first ghanian to do Flashcards
Who was the first President of Ghana and led the country to independence in 1957?
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Who was the first Ghanaian Prime Minister before Ghana became a republic?
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (1957–1960)
Who was the first Ghanaian to become Chief Justice?
Sir Arku Korsah (1956–1963)
Who was the first Ghanaian to become a Speaker of Parliament?
Emmanuel Quist (1951–1957)
Who was the first Ghanaian female lawyer?
Annie Jiagge (Called to the Bar in 1961)
Who was the first Ghanaian female Supreme Court judge?
Georgina Theodora Wood (Appointed in 2002, later Chief Justice in 2007)
Who was the first Ghanaian Inspector General of Police (IGP)?
E. R. T. Madjitey (1958–1964)
Who was the first Ghanaian to win an Olympic medal?
Clement Quartey (Silver, Boxing, 1960 Olympics)
Who was the first Ghanaian footballer to win the African Footballer of the Year award?
Ibrahim Sunday (1971)
Who was the first Ghanaian astronaut or space scientist to work with NASA?
Ave Kludze
Who was the first Ghanaian to obtain a PhD in Mathematics?
Francis Allotey
Who was the first Ghanaian to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Kofi Annan (Won in 2001 as UN Secretary-General)
Who was the first Ghanaian to become the Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Kofi Annan (1997–2006)
Who was the first Ghanaian doctor?
Dr. Benjamin Quartey-Papafio (Qualified in 1880s)
Who was the first Ghanaian female doctor?
Dr. Susan Ofori-Atta (Graduated in 1949)
Who was the first Ghanaian neurosurgeon?
James Franklin Mustafa
Who was the first Ghanaian to establish a hospital?
Dr. Frederick Akuffo (Established Akuffo Hospital in the 1930s)
Who was the first Ghanaian to become a professor of medicine?
Benjamin William Quartey-Papafio.
Who was the first Ghanaian to receive a PhD in law?
Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia
Who was the first Ghanaian to become a Supreme Court Justice?
Sir Kobina Arku Korsah (1956)
Who was the first Ghanaian to become a FIFA referee?
Joseph Wellington
