Kofi_Frimpong_(diplomat)

Kofi Frimpong (diplomat)

Kofi Frimpong (diplomat)

Ghanaian diplomat, academic and broadcasting executive

Kofi Sarpong Frimpong was a Ghanaian public servant and diplomat. He was the director general of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 1995 to 1999,[2][3][4][5] and Ghana's High Commissioner to Namibia from 2000 to 2001.[2][3][1] He died on 5 January 2005.[2][3]

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Career

Frimpong was the host of the programme, Periscope from 1970 to 1978.[6] He was also the quiz master for the quiz show, What do you know (which was then on radio) from 1972 to 1983.[3][6] As a Political Scientist, he served as a senior lecturer at the University of Maiduguri's Political Science department.[6] He also worked at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust in Accra as the Chief Manager responsible for Public Affairs.[6] In 1987, he was the Director for the Structural Adjustment Programme Secretariat. He served in this capacity until 1991.[6] A year later, he was appointed Special Assistant to the Ghana Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning on Global Coalition for Africa.[6] He worked at the American Embassy in Accra as a Political Specialist from 1993 until his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1995.[6] He served in position from 1995 to 1999.[3][6] Frimpong was 56 years old at the time of his appointment in 1995.[6]

In 2000 Frimpong was appointed Ghana's High Commissioner to Namibia.[1][3] He served in this post for about one year.[1][3] He died on 5 January 2005.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Brandful, William G. M. (2013). Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy?. Dorrance Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4809-0006-6.
  2. [2]
    Boadu-Ayeboafoh, Yaw (2005-01-15). Daily Graphic: Issue 149330 January 15 2005. Graphic Communications Group.
  3. [3]
    "Deaths / Obituaries". mobile.ghanaweb.com. 14 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  4. [4]
    Publications, Europa Europa (2002-10-31). Africa South of the Sahara 2003. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-85743-131-5.
  5. [5]
    Maher, Joanne (2002). The Europa World Year Book 2002. Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-85743-128-5.
  6. [6]
    "Combroad". Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. Issues 106-114: 24. 1995. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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