2nd UPSA honorific lecture to celebrate Nana Dr. S.K.B Asante

The UPSA Law School is expected to organize its 2nd honorific lecture on July 25, 2024, to celebrate the legacy and service of Nana Dr. S.K.B. Asante.

The event, which recognizes the works and lifetime achievements of the celebrants, will be held at the Kofi Ohene Konadu Auditorium at exactly 5 pm.

The honoree, who is the Paramount Chief of Asante Asokore, is a stateman, academic, scholar, and international public servant.

Prof. Nana SKB Asante is a legal practitioner with an. LL.B. (Hons) from Nottingham, an LL.M. from London, and a Doctoral in Juridical Science from Yale University Law School. 

He has served as an attorney with the World Bank, solicitor general, and deputy attorney general of Ghana.

 Nana was the Chief Legal Adviser and a Director at the UN Center on Transitional Corporations in New York. 

He is also an active international arbitrator, a former member of the ICC Court of International Arbitration, Paris, co-founder and chairman of the Ghana Arbitration Centre, and founding president of the Institute of International Negotiations.

He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences; an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies, UK; a Fellow and Past President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences; a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University; and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the newly-established Ghana Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. 

Nana is a recipient of the Ghana National Book Award for Distinguished Writers and the National Award of Order of the Volta, Officer Category, for public service. 

He is the Hon. Chancellor of the Almond Institute and the Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, Accra. He was a member of the immediate past governing board of the National Peace Council.