Ghana

Jesisca Twumasi, a 56th National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) Secretary for Women’s Development and valued employee of the Judiciary Service of Ghana, has been honored with the Prestigious Visionary African Female Icon Award at the Visionary African Women Summit held at the Kigali Serena Hotel in Rwanda on June 14th, 2024. The summit recognized Jesisca’s dedication to empowering women and enabling them to take on leadership roles.

During her tenure as NUGS Secretary for Women’s Development, she implemented initiatives that focused on mental health and breast cancer advocacy, menstrual hygiene campaigns, and advocating for the removal of taxes on sanitary pads.

The Judicial Service of Ghana is fortunate to have Jesisca among its ranks, and her leadership abilities have the potential to inspire women across various sectors in the country. Ghana has a wealth of untapped potential in its young female leaders, and having visionary leaders like Jesisca at the helm of national and international landscapes would be beneficial.

Jesisca aims to build a professional legal acumen after her MPA at KNUST and intensify her transformative Global Giant Women (GGW) initiative, focusing on resilience, leadership, entrepreneurship, advocacy, policy shaping, and climate change to empower women and help them thrive in the face of adversity.

Political communication scholar and analyst, Dr. Etse Sikanku, is set to release a book examining the persona and contributions of Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to Ghana’s public and political space.

The book titled “Dr. Bawumia and the Modern Vice Presidency in Ghana” makes a pivotal contribution to drawing attention to the evolutionary status of the Vice Presidency and Dr. Bawumia’s significant role in contributing to the reinvention of the office.

Notably, this marks the first-ever dedicated exploration of the second-highest political office in Ghana and Dr. Bawumia’s tenure. Dr. Sikanku, known for his seminal work “The Afrocentric Obama and lessons on political campaigning,” applauds Dr. Bawumia for injecting dynamism, energy, humility, empathy, and innovation into a traditionally symbolic role.

The book challenges preconceived notions about the Vice Presidency, positioning Dr. Bawumia’s tenure as a catalyst for the office’s reinvention.

“Considering that the Vice presidency in many democracies has been one of limitation, tradition, and symbolism,” Sikanku asserts, “Dr. Bawumia’s activism, perspicacity, and dynamism as Vice President deserve to be documented.”

Scheduled for an early release next year, “Dr. Bawumia and the Modern Vice Presidency in Ghana” promises to serve as essential reading for the public and students of political science, government, communication, and leadership. Sikanku’s work draws out institutional, leadership, and communication lessons from Dr. Bawumia’s transformative role, making it a pivotal contribution to understanding the evolving status of the Vice Presidency in Ghana.