Ken Ofori-Atta adjudged 2018 Best African Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has been adjudged 2018 Best African Finance Minister by London-based magazine, "The Banker". 

The award was presented to him at a side event of the 2018 African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual meetings in Busan, South Korea.

The award acknowledges Ken Ofori-Atta’s role in restoring macroeconomic stability, renewed confidence in the Ghanaian economy and other key successes achieved upon assumption of office as Ghana’s Finance Minister on January 27, 2017.

The Finance Minister also expressed profound appreciation to the Economic Management Team, headed by Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia, Senior Minister, Deputy Ministers and Management and Staff of the Ministry for their support and hard work.

“We also have to recognize the role played by the IMF in this journey. Their advice and surveillance have no doubt positively influenced the outcome we are seeing today... 
They will continue to be our trusted advisors even after we successfully exit from the ECF programme at the end of 2018”, he added.

Ken Ofori-Atta is leading an eight (8) member delegation to the 53rd African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings in Busan, South Korea, from 21st – 27th May, 2018. 

Before becoming Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta co-founded Databank Group in 1990 in Ghana. 

Prior to that, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Salomon Brothers on Wall Street in New York. 

He has other business interests in Insurance, Retail Banking, Private Equity, Micro finance, Pharmaceuticals and Real Estate.

Ken Ofori-Atta holds a BA in Economics from Columbia University in New York and an MBA from Yale School of Management.

This award goes to the African Minister of Finance who has carried through prudent macroeconomic policies and, through reforms and his or her actions, has shown skills and dexterity to create the conditions of an appealing investment climate.

Story by: Nana Agyeman-Prempeh

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