Ken Ofori-Atta

Ken Ofori-Atta
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ụdịekerenwoke Dezie
mba o sịGhana Dezie
aha n'asụsụ obodoKen Ofori-Atta Dezie
aha enyereKen Dezie
aha ezinụlọ yaOfori-Atta Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya7 Novemba 1958 Dezie
Ebe ọmụmụKibi Dezie
ŃnàJones Ofori Atta Dezie
IkwuNana Akufo-Addo Dezie
onye dị ịrịba amaTogbe Afede Dezie
Asụsụ obodoTwi Dezie
asụsụ ọ na-asụ, na-ede ma ọ bụ were na-ebinye akaBekee Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụeconomist, investment banker, Onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Dezie
onye were ọrụAccra Academy, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Brothers Dezie
Ọkwá o jiMinister for Finance and Economic Planning, co-founder, executive chairperson Dezie
ebe agụmakwụkwọColumbia University, Yale School of Management, Achimota School, Yale University Dezie
Ebe ọrụAccra Dezie
affiliation stringGhana Dezie
onye otu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchịNew Patriotic Party Dezie
so naIMF 2019 Annual Meetings Dezie
Onye òtù nkeAcumen Fund Dezie

Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta (amụrụ na 7 Nọvemba 1958), bụ onye na-etinye ego na ụlọ akụ Ghana nke na-eje ozi dị ka Minista na-ahụ maka ego na atụmatụ akụ na ụba na ụlọ ọrụ Nana Akufo-Addo.[1][2][3] Ọ bụ onye guzobere Databank Group, ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ọrụ ego na Ghana, ma jee ozi dị ka onye isi oche ruo n'afọ 2012 mgbe ọ gbara arụkwaghịm.[4] Onye isi ala Nana Akufo-Addo họpụtara ya na 10 Jenụwarị 2017 wee malite ọrụ na 27 Jenụwarụ 2017 dị ka minista ego.[5]

Ndụ Mbido na Agụmakwụkwọ

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A mụrụ Ofori-Atta na 7 Nọvemba 1958 na Kibi, obodo dị na mpaghara ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Ghana.[6][7][8][9] Ọ bụ onye otu ezinụlọ Ofori-Atta. Ọ bụ nwa nwoke nke onye na-ahụ maka akụ na ụba na onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị bụ Jones Ofori Atta.[10] Ofori-Atta gara Achimota School maka asambodo O-Level na A-Level ya natara na 1976 na 1978 n'otu n'otu. Ọ nwetara ọrụ nwa oge dị ka onye nkuzi mgbakọ na mwepụ na Accra Academy n'oge mgbe ọ gachara A-level na Achimota.[11] N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1980, Ofori-Atta debara aha ya na Mahadum Columbia maka nzere B.A. na Economics. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Columbia na 1984 wee rụọ ọrụ na Morgan Stanley na New York. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ ma nweta MBA site na Yale University School of Management na 1988 wee gaa rụọ ọrụ maka ụlọ akụ itinye ego, Salomon Brothers.[12]

Ndụ Onwe Onye

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Alụmdi na Nwunye na Ụmụ

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Ọ lụrụ Prọfesọ Angela Lamensdorf Ofori-Atta, onye osote prọfesọ na Clinical Psychology na Mahadum nke Ghana Medical School na onye bụbu osote minista maka mmepe na ọrụ site na 2003-2005 n'okpuru ọchịchị Kufour. Ofori -Atta na nwunye ya nwere ụmụ anọ.[13][14][15]

COVID-19, Ahụike na Asịrị Ọnwụ

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E nwere asịrị na Ofori-Atta anwụọla na COVID-19 mgbe ọ nwesịrị ọrịa mgbe ọ gara United States na 15th February 2021 maka nyocha ahụike. Ministri na-ahụ maka ego na nkwupụta wepụrụ asịrị banyere ọnwụ ya mana ọ na-enweta ọgwụgwọ n'èzí Ghana n'ihi nsogbu ahụike mgbe ọ butere COVID-19 na Disemba 2020.[16][17]

Ọrụ Ego

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Ofori-Atta na Keli Gadzekpo na Togbe Afede XIV guzobere Databank Financial Services na 1990; ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi oche ya ruo 14 Febụwarị 2012 mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká.[12] O nwere mmasị azụmaahịa ndị ọzọ na Insurance, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Microfinance, Pharmaceuticals, na Real Estate.

