Kofi Frimpong (diplomat)

Dr Kofi Frimpong was the host of the programme, Periscope from 1970 to 1978.^[6] He was the originator and the quiz master for the popular Television and Radio quiz show, What do you know (which was then on radio) from 1972 to 1983.^[3][6] As a Political Scientist, he served as a senior lecturer at the University of Maiduguri's Political Science department. He also served as a senior lecturer at the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, Legon.^[6] He also worked at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust in Accra as the Chief Manager responsible for Public Affairs.^[6] In 1987, he was the Director for the Structural Adjustment Programme Secretariat. He served in this capacity until 1991.^[6] A year later, he was appointed Special Assistant to the Ghana Secretary for Finance and Economic Planning on Global Coalition for Africa.^[6] He worked at the American Embassy in Accra as a Political Specialist from 1993 until his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1995.^[6] He served in position from 1995 to 1999.^[3][6] Frimpong was 56 years old at the time of his appointment in 1995.^[6]

In 2000 Frimpong was appointed Ghana's High Commissioner to Namibia.^[1][3] He served in this post for about one year.^[1][3] He died on 5 January 2005 in Rockville, Maryland, USA.^[3]