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Abena
Abena is an Indian (Gujarati) surname; the Gujarati અબેના (Abēnā) possibly came from the Arabic name أبين (Abyan). As a given name, it is a girl's name of Ghanaian origin and means born on Tuesday. Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people of Ghana. Although some might believe it is mostly practised by Ashanti people, it is actually practised by all Akan (i.e. all the various Akan subgroups) people who follow traditional customs. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Abena has the appellation Kosia or Nimo, meaning friendliness. Thus, females named Abena are supposed to be friendly. Origin and meaning of Abena In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Abena is originated from Koyabenada and from the Lord of Life’s Land deity of the day Tuesday. Females born on Tuesday tend to be nurturing and achieve a balance between strength and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Oduro
Abena Frempongmaa Daagye Oduro (born 10 February 1959) is the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Ghana where she also holds the position of Associate Professor of the Department of Economics. Having had 30 years of experience teaching, her areas of specialization are centred around gender and asset management, international economics, poverty analysis, macroeconomic theory and trade policy.https://www.gsid.nagoya-u.ac.jp/sotsubo/CV_AbenaOduro.pdf Abena Oduro is the first Vice President of the Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE) where Professor of Economics in University of Kansas, Elizabeth Asiedu, is the founder and president. She is also the president elect of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE), her tenure will be 2021 to 2022. Education Abena Oduro, a Ghanaian national, obtained her O levels and A levels at Aburi Girls Secondary School and Wesley Girls High School respectively, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Appiah
Evelyn Abena Akuaba Appiah (born June 2, 1993) is a Ghanaian–American singer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Queen Beauty Universe 2016 and Miss Grand International 2020. She was appointed as Miss Grand USA and became the first Black woman to win the Miss Grand International crown. She previously represented Ghana in two of the Big Four international beauty pageants but lost in Miss Universe 2014 and Miss Earth 2019. Early career Abena is also a singer who has released several singles, including "Akomah" (2015), "Earth" (2019), "No Hit and Run" (2019) and "No More Hate" (2021). She has worked as a model, appearing in music videos for "Wake Up in the Sky" sung by Bruno Mars, Gucci Mane and Kodak Black, as well as " El Anillo" by Jennifer Lopez. Pageantry Abena started joining pageants when she won Top Model Ghana in 2013 and represented her country in Top Model of the World where she finished at top 15. The following year, she represented Ghana in Miss Universe 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Joan Brown
Abena Joan Brown (1928-2015) was an African-American businesswoman and theater producer who founded the Creative Arts Foundation in Chicago to enable black artists to work. Known as the "mother of Chicago's black arts community", she received honors and awards for her work in both theater and social programs. Brown was inducted into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame and interviewed as a subject of the archival program The HistoryMakers. Early life Abena Joan Phillips was born on May 8, 1928 in Chicago, as the only child of Lueola Reed. She began studying dance when she was three years old and performed in church from childhood. After she was discovered skipping school, Phillips was sent to a Catholic boarding school by her mother. She began her tertiary education as a dance major at the University of Illinois and completed her bachelor's degree at Roosevelt University. She then went on to complete a master's degree in social work at the University of Chicago, after challenging the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Busia
Abena Pokua Adompim Busia (born 1953) is a Ghanaian writer, poet, feminist, lecturer and diplomat. She is a daughter of former Prime Minister of Ghana Kofi Abrefa Busia, and is the sister of actress Akosua Busia. Busia is an associate professor of Literature in English, and of women's and gender studies at Rutgers University. She is Ghana's ambassador to Brazil, appointed in 2017, with accreditation to the other 12 republics of South America."Abena Busia" at Women's Learning Partnership. Early life and education Busia was born in , Ghana, into the Yenfri royal family in in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Osei Asare
Abena Osei-Asare (born 16 January 1979) is a Chartered Accountant, Ghanaian politician and currently a Member of Parliament for Atiwa East (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She is married with three children; two boys and a girl. Early life and education Abena Osei Asare attended Achimota Primary School and continue her secondary education at Wesley Girls High School-Cape-Coast (1995–97) where she read General Arts with elective subjects as Economics, Geography and Elective Mathematics. She later acquired her tertiary education from the University of Ghana, where she studied Economics and Geography. She holds a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics with Geography from the University of Ghana and an Msc. Development Finance from the University of Ghana Business School. She became a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) in 2009 and later a fellow in 2014. Also, her membership extends to the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninon Abena
Therese Ninon Abena (born 5 September 1994), known as Ninon Abena, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for ACF Torino and the Cameroon women's national team. Domestic career Abena played for Cameroon top division team Louves Minproff, before signing for Italian Serie C club ACF Torino in November 2019. She signed a one-year contract. She missed a Cameroon qualification game for the 2020 Summer Olympics in order to finalise her club deal. International career Abena was part of the Cameroon squad at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the time of the squad announcement, she had made 3 appearances. She didn't make an appearance at the tournament. She played in the final of the 2015 African Games, which Cameroon lost to Ghana. She was included in the squad for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations, and scored two goals as Cameroon beat Mali 4–2 in the third-placed playoff. The result meant that Cameroon qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Oppong-Asare