N'afọ 1996, Ofori-Atta bụ onye Afrịka mbụ gbara akaebe na US Congress Ways and Means Committee iji kwado African Growth and Opportunity Act.

Ofori-Atta jere ozi dị ka onye nduzi maka ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ yana dịka onye otu ụfọdụ ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ onye nduzi maka Enterprise Group Ltd na Trust Bank Ltd nke Gambia nke ọ bụ onyeisi oche ya. Ọ bụkwa onye nduzi na International Bank ma bụrụkwa onye otu Acumen Fund.[18][19][20]

Ọrụ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị

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Ofori-Atta bụ onye isi ala Nana Akufo-Addo họpụtara iji nyochaa ahụike nke akụ na ụba n'oge mgbanwe mgbe ntuli aka 2016 gasịrị.[12]

Na Mee 2017, Akufo-Addo họpụtara Ken Ofori-Atta dị ka otu n'ime ndị minista iri na itoolu ga-eme ka ụlọ ọrụ ya.[21] E zigara aha ndị minista iri na itoolu ahụ na Nzukọ Ndị Omeiwu nke Ghana ma onye isi oche nke ụlọ ahụ, Rt. Hon. Prọfesọ Mike Ocquaye[21] Dị ka onye minista, Ken Ofori-Atta bụ akụkụ dị mkpa nke onye isi ala Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, ọ ga-enyekwa aka na mkpebi dị mkpa na mba ahụ.[21]

A họpụtara Ofori-Atta ka ọ bụrụ onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Mmepe nke World Bank / IMF na 2018 Spring Meetings ma bụrụkwa onye isi oche Board nke African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). Na mgbakwunye, ọ bụ onye isi oche nke African Caucus na World Bank.

Nkwupụta nke Censure nke Nzukọ Ndị Omeiwu

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Na Tuesday, 25th October 2022, ndị omeiwu 80 n'ime ndị omeiwu 137 New Patriotic Party (NPP) mere ka onye isi ala chụpụ Ofori-Atta dị ka Minista na-ahụ maka ego na-ekwu na ya enweghị ike ijikwa akụ na ụba Ghana nke ọma.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Onye isi ala Akufo-Addo chụpụrụ onye nnọchi anya Ofori-Atta maka ebubo nrụrụ aka ma ka nọgide na-ekwu na, enweghị ihe ndabere maka ịchụ ya.[29][30][31][32]

N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 2022, a malitere ịkatọ Ken n'ọchịchị n'ihi ọdịda akụ na ụba Ghana, na-eduga na ego mba ahụ ka a họpụta ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị kasị njọ n'ụwa. Atụmatụ ahụ dara n'ihi na ọ nweghị ike inweta ụzọ abụọ n'ụzọ atọ iji gafee mana ọ nwetara naanị vootu 136 n'ime vootu 275.[33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

Nkwado IMF

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Na Mee 2021, Ofori-Atta na nzukọ ndị nta akụkọ gosipụtara na Ghana agaghị achọ enyemaka nke International Monetary Fund (IMF) iji jikwaa ọnọdụ ụgwọ na-arịwanye elu.[40] Nke a dị n'azụ atụmatụ siri ike nke Gọọmentị Ghana nke 'Ghana Beyond Aid' nke Onye isi ala Akufo-Addo kpughere na 2018.[41][42] Otú ọ dị, nkwupụta mgbasa ozi nke Ngalaba Na-ahụ Maka Ego wepụtara gosipụtara na Gọọmentị Ghana na IMF na-enyere aka n'ịchịkwa ụgwọ ya na ọkwa na-adịgide adịgide mgbe Onye isi ala Akufo-Addo nyere Minista Na-ahụ maka Ego na July 2022 ka ọ tinye aka na International Monetary Fund maka mmemme akụ na ụba nke iri na asatọ.[43][44]

