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GIMPA
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, Ghana. The location of GIMPA, Greenhill, was named by Nicholas T. Clerk (1930 – 2012) who served as the Rector of the Institute from 1977 to 1982. The name, "Greenhill", is a reference to the lush greenery and hilly topography of the main campus, as well as its location in Legon which was historically on the periphery of the Ghanaian capital, Accra. Together with 200 state institutions, GIMPA successfully participated in a Public Sector Reform Programme under the auspices of the World Bank and became a self-financing institution as part of the National Institutional Reform Programme in 2001. It was established as a public university by an Act of Parliament in 2004. The institute was established in 1961 by the Government of Ghana with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Adei
Stephen Adei (born 14 December 1948) is a Ghanaian economist, administrator and writer who is a former Director General and Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He is a former chairperson of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) under the Nana Akufo-Addo government. Early life and education He was born in the village of Hwiremoase, in Adansi, Ashanti Region, Ashanti, Ghana to Kwaku Adei and Abena Pomaa (aka Bedito). Adei attended primary school in the village's Methodist Primary school and nearby United Middle School in Brofuyedru. He is the fourth child of his mother's seven surviving all male children. from basic school education, he obtained a four year Teacher's Certificate in 1964 from the Sefwi Wiawso Training College. He studied privately to gain London University Ordinary and Advanced Level General Certificates in Education (High School equivalent qualifications) in three and a half years. Adei proceeded to the Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lordina Mahama
Lordina Mahama (née Effah; born 6 March 1963) is a Ghanaian former First Lady of Ghana who served as first lady from 2012 to 2017. She is married to the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama. Prior to becoming First Lady, she was the Second Lady of Ghana from 2009 to 2012. Prior to becoming Second Lady, Lordina Mahama's husband served as a member of the Parliament of Ghana representing the Bole-Bamboi constituency from 1997 to 2008. Raised in Brong-Ahafo and Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana, Mahama is a trained caterer and a Hospitality manager. She is a graduate of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, where she acquired both a degree in Hospitality Management and a Masters in Governance and Leadership. She is also a graduate of the De Montfort University in the United Kingdom. Mahama joined her husband on campaign trails ahead of the 2008 when he was the running mate to John Atta Mills and also in both 2013 and 2017 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samira Bawumia
Samira Bawumia (née Ramadan) (born 20 August 1980) is a Ghanaian politician and the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana. She is married to the Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia. Education Samira began her early education at the Answarudeen Islamic School at Fadama and Alsyd Academy in Accra, before continuing to the Akosombo International School (AIS) and then to Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School at Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana. Following her admission to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), she studied BA. Social Science in Law and Sociology and Technology. At the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where she had her postgraduate studies, she was awarded the Best Student in Master of Business Administration (MBA). She is a multi-lingua, fluent in Ewe, Ga, Twi, Fanti and Mamprusi Recognition Mrs. Bawumia was recently made an Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and joins the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Gilbert Adjei
Kenneth Gilbert Adjei is a Ghanaian politician who served as a Deputy Minister of Defence from 2015 to 2017 during the John Mahama Administration. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. A graduate of the University of Ghana Business School, he is also a marketing executive who previously served as a member of the Board of the National Lottery Authority and currently serves as a board executive of the Lordina foundation. Early life and education Adjei is a native of Trede, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He attended Opoku Ware School for his secondary school education. He served as the Dining Hall prefect whilst at Opoku Ware School. He proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) where he completed with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing. He also holds a Mater of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ghana Business School. Career Adjei was the Program Director of the Lordina Foundation, a foundation foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliu Mahama
Alhaji Aliu Mahama (3 March 1946 – 16 November 2012) 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, he was Ghana's first Muslim Vice-President. Early life and education An ethnic Dagomba, Aliu Mahama as a young man studied at the Government Secondary School in Tamale from 1960 to 1967 for his Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. He proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi from 1967 to 1971 where he obtained the B.Sc. in Building Technology. Mahama was also an Alumnus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). In order to sharpen and deepen his management and leadership skills, he obtained two certificates from the Institute in Project Planning and Management and in Leadership. Career He started his working career at the Bolgatanga regional office of the State Construction Corporation as an Engineer/Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Areme
