Amerley Awua-Asamoa ( Ollennu; born 1956) is a

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diplomat, corporate and non-profit executive. A member of the

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of Ghana, she served as Ghana's Ambassador to the Kingdom of

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from 2017 to 2021. As ambassador, she had concurrent diplomatic accreditation to

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and

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Early life and education

Amerley Ollennu was born in 1956. She is the daughter of

Nii Amaa Ollennu Raphael Nii Amaa Ollennu (21 May 1906 – 22 December 1986) was a Ghanaian jurist and judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 1962 to 1966. He briefly served as acting President of Ghana during the Second Republic in A ...

, a jurist, judge and interim president and Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana during the Second Republic. Her mother was Nana Afua Frema Busia, the Queenmother of

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Traditional Area. Her uncle was

Kofi Abrefa Busia Kofi Abrefa Busia (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 leader and prime minister, he helped to restore civilian government to the country follow ...

, an academic and politician who was the

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from 1969 to 1972. Her primary education was at the Mmofraturo Girls' Boarding School, Kumasi. She then attended

Kumasi Academy Kumasi Academy, also known as KUMACA, is a public, senior high school located in Asokore-Mampong, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Asokore-Mampong is the capital of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly and about from the central business distr ...

and Apam Secondary School. She received her bachelor's degree in Law and Sociology from the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public uni ...

. She earned an MA in Development Studies with a concentration in Women and Development from

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. She also holds an EMBA from the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

and a Diploma in the Principles of Management from The College of Professional Management in Jersey, UK. She holds professional memberships from the Network for Women's Rights (NETRIGHT) Ghana, the Ghana Institute of Management and the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP).

Career

In her early career, she worked in human resource management at the

Electricity Company of Ghana Power Distribution Services Ghana (PDS Ghana Limited), was an electricity distribution company in Ghana. The company's operation covered about thirty percent of the total land mass of the country. Formerly, and as a public company, its operations ...

(ECG) where she became the first woman to be appointed general manager in the history of the firm. She was the National President of Power Queens (Ladies Association of ECG) on consecutive occasions. She was the Head of the Women's Desk at the World Federation of UN Association (WFUNA) Africa Office in Ghana. She is the Co-founder Executive Director of the local NGO, Association of African Women in Development (AAWID). She was the Vice President of Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) Ghana. She has also worked as a primary care field educator in underserved communities in Ghana and in events management.

Ambassadorial appointment

In July 2017, President Nana Akuffo-Addo named Awua-Asamoa as Ghana's ambassador to Denmark. She was among a cohort of twenty two other Ghanaians named to head various diplomatic Ghanaian missions around the world. Her ambassadorial term ended in January 2021.

Personal life

A Christian, she married Michael Awua Asamoah. They have three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Awua-Asamoa, Amerley Ollennu 1956 births Living people Ambassadors of Ghana to Denmark Ambassadors of Ghana to Finland Ambassadors of Ghana to Sweden Ambassadors of Ghana to Iceland Akan people Ga-Adangbe people Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni Ghanaian Presbyterians Ghanaian women ambassadors International Institute of Social Studies alumni Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology alumni New Patriotic Party politicians Ollennu family Ghanaian royalty Kumasi Academy alumni