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The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged the Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), to ensure fair cocoa prices for farmers. Currently, a tonne of cocoa sells at ¢49,000 while a bag is ¢3,100. Cocoa price was last increased in November 2024 by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. During a visit by the Management of the Board on May 2, 2025, the Asantehene indicated that fair cocoa prices would make the venture lucrative. […]
The Occupant of the Golden Stool has encouraged the Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to put the country first and apply their knowledge to improving the cocoa sector. Addressing some Management members on May 2, 2025, at the Manhyia Palace, His Majesty reminded them of the core mandate for which the regulatory body was constituted. The Asantehene affirmed that they were not appointed to enrich themselves, but to serve the sector. He therefore challenged them to input their […]
The Asante Kingdom is set to take delivery of over 200 more Asante artefacts that were stolen by the British over 100 years ago. The priceless artefacts, believed to have a ‘spirit-attachment’, will be returned by South Africa-based firm AngloGold Ashanti. It comes after 28 of them were returned by the firm last year. These artefacts acquired in 1922 by Swiss art collector Joseph Mueller, have since 2000 been housed in the Gold of Africa Museum in Cape Town after […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has demonstrated genuine and intense passion in at least six areas in the past 26 years of ruling over the Asante Kingdom. They include stool reclamation, fight against illegal mining, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), preservation of culture and tradition, education, and peace. Restoring Heirs To Sold Out Chieftaincy StoolsSince ascending the venerable Golden Stool, Otumfuo set out to restore traditional stools to their rightful heirs across Asanteman, ending years of protracted […]
One of the convictions the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has steadfastly maintained throughout the over two decades he has ruled is that ‘God is the Maker of Kings’. This statement has been consistently rehearsed into the ears of politicians seeking power whenever they visit the Manhyia Palace to seek the blessings of His Majesty. The King sees himself as a testament to this conviction. In 1999 when the 15th Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo […]
Barima Kwaku Duah is the third son and youngest of five children of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, a late Queen of the Asante Kingdom who through destiny would later become the 16th Monarch of the Asante Kingdom. Born to a throne, one would assume he was entitled to a silver spoon — but that was not the case. That wasn’t the portion of this infant whose birth was not even anticipated but for his uncle, the 14th Monarch […]
In the past 25 years, Ghana and the world at large have witnessed the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation touching lives and positively transforming destinies. The Foundation’s projects have inarguably received national and global recognition. The brain behind it has been applauded; however, the story behind the initiative had never been heard first-hand — until now. At an event held at the Manhyia Palace on April 25, 2025, marking the Silver Jubilee of the non-governmental organization, the King of the […]
The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has launched an Endowment Fund to ensure the enhancement and sustainability of the NGO’s impactful projects and programmes. The Fund was launched by former President John Agyekum Kufuor on April 25, 2025, during the celebration of the foundation’s 25th anniversary. Over the next five years, the Foundation intends to raise and invest ₵50 million to generate annual returns that will finance all its programmes and projects. Addressing the guests, the Board Chairman of the […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expressed disappointment in Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, Bantamahene, for his implication in multiple disputes, eroding peace in some communities. Otumfuo reckons that he shouldn’t have any business in any of the communities in question. At the Kumasi Traditional Council sitting on March 13, 2025, Baffour was summoned before the King after a Committee report on Adanwomase dispute over the community’s deity, was heard. Before the Council, he was slapped […]
Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, Bantamahene, has less than a week to produce the deity Asare Bediako to Sumankwaahene. He is to retrieve and hand over the Tano deity at Adanwomase before Monday, March 17, 2025, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has ordered. The Asantehene gave an earlier order for the Bantamahene to go get the deity which was allegedly stolen from its abode by one of the factions laying claim to it. During the Kumasi Traditional Council meeting on March […]
