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MRS FLORENCE
OBOSHIE ADJOA SAI COFIE
 The
Hon Minister for Tourism & Diaporan
Relations Mrs FLORENCE OBOSHIE ADJOA SAI
COFIE (Nee SAI) was born on the 6th APRIL
1953 to PROF. FREDERICK TORGBOR SAI and
MRS.FLORENCE ALEENO SAI (Nee
DZANI).
Mrs.
Oboshie Sai Cofie graduated from the
University of Ghana in 1974, with a Degree
in Sociology. Since graduating, she has
acquired working experience in media
related institutions, in Marketing and
Advertising, on a cross-cultural and
international level and also as an
administrator. In the various positions
she held, she was able to build upon and
put to great use, her creativity, writing
and presentational skills.
In
1992, in partnership with another
individual, Oboshie Sai Cofie set up
Mediatouch Productions &endash; an
Advertising and Production company.
Mediatouch created and developed the first
Ghanaian participation TV Talk Show
through which she, in the role of
presenter, educated the public on topical,
sensitive and current issues. She was a
member of the campaign teams of the
NPP/President J.A. Kufuor, where her
creative skills were used to great effect
in the campaign themes and slogans that
were used in both the 2000 and 2004
campaigns.
Oboshie
Sai Cofie has since 2001, been one of the
key persons in the Office of the
President, with responsibility at various
times for managing the estate, public
relations, and speechwriting. She has also
worked with the Public Relations and
Information Team (PRIM) to provide a link
between the Office of the President and
the Ministry of
Information.
She is
currently the Minister for Tourism &
Diasporan Relations.
Oboshie
Sai Cofie is a team player and success
oriented. The rich experience she has
gained over the years, together with the
network of contacts developed, give her
entrée and access to institutions,
persons and information that make her
efficient and enrich the quality of her
work.
Oboshie
Sai Cofie is literate in English and Ga
and is fluent in Twi. She is also computer
literate.
Photos on
this page by Muguette Goufrani.
GRAND TOUR OF
GHANA- A GOLDEN EXPERIENCE!
By
Jerry W. Bird
 What
was my impression of Ghana on our first
visit since 1999? Upon landing at Accra's
Kotoka International Airport my eyes were
fixed like lasers on a banner newspaper
headline that shouted its bold, positive
message across the arrivals area - "Ghana
is Safe." What a confidence builder -- and
nothing in two exciting weeks of ATA 31st
Congress activities, colorful galas and an
educational, fun-packed, cross country
tour gave us any reason to doubt the
authenticity of that challenging
statement.
 Our
2006 Grand Tour can easily be described as
a "Photo Safari," and over 10 new gallery
pages are available for online viewing
from hundreds of images captured by
Muguette Goufrani, featuring Cape Castles,
Kente Weavers, Slave River, Bead Making
Art, Ceremonies and Festivities, Roadside
Commerce, Tour Sites, Ghana Fashions, Gala
Events and the ATA Trade Show. Combined
with superb photography by Robert Eilets
and selections from Sandy Dhuyvetter of
TravelTalk Radio, we are able to showcase
Ghana like never before. Being non profit,
we seek no financial benefit from sharing
the sights and sounds of Ghana with a
worldwide audience - and with other
approved media upon
request.
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Roadside
Commerce
This tour, with its focus on roadside
commerce, creative crafts and cottage
industries, was an eye opener to the
amazing entrepreneurial spirit that is so
dominant in Ghana. It is reflected in the
latest book by Dave Fick entitled
""Africa:
Continent of Economic
Opportunities."
The experiences enroute during this week
long, dawn to dusk tour left a profound
impression Starting with the Lake Volta
Region near the Togo border, our journey
took us to the provincial capital of Ho;
then to the Kumasi area, home of the
Ashanti Empire. Our agenda included Senchi
Riverside Resort, Liate Wote, Afadjato
Mountain, Wli Waterfalls, Tafi Monkey
Sanctuary, Abenyinase Kente Weavers, Cedi
Beads, Oumasi, Shai Hills Game Reserve,
Bunsu Arboretum, the Bobiri Butterfly
Sanctuary, Ejisu Bease, Bonwire Village,
home of the Kente Weavers, Ntoso, the
Adinkra Printing Village, plus Ahwiaa, the
Carving Village. We visited the the Ghana
Tourism Board's Kumasi office and Crafts
Center, plus a new luxury resort at Lake
Bosomtwe. One of the most meaningful sites
was NNonkonsuo, the Slave River Memorial
Center. Enroute to Kakum National Forest,
with its famous rope bridges, we stopped
to watch a family operation producing palm
oil. The final leg of our journey involved
Elmina and Cape Coast
Castles.
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