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Kojo Vincent Oppong Nkrumah
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01September
198201 September 1982
Born
Kojo Vincent Oppong Nkrumah was born on 5 April 1982
01September
200601 September 2006
Career
In 2006, Nkrumah started working as a Treasury Analyst at British American Tobacco. He later moved into broadcast journalism at Joy FM and subsequently founded an investment firm called West Brownstone Capital in 2014. In 2016, he became a lawyer at the law firm Kulendi, Attafuah and Amponsah. He was recently acknowledged by the World Economic Forum as one of the world's 115 Young Global Leaders for 2020.
01September
201201 September 2012
Education
Nkrumah attended various schools including St. Bernadette Soubirous School and Pope John Senior High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Coast, an MBA in Marketing from the University of Ghana, and a bachelor's degree in Law from GIMPA Faculty of Law. He also completed a Fellowship with the African Leadership Initiative, which greatly influenced his personal and professional development, before starting his legal career and being called to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
01September
201601 September 2016
Politics
In 2015, Kojo Nkrumah won the NPP parliamentary primaries for Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency in Ghana and later became the Minister for Information, serving in various parliamentary committees and as the President's Representative at the Ministry of Information. He was designated as the Minister of Information by President Nana Akufo-Addo after the 2020 elections and in August 2023, he called on CSOs and media to support diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in Niger.
01September
201701 September 2017
Early life
Nkrumah was born in Koforidua, Ghana, to parents who were teachers and later a banker. He is from Akim Anyinase. The Oppong Nkrumah Education and Skills Development Fund was established in 2017 to support education and skills development for the youth of a constituency. The fund has provided scholarships to over 300 students between 2017 and 2022.
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202301 September 2023
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