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Poku
Poku is a surname. Notable people with the surname include * Abena Osei-Poku (born 1971), Ghanaian businessperson * Ernest Poku (born 2004), Dutch footballer * Ernest Owusu-Poku, Ghanaian police officer * Francis Adu-Poku, Ghanaian politician * Fritz Kwabena Poku (born 1945), Ghanaian diplomat * Godfrey Poku (born 1990), English footballer * Ignatius Kofi Poku Edusei (born 1963), Ghanaian politician * Kwadwo Poku (other), multiple people * Kwame Poku (born 2001), Ghanaian footballer *Kwame Poku Agyekum (born 1936), Ghanaian politician *Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah (1922–2011), Ghanaian politician and diplomat * Kwasi Poku (born 2003), Canadian soccer player *Nana Poku (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer *Ofresu Kwabena Poku (born 1923), Ghanaian politician * Patricia Poku-Diaby, Ghanaian businessperson See also * Queen Poku Queen Pokou, or Awura, Aura, or Abla Pokou (reigned c. 1750 - c. 1760) was Queen and founder of the Baoule ethnic group in West Africa, now Ivory Coast. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Poku
Godfrey Akwasi Poku (born 22 July 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hemel Hempstead Town in the National League South. He has also previously played for St Albans City, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, AFC Telford United, Woking, Oxford City, Wealdstone and Havant & Waterlooville. Club career Born in the Newham, London, Poku was educated at nearby Redbridge College under the guidance of Andy Russell. In February 2009, he was offered a scholarship to Fort Lewis College in Colorado, United States, having impressed scouts at an invitational football tournament at Preston College in Phoenix, Arizona the previous year. Poku chose to turn down the offer, instead preferring to pursue a full-time career in English football, and joined Conference South side St Albans City for the beginning of the 2009–10 season. He made his St Albans debut on 19 September 2009 against Weymouth. He played in 14 further games for St Albans, scoring a 25-yard goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwame Poku
Kwame Afriyie Adubofour Poku (born 11 August 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL Championship side Peterborough United. Born in England, he represents Ghana internationally. Club career Born in Croydon, Poku joined Worthing from Cray Wanderers in February 2019. With Cray Wanderers, he made one senior appearance in the Kent Senior Cup and scored twice in twelve appearances in the 2018–19 Isthmian League for Worthing. In May 2019, following a successful trial, he signed for Colchester United. On 3 September 2019, Poku made his professional debut for Colchester in a 3–2 EFL Trophy win against Gillingham. He scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2019 in Colchester's 2–1 victory against Leyton Orient. On 5 December 2019, Poku signed a new two-and-a-half year deal with Colchester to keep him with the Essex club until summer 2022. On 2 August 2021, he signed a four-year contract with Peterborough United. On 1 October 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwasi Poku
Kwasi Poku (born February 6, 2003) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Forge FC. Early life Poku began playing youth soccer at age six with Brampton East SC. He later played youth soccer with the Woodbridge Strikers, with whom he won the 2017 U14 Ontario Indoor Cup, scoring a hat-trick against Ottawa St. Anthony. He was also part of the provincial Team Ontario that year. He later played for Unionville Milliken SC. He later joined the Toronto FC Academy. Club career In 2021, he played with Toronto FC III in the League1 Ontario Summer Championship division making his debut on July 31 against Alliance United. After the season, he joined the second team Toronto FC II in USL League One. He made his debut on October 1, 2021 against North Carolina FC. In February 2022, he signed a professional contract with Canadian Premier League side Forge FC. He made his debut for his new club on February 16 in a 2022 CONCACAF Champions League match against Cruz Azul. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Poku
Ernest Poku (born 28 January 2004) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for AZ Alkmaar. Club career Having joined the club from FC Amsterdam in summer 2019, he signed his first professional contract with AZ Alkmaar in February 2020, with the contract valid until mid-2023. On 30 April 2021, he made his debut for Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Zaandam in the Zaanstreek The Zaan () is a small river in the province of North Holland in the northwestern Netherlands and the name of a district through which it runs. The river was origina ... as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Roda JC. He trained with the club's first team during the pre-season for the 2021–22 season, and made his debut for AZ as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to RKC Waalwijk in the opening match of the season on 14 August 2021. International career Born in the Netherlands, Poku is of Ghanaian descent. He made 2 appearances for the Netherlands national un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Poku
Nana Poku (born 1 September 1992) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for TRAU in the I-League. Career In the 2010–11 season, Nana Poku won the "Goal King" award in the Ghana Premier League with 16 goals for Berekum Arsenal. In 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Egyptian club Ittihad El Shorta, which followed spells with Ashdod and Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) in Israel. In 2015, Poku joined fellow Egyptian team Misr Lel-Makkasa before subsequently joining UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Shabab at the end of 2016. Poku's contract at Zamalek was terminated on 29 June 2018 after reaching a mutual agreement. In 2022, Poku moved to India and signed with I-League club TRAU Transcoder and Rate Adaptation Unit or TRAU, performs transcoding function for speech channels and RA (Rate Adaptation) for data channels in the GSM network. The Transcoder/Rate Adaptation Unit (TRAU) is the data rate conversion unit. The PSTN/IS .... He made his league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah
Kwame Sanaa-Poku Jantuah (21 December 1922 – 3 February 2011), originally known as John Ernest Kwame Antoa Onyina Jantuah, was a Ghanaian politician, lawyer and diplomat. He was the last survivor from the first all-African cabinet set up by Kwame Nkrumah in the Gold Coast prior to independence. Early life and education Jantuah was born on 21 December 1922 at Kejetia, a suburb of Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of what was then the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). He was baptised on 19 May 1934 and he was given the Christian names John and Ernest at the St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kumasi. In 1936, Jantuah went to St. Theresa's Junior Seminary at Amissano, near Elmina, for training. He attended St. Augustine's College from 1943 to 1944. He proceeded to the United Kingdom to study politics and economics at the University of Oxford ( Plater College) on an Asanteman Council scholarship set up by the late Ashanti king (Asantehene), Otumfuo Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman&nb ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignatius Kofi Poku Edusei
Ignatius Kofi Poku-Adusei is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Bekwai constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party. Early life and education Poku-Adusei was born on October 25, 1963. He is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from the university. He is also a product of University of Ghana (UG). From there, he acquired a master's degree in Business Administration. Career Poku-Adusei is a teacher/ administrator by profession. Political career Poku-Adusei is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Bekwai constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Kwabena Poku
Fritz Kwabena Poku (born 1945) is a Ghanaian diplomat. Poku was the ambassador to the United States (concurrently to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ... and Bahamas) from July 2004 to 2006. Poku is married with four children. Sources Fritz Kwabena PokuGhanaWeb.com Living people Ambassadors of Ghana to the United States Ambassadors of Ghana to Mexico Ambassadors of Ghana to Guatemala High Commissioners of Ghana to Belize Ambassadors of Ghana to Haiti High Commissioners of Ghana to the Bahamas 1935 births {{Ghana-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Owusu-Poku
Ernest Owusu-Poku is a former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP). Early life and education Ernest Owusu-Poku hails from Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon. Career Owusu-Poku joined the Ghana Police Service in July 1965. He served as an administrator with the Special Branch Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security and Intelligence (information gathering), intelligence in Policing in the United Kingdom, British, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth, ... in 1970. He had risen to the position of Superintendent by 1974. He became a Commissioner of Police in 1987. He has been seconded to the Ministry of Interior in the past where he coordinated duties of some security agencies including the Police, Immigration, Prisons, Fire services and the Narcotics Control Board. He was the secretary to the Justice Archer Commission int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Poku-Diaby
Patricia Poku-Diaby is a Ghanaian businesswoman, cocoa merchant and the CEO of Plot Enterprise Ghana Limited. In 2015, she was named the eighth richest person in Ghana and the richest woman in Ghana, with a net worth of $720 million. She is the founder and CEO of Plot Enterprise Group, a cocoa processing company in Ghana. Early life Prior to when Patricia Poku-Diaby started Plot Enterprise Group, she was involved in her family’s business (trading and transportation) before she set up the Plot Enterprise Group in Ivory Coast, from her Ghanaian pioneering company. Award and recognitions In 2015, Patricia Poku-Diaby was listed as the eighth richest Ghanaian among 80 Ghanaian businessmen and entrepreneurs with a net worth of $720 million in a list compiled by Goodman AMC, a management and consultancy firm, and ‘The Ghana Wealth Report.' References {{DEFAULTSORT:Poku-Diaby, Patricia 21st-century Ghanaian businesswomen Living people Year of birth missing (living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofresu Kwabena Poku
Ofresu Kwabena Poku is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the first parliament of the second Republic of Ghana. He represented the Nkoransa constituency under the membership of the Progress Party. Early life and education Ofresu was born on 17 April 1923 in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. He attended Wesley College in Kumasi now known as Wesley College of Education where he obtained his Teachers' Training Certificate and Associateship Certificate of Education. He then moved to Accra to advance his education at the University of Ghana, Legon where he obtained his Inter Bachelor of Laws in Law. He worked as a teacher before going to serve at the parliament of Ghana. He was also a businessman. Politics He began his political career in 1969 when he became the parliamentary candidate for the Progress Party (PP) to represent Nkoransa constituency prior to the commencement of the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election. He assumed office as a member of the first parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |