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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has officially launched an initiative to mobilise US$10 million for the renovation of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The event took place at the hospital on Friday, November 10, 2023, and had in attendance the King himself, traditional rulers, market women, legislators, lawyers, actors and actresses, corporate institutions, religious bodies and others. Hailing Otumfuo for the project, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KATH, Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah, said […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has met the Anglican Church’s new Archdeacon of Manhyia, Venerable Opoku Twumasi. The meeting took place at the Manhyia Palace on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. He will be replacing Venerable Enock Duah who now takes over Bekwai in a recent reshuffle that has taken place in line with the tradition of the church. “It has become imperative that we bid farewell to Venerable Duah. He will now superintend over Bekwai. […]
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has promised his unflinching support to the Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Samuel Aniegye Ntewusu and the new head of the Manhyia Archives, Mr Francis Odonkor in making the facility “more effective and more functional”. According to him, some persons have resorted to stealing away records they deem unfavourable to their kind and thus the need to ensure stricter security. “I feel people are pilfering our archives so we need also to […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu has recommended three new categories in honour of three past journalists in the Ghana Journalists Awards (GJA) Scheme. They are Henry Ofori, Cameron Duodu and Kofi Badu. His Majesty, from observation of the works of these individuals, posits that a lasting memory must be intentionally carved for them. He will be personally proposing this to the leadership of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA). The overlord of the Asante Kingdom shared this when the 2023 Ghana […]
Breast Care International (BCI) and its partners will name the yet-to-constructed Oncology Centre in Kumasi after the 16th King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. This was disclosed to Otumfuo by the President of the BCI, Dr Beatrice Wiafe when she formally informed him about the construction of the Centre as a solution to the pressing need for home treatment for cancer. She indicated that the decision to construct the Centre was born out of a report titled […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has urged France to collaborate with Ghana in the area of industrialization with the sole intent of rendering the West African country economically independent. He believes capitalizing on agriculture which is the bedrock of the country in industrialization will be the only means to solve the country’s economic woes. Recognizing the contribution of the European country to Ghana, he emphasized that more is needed to be done. “I would want […]
Aalto University in Finland and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), have carved out a comprehensive proposal which was borne out of an Urban survey that was supported by the Office of the Asanteman Stool Lands to restore Kumasi as the Garden City of West Africa as it was initially known. This forms part of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two universities and is dubbed ‘KUMASI TREES (The Project of the Heart)’. The project […]
South Africa’s Minister for Human Settlements, Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi has elaborated to the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a probable partnership between her country and Ghana in the area of housing and human settlement. It comes as she is in Ghana on a three-day working visit to explore avenues for collaboration in the sector as well as cement initial bilateral talks between herself and the Minister for Works and Housing, Hon Francis Asenso Boakye in Poland […]
The Queen of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Konadu Yiadom III will appear on paraphernalia used by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for its breast cancer awareness campaign this year. It comes after she accepted to be the face of the hospital’s awareness walk. On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, a delegation led by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah called on the Queen at the Manhyia Palace. The visit, among other things, was to conclude […]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah had the honour of receiving the blessings of the Queen of the Asante Kingdom, Nana Konadu Yiadom III. This was during a courtesy call on Tuesday, October 17, 2023. The CEO led a delegation to the Manhyia Palace to make a formal introduction of himself to the Queen. Among the delegation were the Consultant and head of the Oncology Directorate, Dr Osei Bonsu Bawuah and […]
