List of Achimotans

Notable Achimotans listed below are either alumni ("Akoras") or were affiliated to Achimota School through teaching. According to the Constitution of the Old Achimotan Association (OAA) alumni members that completed a full course of study and teachers that taught at the school for at least five years are considered to be full members of the OAA, and are known as "Akoras". Notable Akoras are those Achimotans that have excelled or played a pioneering role in their field.

Notable alumni

Political Leaders

• Kwame Nkrumah (first President of Ghana, founding member and 3rd Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity, now African Union)
• Edward Akufo-Addo (former President, Second Republic of Ghana, 1969–72)
• Alhaji Adamu Atta (former Governor of Kwara State, Nigeria)
• Alhaji Sir Dauda Jawara (first Head of State of The Gambia, 1970–94)
• John Evans Atta Mills (former President, Republic of Ghana, 2009–12
• Robert Mugabe (President, Republic of Zimbabwe)
• William Ofori Atta (co-leader of Ghana Independence Movement, former Minister for Education, Culture and Sports, 1970–71; and former Minister of Foreign Affairs)
• Jerry John Rawlings (former Head of State, Ghana, 1979, 1981–93; and former President, Republic of Ghana, 1993-2001)
• Kow Nkensen Arkaah (First Vice President, Fourth Republic of Ghana, 1993–97)

Politics

• Kwadwo Afari-Gyan
• Samia Nkrumah (first female Chair of C.P.P; former Member of Parliament of Jomoro Constituency)
• Dan Botwe
• Omane Boamah
• Benita Okitey-Duah
• Reginald Reynolds Amponsah
• Lawrence Rosario Abavana
• Gilchrist Olympio (Togolese politician and presidential candidate)

Aviation

• Captain Kofi Martin Ampomah (former pilot Ghana Airways; and head of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority)

Armed Forces

• Major Seth Anthony (diplomat and first black African commissioned officer in British army)

Business

• Ken Ofori-Atta
• Keli Gadzepo
• Kwame Pianim
• Oko-Nikoi Dzani (founder of NDK Financial Services and Royal Bank)
• Mr. J. E. Boakye-Mensah (first black manager in the then UAC, and first black manager of the then GNTC)

Diplomats

• Victor Gbeho
• Ambassador D. K. Osei
• Isaac Osei
• K. B. Asante
• S. K. B. Asante

Daniel Ohene Agyekum

Education

• Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah (former Classics Professor, University of Ghana) Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah
• Elike B. Takyi (former Principal of LTI - Liberia)
• Adjei-Bekoe (former Vice Chancellor University of Ghana)
• A. A. Kwapong (former Vice Chancellor University of Ghana)
• Prof Ivan Addae-Mensah (former Vice Chancellor University of Ghana)
• F. O. Kwami (former Vice Chancellor KNUST)
• E. H. Amonoo-Neizer (former Vice Chancellor KNUST)
• Francis Kufuor (former Pro-Vice Chancellor and former Chairman KNUST Council)
• Ernest Aryeetey (Vice-Chancellor University of Ghana)
• Kenneth Dike (first African Vice-Chancellor University of Ibadan)
• Patrick Awuah Jr (President and founder of Ashesi University)
• Ernest Victor Asihene (former Pro-Vice Chancellor and first Dean of the College of Art, KNUST)

Government

• Susanna Al-Hassan (Ghana's first female Minister of State)
• Joyce R. Aryee (former Secretary, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and Exec Director, Salt and Light Ministries)
• Komla Agbeli Gbedemah (former Finance Minister)
• Erasmus Ransford Tawiah Madjitey, CBE (first Ghanaian Chief of the Ghana Police)
• Gloria Amon Nikoi (née Addae) (first female Minister of Foreign Affairs; Finance Minister)
• Yaw Osafo-Maafo (former parliamentarian and former Finance Minister adjudged Africa's Best Finance Minister in 2001 by the Banker Magazine of the Financial Times)
• Daniel A. Chapman Nyaho (first Secretary to the Cabinet, Ghana’s first ambassador to the United States)
• J. H. Mensah Finance Minister of Ghana, MP 1969-72, Leader of Government Business 2001, Senior Minister 2001-07.
• Victor Owusu (Attorney General and Foreign Minister 1969-72)
• Samuel Phillip Gyimah (British MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Cameron)
• Ekwow Spio-Garbrah
• Richard Kwame Peprah
• Alan John Kyerematen
• Kwame Addo-Kufuor
• Joseph Henry Smith