Mimi Areme (September 28, 1988) is a Ghanaian beauty queen who was crowned as Miss Ghana 2009. Areme later competed in the Miss World 2010 pageant in the southern Chinese city of Sanya on October 30, where Miss USA, Alexandria Mills, was crowned the overall winner. Miss Ghana 2009 Twenty-year-old Miss Mimi Areme, an HND Marketing student of the Sunyani Polytechnic, was elected Miss Ghana 2009 at the grand finale of the national pageant at the Accra International Conference Centre. As part of her pageant prize, Ms. Areme drove home a new Tata Safari 4X4 automobile. The car keys were handed to her by the Minister of Tourism, Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, moments after Areme was declared Ghana's 2009 beauty queen by 2008 winner, Miss Mawuse Appea. The car prize included a one-year servicing warranty from PHC Motors. Areme also received a GHc200 monthly allowance for one year, 10 gallons of fuel per week for one year, four pieces of ATL fabric every month for one year, and several oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Amoah-Ntim
Patrick Amoah-Ntim (born September 28, 1941, in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian lawyer and diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro from 2001 to 2005 with accreditation from 22 April 2004 to Romania and Bulgaria. Early life and education Amoah-Ntim was born in Accra on 28 September 1941. After attending the Accra Academy, he studied Political Science at the University of Ghana graduating in 1967 with a Bachelor's degree. He then continued his studies at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), and the University of Ghana prior to enrolling at the Ghana School of Law where he obtained his barrister-at-law certificate in 1973. Career Amoah-Ntim served as deputy prosecutor for the Attorney General's Office. He entered the foreign service of Ghana and then worked as an embassy secretary. From 1972 to 1977 he was a second class legation secretary on the mission at UN Headquarters in New York City and from 1977 until 1980, a first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abiana
Eldah Naa Abiana Dickson better known by her stage name as Abiana is a Ghanaian singer and songwriter. She is a Soul-life, Hi-life, Neo Soul musician. Abiana was adjudged the Best Female Vocal Performance award during the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Early life and education Abiana is the first of six children born to Samuel Dickson and Esther Mawusi Kotitse. She attended St John’s Grammar for her secondary school education, before proceeding to Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where she graduated with a Bachelor Science degree in Marketing. Music career Abiana started out a backing vocalist for Afro Harmony Band in 2013. She later joined Hsykul band as the lead singer in 2014 before going solo in 2020 and signing with +233 Records. In 2019, Abiana featured on Okyeame Kwame's “Bolgatanga girl” which won record of the year for the 2020 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. She released her first single in October 2020 titled “Adun lei”. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu
Samuel Kwame Adibu Asiedu is a Ghanaian jurist. He is an active Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Early life and education Asiedu was born on 9 April 1966 in Accra. Asiedu attended Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary School in Koforidua, Kaneshie North 3 and 4 Local Authority Primary School, Methodist Primary School in Mangoase, and Universal Academy Preparatory School in Bubuashie, from which he graduated in 1979. That same year, he gained admission to the City Secondary and Business College, where he obtained his Ordinary level certificate in 1983, and then proceeded to the Accra Academy, where he obtained his Advanced level certificate in 1985. Asiedu gained admission to the University of Ghana in 1987, where he studied for his Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) and graduated in 1990. That same year, he continued at the Ghana School of Law and graduated in 1992 with the Sam Okudjeto Prize for the best student in Legal Accountancy. From 2009 to 2011, he studied Public Adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Agambire
Roland Agambire (born 19 April 1976) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur. He was the chief executive officer of Agams Holdings and chairman and chief executive officer of the information and communications technology company Rlg Communications. He set up Roagam Links in March 2001, then as a mobile phone repair outlet which expanded later to become the first indigenous information and communications technology manufacturing, assembling and training firm in Ghana. The Rlg Group is said to have presence in China, Dubai, UAE, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya and the Gambia, South Africa, Ghana, and Rwanda. Early life and education Agambire was born in Sirigu (Ghana), Sirigu in northern Ghana. He trained as a teacher and later studied at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Career Rlg Communications Rlg Communications employs about 500 permanent staff, 1,000 others and has created jobs for over 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accra, Ghana
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered .Sum of the land areas of Accra Metropolitan District, Ablekuma Central Municipal District, Ablekuma North Municipal District, Ablekuma West Municipal District, Ayawaso Central Municipal District, Ayawaso East Municipal District, Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ayawaso West Municipal District, Korle Klottey Municipal District, Krowor Municipal District, La Dadekotopon Municipal District, Ledzokuku Municipal District, and Okaikoi North Municipal District, as per the 2021 census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie
Gifty Afenyi Dadzie (born 7 June 1957) is a Ghanaian female journalist, media practitioner, businesswoman and was the longest serving president of the Ghana Journalists Association. She is also a member of the COVID-19 Trust Fund Board of Trustees. Early life Afenyi Dadzie was born to Mr. J. K. Affenyi, a health inspector and later, the director of the Takoradi Port, and her mother Mrs Charity Affenyi, a trader. Education Afenyi Dadzie had her basic education at Tarkwa Methodist Primary School and Mmofraturo Girls' Boarding School in Kumasi and her secondary education at Winneba Senior High School in Winneba from 1970 to 1975 in the Central Region of Ghana. She holds a master's degree in Governance and Leadership from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). She also has a Chartered Institute of Administrators fellowship. Career Afenyi Dadzie is a journalist by profession. Gifty was the managing director of the 1st African Group a business conglomerat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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