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57 Notable alumni of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is ranked #1,187 in the world and #2 in Ghana by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 57 notable alumni from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Mabel Simpson

1. Mabel Simpson

1984-. (aged 42)
fashion designer
Mabel Simpson is a Ghanaian fashion designer and CEO of mSimps in Ghana.
Dj Aroma

2. Dj Aroma

disc jockey
Collins Tetteh Nartey, known professionally as DJ Aroma, is a Ghanaian disc jockey. He is the official DJ for the annual Detty Rave music festival in Ghana. He was listed among the top ten DJs in Africa in 2019. He was awarded the DJ of the Year at the 2021 3Music Awards and the Radio DJ of the Year at...
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Francis Amenu

3. Francis Amenu

engineer
Francis Amenu is a Ghanaian metallurgical engineer who also trained and ordained as a minister. He served in the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P.) Church, Ghana. In 1999, he was assigned to serve Ghanaian congregations in London, United Kingdom. There in 2003, before returning to Africa, he founded the E.P. Church, UK.
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Abena Dugan

4. Abena Dugan

activist
Abena Dugan is Ghanaian youth and gender advocate. In 2018, she was elected vice chair in charge of Partnership and Resources of the Commonwealth Youth Council, making her the first female and Ghanaian hold the position. The Commonwealth Youth council is the largest and most diverse youth-led organisation in the world, as such Dugan is now representing young people in...
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Portia Arthur

5. Portia Arthur

1990-. (aged 36)
journalist writer
Portia Arthur is a Ghanaian writer and reporter. She launched her first book titled Against the Odds in July 2018. She also started the Book Per Child Initiative, which aims to inspire young people to read by supporting them with educational materials and establishing reading clubs in various schools and churches. Since 2022, she is the fashion editor for Yen...
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Veronica Bekoe

6. Veronica Bekoe

1968-1972 (aged 4)
biologist
Veronica Ayele Bekoe is a biologist from Ghana. She is known for her impact in the invention of the Veronica bucket used to reduce the spread of communicable diseases.
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Priscilla Kolibea Mante

7. Priscilla Kolibea Mante

neuropharmacologist scientist
Priscilla Kolibea Mante is the first female Ghanaian neuropharmacologist, a researcher and Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, currently based at the Kumasi campus. Her research work focuses on alternatives of plant-based therapeutic options to manage drug-resistant epilepsy and the neglected tropical disease neurocysticercosis. In her work, she mostly explores the...
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Francisca Ashietey-Odunton

8. Francisca Ashietey-Odunton

television presenter broadcaster journalist
Francisca Ashietey-Odunton is a Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and diplomat. She was the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation and since 2021, she has been Ghana's ambassador to Turkey. Before that, she served as Ghana's High Commissioner to Kenya from 2017 to 2021.
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Zapp Mallet

9. Zapp Mallet

1964-. (aged 62)
Emmanuel Mallet popularly known as Zapp Mallet is a veteran Ghanaian recording engineer and a record producer. He is recognized as one of the pioneers of the hiplife genre that started in the early 1990s in Ghana. He is also recognized as the only recording engineer to have won the Ghana Music Awards on three consecutive occasions; 1999, 2000, 2001.
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Ivy Barley

10. Ivy Barley

activist social entrepreneur businessperson
Ivy Barley is a Ghanaian entrepreneur, women in tech advocate, and the co-founder of Developers in Vogue. In January 2022, GhanaWeb featured Barley as one of the 3 Ghanaian ‘Women in Tech’ making strides on the international corporate scene. In 2017 and 2019, Barley was listed as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians by Avance Media.
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Della Sowah

11. Della Sowah

1959-. (aged 67)
journalist advertising person marketer politician
Della Adjoa Sowah is a Ghanaian former Deputy Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection. She is also the Member of Parliament for Kpando constituency.
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Marian Asantewah Nkansah

12. Marian Asantewah Nkansah

1979-. (aged 47)
academic
Marian Asantewah Nkansah FGA is a Ghanaian environmental chemist. Her research work focuses on finding solutions to environmental problems associated with levels and fate of toxic substances such as heavy/trace metals, persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food, water, soil, rocks, sediments and other environmental samples. She also researches on the interaction of these pollutants with each...
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Anne Amuzu

13. Anne Amuzu

computer scientist
Anne Amuzu is a Ghanaian computer scientist and the co-founder of the technology company, Nandimobile Limited. Her company has received several awards, including best business at the 2011 LAUNCH Conference in USA.
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Bernard Akoi-Jackson