Health services

• Charles Odamtten Easmon (first Ghanaian surgeon and first Dean of University of Ghana Medical School)
• Susan Ofori-Atta (first Ghanaian female physician)
• Matilda J. Clerk (second female physician in Ghana)
• A. N. Tackie (first Ghanaian Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, KNUST, former Executive Chairman Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), former Ag. Director Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine)
• William Ofori-Atta (first Senior Prefect of Achimota School, Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs in the Second Republic).
• Edwin George Beausoleil (first Ghanaian Malariologist, former Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Ghana. First Chairman, World Health Organization (WHO) AIDS Task Force for Africa and Member, first Global Commission on AIDS, 1989. first African, WHO Expert Committee on the Selection of Essential Drugs, 1977)
• Jaswant Wadwhani (former Commanding Officer 37 Military Hospital)
• Prof. J. K. M. Quartey (former urologist at Korlebu Hospital)
• Kwame Aniapam Boafo MB. ChB. MD. MPH. MBA. FACOG. FGCPS Clinical Associate Professor of OB/GYN, Albert Einstein Medical School, New York

Architecture

• Theodore S. Clerk (first African architect of the Gold Coast and Developer of the Port City of Tema)

Mass Media

• Kwaku Sakyi-Addo (journalist, two-time winner of Journalist of the Year Award and Ghana's former correspondent for the BBC and Reuters)

Legal and Judiciary

• Justice Anne Jiagge Baeta (first female Justice of Ghana)
• Justice E. N. P. Sowah (former Chief Justice of Ghana)
• Justice Samuel Kofi Date-Bah (Justice Supreme Court of Ghana)
• Anna Bossman

Music

• Victor Kofi Agawu (Music Professor, Princeton University)
• King Bruce (Highlife musician and founder/leader Black Beats Band )
• Philip Gbeho (classical musician and composer of Ghana's national anthem)
• Kofi Ghanaba aka "Guy Warren" Akwei (musician and drummer)
• Nyamafo Alice Chapman Nyaho (classical pianist, Professor of Music at University of Ghana)
• William Chapman Nyaho (classical pianist)
• Emmanuel Gyimah Labi (composer, ethnomusicologist, pianist and former conductor of the Ghana National Symphony Orchestra)
• Reggie Rockstone

Other

• Sally Mugabe (née Hayfron, wife of Robert Mugabe)
• Ernest Obeng (former world-class sprinter and Head of Broadcasting for the International Association of Athletic Federations)
• Esther Afua Ocloo (woman industrialist)
• Theodosia Okoh (designer of Ghana national flag)

Science and technology

• Nii Quaynor (founder NCS )
• Charles Wereko-Brobby (engineer and politician)

Writers

• Ayi Kwei Armah (writer and author of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born)
• Cyprian Ekwensi (short-story writer, author of children's books, pharmacist and broadcaster)
• Kofi Awoonor (poet, teacher, diplomat)

Principals and Heads

• Rev. Alec Garden Fraser (first principal and co-founder; former principal of Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka; and Gordonstoun, Scotland)
• James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (first Vice-Principal and co-founder)
• Bishop Robert Stopford (former Principal and former Bishop of London)
• Daniel A. Chapman Nyaho

Former teachers

• Ephraim Amu (renowned musician and composer)
• Kofi Abrefa Busia (former Prime Minister of Ghana in 2nd Republic)
• John Barham (English pianist, composer, arranger, producer, choirmaster and educator)
• Michael Cardew (internationally renowned potter)
• Charles G. Palmer-Buckle (Metropolitan Archbishop of Roman Catholic Church, Accra)

Fashion

Tetteh Plahar

Aisha Obuobi

Nelly Aboagye

Sandi Owusu

Sports

Herbert Mensah (former C.E.O of Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC)