Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang Net Worth

Background and career

Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang (née Sam; born 22 November 1951) is a Ghanaian academic and politician who currently serves as the eighth vice president of Ghana under President John Mahama since 7 January 2025. She previously served as Minister for Education from February 2013 to January 2017 under President Mahama's first administration. She is a professor of literature, and served as the first female Vice-Chancellor of a state university in Ghana when she took over as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. She served as the Chancellor of the Women's University in Africa in Zimbabwe from 2018 until her resignation in August 2024.

In the 2020 Ghanaian general election, Opoku-Agyemang was selected by John Mahama as his running mate on the National Democratic Congress (NDC) political party ticket. She was selected again as running mate to Mahama in 2024 and won, becoming the first female vice president in the history of Ghana.