PRELIMINARY DRAFT (Subject to Change)

Ghana: A Model for Democratic Governance, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development?

International Conference & Business Forum

Hosted by Kennesaw State University

March 21-23, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Time / Venue / Activity

CO-SPONSORS: Coca-Cola Corporation, Divine Chocolate, Koch Foundation,

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center, University of Cape Coast, and Kennesaw State University

PRELIMINARY DRAFT (Subject to Change)

6:30-7:45 pm / Social Sciences 1019 / Pre-Conference Plenary
"Will Petroleum Resources Contribute to Sustainable Development in Ghana?"Kwamina Panford, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Northeastern University
Friday, March 22, 2013
8:30-9:30 am / Social Sciences 1019 / Conference Registration
Two Registration/Payment Options
  1. Participants may pre-register and pay the registration fee on line (using credit cards) at
  2. Pay registration fee on site:
  • Pay in CASH or CHECK (payable to Kennesaw State University)

GUIDED ART EXHIBIT TOURS:“Ghana” an exhibit by Lyle Ashton Harris, Fine Arts Gallery, Wilson Bldg.
Tours will be led by KSU students at each time slot and will meet by the registration table.
STUDENT POSTERS: Organized by the KSU Model United Nations and African Union Teams
9:30-10:00 am / Social Sciences 1021 / Welcoming Remarks by KSU President Daniel S. Papp

and the Honorable Daniel Ohene Agyekum, Ambassador of Ghana

10:00-11:15 am / Social Sciences 1021 / Opening Keynote Address
“Ghana: A Model for Democratic Governance, Economic Growth and Sustainable Development?”George Ayittey, President, Free Africa Foundation
11:15-12:00 / Social Sciences 1021 / Remarks by Lieutenant Colonel Larry Gbevlo-Lartey (Rtd), National Security Coordinator, Republic of Ghana
12:00-1:45 pm / The KSU Commons / Luncheon
2:00-3:15 pm / Social Sciences 1021 /

Session 1a: INVESTING IN GHANA

“Modeling Corporate Social Responsibility by Global Investors in Ghana,” Hope Torkornoo, Kennesaw State University
“The Contribution of the Private Financial Services Sector to Ghana’s Economy,” Justina Sarfowaa Fosu, First National Savings and Loans Ltd.
“The Case of the National Lottery Authority,”Benjamin Amenyedzi, University of Ghana
2:00-3:15 pm / Social Sciences 3029 /

Session 1b: HEALTHCARE IN GHANA

“Health Literacy & Health Compliance: Using Basic Technology to Increase Patient’s Compliance through Cell Phone Users,” Erica Dickson, Military Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana and Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, University at Buffalo

“Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices of Mothers in Duakor, A Traditional Migrant Community in Cape Coast,” Solomon Sika-Bright and Georgina Y Oduro, University of Cape Coast

“Gender Differences in Medical Students’ Attitudes and Perceptions towards Traditional Medicine,” Emmanuel Asante and William Boateng, University of Cape Coast

3:30-5:00 pm / Social Sciences 1021 /

Session 2a: GHANA’S EVOLVING ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE

“…Now I Know the Law”: Empowering Mining Communities,” Y. Asamoah, K. B. Antwi, D, Suleman, D. Owusu-Koranteng, University of Cape Coast

“Assessing Ghana’s Contemporary Tourism Development Experience,” Kwaku Adutwum Boakye, Senior Lecturer and Visiting Fulbright Scholar, University of South Florida

Effects of rapid expansion of the Cape Coast metropolis on the livelihood of small Farmers, Raymond Kwasi Boasinke, University of Cape Coast

“Participatory Needs Assessment of Mining Communities in Ghana,” Emmanuel Yamoah Tenkorang and Patrick Osei-Kufuor, University of Cape Coast
3:30-5:00 pm / Social Sciences 3029 /

