Akyem/Akim Tafo | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: Tafo Awansa | |
  Akyem/Akim Tafo | |
| Coordinates: 6°13′19″N0°21′56″W / 6.22194°N 0.36556°W | |
| Country |  Ghana |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| District | Abuakwa North |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | GMT |
Akim Tafo is a town in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana [1]
The headquarters of the cocoa research Institute of Ghana is in the Eastern Region [2]
Akyem/Akim Tafo is just before Kukurantumi on the Koforidua-Bunso highway. It shares boundary with Kukruantumi, Maase, Anyinasi and Osiem.[ citation needed ]
Osabarima Adusei Peasah IV[ citation needed ]
The Eastern Region is located in the Eastern part of Ghana and is one of the sixteen administrative regions of Ghana. Eastern region is bordered to the east by the Lake Volta, to the north by Bono East Region and Ashanti region, to the west by Ashanti region, to the south by Central region and Greater Accra Region. Akans are the dominant inhabitants and natives of Eastern region and Akan, Ewe, Krobo, Hausa and English are the main spoken languages. The capital town of Eastern Region is Koforidua.The Eastern region is the location of the Akosombo dam and the economy of the Eastern region is dominated by its high-capacity electricity generation. Eastern region covers an area of 19,323 square kilometres, which is about 8.1% of Ghana's total landform.
Akim Oda, a town in Ghana's Eastern Region, serving as the administrative and traditional center of the Birim Central Municipal District and Akyem Kotoku, respectively. The town has 60,604 residents as of 2013.
Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong was a Ghanaian politician who was a member of the Parliament of Ghana as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) representative for Akyem Swedru of the eastern region of Ghana. He also served as Minister for Energy.
Kwahu is an area and group of people that live in Ghana and are part of the Twi-speaking Akan group. The region has been dubbed Asaase Aban, or the Natural Fortress, given its position as the highest habitable elevation in the country. Kwahu lies in the Eastern Region of Ghana, on the west shore of Lake Volta. The Kwahus share the Eastern Region with the Akyem and Akuapem, as well as the Adangbe-Krobos. Among Kwahu lands, a significant migrant population works as traders, farm-hands, fisherfolk, and caretakers in the fertile waterfront 'melting pot' of Afram plains. These migrants are mostly from the Northern and Volta Regions, as well as, some indigenous Guans from the bordering Oti and Brong-Ahafo regions live in the Afram Plains area. Kwahus are traditionally known to be wealthy traders, owning a significant number of businesses and industries in Ghana.
Asamankese is a town in south Ghana and is the capital of West Akim Municipal District, a district in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. Asamankese has a 2013 settlement population of approximately 39,435 people. Asamankese is on the main highway to Kumasi and Accra in the interior. The people of Asamankese celebrate the Obuodwan festival.
Agogo is a town in the Asante Akim North Municipal District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Agogo is approximately 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Region, and had a population of 28,271 in the 2000 census. Computer projections estimate that the 2007 population was 32,859.
Abomoso is a town located in the Atiwa West District, Eastern region. It is dominated by the Akim clan which is part of the Akan tribe which covers 70% of the total population of Ghana. The residents are mainly farmers settled along and north of the Birim river. Area is dominated by the production of cocoa.
Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School is a coed boarding school in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Old Tafo is the oldest town in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area in the Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region of south Ghana. It is the home of the famous Ohum Festival, the only festival widely celebrated by the people of Akyem Abuakwa. It houses the Ohum dua, an over 500-year-old spiritual tree that does not wither; and the Ohum shrine where the mighty deity Agyempremu Kofi resides. Old Tafo shares border with New Tafo where the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) is located. It also shares a border with Osiem, where the Memeneda Gyidi Church is located, founded by Opanin Samuel Brako.
Tafo is a town in Kumasi Metropolitan District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana near the regional capital Kumasi. Tafo is the thirtieth most populous settlement in Ghana, in terms of population, with a population of 60,919 people. Because of the town's population and housing development in recent years, it is debatable whether Tafo is still regarded as a separate town, or already a suburb of Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region. The town is near Kumasi, with a distance of approximately 3.3 kilometers to the center of a similar name sounding village named New Tafo and must be distinguished from Tafo. Tarkwa is located just 4.6 km away from Tafo. The city center of Kumasi is located approximately 9.8 kilometers away. Tafo is one of the urban constituencies of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. The town's parliamentary candidate shall have one direct seat to the Parliament of Ghana.
Ghana is the second-largest exporter of cocoa beans in the world, after Ivory Coast. Ghana's cocoa cultivation, however, is noted within the developing world to be one of the most modelled commodities and valuables.
The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in Oyo State, Nigeria, is a cocoa research institute established by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigeria Research Institute Act of 1964. The act established research institutes for cocoa, palm oil, coffee and cola.
Bunso is a town in the East Akim Municipal District of the Eastern Region in Ghana. It is the site of the Bunso Arboretum and of Bunso Cocoa College.
Ofori Panin Senior High School (OPASS) is a co-educational second cycle institution at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Ofori Panin School, is a co-educational boarding school located at Tafo in Akyem, Eastern Region, Ghana. The school was founded in 1961 by Kwame Nkrumah. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 19 May 1962 by Hon. Kofi Asante Ofori Attah, M.P. for Akim Abuakwa and Minister of Justice at that time. An alumnus/alumna of Ofori Panin is known as an "Opassian".
Asante-Akim Central is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Asante-Akim Central is located in the Asante Akim North district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The member of parliament for the constituency is Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi.
William Agyapong Quaitoo is a Ghanaian politician. He served as a member of parliament for Akim Oda Constituency, Eastern Region in the 7th Parliament. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture in 2013. He is the Chief executive officer of the Tree Crops Development Authority.
Edwin Jackson Anafi Asomaning was a Ghanaian plant pathologist who was Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana from 1965 to 1980. He was elected a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970.
Samuel Sallas Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of parliament for the Upper West Akim constituency of the Eastern Region. He is also an accountant and a former chairman of the public accounts committee as well as a former chief executive officer of the public procurement authority. Mensah is currently the national treasurer of the National Democratic Congress, and was a parliamentary candidate for the upcoming 2020 Ghanaian general elections.
Isaac Yaw Opoku is a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament for the Offinso South constituency in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
Joseph Nee Amahtey Hyde was a Ghanaian accountant and politician. He was the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ghana from 1996 to 1998, and the member of parliament of the Okaikwei Constituency from 1979 until 1981 when the Limann government was overthrown.