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Why my kids did not attend Achimota School – Nana Konadu explains

Why my kids did not attend Achimota School – Nana Konadu explains

Former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, says all her kids would have attended the Achimota School if not for a promise made by her husband, former president Jerry John Rawlings of blessed memory. Although Nana Konadu and Rawlings both attended Achimota school, she said her husband promised the then headmistress of Wesley Girls’ High School in Cape Coast, Central Region, that their kids…

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Ghana's best education system highlighted in 1944 Achimota school (Video)

Ghana’s best education system highlighted in 1944 Achimota school (Video)

As you watch this 1944 Achimota school video, you will begin to appreciate how we have destroyed a very good education system we inherited from the British. Just like the slave trade, we continue to blame our colonial masters, but we as Ghanaians have failed to correct whatever we feel is wrong with our education. The documentary captured the various sections of what constituted education in the…

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Dr. Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; March 13, 1935 – September 21, 2013) was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams and was published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. He taught African literature at the University of Ghana. He was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.

He was born in Wheta, Ghana. He was the eldest of 10 children in the family. He was educated at Achimota School and graduated from the University of Ghana. He wrote his first poetry book, Rediscovery. His early works were inspired by the singing and verse of his native Ewe people and he published translations of the work of three Ewe dirge singers. He managed the Ghana Film Corporation and helped to found the Ghana Playhouse. He was an editor of the literary journal Okyeame and an associate editor of Transition Magazine.

He studied literature at University College London (MA) and while in England wrote several radio plays for the BBC, and began using the name, Kofi Awoonor.

He spent the early 1970s in the US, studying and teaching at Stony Brook University where he obtained his Ph.D. He wrote This Earth, My Brother, and Night of My Blood.

He returned to Ghana in 1975 as head of the English department at the University of Cape Coast. Within months he was arrested for helping a soldier accused of trying to overthrow the military government and was imprisoned without trial; he was released when his sentence was remitted in October 1976. The House by the Sea is about his time in jail. He became politically active. He continued to write mostly non-fiction.

He was Ghana’s ambassador to Brazil, before serving as his country’s ambassador to Cuba. He was Ghana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where he headed the committee against apartheid. He was a former Chairman of the Council of State, the main advisory body to the president of Ghana. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Ghana SHS pip KNUST SHS in low- scoring  contest

Ghana SHS and KNUST SHS faced off in the last contest of the Second Round series of Senior Sharks 7.Even though it was one of the low scoring contests in Senior Sharks 7, it produced its own dose of twists and turns to excite fans.Based on their super exceptional display against Achimota School in the First Round, Ghana SHS were coming with the heat.And they did start on a very bright note in…

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Unveiling Shadows: Agyapa Deal Raises Concerns Over Transparency, Nepotism, and Financial Oversight in Ghana's Mining Sector

Recent developments surrounding the Akufo-Addo government's initiatives for the establishment of the offshore Agyapa Minerals Royalties Limited have raised concerns about transparency, procurement irregularities, and value-for-money analysis. The process, aimed at managing Ghana's equity interests in mining companies and royalties per the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act 2018, has come under scrutiny, with allegations of a lack of transparency in the $2 million expenditure and absence of competitive tendering.

Unveiling Shadows: Agyapa Deal Raises Concerns Over Transparency, Nepotism, and Financial Oversight in Ghana's Mining Sector

The subject of Akufo-Addo government’s processes towards the establishment of the offshore Agyapa Minerals Royalties Limited, to receive and manage Ghana’s equity interests in mining companies, as well as royalties per the Minerals Income Investment Fund Act 2018, has gotten murkier with issue lack of transparency, procurement infractions and values for money analysis.

So far, a whopping US$2 million, has been expended on the process, but it is emerging that, it did not go through competitive tendering.

Indeed, some key persons deeply rooted in the transaction, including the Deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu Boahene and Gabby Otchere Darko, have openly admitted to insider information and headhunting of the consultants, companies among others.

