Kumasi 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 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) 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,after Osei Kofi Tutu I who was a king in the Ashanti empire.
Osei Tutu II is the 16th Asantehene,enstooled on 26 April 1999. By name,Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is in direct succession to the 17th-century founder of the Ashanti Empire,Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. He is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the Grand Patron of the Grand Lodge of Ghana and the Sword Bearer of the United Grand Lodge of England.
Opoku Ware I was the 2nd Asantehene of Oyoko heritage,who ruled the Ashanti Empire. Between 1718 and 1722,Opoku Ware became Asantehene during a period of civil disorder after the death of the 1st Asanthene. From 1720 to 1721,Opoku established his power.
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.
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Kumasi International Airport is a national airport in Ghana serving Kumasi,the capital of the Ashanti Region. In 2023,the airport handled over 400,000 passengers,making it the second busiest airport in Ghana after Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
The Asante Empire,today commonly called the Ashanti Empire,was an Akan state that lasted from 1701 to 1901,in what is now modern-day Ghana. It expanded from the Ashanti Region to include most of Ghana and also parts of Ivory Coast and Togo. Due to the empire's military prowess,wealth,architecture,sophisticated hierarchy and culture,the Ashanti Empire has been extensively studied and has more historic records written by European,primarily British,authors than any other indigenous culture of sub-Saharan Africa.
Abofour is a town in the Offinso Municipality in Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest town in the Municipality after the Offinso township. It is in fact one of the most populated townships in the Ashanti REGION of Ghana. Though Offinso is the Municipal capital,Abofour undoubtedly is the economic hub of the municipality by the virtue of having one of the largest markets in the country.
Osei Tutu Senior High School is an all-boys senior high school located in Akropong in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is ranked among the best senior high schools in the Ashanti Region.
St. Monica's Senior High School is a girls' second-cycle institution in Mampong in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Lordina Mahama is a Ghanaian former First Lady of Ghana who served as first lady from 2012 to 2017. She is married to the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,John Dramani Mahama. Prior to becoming First Lady,she was the Second Lady of Ghana from 2009 to 2012.
Patricia Appiagyei is a Ghanaian politician,one-time Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister and the first female Mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. She is the Member of Parliament (MP) in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana and the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana,representing Asokwa Constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana.
Boakye Kyeremateng Agyarko (1956) is a Ghanaian economist,politician and a former banker. He was the vice president of the Bank of New York. He was the former Minister for Energy in Ghana.
Simon Osei-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician,a member of the 6th Parliament and 4th Republic of Ghana,and a member of the New Patriotic Party in Ghana. He is the Ashanti Regional minister of Ghana. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo in January 2017 and was approved by the members of parliament in February 2017.
Ablah Dzifa Gomashie is a Ghanaian female veteran actress,producer,screen scriptwriter and a politician. She was the Deputy Minister of Tourism in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during their term in office between 2013 and 2017 when John Dramani Mahama was president. She is currently the parliamentary candidate of the NDC in the Ketu South Constituency and a queen-mother in the Aflao Traditional Area.
Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Eighth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Techiman South Constituency in the Bono East Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently the Deputy Minister for Local Government,Decentralization and Rural Development.
The Ashanti Regional Minister is the Ghana government official who is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The region is home to the Ashanti people who are ruled by the Asantehene. It has always been a politically important region due to this. Since the December 2019 referendum,there are currently sixteen administrative regions in Ghana. The capital has always been at Kumasi.
Isaac Kwadwo Adjei Mensah was a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Techiman North constituency in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana and a Regional Minister for the Brong-Ahafo Region,as well as a Minister of Water Resources,Works and Housing.
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Kenneth Gilbert Adjei is a Ghanaian politician who served as a Deputy Minister of Defence from 2015 to 2017 during the John Mahama Administration. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. A graduate of the University of Ghana Business School,he is also a marketing executive who previously served as a member of the Board of the National Lottery Authority and currently serves as a board executive of the Lordina foundation.