Abena Oppong-Asare (born 8 February 1983) is a British Labour Party politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Thamesmead in the 2019 general election. She and Bell Ribeiro-Addy, both elected in the 2019 general election, are the first female British Ghanaian MPs. She was appointed to the Official Opposition frontbench in 2020, becoming Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. Early life Oppong-Asare is of Ghanaian descent and studied Politics with International Relations at the University of Kent, where she also attained a master's degree in International Law with International Relations. Political career She is the chair of Labour Women's Network. From 2014 to 2018, she was a Labour Party Councillor for Erith ward on Bexley Council, serving as Deputy Leader of the opposition Labour Group from 2014 to 2016 and acted as the spokesperson on education. She has also previously served as a parliamentary assistant and constituency liaison of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Osei-Poku
Abena Osei-Poku, (née: Abena Osei), is a Ghanaian corporate executive who is the managing director and chief executive officer of Absa Bank Ghana (formerly ''Barclays Bank of Ghana''). She has served in this role since September 2018. Before that, she worked at Absa in South Africa, where she was responsible for the Corporate & Investment Banking in East and West Africa, at the level of Managing Director. Background and education She was born in Ghana circa 1971. She attended Ghanaian elementary and secondary schools. She was admitted to the University of Ghana, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Statistics. Later, she received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Career She started her banking career at Standard Chartered Bank in 2002, working there for seven years. In 2009, she transferred to Barclays Bank. She spent part of the next nine years serving as an executive director at Barc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Amoah
Abena Amoah is one of Ghana's leading female investment bankers and financial advisors. On July 15, 2020, she was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange. In this position Ms. Amoah is responsible for the operational activities of the Exchange as well as assisting the managing director in defining and implementing the Exchange's corporate strategies and plans. Prior to this appointment, Abena was the chief executive officer for Baobab Advisors, a financial advisory services firm she founded. Amoah has served on the boards of Wapic Insurance Limited (Ghana), Access Bank Limited (Ghana) and The African Women's Development Fund. She received a Newmont Gold Ghana Highest Award for Excellence at the National Youth Excellence Awards in 2006. And was listed as one of WomanRising's 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana in 2016. Education Abena Amoah graduated from the University of Ghana Business School with a first class honor bachelor's degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myenty Abena
Myenty Abena (born 12 December 1994) is a Surinamese professional footballer who plays for Ferencváros as a centre back. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Jong FC Utrecht on 26 August 2016 in a game against Jong PSV. Spartak Trnava In January 2019, Abena joined a Slovak side Spartak Trnava, domestic reigning champions. On 1 May 2019, Abena won the Slovak Cup with Spartak Trnava, scoring the last penalty in the penalty shoot-out, after the match ended up 3–3 after extra–time. Slovan Bratislava In June 2019, Abena signed a 4–year contract with Slovan Bratislava, the main rivals of his previous employer. In the 2019–20 season, he completed the domestic double with Slovan by winning the Slovak Super Liga and Slovak Cup. He remained part of the team, which had repeated the double in the following season. International career In October 2020 Abena became eligible to represent Suriname internationally. He made his debut on 24 March 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Dugan
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 53 Commonwealth countries. Education She is a former student of St. Louis Secondary School and Student Representative Council Secretary of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. She also has a Masters in Development Finance from the University of Ghana, legon. She also has a Certificate from Oxford Executive Leadership Programme 2020 and currently studying at the School of Law, University of Leeds UK. Career As part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 The 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, also known as CHOGM 2018, was the 25th Meeting of the Heads of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abena Durowaa Mensah
Abena Durowaa Mensah (born 21 June 1977) is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. She was the member of parliament for Assin North Constituency. Early life and education Mensah was born on 21 June 1977 in Assin Kushea in the Central Region of Ghana. She holds a Diploma in Insurance from Ghana Insurance College, a professional Certificate in Marketing (CIM - UK ), and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Christian Service University College. Career Mensah was the Manager for Esich Life Assurance in Sunyani. Politics Mensah is a member of the New Patriotic Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Assin North Constituency from 2017 to 2021. 2016 elections In the 2016 Ghanaian general elections, she won the Assin North Constituency parliamentary seat with 15,553 votes making 56.8% of the total votes cast whilst the NDC parliamentary candidate Samuel Ambre had 10,751 votes making 39.2% of the total votes cast, the PPP parliamentary candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
