Nana Akufo-Addo is sworn in as president of Ghana

DOB: 29 March 1944
Background
• The new president was born and raised in Ga-Maami an area in Accra central.
• Nana Addo started his primary education at the Government Boys School in Adabraka and Rowe Road school in the central part of Accra.

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Important Work
• A former justice and foreign minister in the NPP government from 2001 to 2007, he is running for president for a third time.
• His main promise was to build a factory in each of Ghana’s more than 200 districts.