Although, Mr Adu Boahene, said part of the deal was advertised in 2018, leading to the hiring of Accra-based together with the Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, the UK-based law firm, White & Case, with whom Gabby Asare-Otchere Darko, had admitted to The Herald, as well as Asempa FM that he has a partnership with, through his private law firm, Africa Legal Associates, Bright Simons of IMANI Africa, disputed this, saying he and other civil society organizations, are yet to see any such advertisement on Agyapa.

But the most bizarre thing, is the explanation offered for recruitment of Kofi Osafo-Marfo, son of Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Marfo, which was influenced largely based on the fact that he was a classmate of the Deputy Minister of Finance, saying he attended the same secondary school with him, sat in the same class with him, knew him well and could vouch for his brilliance, competence and expertise as CEO Agyapa.

Mr. Adu Boahene had used the explanation to dispel claims of nepotism and lack of merit in the recruitment of Kofi-Osafo-Maafo’s services with reports that, his position was not advertised per the country’s procurement laws.

However, his explanation has turned out to be a lie, as The Herald’s probe revealed that, while Mr Osafo-Maafo, completed Achimota School in 1986, the Deputy Minister of Finance, left the same school a year later.

Mr Adu Boahene, left Achimota School in 1987, together with Koku Anyidoho, and Julius Debrah, therefore, could not have been a classmate of the Senior Minister’s son. Other details were that, the Deputy Finance Minister, had left Achimota School to Mfantsipim School for his 6th Form.

The Deputy Minister was speaking on Joy FM’s Newsfile on Saturday, in response to both the Member of Parliament (MP) Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency in the Central Region, Cassiel Ato Forson and Bright Simons on detail of the procurement processes towards the establishment of Agyapa Royalties, per the country’s procurement laws.

In particular, Mr Ato Forson, insisted on knowing the involvement of Gabby’s law firm, how much they were paid as legal fees, whether or not, there was competitive procurement process to derive value for money.

The Ranking Member of Finance Committee, disclosed that Mr Adu Boahene, had informed the Finance Committee of Parliament that US$2 million had been spent on the process, but failed to provide details as to what was paid to each of the consultants and companies, although specifics were demanded from him during the committee meeting.

The committee also demanded from the Deputy Finance Minister, the relationship between the consultants and the private companies, as well as public officials at the Ministry of Finance, who worked on the deal but again, Mr Adu-Boahene, could not provide.

On the issue of the Senior Minister’s son; Kofi Osafo-Marfo’s employment as CEO for Agyarpa, Mr Forson, insisted on knowing if government advertised the position with other Ghanaians offered the opportunity to take part in the selection process.

Among other things, the MP, who is on the ticket the National Democratic Congress (NDC), charged the government to make public the selection process it adopted in getting the prospective management team for Agyapa Royalties Limited, arguing that it was necessary because the method government adopted through the Finance Ministry is questionable.

IMANI’s Bright Simons, had also on the issue of conflict of interest, noted that as a member of the 15 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) ,who have called for a suspension of the Agyapa deal, their investigations have given them cause to question for further explanations about the recruitment process.

According to him, they have made inquiries about the recruitment agency, but did not see any public advertisement leading to the choice of Mr Kofi Osafo-Marfo’s role as CEO in Agyapa.

Mr Simon’s disclosed that, the CSOs have even asked people who ordinarily would have been aware, but none of them have seen anything, suggesting there was a public advertisement in the database and this somehow suggest that the attempt to get Ghanaian talents for Agyapa job, was not as extensive as it should been.

“We have made inquires, we cannot see any public advertising for the role, obviously there should be a database. We have asked a lot of people that traditionally, will be approached and none of them were aware that this recruitment was going on. So that suggests that somehow the attempt to look for a Ghanaian to helm this entity, was not as extensive as possible,” he said.

Mr Simons, further questioned why the Akufo-Addo administration, chose to establish a private market, instead of transacting business directly with existing royalty streaming companies.

