Ghana's premier university appoints first female chancellor

Ghana’s premier university, the University of Ghana, has made history after it appointed the first female chancellor for a public institution in the person of Mrs. Mary Chinery-Hesse.

Chinery-Hesse’s investiture took place on August 1, 2018 at a well attended event in the capital, Accra. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who was at the event said authorities had picked a perfect replacement for Kofi Annan.

As the first female Chancellor of any Ghanaian university, Mrs. Chinery-Hesse blazes, again, a trail for other women to follow, and, moreover, I am sure the university will definitely feel the added benefit of that special quality that a woman can bring to leadership, the president said.

Back home in Ghana, the new chancellor has played several roles in national development. She has previously served as top technocrat at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, she was a Member of the Governing Council of the University at a point.

She also served as an advisor to Ghana’s second president under the current constitution. John Agyekum Kufuor who was present between 2000 and 2008 was present at the ceremony.