14. Bernard Akoi-Jackson

1979-. (aged 47)
writer
Bernard Akoi–Jackson, is a Ghanaian academic, artist and writer. He is known for projects that are in continual metamorphosis. His art works are mostly performative, or pseudo-rituals. His writings are focused on the development of contemporary African, Ghanaian visual arts and culture in poetic and jovial manner. He is known as a proverbial jester (or Esu) using critical absurdity to...
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Kwaku Aning

15. Kwaku Aning

1946-. (aged 80)
physicist
Kwaku Aning is a Ghanaian diplomat, international civil servant and technologist who is Chairman of the governing board of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, having been appointed in July 2017. Aning is a former Deputy Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare

16. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare

1974-. (aged 52)
politician minister
Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician who served as Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. She was appointed to this position by President John Mahama in 2013 when he formed his first substantive government. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress. She is currently a member for the 8th and 9th Parliament of the 4th...
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George Nenyi Andah

17. George Nenyi Andah

1970-. (aged 56)
marketer businessperson politician
George Nenyi Kojo Andah is a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the Awutu Senya West Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was the Deputy Minister for communications in Ghana.
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Ray Styles

18. Ray Styles

1988-2020 (aged 32)
artist keyboardist
Emmanuel Apraku, also known as Ray Styles, was a Ghanaian pencil artist,. He created his own brand in the form of pencil art, graphic design, and caricature. He worked with celebrities such as Tolu Lope, Josh Ostrovsky, Michael Blackson, Chris Bosh, DeStorm Power, Mrcocoyam, D Black, Edem, King Bach, and Malin Bjork, among others.
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Benito Owusu Boo

19. Benito Owusu Boo

1968-. (aged 58)
general manager politician
Benito Owusu Bio is a land economist and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Member of Parliament representing Atwima-Nwabiagya constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th,5th,6th, 7th and the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
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Daniel Botwe

20. Daniel Botwe

1958-. (aged 68)
business executive minister software engineer politician
Daniel Kwaku Botwe is a Ghanaian politician. He was the Member of Parliament of Okere constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He served as Minister for Information and National Orientation in the John Agyekum Kufour administration and also served as the Minister for Regional Reorganization and Development and the Minister for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development in the...
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Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah

21. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah

1966-. (aged 60)
minister politician manager
Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah is a Ghanaian politician, Member of Parliament of Ellembelle constituency in the Western Region, and the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources.
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Hackman Owusu-Agyeman

22. Hackman Owusu-Agyeman

1941-. (aged 85)
agricultural economist diplomat minister politician
Hackman Owusu-Agyemang is a Ghanaian politician and former member of Parliament for New Juaben North constituency of the eastern region of Ghana. He is a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a former Minister of Water, Works and Housing as well as a former minister of foreign affairs. He is currently the Chairman of...
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Nikki Samonas

23. Nikki Samonas

1985-. (aged 41)
model actor
Nikoletta Samonas is a Ghanaian and Greek actress and a freelance model. She is known as Nikki Samonas in the entertainment industry and has had roles in a number of feature films. She is an alumna of both Holy Child High School and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
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Andrew Asiamah Amoako

24. Andrew Asiamah Amoako

1966-. (aged 60)
lawyer politician
Andrew Asiamah Amoako is a Ghanaian lawyer, politician and member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, elected to office in December 2020 as an independent candidate. He currently represents the Fomena Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He is also the Second Deputy Speaker of the 8th Parliament of the Republic of Ghana.
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Stephen Amoah

25. Stephen Amoah

1970-. (aged 56)
chief executive officer consultant politician
Stephen Amoah, popularly known as Sticka is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). He is the member of parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency. He is currently a board member of GCB Bank.
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Ameyaw Debrah

26. Ameyaw Debrah

journalist blogger
Ameyaw Kissi Debrah, who is known professionally as Ameyaw Debrah, is a Ghanaian celebrity blogger, freelance journalist, and reporter. He founded AmeyawDebrah.com, an entertainment website and blog that primarily publishes news about Ghanaian celebrities. He graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree in publishing. While at KNUST, he won the Best Publishing Student award...
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Eric Opoku

27. Eric Opoku

1970-. (aged 56)
farmer teacher politician
Eric Opoku is a Ghanaian politician and member of the 9th parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Asunafo South Constituency in the Ahafo Region on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He is currently Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture
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Kwaku Kwarteng