“Did they do any analysis of transactions in the private market? And did those analyses suggest that if they had used that method, they would have made less money if they went directly to instead of using this route.And what was the outcome in terms of proceeds per annum ounce of gold in royalties in that analysis?” he quizzed.

But the Deputy Finance Minister, mounted a strong defence over the selection of Kofi Osafo Maafo, saying although he has been recruited as CEO of Agyapa Royalties Limited, he is currently only acting as a consultant on the transaction based on his expertise. He insisted that Mr Osafo-Marfo, is not paid for the services he is providing on the deal.

Mr Adu Boahen, insisted that the selection process was thorough and competitive, adding “It was just a mere coincidence that the person we selected is the son of a member of our party.”

According to him, he and others who worked on the deal, had told the Job recruitment agency that, they wanted a Ghanaian as CEO. This, was after the agency had come up with 30 names for CEO, CFO and Board Members in 2018, after combing the globe for people with expertise in royalties companies either directly or indirectly.

Out of the 30 individuals, some six of them were Ghanaians who qualified for the job, however, it was easier to settle on Kofi Osafo-Marfo out of the six Ghanaians, because he was the only one who had expertise in the area of investment management, asset management person, equity analyst covering mining companies and energy companies. Mr Osafo-Marfo, also had expertise in gold royalty companies and understands the deal.

“So it was on that basis that he was listed and identified as a potential for the role. At that time he was working for SSNIT, which he still is. So we approached him and said look we want to get this transaction off the road. We need somebody to advice us, as to how to structure this, do you mind coming onboard as a consultant for now to help us, which he agreed to do, but by the way it’s an unpaid consultancy role”.

“I must say without his input, his wisdom and knowledge of gold royalty companies, we won’t be where we are today. So, I think he deserves a lot of thanks. It is by sheer coincidence that he happens to be a son of a member of the party. That is by sheer coincidence. He also happens to be a classmate of mine from secondary school. So I was very comfortable with him, because I could vouch for his competence, his brilliance and expertise. So that we did not have a problem with at all”.

He further disclosed that the transaction came about because he had received a call from the Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia one day, saying he had a company in his office and that they were offering to purchase Ghana’s royalty streams.

The Vice-president directed him to evaluate the offer to see if it made sense and after a long discussion and a written offer, he did his analysis and it came out that, what they were offering wasn’t good enough, as it was far below expectation, and as an investment banker with over 20 years’ experience working in London, United States and South Africa, he knew the industry and knew the players and called his banker friends and asked them about their opinions on the offer to the government, adding this how the process started.

Parliament on August 14, approved the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalty Limited agreement with the government of Ghana, despite a walkout by the Minority.

On his part, Gabby Asare-Otchere Darko, a cousin of both President Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, had publicly admitted working on Agyapa Royalties Limited, which metamorphosed from Asaase Royalties Limited, because his law firm had been engaged by White & Case in UK ,together with Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, a corporate and commercial law firm which was involved in the botched PDS transaction in which Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) was to be privatized.

Gabby Asare-Otchere Darko on Asempa FM, had on Friday, revealed White & Case’s involvement in many government transactions in which his law firm; Africa Legal Associates is involved based on the partnership they have.

But The Herald gathered that, White & Case partner, Joshua Siaw, who is the director of the Firm’s Africa Practice, is a personal friend of Mr Otchere Darko.

This paper’s findings are that, the White & Case LLP, has advised the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) on a landmark liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification project located in Tema, Ghana.

Coincidentally, Mr Asare-Otchere Darko’s wife, Nana Adwoa Hackman, is a board member of the GNPC and a co-partner of the Africa Legal Associates.

The feeling on the ground is that he; Gabby, use his nexus in the Akufo-Addo government to get government legal deals awarded him to execute, using White & Case, as a clever front to drown any suspicion of favouritism.

One Narinder Surae, who works with White & Case’s office in Johannesburg in South Africa, is part of Gabby’s law firm as an International Transactions’ Advisor.

Narinder boasts of joining Africa Legal Associate in 2018 as International Transaction Advisor and has worked on major international transactions, including the multi-billion-dollar LNG transaction involving GNPC and, first Gazprom, and later, Rosneft, both of Russia.

