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A. K. Konuah
Allotei Kobina Konuah (1915 - 1979) was a Ghanaian educationist, sportsman and city administrator. He was executive chairman of Accra City Council from Februabry 1979 until his death in October 1979. Before this, he was headmaster of Accra Academy from 1953 to 1967. He was team manager for Ghana at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1954 Commonwealth Games, which marked the first appearances at both competitions for Ghana and the only appearances as a British colony. Early life Allotei Kobina Konuah was born in Accra in 1915 to Alexander Konuah and Yaba Aye, both were natives of the Gold Coast. He was a younger half brother to the statesman Kofi Konuah. In January 1929, Konuah was enrolled in Achimota School as a pioneer student of the secondary school department. In June 1931, he was enrolled in the Accra Academy as one of nineteen foundation students of the school. He became the first head prefect of the school the following year. He passed the Senior Cambridge School Certi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Acquaah
George Wilson Acquaah (3 October 1925 – 18 December 1963) Ghanaian track and field sprint (running), sprinter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Olympic Games. In 1952, George Acquaah appeared as one of seven athletes for the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki. In the seventh heat for the 100 metres race the 26-year-old was eliminated with a time of 11.1 seconds in fifth place. In the second heat of the 4×100 metres relay the Gold Coast team, with Acquaah as the second runner and with Gabriel Laryea, John Owusu and Augustus Lawson, earned a time of 42.1 seconds putting them in fourth place, which again led to an elimination. References * External links * 1925 births 1963 deaths Ghanaian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ghana Place of birth missing 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hare, 5th Earl Of Listowel
William Francis Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel, (28 September 1906 – 12 March 1997), styled Viscount Ennismore between 1924 and 1931, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Labour politician. He was the last Secretary of State for India as well as the last Governor-General of Ghana. Background and education Lord Listowel was the eldest son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel, and Freda, daughter of Francis Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baron Derwent. John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, a Conservative Cabinet minister, was his younger brother. He was educated at Eton College, Balliol College, Oxford, Magdalene College, Cambridge and King's College London (PhD, 1932). Political career Listowel served as a lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps. He entered the House of Lords on the death of his father in November 1931, by right of the United Kingdom peerage of Baron Hare, and made his maiden speech in March of the following year. He was a Labour Party whip in the Lords from 1941 to 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O-level
The O-Level (Ordinary Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education. It was introduced in place of the School Certificate in 1951 as part of an educational reform alongside the more in-depth and academically rigorous A-Level (Advanced Level) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Those three jurisdictions replaced O-Level gradually with General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) completely by 1988 and, the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) over time. The Scottish equivalent was the O-grade (replaced by the Standard Grade). The AO-Level (Alternative Ordinary Level) was formerly available in most subject areas. Sometimes incorrectly known as the Advanced Ordinary Level, the AO Level syllabus and examination both assumed a higher degree of maturity on the part of candidates, and employed teaching methods more commonly associated with A-Level study. The AO Level was discontinued, with fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofi Busia
Kofi Abrefa Busia (born 11 July 1913 – 28 August 1978) was a Ghanaian political leader and academic who was Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972. As a nationalist leader and prime minister, he helped to restore civilian government to the country following military rule. Early life and education Busia was born a Bono prince in the traditional kingdom of Wenchi, in the Brong Ahafo Region, one of the four Gold Coast Territories, then under British rule and now called Ghana. He was educated at Methodist School, Wenchi, Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast, then at Wesley College, Kumasi, from 1931 to 1932. He taught at Wesley College and left to study at Achimota College in 1935 and taught there. He gained his first degree with Honours in Medieval and Modern History from the University of London, through correspondence during this period. He then went on to study at University College, Oxford, where he was the college's first African student. He returned to the Gold Coast in 1942 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Liberation Council
The National Liberation Council (NLC) led the Ghanaian government from 24 February 1966 to 1 October 1969. The body emerged from a ''coup d'état'' against the Nkrumah government carried out jointly by the Ghana Police Service and Ghana Armed Forces with collaboration from the Ghana Civil Service. The plotters were well connected with the governments of Britain (under PM Harold Wilson) and the United States (then under Lyndon B. Johnson), who some believe approved of the coup because of Nkrumah's pro-communist foreign policy. The coup d'etat in its aftermath has been alleged to have been supported by the Central Intelligency Agency of the U.S.A."CIA helped depose Nkrumah, says ex-agent", ''Irish Times'', 10 May 1978.Seymour Hersh, "CIA Aid In Ghana Plot Told", ''Atlanta Constitution'', 9 May 1978. The new government implemented structural adjustment policies recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Money in the national budget shifted away fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo
Patrick Kwame Kusi Quaidoo (1924-2002) was a Ghanaian politician and businessman. He served in various ministerial portfolios in the first republic and also served as a member of parliament in the first and second republic. He was the founder of the Republican Party and a founding member and leader of the All People's Republican Party. Early life and education He was born on 15 March 1924 at Opon Valley in the Western Region of Ghana. His early education begun in 1933 at Dunkwa Catholic School completing in 1940. He entered St. Augustine's College where he had his secondary education from 1941 to 1944. He continued at Achimota College intermediate department from 1946 to 1948. He proceeded to the United Kingdom for his bachelor of arts degree at the University of Bristol. Career After his studies at St. Augustine's College, he took up a year teaching appointment in the school prior to his studies at Achimota College. He later returned to teach at St. Augustine's College on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh
Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh (January 6, 1925 – March 8, 2019) was a Ghanaian diplomat. Early life Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh, born to Elizabeth Kwamba Seddoh (born Byll-Cataria) and Aloysius Komi Seddoh, received his baptism in Keta on February 30, 1926. Between 1930 and 1941, Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh went to a Roman Catholic school in Keta, where he obtained the Standard Seven School Leaving Certificate, which normally consists of at least seven subjects. From 1941 to 1943, Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh assisted his father, who was an agent of G. B. Ollivant, a subsidiary of Unilever, and the United Africa Company of Nigeria. Diplomatic career Epiphan Patrick Komla Seddoh served as ambassador from 1967 to 1969 in Paris, where he was also admitted to Madrid and to the European Economic Community (EEC). Thereafter, from October 16, 1970, to 1972, he held the post of ambassador to The Hague, and obtained a license in Brussels. Continuing his diplomatic career, from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Baëta
Christian Gonçalves Kwami Baëta (23 May 1908 – 1994) was a Ghanaian academic and a Presbyterian minister who served as the Synod Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1945 to 1949. He was among a number of prominent individuals, corporate organisations and civil society groups that were instrumental in the establishment of the University of Ghana, Legon in 1948. Early life and education Christian Gonçalves Kwami Baëta was born in 1908 in Keta on the Gold Coast, to Robert Domingo Baëta, a Presbyterian minister and Henrietta Baëta, an educator. He was a member of the Ewe people of southeastern Ghana and Togo. A member of the distinguished Baëta family, he was among four of eight children who lived to adulthood. His other siblings were named Lily and William Baëta. He and his siblings grew up in Keta as their parent wanted them to have an English-based formal education. His notable sister was Annie Ruth Baëta Jiagge (1918 – 1996), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West African Examination Council
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) is an examination board established by law to determine the examinations required in the public interest in the English-speaking West African countries, to conduct the examinations and to award certificates comparable to those of equivalent examining authorities internationally. Established in 1952, the council has contributed to education in Anglophone countries of West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Gambia), with the number of examinations they have coordinated, and certificates they have issued. They also formed an endowment fund, to contribute to the education in West Africa, through lectures, and aid to those who cannot afford education. Since established it continues to be one of the biggest and most globally recognized exams in West Africa. Dr. Adeyegbe, former HNO of WAEC Nigeria (2004) said "the council has developed a team of well-trained and highly motivated staff, and has administered Examinations th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Relations Officer
The public relations officer (PRO) or chief communications officer (CCO) or corporate communications officer is a C-suite level officer responsible for communications, public relations, and/or public affairs in an organization. Typically, the CCO of a corporation reports to the chief executive officer (CEO). The CCO may hold an academic degree in communications. A Public Relations Officer has a positive public opinion of an organization and increased brand knowledge as their first concern. They access and monitor their client's online presence to prepare the right message to convey. They can also coach clients on the importance of self-image and how to communicate with the media. A Public Relations Officer aims to positively handle and communicate information internally and externally. Role The CCO of a company is the corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the communications risks and opportunities of a business, both internally and externally. This executive is typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom ( Osei Tutu's the first town). Kumasi is the second-largest city in Ghana, after the capital, Accra. The Central Business District of Kumasi includes areas such as Adum, Bantama, Asawasi, Pampaso and Bompata (popularly called Roman Hill), with a concentration of banks, department stalls, and hotels. Economic activities in Kumasi include financial and commercial sectors, pottery, clothing and textiles. There is a significant timber processi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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