Rebecca Akufo-Addo

Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo (née Griffiths-Randolph; born on Monday, 12 March 1951) is a Ghanaian public figure and the current first lady of Ghana as the wife of President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Rebecca Akufo-Addo is the daughter of Judge Jacob Hackenburg Griffiths-Randolph, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in the Third Republic, and Frances Phillipina Griffiths-Randolph (née Mann). After graduating from Achimota Primary School and Wesley Grammar School, both in Accra, she furthered her education at the Government Secretarial School and became a secretary.

Akufo-Addo subsequently worked as a secretary at the Merchant Bank in Ghana and later relocated to United Kingdom and worked as a legal secretary for Clifford Chance/Ashurst Morris Crisp, multinational law firms in the United Kingdom.

As First Lady, Akufo-Addo has been praised for advocating the fight of the disease Malaria in Ghana and has been recognized as a nutrition champion for fighting against malnutrition in children and adolescents, and outstanding contribution to women's health and efforts against infant mortality in Ghana and across Africa. In 2017, she established the Rebecca Akufo-Addo foundation, a non-governmental organization with a mission to enhance efforts of the government amongst Ghanaian women and children.