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Wesley College, Kumasi
Wesley College of Education is a teacher education college in Kumasi, Ashanti Region in Ghana. It was initially established for the training of teachers, catechists and ministers. It was founded by the Methodist Church, located between New Tafo and Old Tafo towns. The beginning of Wesley College of Education goes back to 1918. Following the signing of the lease, the college was named, and the foundation stone of the present site was laid in 1922. The courses offered in the College have gone through upgrading from 2-year Cert ‘B’; 4-year Cert ‘A’; 2-year Post-Secondary Cert ‘A; 3-year Post-Secondary Cert ‘A’; and now Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) by the passage of a Parliamentary Bill, Education Act 778 on 6 January 2008. Currently, Wesley College of Education offers special programmes at the Diploma in Basic Education level. These are Science, Mathematics and French. The college participated in the DFID-funded Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nii Ayikai Adjin-Tettey
Nii Ayikai Adjin-Tettey (20 July 1930 – 23 April 2021) was a Ghanaian athlete and national athletic coach. As an athlete, he became the fastest West African in August 1953. He was Ghana's first trained track coach. As a coach, he was involved in the selection and training of Ghanaian athletes for Olympics, All Africa and Commonwealth games events participated in by Ghana between 1960 and 1984. He was a past chairman of the Ghana Amateur Athletics Association. Early life Adjin-Tettey was born in Accra on 20 July 1930. He attended Government Boys School in Kumasi and the Gold Coast National School in Accra for his basic education, developing an early interest in athletics at these schools. In 1948, he entered Accra Academy for his secondary education and competed in athletic competitions whilst there. In 1950, he derived the school's slogan ''Bleoo'' in response to taunts in a train prior to the elite second-cycle Aggrey Shield Competition in which the school won for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Women's National Cricket Team
The Ghana national women's cricket team is the team that represents Ghana in international women's cricket. Ghana participated in the inaugural 2015 North West Africa Cricket Council (NWACC) women's tournament held in The Gambia. The team finished third behind Sierra Leone and Gambia women's national cricket team, Gambia, and ahead of Mali. Ghana hosted the second edition of the tournament in 2016. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Ghana women and other ICC members after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. Ghana played their first official WT20I matches in March 2022 during the 2022 Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament. Records and statistics International Match Summary — Ghana Women ''Last updated 31 March 2023'' Twenty20 International T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1395. Last upda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyda Ofori Amanfo
Rhyda Ofori Amanfo (born 6 June 1997) is a Ghanaian sportswoman and a cricketer. She was appointed as captain of the Ghana women's national cricket team in 2015. Education Rhyda is a graduate of Obuasi Senior High Technical School and Wesley College of Education. Career Cricket Rhyda is the captain of the Ghana women's national cricket team, her appointment came in 2015. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (T20) debut for Ghana against Rwanda on 28 March 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria. Ghana placed fourth in the tournament. Rhyda also captains Pomposo Royals, a senior women’s T20 League team in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. See also * List of Ghana women Twenty20 International cricketers References * https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02ZzMo5Set42JuTh7Khv4Jhoak3oY2FJ58dahkZSJi9u4XNha45BKemvAqtceBAXFsl&id=100063803285854 External links Rhyda Oforiat ESPNcricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck
Nathaniel Azarco Welbeck (1915–1972) was a Ghanaian politician and a diplomat. He was a founding member of the Convention People's Party and minister of state in the first republic. He was briefly resident minister of Ghana in Guinea and also resident minister of Ghana in Congo. Early life and education Welbeck was born at Cape Coast on 25 September 1915 to Madam Adwoa Twi and Nomo Welbeck who migrated to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. His father was of Ewe and Ga descent and his mother was Fanti, Welbeck identified as a Fanti, a Ga and also an Ewe however, due to Akan (of which Fantis constitute) customs and tradition which places more emphasis on one's maternal background, Welbeck was a Fanti from Cape Coast. His father died in a house fire at Abidjan where the family resided. Welbeck was sleeping in the same room with his father. His grandmother first saw the fire and blew the alarm. His father on hearing the alarm, picked him up and took him to a safe place. He then went b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denkyira
Denkyira was a powerful nation of Akan people that existed before the 1620s, in what is now modern-day Ghana. Like all Akans, they originated from Bono state. Before 1620, Denkyira was called Agona. The ruler of the Denkyira was called Denkyirahene and the capital was Jukwaa. The first Denkyirahene was Mumunumfi. History Later, the capital of Denkyira moved to Abankeseso. The Denkyira state capital is now Dunkwa-on-Offin. Denkyira became powerful through gold production and trade with Europe. In the 1690s, wars took place between Denkyira and the Asen and Twifo-Heman. The goal of these struggles was to keep open the trade routes to the coast and trade with the Fante State and Europeans. The Denkyira state together with the Fante states dominated the trade with Europeans in Western Ghana while the Akwamu dominated trade with Europeans in Eastern Ghana. The Denkyira state dominated the neighboring states apart from the Fante, Akwamu and Akyem. The Ashanti were subjects and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobina Hagan
