Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has been sworn in as the first female Vice President of the republic of Ghana.
The event took place at the Independence Square in Accra on January 7.
She was sworn into office by the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo.
Read her full profile below:
Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang
was:
• The Chancellor of the Women’s University
in Africa from 2018 to 2024.
• The first woman to hold the position of
Vice Chancellor in Ghana, leading the
University of Cape Coast (UCC) from 2008
to 2012.
• The immediate past President of the Forum
for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
and Chairperson of the Africa Board.
• The Minister for Education from 2013 to
2017.
• The Head of the Department of English,
Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dean of the
Board of Graduate Studies, Founding
Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
and Research, and Vice Chancellor at the
University of Cape Coast
• A Fulbright scholar twice.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang holds
a BA (Hons) in French and English,
a Diploma in Education from the
University of Cape Coast, a diploma in
Advanced Studies in French from the
University of Dakar, and an MA and
PhD in Literature from York University
of Toronto, Canada.
She is the recipient of national and
international awards, notably:
• Officer of the Order of the Volta (for
Academic Distinction)
• Ghana Women of Excellence Award
(Education Category)
• Doctor of Letters, University of Cape
Coast (Honoris Causa
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