Mfantsiman Girls, also known as Syte, is Ghana’s largest female public senior high school.
Established in 1960 by Ghana’s first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah it was formerly known as Saltpond Girls’ Secondary School. The name was changed to Mfantsiman when the District of Saltpond became the District of Mfantsiman District.
According to school history, 70 girls were selected from the Common Entrance Examination to begin the first batch of students with Mrs Beatrice CHINERY as headmistress.
The school’s motto is ‘Obra Nye Woarbo’ which means “Life is what you Make it” with mauve and white as official colours. The school crest features an eagle, straw basket, claw of an eagle and woman seated on an elephant.
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The anthem of the school was a Latin song which is still used by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as its anthem. Girls are housed in six students’ building namely Butler, Crofie, Chinery, Engman Scotton and Yeboah Houses respectively.
Mfantsiman Girls have a healthy alliance with the boys of Adisadel College known as SANTAMOGA.
Mansyte was the second female school to make an appearance at the finals of the prestigious National Science and Maths Quiz in 2016 after Wesley Girls in 1999.
With over 50,000 members, the old student association of the school is one of the largest in Ghana and has a number of local and international chapters. Their prime aim is to give back to the school for the role it played in their lives.
Ghana is blessed to have these 19 women contributing to national growth as old girls of Mfantsiman.
Samira Bawumia
Second Lady of Ghana, Ambassador for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and Humanitarian.
Shirley Frimpong-Manso
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sparrow Productions.
Nadia Buari
Actress
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister of Communications, lawyer, women’s rights activist and politician.
Caroline Sampson
Radio presenter, TV show host and voice over artist.
Yvonne Okoro
Actress and Chief Executive Officer of Des Amour Production.
Gifty Anti
Ace Broadcaster, Author and Activist.
Esi Hammond
National MOGA President and Head of Communications of the Bank of Ghana.
Matilda Amissah-Arthur
Caranza Naa Okailey Shooter
Miss Africa, Miss Ghana 2012 and Medical Doctor.
Angela Dwamena-Aboagye
Lawyer, gender activist, and the Executive Director of The Ark Foundation Ghana
Vida Akoto-Bamfo
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (2009 – 2019)
Eazzy
Singer, Rapper and Songwriter
Shatta Michy
Michelle Diamond is a musician, a philanthropist and a businesswoman.
Elizabeth Owusua
Lawyer and Nurse
Prof Ivy Ekem
Prof (Mrs) Ivy Adwowa Efiefi Ekem is the current Dean of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Cape Coast.
Prof Aba Bentil Andam
From left to right Prof. Esther Sakyi Dawson and-Prof Aba Bentil Andam
Professor Aba A. Bentil Andam is a Ghanaian particle physicist who was President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences from 2017–2019. She is the first Ghanaian female physicist.
Salma Okonkwo
Ghanaian oil, gas entrepreneur and millionaire.
H.E. Mrs Jennifer Lartey
Ghana’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway
H.E. Mrs Jane Gasu Aheto
