Kojo Jones’ Mum Gifty Lamptey-All to Know About Her

Kojo Jones and his new wife Raychel make headlines about two weeks during their flamboyant traditional and white wedding. Kojo Jones has an adorable mother called Gifty Akushika Lamptey.

-Who Then Is Gifty Akushika Lamptey?
Gifty Lamptey is respected as an entrepreneur, a businesswoman and a philanthropist.
She’s the CEO of Sidalco Ghana Ltd, an agricultural product wholesaler in Accra.

-Early Years
Reverend Gifty completed her high school education in 1984 at Keta Secondary School, continuing to Ho Polytechnic in 1985 where she took courses in Advanced Catering and Institutional Management qualifying with an HCIM in 1988.

She holds a B. A (Hons) in Christian Psychology and a Masters Degree from Dayspring University, USA.

Business Journey
She worked with Ambassador Hotel the same year as one in charge of catering services. Her interest and passion for food saw her enter the food processing business in 1990, later expanding with exports such as mushroom, papaya and pineapple to international markets.



In that same year, she started Gemanuel, a civil and building construction business diversifying into agro-processing that saw the birth of Sidalco Ltd with her late husband, Hon. David Lamptey.

-Awards
Gifty Lamptey is a recipient of the Top Super Woman Award, 2020 Glitz Africa’s honouree for Excellence in Business, Ghana Cocoa Awards 2020 Woman of Excellence (Business) honorary award and a host of others.

She was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Divinity in August 2014; all from the same institution for her leadership in a male-dominated business environment and her passion for excellence in all her field of endeavour including the Christian Ministry.

Net Worth
There have been different figures over her net worth. What stands out mainly in many reports is that her net worth is estimated to $135 million.