Kissi Agyebeng was sworn into office as the second Special Prosecutor of Ghana on 5 August 2021 for a statutory term of seven years.
He has published several journal articles in criminal law, law of the sea and company law. He co-edited A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: a Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr S K B Asante and he co-authored Conflict of Laws in Ghana.
Here are eight facts you probably didn’t know about him:
Hails from the Eastern Region
Kissi Agyebeng was born on 2 July 1978 in Kwahu-Tafo but hails from Kwahu-Nkwatia in the Eastern Region.
Attended Holy Star Academy in La
He had his basic education at the Holy Star Academy, La from 1983 to 1987 and continued to Wajir Barracks School, Teshie, from 1987 to 1989 in Accra. In 1989, he passed the Common Entrance examination at the Danfa Local Assembly Middle Mixed School and gained admission to the Accra Academy School, Bubuashie, where he obtained both the Ordinary and Advanced Levels (GCE O’ and A’ Level) certificates in June 1994 and June 1996, respectively.
Was called to the Bar in October 2003
In 1998, Agyebeng was admitted to study law at the University of Ghana, Legon where he was awarded with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in May 2001. He, subsequently, proceeded to the Ghana School of Law for his Professional Law Course in 2003 and was called to the Ghana Bar in October 2003.
In May 2005 he was awarded a Master of Laws (LLM) in marine and environmental law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova with a Master of Laws (LLM) in corporate law, securities regulation, international commercial arbitration, international economic relations (WTO) and international business transactions from the Cornell School of Law in Ithaca, New York, US.
Did his national service with ISD at West Akyem
He worked at the Information Services Department in the West Akyem District (based in Asamankese) in 1997 for his national service. He was a teaching assistant in the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, Legon, from 2003 to 2004. He has also undertaken a number of programmes as part of his work experience.
He worked at the Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre in the Faculty of Law, University of Ghana, from 1999 to 2001, the Data Centre (as a legal materials publisher) in Accra from 2001 to 2002, the Centre for Public Interest Law (a human rights/public interest law firm) and th Legal Resources Centre from 2001 to 2002.
Was a pupil at Zoe, Akyea & Co
He was a pupil at the law firm Zoe, Akyea & Co in Accra from 2003 to 2004 and later served as an associate from 2006 to 2007.
From 2008 to 2009, he was a senior associate at the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) in Accra. From 2009 to 2013, Kissi Agyebeng was a senior associate at Ayine & Felli (another law firm) and became managing partner at Cromwell Gray LLP in Accra in 2014.
Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law
Agyebeng was a lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law from 2006 onwards. He also became an adjunct lecturer at the Regional Maritime University (Law of the Sea), Nungua in 2009 and a lecturer at the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD) at the Ghana Armed Forces Staff College, Teshie, in 2011.
Again, in 2012 he began work as a lecturer in the Faculties of Law at Mountcrest University and Central University, Ghana (specialising in criminal law) in 2013. He was also a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Greenhill, from 2013 to 2014 and has been a lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law since 2006.
Member of the Ghana Bar Association since 2003
Kissi Agyebeng has been a member of the Ghana Bar Association since 2003. He has held a number of leadership positions, including chairman of the Electronic Communication Tribunal and notary public of the Republic of Ghana since 2019.
He was the vice-chairman of the appeals committee of the Ghana Football Association from 2017 to 2018 and a member of Elections Committee, Ghana Football Association from 2016 to 2017.
Fellowships
Agyebeng is also a Fellow of the Canadian International Development Agency Fellowship for the Maritime and Environmental Law Programme, Dalhousie, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Institute of African Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA and Akuafo Hall, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra.
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