Session 2b: SOCIOPOLITICAL TRANSITION & CHANGE

“Building Democratic Culture in Ghana: A Model for West Africa?”Nurudeen Akinyemi, Kennesaw State University

“Chieftaincy in Transition: The Past and Present Roles of Chiefs in the Upper West Region of Ghana,” Imoro Jaha, University of Ghana and Imoro Razak Jaha, University of Cape Coast

“Political Socialisation: Key to the Consolidation of Ghana’s Democracy,”Raphael Avornyo, University of Cape Coast

“A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Systems: Ghana and Belgium,”J. Kingsley Adjei, Kennesaw State University

5:15-7:30 pm / The KSU Commons / Dinner
8:00-9:30 pm / Location TBA / Performance by John Wesley Danquah, University of Cape Coast and the KSU Percusion Ensemble
Saturday, March 23, 2013
9:00-10:30 am / Social Sciences 1021 /

Keynote Address

“Do institutions matter? managing institutional diversity and change in Ghana's Fourth Republic,”Kwesi Aning, Head of Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)
Air Vice Marshall Christian E. K. Dovlo, Chief Executive, KAIPTC
Colonel Emmanuel Kotia, KAIPTC
10:45-12:00 pm / Social Sciences 1019 /

Session 3a: GENDER & ECONOMIC CHANGE

“An Overview of Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana,”Christina Boateng, University of Cape Coast
“Ghanaian Business Women: An Opportunity for Change in Education and the Workforce,”Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah,Hilbert College, New York
“Women’s Role in the Socio-economic Growth and Well-being of Ghana: A Case Study of Women Operating within the Informal Sector,”Raphael Avornyo, University of Cape Coast
Social Sciences 3029 /

Session 3b: LEADERSHIP & HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

“Fostering Culturally Competent Cross-national Training for Ghanaian Employees,”Hope M. Attipoe, University of Georgia, Athens
“Non-State Actors and Social Protection in Ghana: The Role of the Church,” Emmanuel Ekow Asmah, University of Cape Coast
“Implementing the Principles of Leadership for Learning in Schools,” Alfred Kweku Ampah – Mensah, and George K. T. Oduro, University of Cape Coast
12:15-1:30 pm / The KSU Commons / Luncheon
1:45-3:00 pm / Social Sciences 1019 /

Session 4a: GENDER & SOCIOPOLITICAL CHANGE

“Emerging Gender Dynamics in the Governance of Ghana - Implications for Sustainable Development,” Olivia A. T Frimpong Kwapong, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
“The Role of Women in Promoting Peace in Ghana’s Body Politic,” Raphael Avornyo and Naa Adjeley Suta Alakija, University of Cape Coast
“Women, Conflict and Insecurity in Ghana,” Emma Birikorang, Kofi Annan Intl Peacekeeping Training Centre, Ghana
1:45-3:00 pm / Social Sciences 3029 /

Session 4b: SOCIOCULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS AT HOME & ABROAD

“Double Dispossession: Repatriation and the Politics of Diaspora,” Seneca Vaught, Kennesaw State University
“The Globalized Mind and Social and Psychological Evolution of C.F. Hutchison: Half-Cast, Semi-Immigrant, and Semi-Diasporic African Personality,” Charles B. Hutchison University of North Carolina, Charlotte and Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry, Shippensburg University, PA
“Christianity And Contemporary Religions in Ghana,”Nana Kofi Adoma Twum, Krontihene (Chief) of Dormaa Ankobea Kwaebibrem in the Brong – Ahafo Region of Ghana
“The Impact of Modernization on Akan Indigenous Marriage System,”J. Kingsley Adjei, Kennesaw State University and Justina Sarfowaa Fosu, First National Savings and Loans Ltd., Accra, Ghana
3:00-3:30 pm / Social Sciences 1021 / Closing Forum

CO-SPONSORS: Coca-Cola Corporation, Divine Chocolate, Koch Foundation,

Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center, University of Cape Coast, and Kennesaw State University