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Ghana COVID-19 National Trust Fund
The COVID-19 National Trust Fund was established by an act of Parliament (Act 1013) to mobilize funds to be used in complementing the government's efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. It is managed by a 7-member board of trustees chaired by the former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo (born 20 December 1949) was the Chief Justice of Ghana from 2017 until 20 December 2019. Prior to that, she had already been a Judge in the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995. Education The daughter of a Presbyter ... References COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana {{COVID-19-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Akuffo
Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo (born 20 December 1949) was the Chief Justice of Ghana from 2017 until 20 December 2019. Prior to that, she had already been a Judge in the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995. Education The daughter of a Presbyterian minister, she had her secondary education at Wesley Girls' High School, Cape Coast and obtained her Bachelor of law degree from the University of Ghana. She furthered her education at the Ghana School of Law where she qualified as a barrister. Akuffo trained as a lawyer under Nana Akuffo-Addo. She has a Master's degree in Law from Harvard University in USA. Career Sophia Akuffo has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, and the Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force for several years. In January 2006, she was elected as one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: she was initially elected for two years and was subsequently re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Akrofi
Justice Ofei Akrofi (born 1942) is a Ghanaian Anglican Bishop. He is the former Anglican Bishop of Accra (Ghana) and former archbishop (primate) of the Church of the Province of West Africa. He was elected to that position in 2003, which he held until 2012. The archbishop is married to physician Maria Eugenia Akrofi and they have two children. Education Akrofi studied in Ghana and in the United States at Central Connecticut State College (University), receiving B.Sc. and M.Ed. degrees, and Yale where he graduated in 1976 with a Master of Divinity degree. Later, he taught at Cape Coast University and the University of Ghana before serving as dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra and later as Bishop of Accra from 1996 to 2012. In 2000, Akrofi received an honorary doctorate from Central Connecticut State University. Anglican realignment Like most African Anglican prelates, Akrofi is widely regarded as a conservative in the Anglican Communion, and has been involved in the Anglica ... [...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 conglomerate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Addo Awadzi
Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi is a Ghanaian international economic and financial lawyer with over 25 years of professional experience working in various capacities in Ghana and internationally. She was appointed by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo The President of the Republic of Ghana as the 2nd deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana in February 2018. She is the second female to hold that position. She was elected as Chairperson of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion's Gender Inclusive Finance Committee in 2020. Education Elsie Addo graduated from the University of Ghana Business School and University of Ghana Faculty of Law with degrees in L.L.B (1993) and an M.B.A. in Finance (2000). She then furthered her education at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she acquired a master of law degree in international business and economic law (2012). She later proceeded to the Ghana School of Law and obtained her post-graduate Qualifying Certificate to practice Law in 1995. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Ghana
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first two cases in Ghana were confirmed on 12 March 2020, when two infected people came to Ghana, one from Norway and the other from Turkey. Background On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organizationbr>(WHO)confirmed that the novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness that affected a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. This was reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel COVID-19 a pandemic. Timeline and highlight of events Some of the highlights of events over the months after Ghana recorded its first case are mentioned below. March 2020 This month saw the first confirmed cases and an initial response from Ghana's government. Joint meetings among major stakeholders were conducted as well as training sess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
