Mrs. Danso is the director is an autonomous
private non-governmental organization registered on May 30th,
1994 under the company’s code 1963 (Act 179) as a company limited
by guarantee.

Dr. Michael Boadi Nyamekye, is a man of many parts – he is a
minister of the Gospel with 23 years of active pastoral ministry to
his credit; Chairman of Everbond Financial Services Limited (EFSL)
and the Founder and General Overseer of The Maker’s House Chapel
International, the fastest growing church in Ghana, registered in
2013 and with a membership of over 4000. He is also the Founder
and Chief Executive of BN ministries. Besides counseling, teaching
and leading people, he takes an active role in shaping the lives of
the many young people who fellowship at the Makers House Chapel
International. Tagged the “Word addict” for preaching the Word of
God passionately, he is a firebrand preacher full of revelations and
insights, operating in a variety of spiritual gifts.

An academic gem of great repute, he has two Doctorate degrees in
Business Administration and Marketing, an MBA, MPhil in Marketing
and a Bachelor of Management Studies degree (BMS). Dr. Boadi
Nyamekye is an inspiring and passionate entrepreneur with an
impeccable track record of being very successful at managing
projects and institutions both within Ghana and abroad. And with
his focus and practical experience on excellence and knowledge
of corporate workings, his Chairmanship of Everbond Financial
Services Limited (EFSL) makes the company an excellent example
of a well-run and managed investment institution and a reference
point for financial service excellence.

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Pastor Mensa Otabil is the Founder of International Central Gospel 71
Church (ICGC), head Pastor of ICGC Christ Temple, and Chancellor
of the Central University College (CUC). DR.
MENSA
Mensa Anamua Otabil, the fourth born and the third son in a family of OTABIL
four boys and a girl, was born on August 31, 1959 to Lloyd and Dinah
Otabil in Sekondi. He and his wife - Joy Otabil have four children FOUNDER
namely, Sompa, Nhyira, Yoofi and Baaba Aseda. He has written INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL GOSPEL
several motivational, leadership and devotional books including: CHURCH (ICGC)
Buy the Future: Learning to Negotiate for a Future Better Than Your
Present; the Living Word Devotional; 5 Steps to Answered Prayer;
Anointed to Start and Finish; Goal Setting & Goal Getting; How to Be
Filled with the Holy Spirit and Turning your Weakness into Strength.

The ICGC has an interesting accommodation history – the church
moved from place to place, vicinity to vicinity before it could get
a permanent place of worship. To make education accessible to
the underprivileged, the Church in 1988 instituted an educational
scholarship scheme to finance the education of selected needy
students in pre-tertiary educational institutions. Every year,
the International Central Gospel Church which has a history of
involvement in charitable and social impact projects, invests in a
project for the less privileged.

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson's fame and dignity is acknowledged CARDINAL
worldwide. He is the first prefect of the Dicastery named by Pope PETER KODWO
Francis in 2017 to promote Integral Human Development. Cardinal TURKSON
Turkson of the Roman Catholic Church became president of the
Pontifical Council which stands for Justice and Peace from 24 ARCHBISHOP
October 2009 to 1 January 2017. CATHOLIC CHURCH, CAPE COAST

Born October 11, 1948 in Wassaw Nsuta in the Western region of
Ghana, Cardinal Turckson’s trademark portrays a definition of
a leadership by example since his climax to the high throne as
Archbishop of Cape Coast in 1993.

He holds an M. A. in Thoelogy and a Master of Divinity from the
St. Anthony-on- Hudson Seminary in Rensselaer, New York and
a licentiate in Sacred Scripture. He is also known farthest-flung
corners of the world as “Papabile”. Chronicles of the Tablet say he is
"one of Africa’s most energetic church leaders".

Cardinal Appiah Kodwo Turkson has held many offices,
appointments, and made waves both local and international on
several talk shows. He is proficient in multiples of languages.

72 A passionate preacher who cuts across national boundaries, Rev.
Dr. Robert Ampiah-Kwofi heads the Global Revival Ministries. He
REV. DR. also doubles as the Leader of an evangelism organizing ministry
ROBERT called Ampiah-Kwofi Outreach (AKWO).
AMPIAH-KWOFI
Papa as he is affectionately called by those around him, Rev.
GENERAL OVERSEER Ampiah-Kwofi is an international televangelist par excellence
GLOBAL REVIVAL MINISTRIES whose voice is heard daily with the message of hope and salvation
worldwide.

Ampiah Kwofi World Outreach has carried the power of the Gospel
of salvation and healing via mass crusades to nations like Togo and
Benin, Sierra Leone, Kenya and others besides the penetrative
power crusades he holds in the regional cities and even villages in
Ghana.

Rev Ampiah-Kwofi lives in Accra with his wife, Adwoa Abrafi and
their son Judah.

REV. DR. Rev. Dr. Lawrence Tetteh trained as an Economist but is known
LAWRENCE worldwide as a healing international Evangelist. He is the Founder
TETTEH and President of the Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Lawrence Tetteh
Ministries. The renowned pastor is grateful to his father, for earlier
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT in life his father saw the great potential in him and encouraged both
WORLDWIDE MIRACLE OUTREACH he and his siblings to attain academic excellence.
LAWRENCE TETTEH MINISTRIES
The inspiration he received from his father nurtured him to occupy
WHO'S WHO 2019 various responsible positions while growing up. His father gave his
children nicknames associated with various professions perhaps
with the hope that they would one day take up those very vocations
and sure enough, all of them did exactly that. Lawrence Tetteh was
given the name ‘Ambassador’ and throughout his life he been an
ambassador. Dr. Tetteh was once a student leader, the voice of the
voiceless, author and above all, President of the Worldwide Miracle
Outreach through which he wins souls for Christ in all corners of
the world.

At Ordorgonno Senior High School he was President of the Debaters
Club, Students Representative Council (SRC) Secretary and a
member of the school football team. In London, while studying
economics at the London School of Economics, he greatly helped
a lot of black students due to his ability to talk to people and get
the needed results. Yet again, his position as President of the
Council of the Eastern European Students Association gave him
the opportunity to champion the cause of foreign students.

Reverend Professor Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante is the eighteenth 73
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. He took the
position after his predecessor, the Very Reverend Professor REV.
Cephas Narh Omenyo, failed to finish his term due to ill health. He PROF.
was first ordained as minister in 1981 and served in various positions J.O.Y. MANTE
in the church before he was appointed as the Chairperson of the
Akuapem Presbytery in 2006, a position he held till 2011. MODERATOR
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GHANA (PCG)
Reverend Professor Mante is an accomplished academic and widely
published academic and is widely respected in both academic and
religious circles. He holds a Masters in Arts, Masters in Philosophy
as well as a Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic Theology and
Philosophy of Religion from the Claremont Graduate University in
California in the United States of America.

He is a former president of the Trinity Theological Seminary in
Accra and has served on many boards both in Ghana and abroad,
including those of the Presbyterian University College of Ghana,
the Presbyterian College of Education and the World Alliance of
Reformed Churches in Switzerland. He is also a member of the
National Accreditation Board and chairman of the University of
Ghana’s Ethics and Research Committee. Since 1996, Reverend
Professor Mante has chaired the Board of Governors of the Adom
Foundation. In December 2018, he was inducted into office as
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana for a five year term.

Reverend Steve Mensah is the Founder and General Overseer of REV.
the Charismatic Evangelistic Ministry, which has grown under his STEVE
watch to house one of the largest congregations in the country with MENSAH
branches in nearly every corner. A natural evangelist, Reverend
Mensah is known for his annual conventions in rural areas where GENERAL OVERSEER
he not only shares the word of God, but food, clothing and essential CHARISMATIC EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY
medicines for those in need. Humble and approachable, he loves (CEM)
the word he preaches and aspires to be a shining example to his
numerous flock who can see in him the values that he commends
to them in his teachings.

He is devoted especially to the youth whom he seeks to empower
to lead lives that are pleasing to the Lord and useful to their
communities. These messages also resonate in his published
books which include Bone of my bones; Life changing decisions;
Reclaiming your inheritance, 7 Things the anointing will do for you;
and Go to sleep after you have sown a good seed.

Reverend Mensah is a powerful orator and in demand at conferences
and religious events in Ghana and around the world. He enjoys
evangelism and has touched many hearts in countries all over the
world as he seeks to fulfil the mission of his ministry. He is married
to Reverend Mrs Jane Mensah and they have four children.

74 Reverend Dr. Christie Doe-Tetteh is the founder and general
overseer of Solid Rock Chapel International, a growing church
REV. DR. in Accra with headquarters with several branches in Ghana and
CHRISTIE beyond. The energetic and charismatic preacher first got her taste
DOE-TETTEH of the ministry as a personal secretary to the Nigerian mega pastor,
Archbishop Benson Idahosa. Determined to make her own unique
FOUNDER/ GENERAL OVERSEER way in the service of the Lord, she first enrolled at the All Nations
SOLID ROCK CHAPEL for Christ Bible Institute in Nigeria before undertaking further
studies at the Haggai Institute in Singapore, where she graduated
BISHOP at the top of her class in 1992.
N. A.
TACKIE-YARBOI Since establishing her church, she has become a force in the
ministry whose fierce and frank teachings are highly sought after in
FOUNDER countries such as Gambia, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo,
VICTORY BIBLE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria and in the United Kingdom and
(VBCI) United States. A compassionate person, she often leads missions
of mercy to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital; Korle Bu Teaching
WHO'S WHO 2019 Hospital, Achimota Hospital and Legon Hospital; the Akropong
School for the Blind; and orphanages in Bawjiase, Ashaiman and
Osu. She has written several books, including Serve the Lord
with gladness; Celebrating womanhood; Tithing made easy; The
phenomenal woman (a biography); Who will not serve a God like
this; Soaring like the eagle; and Wait Patiently. She has won many
honors, including four doctorate awards from various institutions
in the United States of America. The first lady or Mother of
Charismatism as some refer to her in the Christian circles in Ghana,
others call her spiritual bulldozer. She lives in Accra, with her family.

Bishop Nii Apiakai Tackie-Yarboi is Presiding Bishop of Victory
Bible Church International and the Chairman of the Executive and
Apostolic Councils, the governing bodies of the church. The young
Tackie-Yarboi became born again while in secondary school and
has since dedicated his life to the Christian faith. With the help of
some inspiring mentors, he grew in the mission, taking up a number
of positions in the Scripture Union, Youth for Christ and the Ghana
Evangelical Society. In 1986, he was finally ordained as a minister by
Reverend Jimmy Watson of the Faith Fellowship Bible Institute of
the United States of America. In his current role,

Bishop Tackie-Yarboi is responsible for the hundreds of branches
under the church’s banner both in Ghana and elsewhere. He
also serves as the Senior Pastor of the Dominion Sanctuary, the
headquarters of Victory Bible Church International. In his other role
as President of the Victory Bible Training Institute, a ministerial
school affiliated to the church, he plays a direct part in nurturing
the next generation of spiritual leaders who will guide the church to
maintain its position as a moral and spiritual bulwark.

His evangelism is also expressed through his media interactions
and the books he has authored, including The believer’s mind;
Dreams of the night; Overcoming depression; Making the most of
what you have; Financial Empowerment; and Fulfilling your destiny.
Bishop Tackie-Yarboi is married to Reverend Dora Tackie-Yarboi,
with whom he has three children.

Reverend Joseph Eastwood Anaba leads two Christian missions – 75
the Fountain Gate Chapel, an over hundred-branch strong church
and the Eastwood Anaba Ministries, an evangelical movement REV. JOSEPH
based in his native Bolgatanga and with mission centers in Britain EASTWOOD
and the United States of America. Through these twin missions, ANABA
he seeks to fulfill his lifelong mission of preparing people for the
expected second coming of Jesus Christ, giving as many people as PRESIDENT
possible a chance to hear and receive the good news of his mercy EASTWOOD ANABA MINISTRIES (EAM)
and salvation.

Reverend Anaba trained as a pharmacist, graduating from the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The
allure of the ministry proved hard to resist, however, and in 1988,
he heeded the call to dedicate his life to tending the Lord’s flock.
His evangelism is suffused with passion and he has a reputation
for delivering sermons that are straight talking and direct in their
moral admonishments. An in-demand speaker, he is never happier
than when he is on the road, spreading the word in his trademark
manner and giving a chance to legions of people to accept Christ.

He is also a prolific author, having written some Ninety books,
including God’s End Time Militia; the Quest for Supremacy; and The
Love Revolution. He lives in Bolgatanga with his wife, Reverend Mrs.
Rosemond Anaba and their children.

