The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of 16 administrative regions,occupying a total land surface of 24,389 km2 (9,417 sq mi) and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the most populated region in Ghana,with a population of 5,440,463 according to the 2021 census,accounting for around one-fifth of Ghana's total population. The Ashanti Region is known for its gold bar and cocoa production. The largest city and capital of Ashanti is Kumasi.
Asante Kotoko Sporting Club,simply known as Asante Kotoko,is a professional football club founded on 31 August 1935 and based in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Nicknamed the Porcupine Warriors,they compete in the Ghana Premier League and play their home matches at the Baba Yara Stadium in Amakom,Kumasi.
Offinso Municipal District is one of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region,Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Offinso District,which it was created from the former Offinso District Council;until the northern part of the district was later split off to create Offinso North District on 29 February 2008;while the remaining part was elevated to municipal district assembly status on the same year to become Offinso Municipal District. The municipality is located in the northern part of Ashanti Region and has Offinso as its capital town.
Prempeh College is a public secondary boarding school for boys located in Kumasi,the capital city of the Ashanti Region,Ghana. The school was founded in 1949 by the Asanteman traditional authority,the British Colonial Government,the Methodist Church Ghana and the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. The school is named after the King of Ashanti (Asantehene),Sir Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II,who donated the land on which the school was built,and was modeled on Eton College in England.
Tema Youth Football Club is a Ghanaian professional football club based in Tema,Greater Accra. The club competed in the 2017 Ghanaian Premier League,but got relegated at the end of the season.
Paul Victor ObengKSG also known as P. V. Obeng was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010,he was appointed by the President John Atta Mills administration as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). Until his death,he was the Senior Presidential Adviser at Presidency to President John Dramani Mahama. He served under President's Jerry John Rawlings,John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama in different capacities. He was a member and coordinating secretary and chairman of the Committee of Secretaries of the Provisional National Defence Council. He died on 17 May 2014.
Samuel Sarpong is a Ghanaian politician and a former Ashanti Regional Minister of Ghana. Prior to heading the Ashanti Region,he was the Central Regional Minister. Former Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive.
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.
Lord Oblitey Commey is a Ghanaian administrator,entrepreneur and politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and the current Director of Operations at the Jubilee House,the official residence and office of the President of Ghana. He has served as an executive member of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and is a former youth organizer for the New Patriotic Party.
Benjamin K. D. Asante is a Ghanaian engineer and international consultant for the gas and oil industry. He is a graduate of Mfantsipim School and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is the chief executive officer of the Ghana National Gas Company.
Nsuta-Beposo is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Sekondi College is a co-educational second cycle school in Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana. It has a science and computer laboratories and other facilities.Its current location is in Inchaban,a suburb of Sekondi
Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School is a co-ed second cycle school in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould is a Ghanaian politician and banker who is a former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress. Before he was appointed CEO of GNPC,he was the CEO of National Petroleum Authority.
University of Ghana Business School, formerly called the School of Administration,is the undergraduate and post graduate Business School of the University of Ghana in Accra,Ghana. It is also the premier and the largest Business School in Ghana.
Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong,is a traditional ruler,a politician and a lawyer. He is the paramount chief or Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana. He served as Secretary for Health,Secretary for Internal Affairs and Secretary for Chieftaincy Affairs in the PNDC government. He also served as a member of the council of state in the fourth Republic.
Henry Plange Nyemitei was a Ghanaian insurance manager and football administrator. He is a former president and chairman of Accra Hearts of Oak Football Club. During his stewardship,Hearts of Oak competed in the first edition of the Ghana Premier League in 1956 and became the first football club in Ghana to be elevated from amateur status to professional status in 1980. Nyemitei was chairman of the Ghana Football Association from 1966 to 1967 and 1968 to 1971.
Haruna Yusif is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. During his playing career he played as a defender specially as a left-back for Kumasi Cornerstones and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. At the international level,he is known for his involvement in the squad that won the 1978 African Cup of Nations and 1982 African Cup of Nations.
