Akosua Asaa Manu is Ghanaian social marketer and a political activist. She is currently a deputy chief executive officer of the Ghana National Youth Authority. Prior to her appointment she served as the deputy director of communications at the office of the First Lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo.

Early life and education

Manu had her secondary education at Wesley Girls' Senior High School and then proceeded to 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 ...

where she obtained a bachelor's degree in economics.

Career

Starting off her career as a social marketer and a banker, Manu worked with

Ghana Commercial Bank GCB Bank Limited formally known as ''Ghana Commercial Bank'' is the largest bank in Ghana in terms of total operating assets and share of industry deposits, with 14.2% of total industry deposits. In August 2017, the Bank of Ghana, the nation's cen ...

(GCB) and Max International. She got recruited to work as a systems and back office administrator at GCB after serving as a national service personnel. In 2012, she started a small fashion and clothing business and in 2014, she left GCB to work at Max International. Rising through the ranks to now attaining a diamond associate at Max International, she is known to be one of the successful and influential people in the social marketing industry

Politics

She is a member of the New Patriotic Party. In 2016, Manu joined the campaign team of the New Patriotic Party working under the social media division. As a result, she was appointed to the office of the First Lady to serve as the deputy Director of Communications in 2017. In that same year, she joined the New Patriotic Party's communication team. On December 2, 2023, Akosua Manu, popularly known as Kozie, won the New Patriotic Party's parliamentary primaries and has been elected as the candidate for the Adentan constituency to contest on the governing party's ticket in the upcoming 2024 general election. She polled 814 votes, closely followed by Kwasi Obeng Fosu the runner-up who got 638 votes.

Personal life

She is married with two children.

References

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