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Addo (surname)
Addo is a (Ghanaian) surname. Notable people with the (Asante, Ga and Akuapim dialect) surname include: * Aaron Addo Dankwah (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer * Adeline Akufo-Addo (1917-2004), Nana Akufo-Addo's mother * Addoquaye Addo (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer * Akosua Obuo Addo (born 1962), Ghanaian Jamaican music educator * Charles Addo Odametey (1937–2006), Ghanaian footballer * Daniel Addo (born 1976), Ghanaian footballer * Daniel Addo (born 1987), Ghanaian footballer * Daniel Addo, Ghanaian soldier and politician * Daniel Ashley Addo (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer * David Addo (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer * D. K. Addo, Ghanaian military personnel * Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo, Ghanaian politician * Edmund Addo (born 2000), Ghanaian football player * Edward Akufo-Addo (1906–1979), lawyer, former president of Ghana * Elijah Amoo Addo (born 1990), Ghanaian chef * Elizabeth Addo (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer * Emmanuel Nii Akwei Addo (born 1943), Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Dankwah
Aaron Addo Dankwah (born 6 January 1993) is a Ghanaian football player. Career He played for Swiss side Lugano, in their academy team Team Ticino U-21, before joined to Kaposvári Rákóczi FC on loan in February 2012. Addo returned in May 2012 to FC Lugano and was than released in December 2012. After his releasing by the Swiss club of Lugano returned on permanently basis to Kaposvári Rákóczi FC Kaposvári Rákóczi FC is a football club in Kaposvár, Hungary. Their home stadium is Stadion Kaposvár Rákoczi. The team is named after Francis II Rákóczi, a Transylvanian prince and national hero and they are also often referred to be .... He played in twelve months 18 games for Kaposvári in the Nemzeti Bajnokság, before the club resigned his contract References External links * 1993 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Lugano players Kaposvári Rákóczi FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farah Weheliye Addo
Farah Weheliye Addo ( so, Faarax Wehliye Caddoow, ar, فرح ادو), also known as Sindiko (born 1935 or 1940, died November 19, 2008), was a prominent Somali sports administrator. Biography Addo hailed from the Harti Abgaal clan. He spent many years in a leadership role in international sports. A former referee, he would later become chairman of the Somali Football Association, the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations, and of the Somali Olympic Committee. Farah was also a former first vice-president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) and an Honorary Member of the organisation. Addo died on Wednesday November 19, 2008 in Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ..., at the age of 73. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Addo, Farah Weheliye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwaku Sakyi-Addo
Kwaku Addo Sakyi-Addo is a journalist from Ghana, who was the country correspondent for both Reuters and the BBC between 1993 and 2007. He currently hosts a political talk show on Asaase Radio in Accra. Education Kwaku Sakyi Addo received his elementary education at Aburi Presbyterian Boys' Boarding School and his secondary education at Achimota School. He proceeded to the University of Ghana's School of Communications. He was sponsored by the Thompson Foundation to study at the University of Wales in Cardiff. He has also taken courses at the International Institute of Journalism in Berlin and was a one-time Chevening Scholar. He is currently a Permanent Fellow of the World Press Institute at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Career Sakyi Addo's journalism career began in 1984. He was the editor-in-chief of the '' Ghanaian Chronicle'' between 1993 and 1994. He was also a BBC World Service correspondent between 1994 and 2007. He was well known for presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Sarkodee-Addo
Justice Julius Sarkodee-Adoo (8 September 1908 – January 1972) was the second Chief Justice of Ghana during the First Republic. He studied law at King's College London, was admitted to Inner Temple in 1928, and was called to the Bar in 1932. He replaced the first native Ghanaian chief justice, Sir Kobina Arku Korsah in 1964. He was removed after the coup d'état of 24 February 1966 by the military National Liberation Council government which was formed after the overthrow of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Sarkodee-Adoo died in January 1972 at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is a public teaching hospital located in the Ablekuma South Metropolitan District in Accra, Ghana. It is the only public tertiary hospital in the southern part of the country. It is a teaching hospital affiliate ... in Accra. References See also * Chief Justice of Ghana * List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ghana * Supreme Court of Ghana Alumni of King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Bamford-Addo
Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo, (born 26 March 1937) is a Ghanaian barrister and judge who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2009 to 2013. She was previously a Supreme Court of Ghana, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Following her appointment to the Supreme Court bench, she became the first woman to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She served in that role from 1991 till 2004 when she retired. She was also the first woman to be elected a Speaker of Parliament in the West African sub-region. Early life and education Born in 1937 to an English people, English father and a Ghanaian people, Ghanaian mother from Aburi, Joyce Bamford-Addo attended St. Mary's Boarding School and Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) College of Education, Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) Boarding School, along with her sister Cynthia, in Cape Coast for her basic education. She subsequently attended Holy Child High School, Ghana, Holy Child School, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Hilda Addo
