Florence Oboshie Sai-Coffie

Florence Oboshie Sai Cofie or Oboshie Sai Cofie (born 6 April 1953), is a Ghanaian politician and a media executive. A communication specialist with over 20 years experience in governance, diplomacy and international relations, media relations and reproductive health advocacy. She was a deputy chief of staff in the Kufuor administration until she was appointed as deputy minister. In the second term of President John Kufuor she was Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Information from 2006 to 31 July 2007. Starting from 1 August 2007, she served as President Kufuor's appointee as Minister of Information and National Orientation, succeeding Kwamina Bartels. She subsequently served as Minister of Tourism and Diaspora relations, also Sai Cofie held the position of board chair of the Ghana Airports Company. Currently, she is President Akufo-Addo's Special Advisor on Media and Strategic Communications. Oboshie Sai Cofie was born on 6 April 1953 in Accra to Fred T. Sai, a Ghanaian academic and family health physician who co-founded the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana in 1967, and Florence Aleeno Sai (née Dzani). She is the first of six children. She started her education at the Ridge Church School in Accra and continued to Aburi Girls’ Secondary School to study O-Levels (1964-1969) and moved to Achimota School for her A-Levels (1969-1971). She obtained a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon in 1974. Sai Cofie started her career as the personal assistant to the Chief Executive of Ghana Film Industry. From November 1975 to June,1978 she was the Administrative Manager for VEC Transport & Company Limited, based in Tema Ghana. In 1979, Sai Cofie moved to the United States and began working at Afam Concept Chicago as a regional sales and marketing director. In 1989, Sai Cofie returned to Ghana and engaged in several enterprises including a popular confectionary called Osibix Confections. She co-founded Mediatouch Productions in 1992, an advertising and production company.