Apostle Peter Okoe Mankralo was until July 2019, the President of APOSTLE
the Apostolic Church of Ghana. He had previously served as the PETER OKOE
Vice President; the National Witness Movement Superintendent; MANKRALO
and the Tema Area Superintendent of The Apostolic Church. Before
entering the mission, he was trained in Materials Technology and PAST PRESIDENT
Testing at the Ghana Highways Authority Training School and APOSTOLIC CHURCH
worked for the authority as a Senior Technical Officer. He later
studied for a Diploma in Theology at the Apostolic Church Training
School (ACTS) in Penygroes, South Wales in the United Kingdom.

He began his service to the church as an elder of the Somanya
congregation in 1984. He went on to serve in various other positions
including, an Overseer at Dodowa, as Pastor at Akim Oda, as a
Teacher in Kumasi and as Apostle in Accra.

He also served in several high profile positions in the church,
including National Council Member, Principal of the Bible College,
Ministry Committee Secretary and Member of the National
Executive of the church. He was also a member of the Education
Committee of the Ghana Pentecostal Council, which was tasked to
draft a curriculum for a 3-year first Degree Theology Program for
the Ghana Pentecostal Theological Seminary. In October 2011, he
was elevated to the position of Tema Area Superintendent, one of
the most influential positions in the church. He has five children
with his wife, Mrs. Rose Mankralo.

76 Archbishop Daniel Yinka Sarfo is the immediate past Archbishop
Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa. An alumnus
ARCHBISHOP of the Trinity Theological Seminary in Accra, he pursued further
DANIEL YINKA studies in the United Kingdom, where he earned a Master’s degree
SARFO in Mission Studies at the University of Leeds, and a Doctorate in
Theology at the University of Wales, in Lampeter.
PAST ARCHBISHOP PRIMATE
CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF WEST He began his mission as a deacon when he was ordained in August
AFRICA 1979, becoming a priest in September the next year. In 1986, he
was promoted to Archdeacon of the Sunyani and in 1984, became a
Canon of the Kumasi Cathedral. He was also serving in the Ghanaian
Army as Forces Chaplain and by the time he was elected as Bishop
of the Kumasi Diocese in November 1998, he held the rank of major

In 2012, he was elected to the newly created position of Metropolitan
Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana. Two years later he
automatically assumed the position of Archbishop Primate of the
Church of the Province of West Africa after the sudden demise
of the incumbent, Solomon Tilewa Johnson and was consecrated
as in March of 2014. As Primate, he worked to reconcile the liberal
and conservative wings of the Anglican faith. He was also a firm
advocate for servant leadership in both the spiritual and secular
realms, believing that a moral core was essential to effective
leadership at all levels.

BISHOP DR. Bishop Dr. George Adjeman Bishop and General Overseer of the
GEORGE Winners Church Ghana was first christened George Kwadwo Adom
ADJEMAN Oppong. He later changed his name to Adjeman – savior of nations
– to reflect the mission that he had come to embrace. As a child,
GENERAL OVERSEER he was sent to live with his grandfather because his father was
WINNER'S CHAPEL GHANA (WCG) away a lot and hoped to shield his young son from the disruptions
of his constant travels. It was his grandfather who first instilled in
him the tenets of Christianity that would come to define his later
life. After his O Level Education, his father wanted him to train as a
mechanic, but the young man was adamant that he would continue
his studies and with the help of his uncle, was able to take up the
offer of admission from Accra Academy to study for his A Levels. In
a sign of things to come, he was elected Chapel Prefect during his
time at the school.

He left Ghana after his A levels to study banking at the Southwest
London College before finding employment as a Credit Control
Officer at the then Kaduna Cooperative Bank in Nigeria. He joined
the ministry as a pastor of the Winners Chapel based in Nigeria,
later breaking away to form Winners Chapel Ghana, a name he was
allowed to keep after a decade-long court battle. Bishop Dr George
Adjeman has five children with his wife, Dr. Josephine Adjeman.

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Reverend Professor Paul Yaw Frimpong-Manso is the President of 77
the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council and the General
Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. He is an alumnus of the REV. PROF.
Osei Tutu Senior High School; Southern Ghana Bible College of the PAUL FRIMPONG-
Assemblies of God; University of Cambridge, University of Sheffield MANSO
and the University of Wales. First ordained in 1988, he has steadily
risen through the ranks of the church, even as he pursued an GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
illustrious academic career. Reverend Professor Frimpong-Manso ASSEMBLIES OF GOD GHANA
has placed his knowledge, skills and talents at the disposal of the
Assemblies of God Church and the entire Christian faith and has
served it diligently in a quest to grow and nurture it.

He is seen as an effective communicator and an exemplar of the
Pentecostal Council’s positions and values as it continues its
expansion drive, which has seen it grow from its initial membership
of four churches - Christ Apostolic Church, Apostolic Church, the
Church of Pentecost and Assemblies of God Church on its formation
in 1969 – to its current 200-member strength. It is continuing
this mission that delegates voted to elect Reverend Professor
Frimpong-Manso to replace the retiring Apostle Professor Opoku
Onyinah in September 2018. During his seven year term, Reverend
Professor Frimpong-Manso is expected to continue his advocacy
for the values of the church while seeking a more significant
voice and role for the church in public affairs in order to influence
the course of policy towards ends that are more palatable to the
Christian faith.

Rt. Reverend Dr Seth Senyo Agidi is the thirteenth Moderator of RT. REV. DR.
the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana but only the second SETH SENYO
since the General Assembly model was chosen to replace the synod AGIDI
around which the church had been organized since its inception.
He first trained as a teacher before pursuing further education at 2ND MODERATOR
CORAT Africa Management and Development Centre in Nairobi, EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
Kenya; Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis Missouri, USA; and GHANA
the Trinity Theological Seminary, Accra.

After his ordination, Reverend Agidi served in various positions
in the church, including as District Pastor; Director of Programs,
Ecumenical, and Social Relations; Principal of the Evangelical
Presbyterian Seminary; and Facilitator of the Cross-Cultural
Ministry at Eden Theological Seminary in the USA. Reverend
Agidi also established the Shepherd’s Centre of Ageing, a non-
governmental and interfaith organization of which he is Executive
Director. The Centre has since 2003 set up some seventy-five
centers in the Volta Region for the use of senior citizens.

He is also a published author and has several books to his credit,
some of which are The Mission of the Church in Socioeconomic
Development: The Case of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church,
Ghana; Caring for the Elderly in the Changing Extended Family
System in Ghana; and A Comprehensive Story of the Passion
of Christ: A Resource Book for Refection and Worship for the
Celebration of the Holy Week. He is married with four children.

78 Bishop Gideon Yoofi Titi-Ofei , the Presiding Bishop of the Pleasant
Place Church is one of the most recognizable and respected
BISHOP Christian leaders in the country. Born into a Christian family – his
GIDEON father was an ordained priest in the Methodist Church – it was no
YOOFI TITI-OFEI surprise when he also chose to enter into ministry. Bishop Titi-
Ofei pastor, however wears many hats in addition to his priestly
PRESIDENT mantle. He is a leadership coach, motivational speaker, a thinker,
THE PLEASANT PLACE CHURCH entrepreneur and writer who also superintends over the Titi-Ofei
Group, a collection of educational and training institutions including
BISHOP the Accra Business School, International Organization for Capacity
JAMES Building (IOCB), Boardroom Institute, Ghana Institute of Certified
KWAKU SAAH Managers and the African Diplomatic Policy Institute.

REGIONAL BISHOP An astute academic himself, he was for many years a professor of
ACTION CHAPEL INTERNATIONAL / ACI leadership of the Australia Institute of Business’ MBA program. He
ACCRA NORTH himself holds a Master’s Degree in Governance and Leadership and
served as a member of the National Peace Council for a four year
term. He is considered to be among the next generation of spiritual
leaders in the country and is the General Secretary of the National
Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC). His
ministry, Titi-Ofei Ministries is also organized as a conglomerate
with Pleasant Place Churches, Pastor Mentoring Pastors, Pastors’
Academy and Rural Pastor Capacity Building Project operating
as semi-autonomous units of the larger body. Bishop Titi-Ofei is
regularly named among the most influential pastors in the country
and is married to Lady Olivia Titi-Ofei, with whom he has four
children.

Bishop James Kwaku Saah is one of Ghana’s most gifted leaders
of prayer and the brain behind “Jericho Hour,” a Thursday morning
prayer meeting the Action Chapel International’s Prayer Cathedral,
which draws thousands, many of whom credit the event for
miraculous events and breakthroughs in their lives. By day, however,
he is the Administrative Bishop of Action Chapel International and
the Regional Bishop of Accra North branch of the church. Bishop
Saah served for many years as a missionary in Benin City, Nigeria,
under the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa. He joined Action Chapel
in 1989 and quickly rose through the ranks on the basis of his
integrity and commitment to the mission of God. Under the aegis of
the Action Chapel International, he organizes the Action Business
Forum, a periodic meeting of Christian businessmen and women
which attracts a large number of people.

He is an inspirational teacher and is regularly invited to speak at
conferences and churches in Ghana and abroad. As a teacher
of the word on radio and television, he is one of the most well-
known faces in the Christian faith. He holds a Master’s Degree in
Governance and Leadership at the Ghana Institute of Management
and Public Administration and has written several books, including
The Finger of God; The Road to a The Double Portion; The Mystery
of Success; and Seize your moment. He is also a council member of
the Dominion University. He is married to Mrs Agnes Saah and they
have a son.

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Prophet Kakra Baiden trained as an architect, but after a vision in 79
which God commanded him to change course, he elected to rather
use his immense gifts in building the Lord’s vineyard. Nowadays, PROPHET
Prophet Baiden is more likely to be the source of a viral video or KAKRA
message shared enthusiastically by his loyal followers who wait BAIDEN
anxiously for his inspiring and well-crafted messages. His uncanny
ability to quote extensively from the Bible from memory has named SENIOR PASTOR
him the adoring moniker “The Walking Bible”. He is currently the QODESH (MORNING STAR CATHEDRAL)
senior pastor of the Morning Star Cathedral, known as Quodesh, of THE MEGA CHURCH
the Lighthouse Chapel International in Accra -Ghana. A teacher and
leader, he has trained many pastors and missionaries and helped
start over fifty new churches from scratch around the world. He
is much sought after preacher, speaker and revivalist who has
headlined major Christian events on all five continents.

Prophet Baiden is distinct from many others in his field by his
understanding and use of social media. With about half a million
followers on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, he is one
of the most influential users of new media, crafting his messages in
such a way as to derive maximum impact. His radio and TV program,
Airpower with Kakra Baiden are also streamed online and enjoyed
by his followers from every corner of the world. He also headlines
The Air Power Conference, an interdenominational prophetic event
that is held in various locations around the world. He is married to
Lady Reverend Dr Ewuradwoa Baiden and he lives with her and their
four children.

Reverend Titus Kofi Awotwi Pratt is the Presiding Bishop of the MOST
Methodist Church, Ghana, the same position that his father held REV. TITUS
when he ordained the younger Awotwi Pratt as a minister in the AWOTWI PRATT
Church in 1977. Reverend Awotwi Pratt was educated at the Wesley
Grammar School in Accra and the Komenda Teachers Training PRESIDING BISHOP
College before attending the Trinity Theological Seminary at Legon METHODIST CHURCH GHANA
prior to his ordination.

His first station was at the Fijai Secondary School. where he served
as School Chaplain for his probation period. With that completed,
he went on to the United Kingdom, where he spent three years an
assistant minister at Roundhay Methodist Church in Leeds, United
Kingdom. Following distinguished service at several stations around
the country, he was sent to Gambia to serve as Superintendent
Minister in the newly formed district of the Methodist Church Ghana
in The Gambia and later as Synod Secretary of the Gambia District
Synod and eventually as Chairman and General Superintendent of
the Methodist Mission in Gambia.

In 2003, he was recalled to Ghana to continue his work, serving
as Superintendent Minister of the Dansoman Circuit and later the
Kwashieman Circuit both in the Accra Diocese of the Methodist
Church Ghana. In 2011, he was elected Bishop of Accra and in 2015,
he won the race to replace Reverend Emmanuel Asante, who was
ending his term as Presiding Bishop of the church, marking the first
time that father and son had held that high office in the church.

80 Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng is the Founder and General Overseer
of Power Chapel Worldwide, the culmination of an unlikely life story
PROPHET that would confound all but the most fervent believers in the ability
VICTOR of God to fashion greatness in his mysterious ways. The young Kusi
KUSI BOATENG Boateng was unable to complete his schooling and for a while,
slept rough in uncompleted buildings and unoccupied classrooms.
FOUNDER & GENERAL OVERSEER Through hard work and the miraculous grace of God, he managed to
POWER CHAPEL WORLDWIDE turn his life around and now received in the best homes and places
around the globe.