28. Kwaku Kwarteng

1969-. (aged 57)
economist civil engineer politician
Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng is a Ghanaian civil engineer, economist, and politician. He is a two term Member of Parliament for Obuasi West constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He is a member of Ghana's New Patriotic Party and a deputy minister of finance.
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Patricia Appiagyei

29. Patricia Appiagyei

1956-. (aged 70)
banker economist politician
Patricia Appiagyei is a Ghanaian politician, one-time Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister and the first female mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing Asokwa Constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party in...
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Gifty Oware-Mensah

30. Gifty Oware-Mensah

1986-. (aged 40)
chief executive officer politician executive director
Gifty Oware-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and former deputy executive director of the National Service Scheme in Ghana. She had responsibility for administration and finance, helping to manage an annual personnel pool of about 100,000.
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Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu

31. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu

1957-. (aged 69)
minister urban planner politician
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu is a Ghanaian urban planner and politician. He was the majority leader in the Ghanaian Parliament until he stepped down on 21 February 2024 and is the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in Ghana. He is the longest serving lawmaker in Ghana.
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Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

32. Kwame Akoto-Bamfo

1983-. (aged 43)
sculptor
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo is a multi-disciplinary artist, educator and activist, known for his sculptures and massive body of works dedicated to the memory, healing and Restorative Justice for people of African descent. His outdoor sculptures are dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, notably the installation Nkyinkim, on display at the National Memorial for Peace and...
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Francis Asenso-Boakye

33. Francis Asenso-Boakye

1977-. (aged 49)
businessperson politician
Francis Asenso-Boakye is a Ghanaian politician and businessman. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He is the member of parliament for the Bantama Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was the deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo; President of the Republic of Ghana. He last served as Minister for...
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Chris Attoh

34. Chris Attoh

1979-. (aged 47)
actor television actor
Chris Attoh is a Ghanaian actor, film director, on-air personality, television presenter, and producer. He is best known as "Kwame Mensah" in the Nigerian soap opera Tinsel.
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Matthew Opoku Prempeh

35. Matthew Opoku Prempeh

1968-. (aged 58)
physician chairperson minister politician
Matthew Opoku Prempeh is a Ghanaian medical doctor and politician. He was the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party for the 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. He is a former Member of Parliament for the Manhyia South Constituency and a former Minister of Education in Ghana. He is popularly known as NAPO, an acronym for his traditional name,...
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Opoku Ware II

36. Opoku Ware II

1919-1999 (aged 80)
politician lawyer monarch diplomat minister
Otumfuo Opoku Ware II was the 15th Asantehene. He succeeded his uncle Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II on 27 July 1970. He ruled for 29 years until his death in February 1999. He was succeeded by Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II.
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Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed

37. Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed

1974-2025 (aged 51)
teacher politician
Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed was a Ghanaian politician who served as the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation and as a member of parliament until his death in the 2025 Ghanaian Air Force helicopter crash.
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Thomas Mensah

38. Thomas Mensah

1950-2024 (aged 74)
scientist entrepreneur chemical engineer engineer inventor
Thomas Owusu Mensah was a Ghanaian-American chemical engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of fiber optic manufacturing and nanotechnology. He had 14 patents, and was inducted into the US National Academy of Inventors in 2015. In 2017, Mensah served as editor-in-chief of the textbook Nanotechnology Commercialization, published by John Wiley & Sons.
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Cassiel Ato Forson

39. Cassiel Ato Forson

1978-. (aged 48)
accountant politician manager
Cassiel Ato Baah Forson is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament from 2009 to date. Forson first joined the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, before retaining his seat for the Sixth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana...
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Samuel Nartey George

40. Samuel Nartey George

1985-. (aged 41)
politician official
Samuel Nartey George is a Ghanaian politician. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. He defeated E. T. Mensah to represent the party in the 2016 parliamentary elections for the Ningo-Prampram Constituency. He again won the 2020 Ghanaian general election and the 2024 Ghanaian general election and is currently a member of the ninth Parliament of the Fourth...
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Okyeame Kwame

41. Okyeame Kwame

1976-. (aged 50)
singer songwriter entrepreneur rapper actor
Kwame Nsiah-Apau, known by his stage name Okyeame Kwame and nicknamed Rap Doctor, is a Ghanaian musician, songwriter, creative director fashion icon and a Developmental Activist. His dual roles as an artist and an activist have led to his recognition as an "artivist."
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Ablade Glover

42. Ablade Glover

1934-. (aged 92)
artist university teacher
Ablade Glover FGA FRSA CV is a Ghanaian painter and educator. He has exhibited widely, building an international reputation over several decades, as well as being regarded as a seminal figure on the West African art scene. His work is held in many prestigious private and public collections, which include the Imperial Palace of Japan, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris,...
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Samuel Abu Jinapor