Meanwhile, Bright Simons, has argued that the money being received by government for the Agyapa agreement isn’t enough.

This, he said, is because all of the nation’s most valuable Assets for further prospecting in addition to 100percent of gold productions are contained in the deal, adding the valuation can be improved to benefit the country better.

“They have the optional mining licences in the agreement which purports to grant this structure the capacity to actually get more. So, to give it away at $1 billion valuation is problematic, too little,” he told host, Samson Ayenini.

According to him, the choice to deal with the public Stocks Market, rather than directly with the private was the fundamental flaw of the agreement.

“The worst thing you can do is to lock your royalties in a transaction where you more or less get all your money upfront and there is no other fiscal room.

“But that money that you get is far less than the money you get, if you had gone to any of the hundreds of gold streaming companies in the world,” he said.

Some economic experts, including the former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, Lawyer Fui Tsikata and Kofi Ansah of legal and mineral, have kicked against the deal passed by Parliament on August 14th.

As the controversy deepens, key figures involved in the transaction, such as Deputy Minister of Finance Charles Adu Boahene and Gabby Otchere Darko, have openly acknowledged insider information and involvement in the selection of consultants and companies. The Deputy Minister's explanation for the recruitment of Kofi Osafo-Marfo, son of Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Marfo, has been contradicted by investigative findings, revealing inconsistencies in the claims of nepotism and lack of merit.

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Sports Today - 2023 African Games: Black Satellites hold training at Achimota School Park ahead of Friday opener

Ghana News Online; bringing you all trending news as it happens. Get daily comprehensive summary of the recent news in entertainment, sports, politics, business + more that have rocked the online scene. Check out the news below. Black Satellites Ahead of their inaugural match in the 13th African Games Men’s tournament, the Black Satellites concluded their training session at the Achimota School…

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Rapper OJ Blaq finally laid to rest

Rapper OJ Blaq finally laid to rest

Late Ghanaian rapper OJ Blaq has been laid to rest today November 4, 2023 at the Gethsemane Cemetery in East Legon, Accra. The final funeral rites is currently taking place at the Empowerment Worship Center in Dzorwulu, near Allied Heights. The burial service was attended by family, friends, past students of the Achimota School, and sympathizers from the music industry. The rapper, born Andy…

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Kenn Kafui Passes On

On the morning of Wednesday 18th March, Ghana - and Africa - lost a towering figure in the indigenous art/choral music space. 

Kenneth Kwaku Avortri Kafui, composer of choral works such as Mida Akpe and Dzidɔm, as well as the famous Pentanata and Drumnata works, passed away at the Nyaho Clinic at 6am. The news of the sad event, which spread quickly through the community within hours of his demise, was met with profound expressions of gratitude for the legacy of the celebrated composer.

His musical career saw him direct the Abibigromma theatre group at the University of Ghana, where he last worked as a lecturer in music theory and composition at the Music Department. Globally, he is considered as one of the leading composers of African art music.

His compositions included choral, orchestral and symphonic works, as well as piano and organ solos and pieces for indigenous instruments.

A recipient of the American Medal of Honor, Mr. Kafui also worked as a composer for the GBC’s orchestra, where he also hosted a long running musical program that was televised weekly, which he used to provide exposure to some of his best music students from Achimota Senior High School.

For a few months in 1984, he was appointed as conductor and interim director of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ghana, joining a long line of illustrious Ghanaian musicians who have led the national ensemble, including Philip Gbeho and Nana Danso Abiam.

At the height of his career, Kenn Kafui enjoyed international exposure when he had the opportunity to represent Ghana at conferences in eastern European states and the USSR.

In his later years, Mr. Kenn Kafui remained an active participant in Ghana’s choral music space, gracing occasions in spite of his failing health, and never missing an opportunity to speak publicly about music appreciation, the importance of the arts and musical education in Ghanaian society today.