He is an advisor to presidents and leaders around the world and
has been invited to preach at many prestigious events. From
having nothing to eat, he has moved to be a provider for scores of
people who rely on his mission to support themselves. The Home of
Destiny Educational Fund, which he established, provides funding
to enable those who would otherwise not have been able to do so,
gain an education.

The Kusi Boateng Ministries, a new arm of his work, provide spiritual
and material support to the needy around the world. The school
dropout has become an accomplished author and the brain behind
popular bestsellers such as Blood for Blood; Wisdom Capsules for
Survival; and Manasseh before Ephraim. He has received several
honors for his work from elite institution such as from institutions
such as the United States House of Congress, the State of Texas
and The Central Destitute Infirmary. Prophet Victor Kusi Boateng
lives in Accra, with his wife, Anita Kusi Boateng and their four
children.

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DR. SELORM
JIMMY ADADEVOH
HEYMANN

Dr. Jimmy Heymann is a medical doctor with years of practice Mr. Selorm Adadevoh is MTN Ghana’s Chief Executive Officer.
working with various health centers in Ghana. He had his He attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
secondary school education at the Adisadel College. He is and Technology. He is also an alumnus of the University
also an alumnus of the University of Ghana Medical School. He of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School. He secured his
later went to study French at the Alliance Francaise d’Accra. appointment on June 20, 2018 after being an Executive Director
He served as the High Commissioner to South Africa between at Scancom PLC since August 8, 2018.
2006 and 2009.
Mr. Adadevoh was previously the Chief Commercial Officer
Dr. Jimmy Heymann has served on several boards as he was and Head of Mobile Financial Services for the then Tigo
board member for Aggrey Memorial A.M.E Zion Secondary service providers, the Millicom Group. He was the former Chief
School. He also served in an advisory role as board member of Executive Officer of Digicel Group’s largest market in Haiti.
the Corricreche and Crimson School before later serving on the
board of PlaySoccer Ghana under the auspices of FIFA. He also He has varied skills and experience in technology which he
worked for the A.M.E Zion Church board as a board member. has leveraged in his role at MTN. He is expected to move the
company into a new phase through innovation and technology,
In September 2017, he was appointed Director of the State making it an excellent telecommunication group in Ghana and
Insurance Company, later serving as Chairman of the Board Africa as a whole.
of Directors of the same company. He joined the Cenpower
Generation Company Limited’s initiative in establishing the He also serves on the board of Women’s World Banking Ghana,
Kpone Power Plant Project to help improve Ghana’s security SVGS & Loans Co. Ltd.
and electricity supply. This subsequently led him to serve as
board member for Cenpower Generation Company Limited.

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KOJO ISHMAEL
ADDAE- AMANOR
MENSAH DODOO

The accomplished banker with more than two decades of Today, he is a career diplomat who works with the United
experience in the banking and finance sector, Mr. Kojo Addae- Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Currently, he is the
Mensah, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Databank Group. Deputy UNDP Country Director for Rwanda.
He attended the University of Ghana where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, after which he obtained Mr. Ishmael Nii Amanor Dodoo, attended St Mary’s Anglican
a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the same Primary School, Kinbu Experimental School, and the Accra
institution. Prior to joining the Databank Group, he was the Academy. He also attended the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Chief Operating Officer at the Ghana Commercial Bank. He was Science and Technology and later went on to study at the Oxford
also former Chief Operating Officer of Barclays Bank Ghana University. In 1998, he worked with the UNDP serving in various
Limited. He has exhibited excellence, dedication and service in leadership and management roles in Liberia and Tanzania. He
the various positions in which he has served. was the former Partner in Charge of Audit Units at the KPMG
Practice in Nigeria, overseeing the energy, consumer markets
One of such is his role as Director of the Changing Lives and natural resources sectors. He serves as the current Senior
Endowment Fund through which the education of many needy Partner of the KPMG in Ghana. He has over three decades of
but brilliant school children is being supported. Kojo is married experience in audit advisory services.
with one child.
He also deals with the private sector in helping it do due
diligence and project evaluation of its businesses. He is married
with children.

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MOSES CHARLES
KWESI LARBI-
BAIDEN JNR. ODAM

The Chief Executive Officer of Margins Group, Moses Kwesi Charles Larbi-Odam is the Country Executive for Deloitte
Baiden Jnr, is one who has tenacity in the corporate world and Ghana, a multinational firm which delivers audit, tax,
exceptional knowledge on business innovation and technology. consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory and related
He has unique skills in business development, manufacturing, services. The Chartered Certified Accountant, and a Fellow
sales and marketing. of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the
United Kingdom, has experience in various sectors including
He is an alumnus of the Ghana School of Law after which he financial services, telecommunication, media, consulting and
served as a Teaching Assistant for the University of Ghana Law Information Technology. In the year 2000, he joined the Deloitte
Faculty. In 1990, he identified a gap in the print media industry Group. In August 2011, he served as a member of the Southern
and began his entrepreneurial journey while in Law school. Africa Board of Directors on the Remuneration Committee as
Margins Group of companies was birthed at that point in time. well as the Performance, Reward, Succession and Nomination
Committees.
His company deals with enabling secure identification and
authentication in transactions through advanced technologies By the year 2012, he was appointed Business Unit Leader
such as system designs, security printers, and application of Corporate Finance of the firm; developing services in
developers in order to provide secured environments for all. His connection with valuations required for financial reporting
experience as a business and technology expert spans a period purposes. He also serves on the Deloitte Africa Board. He
of over twenty years. He is also passionate about growing and currently leads International Financial Reporting Standards
nurturing young professionals and leaders as part of his social (IFRS) valuation work at Deloitte South Africa.
responsibility.