Kobina Hagan (1923-1977) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He was the Principal Secretary for the Central Organisation of Sports (COS) from 1960 to 1963 and later member of parliament for the Denkyira constituency from 1965 to 1966. Early life Hagan was born on 11 November 1923 at Saltpond in Central Region, Ghana (then Gold Coast). He was educated at Mfantsipim School and Wesley College of Education, Kumasi. While at Wesley College, Hagan was one of the few students in the school to obtain colours for all the games played in the school, they included; football, athletics, cricket and hockey. After teaching for a period of about 3 years, he entered the University College of the Gold Coast (now the University of Ghana as a founding student of the university. Career Teaching and politics Hagan began as a teacher with the Methodist Educational Unit. He taught in both Prestea and Dunkwa-On-Offin from 1944 to 1947. After his studies at the University College of the Gold Coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Kojo Obeng
James Kojo Obeng (born 28 April 1925) was a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He was the member of parliament for the Amansie constituency from 1965 to 1966. Biography Obeng was born in Effiduase in the Ashanti Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He began his elementary education at the Asokore Methodist Central School in January 1932. He later became a Pupil teacher for two years prior to entering Wesley College of Education, Kumasi in 1944 obtaining his Teachers' Certificate 'A' in 1947. Obeng went on to teach at the Asokore Methodist Central School for five before transferring to Hwidiem Ahafo Methodist School where he served as headmaster of the school for eight years. He later became a Senior teacher at the Effiduasi Methodist Middle School District. Obeng was made chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP) branch of Sekyere East. In June 1965 he was elected member of parliament for the Amansie constituency on the ticket of the CPP. He served in that capacity until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Ampah Kojo Essel
Joseph Ampah Kojo Essel was a Ghanaian Member of Parliament for the Dompim constituency from 1965 to 1966. Early life Essel was born in 1921 at Sefwi-Bekwai in the Western Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast). He had his Middle School education at the Sefwi-Wiawso Government Middle School where he obtained his Standard Seven Certificate in 1937. He entered Wesley College, Kumasi in 1938 but transferred to Adisadel College a year later. His stay at Adisadel College was however, truncated in 1940 when his guardian died. Career and politics Essel begun his career in 1942 with the Gold Coast Army as a trained mechanic at the Base Workshops in Accra. He worked with the army until 1946. A year later, he obtained employment as a mechanic with C. F. A. O. in Kumasi. That same year he quit his career as a mechanic to enter the cocoa buying trade. He became a licensed cocoa buying agent under one Opanyin Adofoasa of Ntroso in the Brong Ahafo Region during the main season of 1947 and 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Boafo
Paul Kwabena Boafo is a Ghanaian theologian and minister who was elected as the twelfth Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana in 2018. He previously served as the Administrative Bishop of the Church. He is the first ordained minister to serve in both capacities in the episcopal history of the Ghanaian Methodist Church. Boafo also served as the Protestant Chaplain of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). Early life and education An ethnic Fante, Paul Kwabena Boafo was born in Asankragua in the Western Region of Ghana to Roman Catholic parents Opanin Paul Kwaw Boafo and Agatha Ama Asamoah Boafo. His mother described him as a sickly child and, by the age of three, he was a frequent patient at the local Catholic hospital. In 1963, Boafo enrolled as a pupil at the Asankrangwa Roman Catholic Primary School. After his first year in elementary school, he moved to live with his maternal uncle, Reverend John Bennet Nsowah Quasie, then a catechist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was established by law in 1968 with a triple mandate as a State Broadcaster, Public Service Broadcaster, and a Commercial Broadcaster in Ghana. Headquartered in the capital city, Accra, it is funded by grants, broadcasting television commercials and the levying of a television licence, costing 36 cedis and 60 cedis for one or more TV sets in the same house every year. TV set repairers and sales outlets are to pay an annual sum of between 60 cedis to 240 cedis. History Established under an act by the British colonial government in 1935, the Gold Coast first operated a Broadcasting outlet called radio ZOY. This was the code name of a relay station the BBC operated. It was in the time of Governor General Sir Arnold Hodson. It later became the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation after Dr Kwame Nkrumah changed the name Gold Coast to Ghana, upon political independence in 1957. The broadcasting service, originally known as Station ZOY, was introd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Aryee
George Aryee is a Ghanaian public servant. He served as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 1991 to 1992. Early life and education Aryee had his secondary education at Adisadel College, Cape Coast, and later continued at Wesley College, Kumasi to train as a teacher in 1959. After his teacher training, he enrolled at the University of Cape Coast where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1969. A year later he obtained a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) sponsored scholarship to study at the University of Ottawa, Canada, where he obtained his Master's degree in Administration. Career Following his studies abroad, Aryee joined the Advanced Teacher Training College, Winneba (one of the colleges that were merged to create the University of Education, Winneba) as a lecturer. He later worked at Central Regional Development Corporation as its Managing Director, and the African Timber and Plywood company as a Training and Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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