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Evans Odei: The Achimota School teacher shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize 2021`

Evans Odei: The Achimota School teacher shortlisted for the Global Teacher Prize 2021`

A teacher from Accra’s Achimota School is vying for a US$1 million prize at the Global Teacher Prize 2021 after making the top ten list of finalists. Evans Odei is thus the first Ghanaian to have made it to the 10 finalists, following in the footsteps of the late Professor Sitsophe Anku, who made it to the Prize’s 50th finalist in 2018, according to the Ghanaian Times newspaper. The teacher was…

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Author Of Nigeria’s National Pledge, Felicia Adeyoyin Is Dead

Author Of Nigeria’s National Pledge, Felicia Adeyoyin Is Dead

Death has reportedly claimed the life of Prof. Felicia Adebola Adeyoyin, the Author of Nigeria’s National Pledge, Touchaheart blog reports. A report monitored by this online medium on Foundation for Investigate Journalism on Monday, confirmed that Adeyoyin gave up the ghost on Saturday, May 1 after a brief illness. The educationists who obtained her PhD in 1981 from the University of Lagos died…

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British colonial film highlight of Achimota school , Gold Coast 1944 (Video)

British colonial film highlight of Achimota school , Gold Coast 1944 (Video)

British colonial film highlight of Achimota School, Gold Coast 1944. From this video, it is evidently clear Ghana missed the mark and slept for 69 years. We started so well and the meaning given to education years back should have been maintained and improved upon. This video indeed shares with us the powerful education systems that we have only modernized and destroyed today. Students back in…

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Ambassador Orison Rudolph Aggrey (July 24, 1926 – April 6, 2016) was a diplomat who served as the Ambassador to Senegal, Gambia, and Romania.

He was born in Salisbury, North Carolina as the youngest of four children to Dr. James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, an immigrant from the Gold Coast and the co-founder of Achimota School, and Rosebud Aggrey (née Douglass).

He graduated from Hampton Institute and received his MA from Syracuse University.

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated him to be Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the US to Romania.

He married Françoise Christiane Fratacci and they had one child. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha

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Achimota fall down flat against Ghana SHS

Achimota School, the first co-ed secondary school in the Gold Coast will have no further part to play in the ongoing Senior Sharks Season 7 quiz.Their current state has come about because they lost to Ghana SHS, Tamale, in the First Round series of contests.It also means Achimota will have to compete via nationwide qualifiers if they are to make an appearance in Season 8 of Senior Sharks.Losing…

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Video - Tyrone Marhguy, popular Rastafarian student scores A1 in all subjects in WASSCE

Ghana News Today – home for all trending entertainment news & insights. We break all latest news and entertainment trends as it happens. check out the new exclusive below. Rastafarian student Tyrone Marhguy, initially rejected by Achimota School for his dreadlocks, has triumphed in the WASSCE exams. The court ordered the school to admit him and another student, setting a precedent for individual…

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Opoku Ware School (OWASS) Leads Race At The National Prelims of The Sharks Quiz 2021

Opoku Ware School (OWASS) Leads Race At The National Prelims of The Sharks Quiz 2021. @thesharksquiz #Sharks4ishere

After a mind-boggling showcase of raw talent and sheer intellect in the preliminary stage of the fourth season of the Sharks Quiz. Opoku Ware Senior High School came tops with a whopping score of 130 points, racing far ahead of other illustrious institutions which had partaken in that same stage of the competition. The other schools that had participated in the quiz were as follows: GCHS…

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Reggie Rockstone Speaks Against Achimota School Authorities’ Decision Not Admit Rastafarian Students

Reggie Rockstone Speaks Against Achimota School Authorities’ Decision Not Admit Rastafarian Students

Renowned Ghanaian musician, Reggie Rockstone has spoken against the decision of Achimota School Authorities not to admit Rastafarian Students. A lot of Ghanaians disagreed with the school authorities when the report about these students went viral. Reacting to it in an interview with Abeiku Santana on Okay FM that Newshuntermag.com came across, Reggie Rockstone was not happy about the…