Sekyere East District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Sekyere District Council. Later, the eastern part of the district was split off to create the 1st Sekyere Afram Plains District on 1 November 2007, with Kumawu as its capital town. However, on 28 June 2012, the Afram Plains area of the district was split off to create the new Sekyere Afram Plains District, with Dobrosno as its capital town; while the remaining part has since then been officially renamed as Sekyere Kumawu District, with Kumawu as its capital town. The district assembly is located in the eastern part of Ashanti Region and has Effiduase as its capital town.
Kwadaso 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. Kwadaso is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Ejura-Sekyedumase 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. Ejura-Sekyedumase is located in the Ejura-Sekyedumase district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Afigya Sekyere East 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. Afigya Sekyere East is located in the Afigya-Sekyere district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Afigya Sekyere West 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. Afigya Sekyere West is located in the Afigya-Sekyere district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The constituency became defunct after the electoral commission rezoned and merged some constituencies ahead of the 2012 parliamentary elections.
Bosomtwe 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. It is located in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Kumawu 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. Kumawu is located in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Asokore is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The town is known for T.I. Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School, Krobea-Asante Senior High, Tijjania Senior High school and Nasir Children Training Centre one of the oldest Basic International School in the District established in 1984. These schools are second cycle institutions. Asokore is located in the Sekyere East district of Ashanti Region. It is second biggest town in the district and its capital town is Effiduase in the Ashanti region. Asokore is located 40 kilometers from Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region. Asokore is the headquarters of Asokore Rural Bank which has many branches in Kumasi and surrounding towns.
Effiduase is a town and is the capital of Sekyere East, a district in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Effiduase is known for the Effiduase Secondary Commercial School now Effiduase Senior High School and effiduasi senior high technical school. The Effiduase Secondary Commercial School is a second cycle institution. The Effiduase chief is Nana Adu Ameyaw II, Chief of the Ashanti sub-traditional council. Effiduase is made up of mostly traders. Effiduase is the district capital of Skyere East District. Effiduase houses the biggest hospital in its Sekyere East district.
Hennric David Yeboah was a businessman and Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He was the Member of Parliament representing Afigya Sekyere East constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 4th, 5th, and 6th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He was a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Sekyere Afram Plains 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. Sekyere Afram Plains is located in the Sekyere Afram Plains District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Mavis Nkansah Boadu is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of parliament for Afigya Sekyere East constituency in the Ashanti Region in the 7th and 8th parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party.
Kennedy Kwasi Kankam is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently the municipal chief executive for Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly.
Dr. Nana Ayew Afriye is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Effiduase-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Frank Boakye Agyen is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of the 5th and 6th Parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana representing the people of Effiduase Asokore constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
James Kojo Obeng was a Ghanaian politician and teacher. He was the member of parliament for the Amansie constituency from 1965 to 1966.
Grace Coleman was a Ghanaian politician and a member of Parliament for the Effiduase Asokore Constituency representing the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
Afigya Kwabre South 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. Afigya Kwabre South is located in the Afigya-Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Samuel Adjei Asirifi is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the first Parliament of the fourth Republic representing the Effiduasi-Asokore Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational School is a second-cycle institution in Effiduase Asokore in the Sekyere East District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The school is located on the outskirt of Asokore off Ahensan Road. The school is run by the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service in Ghana. In 2015, the school won the Member of Parliament's Independence Cup and was also the second Best Technical Institute in the Ashanti Region.