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DANIEL DR.
SACKEY ERNEST
ADDISON

Dan Sackey serves as Managing Director and Regional In 2017, Dr. Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison became Governor of
Executive for Anglophone West Africa of Ecobank Ghana. Dan the Bank of Ghana. He had his secondary school education at the
Sackey holds an MBA in International Banking and Finance Mfantsipim School. He later attended the University of Ghana
from the University of Birmingham, and a Bachelor of Science where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics
degree in Accounting from the University of Ghana. before going on to acquire his Master’s in Economics degree at
the Cambridge University. He is also an alumnus of the McGill
He joined Ecobank in 1995 as a risk analyst, rising through the University where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in
ranks in Ecobank Ghana’s corporate banking division working Economics.
as Managing Director of Ecobank Rwanda, Deputy Group Risk
Manager and Regional Risk Manager of the Ecobank Group. As an economist, he joined the Bank of Ghana in 1994 where
He has been responsible for driving Ecobank’s businesses he managed to rise through the ranks to become the Deputy
in Malawi, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Head of Economic Analysis and Policy Division of the Research
Zimbabwe, and Zambia. Department. He also served as Chairman for an ECOWAS Task
Force which dealt with working on feasibility studies for the
His role involves directing activities for Ecobank Zimbabwe setting up of the West African Monetary Institute.
and being Cluster Head for the Southern Africa Development
Community (SADC). His main focus is to position Ecobank to As the Central Bank governor, Mr. Addison automatically serves
grow its business organically in the medium to long term while as ex-officio for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Board
spearheading expansion of the Ecobank franchise into Angola. of Governors and Board Chairman of the Ghana Interbank
Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GHIPSS). He is
married and has children.

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FRANK JIM
BRAKO REYNOLDS
ADU BAIDEN

Mr. Frank Brako Adu is the Chief Executive Officer and Jim Reynolds Baiden is a retired former Managing Director of
Managing Director of CAL Bank. He won the prestigious African Fidelity Bank. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics
Banker of the Year award at a ceremony held in Sandton, South and Statistics from the University of Ghana. He is also an
Africa in 2018. Mr. Adu attended the University of Ghana where alumnus of the Darden School of Management, University of
he obtained both his undergraduate degree and an MBA. Virginia and holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance
from the Finafrica Foundation in Italy. His earlier work began as
He is the Golden Beach Hotels Limited’s Director and Chairman the Eastern Regional Director of the National Investment Bank
for the Roman Ridge School. He also serves as Council Member in the 80s.
at the University College of Agriculture and Environment. He is
a Board Member of seven different companies. Prior to this, Mr. Throughout his two decades of service to the banking sector,
Adu occupied the position of Chairman-Council at Ghana Stock Mr. Baiden has served in various capacities as co-founder
Exchange and Chairman-Council at GSE Securities Depository of Fidelity Bank, General Manager and Executive Director
Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Ghana Stock Exchange. of the Fidelity Discount House. He was also responsible for
Treasury and Wholesale Banking amongst other roles. He has
In addition, he was inducted into the 2018 Africa’s CEOs Hall of consequently supervised various banking projects, making him
Fame for his role in shaping the banking industry. a competent professional and a leading treasury manager and
investment banker in the financial sector. Mr. Jim Reynolds
Baiden is married to Mrs. Joyce Baiden and they have three
children.

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VISH RANSFORD
ASHIAGBOR ADZETEY
SOWAH

Vish Ashiagbor is the Country Senior Partner for Mr. Anselm Ransford Adzetey Sowah is a renowned banker
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)-Ghana, a global network of and lawyer with an enviable record of achievement in market
firms delivering world-class assurance, tax and consulting optimization. He is an alumnus of the Mfantsipim School and
services for businesses. As a fellow of the Institute of the University of Ghana with a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member English and Philosophy. He is well versed in international trade
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants-Ghana, he is a finance, retail banking, as well as compliance.
chartered accountant by profession. He obtained a Master
of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from the As a professional banker in London, Mr. Sowah has three
University of London's Imperial College of Science, Technology decades of experience in the financial sector. He serves on
and Medicine. advisory boards of thriving banks such as Ghana International
Bank and the Bank of Montreal Capital Markets, both in London.
He has led many advisory engagements across the public and
private markets of Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, working in Mr. Anselm Ransford Adzetey Sowah was appointed by the
the power, transport & logistics sectors. His recent experiences Board of Directors of GCB Bank Limited as Managing Director
include advising on infrastructure financing arrangements for of the bank, a position he has since held in high esteem. As
an electricity transmission company. He has also advised on a banker with a successful track record, he has worked to
the development of an inland port with a connecting rail line develop banking relationships and partnerships with several
using a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) funding model. international banks and financial regulatory bodies such as
the Prudential Regulatory Authority and Financial Conduct
Authority in the United Kingdom.

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KWAKU STEPHANE
BREKU COUTSE
ANDAH

K.B. Andah is the Country Director for Baker Tilly Andah+Andah, Stephane Couste is the Managing Director of Fan Milk Limited,
an accounting and business advisory firm. As a fellow a company that deals in the production and distribution of
of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants dairy products consisting of ice cream and frozen yoghurt in
(United Kingdom), he has excellent skills in consultancy and strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate flavours. He assumed office
professional service delivery. He holds a Master’s degree in on July 1, 2016, bringing on board over twenty years’ experience
Economic Policy Management. He is a member of the Institute attained by working globally.
of Chartered Accountants, Ghana. He also serves as a member
of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He worked as former General Manager of Fan Milk Togo and
Ivory Coast for one year before assuming his new role. He
As a corporate leader, he brings on board his knowledge on previously worked as a General Manager at the Fast-Moving
corporate finance, accounting, taxation, auditing, research, Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.
management and development consultancy. The corporate
team of Baker Tilly Andah+Andah, profiles him as one with an He was also General Manager at the Danone Group rising
exceptional and holistic view of industry and sector issues through the ranks as Director of Industrial and Supply Chain,
with distinction in key areas such as privatization and financial Human Resource Manager and Vice President in Charge of
investment, including public sector consulting. Integration. He similarly served as General Manager for the
Volga Division Group of Companies in Danone Russia. His role
as General Manager of Fan Milk Ghana allows for a joint venture
between Abraaj and the Danone Group.

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MARWAN MORTEN
TRABOULSI GADE

C.E.O of Air Ghana Limited, a cargo operating company which Morten Gade is the Managing Director of Ghacem Limited, a
offers cargo handling services to the Kotoka International member company of the globally renowned Heidelberg Group.
Airport, Marwan Traboulsi, was born on October 1954. He is a He combines this role with the leadership of Heidelberg’s
British national making waves in the Ghanaian corporate world. operations in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia. As head of
He has been in the news for several initiatives regarding his the firm, Mr Gade oversees strategies and partnerships with
influence in the aviation and cargo handling business. customers and distributors.

