By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. She is arguably Ghana’s most famous English-language poet, playwright, essayist, novelist and educator. She is also one of the first of the then very few women to have graduated from the country’s flagship academy, the University of Ghana. Then also her brief flirtation with Ghanaian politics witnessed her being named to … Read more
She is arguably Ghana’s most famous English-language poet, playwright, essayist, novelist and educator. She is also one of the first of the then very few women to have graduated from the country’s flagship academy, the University of Ghana. Then also her brief flirtation with Ghanaian politics witnessed her being named to the crucial portfolio of … Read more
Fritz Kwabena Poku assumed duty as Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States (with concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and Bahamas) at the end of July 2004. A career diplomat with over thirty years experience in diplomatic practice in Africa, Europe and America, the 59 year old bi-lingual, who is also a Barrister-at-Law, has … Read more
Who are your heroes? Why? My heroes are people who have an independant spirit. Those who stand up for their beliefs and are true to their convictions. To name a few: Ghandi, Kofi Annan, Audrey Hepburn, Oprah Winfrey, children with disabilities and my mother. Are you currently a student? No. Are you currently employed? Yes. … Read more
EDUCATION – Studied at the University of Science and Technology in Kumasi; Bachelor’s degree in economics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1961; undertook graduate studies in economics at the Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland, 1961-1962; master of science degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972. Sloan … Read more
The Indian government has pledged a $1 million grant for the Indian Ghana Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence to help it initiate a Master’s programme for students. The amount is also to help the Centre, which has been ably managed by Madam Dorothy Gordon, to expand its laboratory facilities and introduce an additional curriculum … Read more
Justice! is an explosive Al Jazeera English documentary about Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s undercover crusade to rid Ghana of judicial corruption once and for all. Over a period of two years, the award-winning investigative journalist secretly filmed 12 Ghanaian High Court judges, 22 other judges, and 140 court officials accepting bribes. While exposing their corruption, his … Read more
Over 1.3 million weapons believed to have been smuggled into Ghana are not registered, according to preliminary investigations conducted by the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center. Chairman of the commission on small arms and light weapons, Brigadier General Francis Agyemfra is concerned about the security of the state and wants measures in place to … Read more
The Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Busumuru Kofi Annan has warned that if measures are not put in place now to fight the deadly virus, Ebola, it will escalate beyond control. “Without adequate and timely support, the crisis is likely to worsen and create further misery and anguish in West Africa and beyond,” he … Read more
Former Secretary General of the United Nations [UN] and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Kofi Annan, has expressed worry over the way and manner the continent wastes huge sums of monies on the importation of food. According him, a continent blessed with rich soil for agriculture rather opts to import and desert its … Read more
Mr. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) has called on the country’s leadership to adhere to the tenets of peace and security, respect for human rights and rule of law to promote development. He said no nation could develop without obeying these values and urged authorities to engage citizens in the … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to use his position as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) to tackle the menace of drug trafficking in the sub-region. He said he would do this by collaborating with other leaders throughout the sub-region to eliminate or reduce the incidence of drug issues. President … Read more
Former UN Secretary General and member of the MOBA 1957 Year Group, Kofi Atta Annan, will grace the 138th Mfantsipim National Fundraising Dinner Dance and Awards Night. The event is slated for Friday, 22nd August, 2014 under the theme: “Let’s Begin To Dream Again For Mfantsipim And Ghana”. The event scheduled to take place at … Read more