Ambassador Akua Sena Dansua 

She is a Ghanaian Diplomat, Politician, Governance and Leadership Practitioner, Gender Advocate, Media Consultant, and the immediate past and first female Ambassador of Ghana to Germany with concurrent accreditation to the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. She is a Global Board Member and Regional Chair, West and Central Africa Chapter of UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health, Lisbon, Portugal and a Contributor to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation,  Miami, Florida,  USA.

Prior to her diplomatic assignment, Ambassador Dansua held three ministerial positions in Ghana as Minister for Women and Children, Youth and Sports (still the first female appointee to date in that sector), and for Tourism.

Ambassador Dansua served on several Parliamentary Associations including the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank (PNoWB), and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). Parliamentarians for Global Action(PGA), e-Parliament Network, with roles such as Secretary General to the Interim Steering Committee of Coalition of African Parliamentarians Against HIV/AIDS (CAPAH), a Pan-African network to improve advocacy, policymaking, oversight and increased Parliamentary participation in the fight against HIV/ AIDS and Secretary to the Ghana Chapter of the African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC).

Her tour of duty in Berlin saw among others, a marked enhancement in relations between Ghana and Germany. Ambassador Dansua was invited as the only foreign diplomat, to participate in the Expert Group meeting convened by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on future global epidemics chaired by Bill Gates in March 2015. Ambassador Dansua founded the “Advocates for Gender and Development Initiatives” (AGDI) in Ghana, an NGO that seeks to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment with Dayi FM, a community radio station. 

Ambassador Dansua is a Global Health Advocate and has been a member of UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health (an Association of current and former Parliamentarians) since January 2020.