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer left his work in Under his stewardship, the company has sought to consolidate
large scale farming and export to divert into cargo handling. its role as the preferred cement for builders around the country,
Currently, he exports produce from other farmers through his in the face of credible threats from several market competitors
cargo business, helping to promote economic development emboldened by liberalization in the sector. For much of its life,
within the sub-regions. Amidst several economic and political Ghacem had operated as a virtual monopoly and it has been Mr
challenges, he has encountered as a business leader, he is still Gade’s duty to reform its operations and strategy to address
described as being an efficient and diligent entrepreneur. these new challenges to its market share. Ghacem however,
remains far and away the largest cement producer and
distributor in the country, with two production centers in Tema
and Takoradi as well as a large warehousing facility in Kumasi to
serve the northern parts of the country.

Mr Gade is widely acknowledged to be a leader in the
construction sector and is relied on by several industry
stakeholders, including parliamentary select committees of
the countries, Heidelberg operates in for his advice and insight
into the sector and the policies and projects that are underway
or being contemplated. Through these engagements and his
day job as head of the largest cement production operation in
the sub-region, Mr Gade is making a huge impact on the West
African economy and the future of its built environment in
particular.

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MITWA GAVIN
KAEMBA PIKE
NG'AMBI

Mitwa Kaemba Ng'ambi is an experienced hand in the African Gavin Pike is the Managing Director of Guinness Ghana
telecom sector and was until September, the Chief Executive Breweries Limited, a position he was appointed to in August
Officer of Airtel-Tigo Ghana. Coming into the role just as the 2017. Prior to that, the Rhodes University educated Mr Pike
company was completing a merger, Ms Ng'ambi had to lead had served in a number of positions with Diageo, the drinks
a process of change and the evolution of a new corporate conglomerate that owns Guinness Ghana Breweries. He was
identity, values and operational direction. most recently the Global Head of Mainstream Spirits, working
out of the company’s London, United Kingdom headquarters.
With several years of experience behind her, including with
MTN Benin and several other roles in MTN Zambia and most He had also held various senior executive positions for the
recently as CEO of Tigo Senegal, she came to the role with company in Nigeria and South Africa, including as Innovation
a trademark cutting edge approach to business planning, and Ready to Drink Brand Manager at Guinness Ghana. A
strategy, marketing and distribution, which she quickly put to veteran of the beverage industry, he served as Global Manager
work in the service of the shiny new Airtel-Tigo brand. In the at Distell International Limited and was also Director of the
year in which she served, she put the company on the path to Global Brandhouse Beverages (Pty) Limited before joining
sustained growth to the admiration of industry watchers. Diageo. He was also Director of Marketing and Innovation at
Guinness Nigeria. Under his tenure at Guinness, the company
A big believer in technology with a Master’s Degree in Computer has sought to hold and consolidate its position as the largest
Science from the University of Joensuu, Finland and a Bachelor drinks manufacturer in the country, introducing new drinks,
of Science Degree in Computer Science from the University innovations and brand campaigns to distinguish itself in an
of Namibia, Ms Ng'ambi displays profound competencies in industry that has become even more competitive as increasing
technology and commercial services, information technology income levels have given consumers more spending power and
solutions delivery and mobile financial services, areas in which freedom to choose.
the telecom industry is set to grow, making her a key asset for
the African telecom sector. She has since joined MTN Rwanda Mr Pike has committed the company to boosting its
following her amicable exit from Airtel-Tigo Ghana and is set infrastructure to improve production and has also sought to
to play a lead role in the multinational telecom giant’s drive for source more of its raw materials from local growers. Along with
larger market share in one of Africa’s most promising markets. the corporate social responsibility initiatives that have long
been a mark of the company, Mr Pike’s objectives will make
Guinness an even larger player in the economic and social lives
of Ghanaian citizens.

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KWEKU RAY
AWOTWI NKWE

Kweku Awotwi is an Executive Vice President of Tullow Oil Ray Nkwe was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of TV3
plc with direct oversight over the day to day running of Tullow Network on February 2016, replacing Augustus Bamfo Dickson,
Ghana Limited, of which he was Managing Director before his who had retired after a nineteen year run with the private
elevation to his current position in May 2019. Educated at Yale broadcaster. He was also at the same time appointed Chief
University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Operating Officer of Media General Limited, the company that
electrical engineering and at Stanford Graduate School of owns and operates TV3 and sister media brands including
Business where he had his Master’s in Business Administration, 3FM and Onua FM. For the South African born NKwe, this was
he has long been a player in the energy and extracts sector in a familiar challenge in an unfamiliar country. While he had
Ghana. worked in multiple industries such as tourism, public relations
and aviation, media and television in particular has always been
After stints as Manager of Business Planning and Analysis his true love.
at Kaiser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation and at GE/
RTC, both in the United States of America, he joined Ashanti As head of the largest television brand in South Africa, SABC1,
Goldfields Company Limited, now Anglogold Ashanti, where Mr Nkwe introduced several innovations and programs such
he served as Managing Director of Strategic Planning and New as Stars of Mzansi Awards, Intersexions, Dance Your Butt Off,
Business Development. He would go on to establish the Triton Class Act, and Relentless in a largely successful effort to turn
Group as well as the African Precious Metals Limited. the slightly staid state broadcaster into a credible competitor
for the attention of a more youthful demographic.
Between 2003 and 2004, he transitioned to the public sector,
taking on the role of Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Volta Since taking over at TV3, the determined and unrelenting Mr
River Authority, the state owned energy provider. In February Nkwe has introduced some new verve into the broadcaster’s
2018, he was appointed the Managing Director of Tullow Ghana operations. With new hires, a refocusing of their commercial
Limited, which had initiated the first commercial production of operations and the more aggressive programming decisions,
oil in the country. the company under him is actively seeking to boost viewer
figures, in which it is currently third placed in the country.
Mr Awotwi’s strategic insight is highly sought after and he Should he succeed, it would be a tremendous credit to his
has served on several boards, including those Stanbic Bank, versatility and adaptability and burnish his credentials as a
Multmedia Group and the Volta River Authority. In his current formidable communications and media strategist and executor
position, Mr Awotwi also sits on the Tullow’s Executive in two very distinct media markets.
Team, giving him a chance to shape and influence the global
operations of the oil giant.