43. Samuel Abu Jinapor

1983-. (aged 43)
lawyer politician
Samuel A. Jinapor pronunciation is a Ghanaian lawyer and a politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the Member of Parliament for the Damongo Constituency. In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed him as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Office of the President, at the age of 33, the youngest...
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Yaw Osei Adutwum

44. Yaw Osei Adutwum

1964-. (aged 62)
education activist politician
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is a Ghanaian politician and member of the ninth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Bosomtwe Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. On 5 March 2021, Adutwum was appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo as the Minister of Education in Ghana.
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Amma Darko

45. Amma Darko

1956-. (aged 70)
prose writer novelist writer
Amma Darko is a Ghanaian novelist. She won The Golden Baobab Prize for one of her novels. She has published seven novels in total.
Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak

46. Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak

1971-. (aged 55)
minister politician quantity surveyor architect
Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka is the Member of Parliament for Asawase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and the 8th parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was the Minority Chief Whip in the Parliament of Ghana.
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Francisca Oteng-Mensah

47. Francisca Oteng-Mensah

1993-. (aged 33)
businessperson politician
Francisca Oteng-Mensah is a member of parliament of the New Patriotic Party for the Kwabre East Constituency and was known as the youngest parliamentarian of the fourth republic of Ghana at the time of her election in 2016.
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El Anatsui

48. El Anatsui

1944-. (aged 82)
painter university teacher installation artist sculptor textile artist
El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor active for much of his career in Nigeria. He has drawn particular international attention for his "bottle-top installations". These installations consist of thousands of aluminum pieces sourced from alcohol recycling stations and sewn together with copper wire, which are then transformed into metallic cloth-like wall sculptures. Such materials, while seemingly stiff and sturdy, are...
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Kofi Annan

49. Kofi Annan

1938-2018 (aged 80)
diplomat economist politician
Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. He was the founder and chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson...
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Mr Eazi

50. Mr Eazi

1991-. (aged 35)
businessperson singer
Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, better known by his stage name Mr Eazi, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record executive. He is the pioneer of Banku music, a fusion sound he describes as a mixture of Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian chord progressions and patterns. Mr Eazi relocated to Kumasi in 2008 and enrolled at KNUST, where he began booking artists to...
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Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah

51. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah

1974-. (aged 52)
politician director
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and the current Member of Parliament for the Takoradi constituency in the Western Region of Ghana. He had his secondary education at the Mfantsipim School. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Deputy Minister for Aviation in Ghana. Author of Discover Western Region (Tourism guide) and 9.9 lessons....
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Kwame Anyimadu Antwi

52. Kwame Anyimadu Antwi

1962-. (aged 64)
educational theorist politician Unilever Ghana
Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He is a member of parliament for Asante-Akim Central constituency in the Seventh Parliament and 8th Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana in the Ashanti Region, a position he has held since 2009. He represents the New Patriotic Party. Currently, he is a board member of VRA and also the chairperson...
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Aliu Mahama

53. Aliu Mahama

1946-2012 (aged 66)
minister engineer politician
Alhaji Aliu Mahama was a Ghanaian engineer and politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 7 January, 2001 to 7 January, 2009. A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-President.
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Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

54. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

1948-2025 (aged 77)
politician
Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings was a Ghanaian politician. She was married to President Jerry Rawlings. She was First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December 1981 to 7 January 2001. In 2016, she became the first woman to run for President of Ghana. In 2018, she published a memoir entitled It Takes a...
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Samira Bawumia

55. Samira Bawumia

1980-. (aged 46)
politician
Samira Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician who served as the Second Lady of Ghana from 2017 to 2025. She is married to former Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia. She received the Ghanaian Women Association of Georgia Global Humanitarian Award, an honor from the Atlanta City Council, and is also recognized by the Macon Bibb country. She graduated from the University...
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Mike Hammah

56. Mike Hammah

1955-. (aged 71)
minister architect politician
Mike Allen Hammah is a politician and a former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources of Ghana. He had been the Minister for Transport until January 4, 2011, when he was moved after a cabinet reshuffle by President Mills. He was also the Member of Parliament for the Effutu Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.
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Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah

57. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah

1966-. (aged 60)
university teacher politician
Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah is a Ghanaian politician and Member of Parliament of Tema West constituency. Also, he was a Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry in Ghana. He is also the CEO of Carlos King Freight Services.
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