N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 2022, IMF ruru nkwekọrịta ndị ọrụ na ego mgbapụta ụgwọ nke Ghana nke $ 3bn na nkwado ụlọ ọrụ na mbido afọ 2023 dịka Minista Ego, Ken Ofori-Atta gosipụtara na nzukọ ndị nta akụkọ.[45][46][47]

N'abalị iri na asaa n'ọnwa Mee afọ 2023, ụlọ ọrụ IMF kwadoro ndokwa ụlọ ọrụ akwụmụgwọ dị ijeri $ 3 maka Ghana.[48][49][50][51][52]

N'ụbọchị nke 10 n'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 2023, a họpụtara Ofori-Atta ka ọ bụrụ onye na-elekọta Ministrị Azụmaahịa na Ụlọ Ọrụ na-esochi arụkwaghịm nke Alan John Kyerematen.[53]

Na Febụwarị 14, 2024, Onye isi ala Akufo-Addo nọchiri ya ka ọ bụrụ Mịnịsta na-ahụ maka ego na ngbanwe nke ndị minista na-esochi nkatọ ya maka njikwa nsogbu akụ na ụba mba ahụ. Mohammed Amin Adam nọchiri ya.[54]

Ihe omume ndị ọzọ

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  • Kọmitii Mmepe Mba Nile na IMF, Onye isi oche (site na 2018)[55]
  • African Development Bank (AfDB), Onye bụbu onye otu Board of Governors (site na 2017)[56]
  • ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Onye bụbu onye otu Board of Governors (site na 2017)[57]
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group, Onye bụbu onye otu Board of Governors (site na 2017)[58]
  • World Bank, Onye bụbu onye ọrụ nke Board of Governors (site na 2017)[59]
  • Onye isi oche nke Board of Governors maka The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)[60]

Onyinye na mmata

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Ofori-Atta bụ onye Henry Crown nke Aspen Institute. A mara ya ikpe dị ka C.E.O nke abụọ a na-akwanyere ùgwù na Ghana. Ken bụ Donaldson Fellow na Mahadum Yale na 2010 ma nata John Jay Award na Mahadim Columbia na 2011.[61][62][63][64] Ọ bụ onye guzobere Aspen Africa Leadership Initiative.

PricewaterhouseCoppers Ghana kwanyeere ya ugwu ugboro abụọ dị ka otu n'ime ndị isi ise kachasị mma na Ghana.

N'ọnwa Mee afọ 2018, a mara ya ikpe dị ka Minista Ego kacha mma n'Africa n'afọ site na magazin The Banker nke dị na London.

A kpọrọ ya otu n'ime ndị na-echekwa ego na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị n'Africa site na The Africa Report na 2021.[65]

Ihe odide

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  2. ↑ Estelle Maussion (11 February 2021). Africa's most politically powerful bankers: Hott, Kooli and Ofori-Atta. theafrica report.com. Retrieved on 4 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Finance Minister justifies establishment of Development Bank Ghana (en-US). Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana (2021-05-20). Retrieved on 2021-05-21.
  4. ↑ MSMEs to enjoy low interest rates with creation of Development Bank Ghana – Ofori-Atta (en-US). Citi Business News (2021-05-21). Retrieved on 2021-05-21.
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  8. ↑ Ken Ofori-Atta's Big Hairy Audacious Goals (2012-08-24). Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved on 2015-05-30.
  9. ↑ Officer Profile | Quotes | Reuters.co.in. in.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved on 2015-05-30.
  10. ↑ Okyenheneba Dr Akwasi Jones Ofori-Atta. myjoyonline.com. Retrieved on 8 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Ken Ofori-Atta. Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Values: Selected Speeches, Statements, and Writings. Frangipani, 2009. ISBN 9988847289. “Uncle Fred found temporary jobs for us as Mathematics teachers at Accra Academy after our dismal A-Level results; he helped us to raise funds for the Jubilee Achimotan Magazine in 1976, as Frank and I were on the editorial board… He was thus most engaged in our decision to go to college in America, and Frank and I left a week apart in August 1980” 
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