Ghana's
Power
Ladies

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H.E. REBECCA
AKUFO-ADDO

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The often-used aphorism that “behind determination, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has become
every successful man is a woman,” holds the mother of the nation and is but a step away
true for Ghana’s first couple. Mrs. Rebecca from reaching the pinnacle of her life and attaining
Akufo-Addo, Ghana’s First Lady, has had a major the prize everyone dreams of – becoming leader
influence on the life and political fortunes of her and President of the nation.
husband, President Akufo-Addo. Composed,
collected and quiet to the point of appearing But if personal demeanors are anything to go by,
unassuming, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s calm one can tell without even having the power of a
disposition hides the real hardworking, firm, clairvoyant that Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo is not
dedicated and lovely personality she is. ready to be bogged down by the hustle and bustle
a President has to contend with every day.
Born some 68 years ago into a political family to
Justice Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph, She is happy with her current philanthropic calling
Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament in the Third of supporting the needy and the underprivileged
Republic and Frances Phillipina Griffiths- in society. Her charity organization, the
Randolph (nee Mann), Rebecca, unlike other Rebecca Foundation has been at the forefront
‘political kids’ avoided the limelight, staying off of supporting health facilities and empowering
the political radar and working in fields unrelated women across the country. She has among other
to politics. But fate would thrust her back into the things, established a GHC10 million Mother and
‘family tradition’ thanks to marriage! Baby’s Unit (MBU) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching
Hospital (KATH) through her foundation; trained
Rebecca, like the privileged children of her day, and supported over 200 women in acquiring
started her elementary education at the famed vocational skills in the Eastern and Northern
Achimota School before continuing to the Wesley regions of Ghana; and renovated community
Grammar School and then to the Government clinics in the Central region.
Secretariat, all in Accra, where she trained and
qualified as a secretary. She went on to work with She and Nana Akufo-Addo have four lovely
Merchant Bank, now UMB Bank, for some time daughters.
before moving to the United Kingdom where she
became employed as a legal secretary for two
reputable law firms; Clifford Chance and Ashurst
Morris Crisp. As fate would have it, Rebecca was
to later meet her heartthrob, Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, who would take her in into his
political dreams.

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Samira Bawumia, the Second Lady of women empowerment among others, Samira’s
Ghana fits the descriptor “beauty with efforts at impacting lives were recently rewarded
brains” perfectly. She turns heads with when she was made an Ambassador for the Global
her exquisite beauty and sense of fashion, Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves.
but beneath that splendour and beauty is a
determined and intelligent lady created to effect This recognition is remarkable as she joins the
change in peoples’ lives. enviable list of renowned personalities who
hold that position including Ghana’s own Kofi
Born into a political home to Alhaji Ahmed Annan, the deceased former UN Secretary
Ramadan, former National Chairman of the General, Academy Award-winning actress, Julia
People’s National Convention (PNC) and his wife Roberts, and another star from Ghana, Grammy-
Hajia Ayesha Ramadan, Samira’s smartness and nominated musician, Rocky Dawuni.
activism came to the fore when she mounted
political platforms to campaign for change As an ambassador, Samira is expected to help
on the back of anti-corruption and women raise awareness about household air pollution
empowerment during the 2016 general elections. and advocate for the use of cleaner cooking
methods across the developing world.
The only daughter among her siblings, Samira
started her early education at the Answarudeen Ultimately, the goal of her engagement is to
Islamic School at Fadama, a suburb of Accra help create cleaner environments and eradicate
before moving to the Akosombo International deaths caused by pollution from the burning of
School. Samira holds a Bachelor’s degree in solid fuels for cooking, an engagement she has
Law and Sociology from the Kwame Nkrumah embraced whole heartedly.
University of Science and Technology and an
MBA from the Ghana Institute of Management Fluent in several languages, Samira has been
and Public Administration (GIMPA) where she was the capable wife behind Ghana’s Vice President
adjudged the best student in her year group. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, providing tender loving
care to the four children the couple have.
As founder of the Samira Empowerment and
Humanitarian Projects, a non-profit organization
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Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings is a rights of widows and children in the event of a man
former first lady, presidential candidate dying without a will. The group also set up more
and one of the most renowned advocates than eight-hundred-day care centres across the
for female empowerment and advancement in country and educated women on family planning
the nation’s history. As the nation’s longest ever methods. Through relentless advocacy and her
serving and most activist-oriented first lady, influence, Ghana adopted the United Nations
she came to redefine the role while carving an Convention of the Rights of the Child ahead of
indelible mark on the nation’s history. any other member state of the world body. So
great was Nana Konadu’s active political and
Nana Konadu was born on November 17, 1948, social advocacy that many believed it spilled over
into a prominent Ashanti Royal family and had into the exercise of actual political power and she
her secondary education at Achimota School, was both feared and admired around the country.
where she met Jerry John Rawlings, Ghana’s
four-time leader whom she later married despite After Jerry Rawlings left power in 2001, Nana
opposition from both her parents, she would later Konadu continued in an active political role,
reveal. inspiring inevitable comparisons with Mrs. Hillary
Clinton, the former US first lady who also went
Even then, she showed traces of the energy and on to pursue a political career in her own right
drive that would come to define her adult life, after her husband, President Bill Clinton left
gaining prominence as a student leader. After office in 2001. In 2010, she stood for and won
her degree, she traveled to the United Kingdom elections to become Vice Chairperson of the
for further studies, earning a diploma in Interior National Democratic Congress. The following
Design from the London College of Arts. She also year, she resigned the position to contest against
studied at Ghana’s Management Development incumbent President John Evans Atta Mills for the
and Productivity Institute, the Ghana Institute flag bearer ship position. After her unsuccessful
of Management and Public Administration, as bid, she left the party to form her own party, the
well as the Johns Hopkins University Institute National Democratic Party.
for Policy Studies, Baltimore, USA where she
pursued a programme in philanthropy and non- In 2016, she became the first woman to contest
profit organizations. for the Ghanaian presidency, polling 0.16% of the
total valid votes. In 2018, Nana Konadu published
In 1982, when Jerry Rawlings returned to power, “It Takes a Woman,” the first in a series of books in
she led the formation of the 31st December which she would share her life experiences. Nana
Women’s Movement which played a key role in Konadu remains one of the most recognizable
empowering and advocating for women in the and dominant figures in Ghanaian politics and
country. The broad-based organization, with society today.
its trademark red berets worn by its members,
provided women with employable skills, sources
of income and basic literacy and numeracy
knowledge.

Nana Konadu and her movement were also
instrumental in the passing of the Intestate
Succession Law in 1985. The law protected the

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