Josephine Hilda Addoh is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the New Patriotic Party. She was the Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana. Early life and education Addoh was born on 27 September 1957. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree. Career Addoh is a businesswoman, she's into real estate and self-employed. Political career Hilda, known for her great speaking prowess and analysis is a member of the New Patriotic Party. She became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. She was elected as the member of parliament for Kwadaso constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana and also became a member of the Pan-African Parliament where she once led a delegation to Zimbabwe during the Mugabe-Tsvangirai elections. Elections Addoh was elected as the member of parliament for the Kwadoso constituency of the Ashanti Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Addo (footballer Born 1990)
Joseph Addo (born November 2, 1990, in Ghana) is a Ghanaian footballer currently playing for Ghanaian club Aduana Stars in the Glo Premier, as a goalkeeper. Career Addo began his career on youth team of Sekondi Hasaacas F.C. and was promoted to the club's senior Glo Premier League team in January 2006. After his return from the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup he became the starting goalie for his club Sekondi Hasaacas. Addo left the club following its relegation to the Poly Tank Division One League and from the 2010–11 Glo Premier League season and joined Glo Premier League club and joined Heart of Lions in start for the 2011–12 Glo Premier League season. International career Addo was member for Ghana national under-17 football team in 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea and played 7 games. He was the first choice goalkeeper for the under 17 tournament in Korea 2007 where Ghana placed third in the championship. On 19 August 2008 was called for the Satellites and with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Addo
Joseph ''Joe'' Addo (born 21 September 1971 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian Association football defender and one-time captain of the Ghana national team. Club career Addo went to the United States to attend college and play soccer at George Mason University where he was a 1992 First Team All American. On the club level, Addo played for Cagliari in Italy, VfB Stuttgart and FSV Frankfurt in Germany, Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Belenenses in Portugal, Ethnikos Piraeus in Greece, Tampa Bay Mutiny, MetroStars in the United States and Kitchee in Hong Kong. Joseph Addo features in the book ''The Miracle of Castel di Sangro'' by Joe McGinniss where it seems a transfer for Joseph from FSV Frankfurt to A.S.D. Castel di Sangro Calcio had been agreed, only for the Castel di Sangro's owners to pull out. Joe McGinniss' account asserts that he, the club owners and members of the Castel di Sangro playing staff were unhappy about this, and that the collapse of the transfer was entire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Anim-Addo
Joan Anim-Addo is a Grenadian-born academic, poet, playwright and publisher, who is Emeritus Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the English and Creative Writing Department at Goldsmiths, University of London. Academic career Born in Grenada in the Caribbean, Joan Amin-Addo joined the faculty of Goldsmiths, University of London, in 1994, as founder and Director of the Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies.Oliver Fry"Professor Joan Anim-Addo receives top award for services to literature" Goldsmiths, 19 December 2016. She has taught at Vassar College in the USA and lectured at many universities internationally, including SUNY Geneseo (USA), the University of Turku in Finland and the University of Trento (Italy). She has also led workshops on creative non-fiction writing. At Goldsmiths, she is the convenor for the undergraduate options "Caribbean Women's Writing" and "Black British Literature", as well as convenor of the "Literature of the Caribbean and its Diaspo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishmael Addo
Ishmael Addo (born 30 July 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional football striker. He is best known for his accomplishments during his career at Ghanaian side Hearts of Oak, but has also spent several years in France, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and India. A diminutive striker with an exceptional turn of pace, Addo's ability to score goals and demoralise the opposition has led to him earning the nickname "''baby-faced assassin''". Holding the record of overall top scorer in the history of the Ghanaian League (22 goals in a single season), he is considered to be one of the most talented strikers ever to grace the competition. At some point during his career, Addo was named in FIFA's top 100 prospects. Club career Addo started his professional football career at Ghana's Hearts of Oak in 1998, where he remained for four seasons, in three of which he finished the country's top scorer. During his spell with the club, he won the 2000 CAF Champions League and 2001 Super Cup, four Ghana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Naa Torshie Addo
Irene Naa Torshie Addo (born 30 September 1970) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and a Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency. Early life Irene Naa Torshie Addo was born in Osu, Accra, on 30 September 1970. Education She is a lawyer by profession and earned an LLM (Gender and Development Studies) from the University of Warwick in 1999. Career As a member of the New Patriotic Party, she became Member of the Ghana Parliament for Tema West during the 2008 elections and assumed office on 7 January 2009 to 6 January 2017 after losing the New Patriotic Party's primaries to Carlos Ahenkorah in 2015. Irene was appointed as the Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Personal life Divorced with two children, she is a Christian who is a Baptist by denomination. She has two daughters in her first marriage: Samantha and Simone and a son named Stanely. The eldest Sama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Addo
Herbert Addo (24 June 1951 – 24 March 2017) was a Ghanaian Premier League football coach. He was born in Accra. He coached Hasaacas, Asante Kotoko, Ashanti Gold, Hearts of Oak, Aduana Stars and Inter Allies. He also coached Gabonese club Shellsport now Mbilinga. Honours Hasaacas * WAFU Cup'':'' 1981–82, ''runners-up:'' 1982–83 * SWAG Cup: 1982–83, 1983–84 Kumasi Cornerstone * WAFU Club Championship: 1987 Shellsport * Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 1989–90 Ashanti Gold * Ghana Premier League: 1994–95, 1995–96 * SWAG Cup: 1994, 1995 * CAF Champions League ''runners-up'': 1997 Aduana Stars * Ghana Premier League: 2010 Accra Hearts of Oak * Ghana Premier League: 2002 * President's Cup: 2003, 2015 Inter Allies * Ghanaian FA Cup ''runners-up'': 2014 Ghana * West African Nations Cup CSA Zone III 1983, 1986, 1987 Ghana A' * WAFU Nations Cup third place: 2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |