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Kumasi Academy
Kumasi Academy also known as ''KUMACA'' is a public, senior high school located in Asokore-Mampong, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Asokore-Mampong is the capital of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly and about from the central business district of Kumasi off the Kumasi Airport-Aboabo Road. History The Academy was founded in 1956 by the Ghana Baptist Convention as Sadler Baptist College. In 1960, the seminary was moved from Asokore-Mampong to Abuakwa, leaving the secondary school at its present location, Asokore-Mampong. Poe was later succeeded by Madam Nadine Lovan, another white missionary, as the head of the Sadler Baptist School. The school has since become one of the most popular schools in Ghana because of the Baptist missionaries' strict adherence to discipline. Later, the then government wanted to have a say in the administration and running of the school. The Baptist Mission was not the type that would take kindly to that policy and was not prepared to acquiesce in ...
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Kumasi
Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately north of the Equator and north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom (Osei Tutu's the first town). Kumasi is the second-largest city in Ghana, after the capital, Accra. The Central Business District of Kumasi includes areas such as Adum, Bantama, Asawasi, Pampaso and Bompata (popularly called Roman Hill), with a concentration of banks, department stalls, and hotels. Economic activities in Kumasi include financial and commercial sectors, pottery, clothing and textiles. There is a significant timber processing ...
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Peter Mac Manu
Peter Mac Manu (born 1953) is a Ghanaian politician. He was the National Chairman of the New Patriotic Party from December 2005 to February 2010.He was made the Campaign manager for the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections which was held in 2016. Mac Manu has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the School of Administration of the University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br .... He later worked as a businessman and entrepreneur, and founded and managed several companies. Before being elected National Chairman, Mac Manu served as chairman of the NPP in Ghana's Western Region. Peter Mac Manu is married and has six children. References 1953 births Living people New Patriotic Party politicians Kumasi Academy alumni {{Ghana-pol ...
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Schools In Ghana
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory education, compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the ''School#Regional terms, Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational ...
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High Schools In Ghana
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Educational Institutions Established In 1957
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List Of Senior Secondary Schools In Ghana
This is a list of category b Senior High Schools in Ghana by region. Ashanti Region There are more than 180 Senior High Schools in the region. Bono, Bono East & Ahafo Regions Central Region Eastern Region Greater Accra Region Northern Region Oti Region Upper East Region Upper West Region Volta Region Western & Western North Regions See also * Education in Ghana * List of schools in Ghana References Sources and external links Complete Ghana School List (Includes Universities and Colleges)Best senior high schools in Ghana according to WAECat TechEngage * ThSCHOOL MAPPING & MONITORING PORTAL (Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, Ghana)also has data for Senior High Schools in Ghana. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Senior High Schools In Ghana Schools * Schools Ghana Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
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Welbeck Ampadu
Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop. The village population is included in the civil parish of Holbeck. Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery. The cricketer Ted Alletson, who held a batting world record for 50 years, is from Welbeck. Archduke Franz Ferdinand accepted an invitation from the Duke of Portland to stay at Welbeck Abbey and arrived with his wife, Sophie, by train at Worksop on 22 November 1913. This was almost a year before his assassination, which triggered the First World War. The Archduke narrowly avoided being killed in a freak hunting accident during his stay. Colliery The Welbeck Colliery operated from 1912 to 2011, with a maximum of 1,400 miners producing 1.5 million tons per year. It was eventually operated by UK Coal UK Coal Production Ltd, formerl ...
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Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa
Amerley Awua-Asamoa ( Ollennu; born 1956) is a Ghanaian diplomat, corporate and non-profit executive. A member of the New Patriotic Party of Ghana, she served as Ghana's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark from 2017 to 2021. As ambassador, she had concurrent diplomatic accreditation to Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Early life and education Amerley Ollennu was born in 1956. She is the daughter of Nii Amaa Ollennu, a jurist, judge and interim president and Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana during the Second Republic. Her mother was Nana Afua Frema Busia, the Queenmother of Wenchi Traditional Area. Her uncle was Kofi Abrefa Busia, an academic and politician who was the Prime Minister of Ghana from 1969 to 1972. Her primary education was at the Mmofraturo Girls' Boarding School, Kumasi. She then attended Kumasi Academy and Apam Secondary School. She received her bachelor's degree in Law and Sociology from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. She earned an MA ...
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Black Sherif
Mohammed Ismail Sherif Kwaku Frimpong (born 9 January 2002) professionally known as Black Sherif, is a Ghanaian singer and rapper. He gained popularity in 2021 with his song "First Sermon" in May 2021. This was followed up with "Second Sermon" in July. His breakthrough came in with his March 2022 single " Kwaku the Traveller", which reached number 1 on the Ghanaian and Nigerian Apple Music charts. He released his debut album, '' The Villain I Never Was'', on October 5, 2022. Early life and education Black Sherif was born and raised in Konongo-Zongo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. As both his parents stayed overseas, Black Sherif lived with his aunt and other extended family members at the age of 10. His nomadic lifestyle exposed him to multiple influences and different cultures at a very early age. He attended his basic education at Konongo Zongo Islamic Basic School, and completed his secondary education at Kumasi Academy, where he picked up an interest in music and danc ...
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Asante Kotoko S
Asante may refer to: * Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong, Ghana * Asante Kotoko, an Ashanti professional football club * the Asante people * Ashanti (other) Ashanti may refer to: * Ashanti people, an ethnic group in West Africa ** Ashanti Empire, a pre-colonial West African state in what is now southern Ghana ** Ashanti dialect or Asante, a literary dialect of the Akan language of southern Ghana ** ... * '' R. v. Asante-Mensah'', a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Busia Government
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Busia's Progress Party government during the Second Republic of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To .... The Second Republic lasted from 1 October 1969 to 13 January 1972. List of ministers Regional Chief Executives (Regional Ministers) List of ministerial secretaries (Deputy Ministers) See also * Progress Party References External sourcesThe Statesman's Year-Book 1970-71; Editors: Paxton, J. (Ed.) {{Ghana governments History of Ghana Politics of Ghana Governments of Ghana 1972 in Ghana 1969 establishments in Ghana 1972 disestablishments Lists of government ministers of Ghana ...
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Solomon Osei-Akoto
Solomon Osei-Akoto (3 June 1930 – July 2015) was a Ghanaian politician. He was member of parliament for Birim-Abirem from 1969 to 1972 and also served as ministerial secretary (deputy minister) for transport and communication under the Busia regime. Early life and education Osei-Akoto was born on 3 June 1930 at Akoasi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Osei-Akoto had his early education at Nsawam primary and middle school from 1938 to 1947. He received his teachers' certificate A in 1951 from the Akropong Presbyterian Training College. He continued at Sadler Baptist Secondary School from 1957 to 1961 for his G. C. E. Ordinary and Advanced level certificates. He left for the United States of America in 1961 to study business administration at the Kentucky State College, Frankfort, Kentucky and received his bachelor's degree in 1964. He had further studies in business administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia where he was awarded hi ...
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