The Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo, LLM '05, was recently appointed as Minister of State in charge of Procurement at the Presidency of the Republic of Ghana. Hon. Adwoa Safo also continues to serve as the Deputy Majority Leader of the 7th Parliament of Ghana, a role that she held prior to her nomination.
At GW Law, she specialized in government procurement, which helped her earn "a job as the first legal officer of the Public Procurement Authority of Ghana, which had just been established in 2006," she said. "I own my own law firm that specializes in government procurement and offers legal support to government agencies and private contractors. In my capacity as a senator or legislator of the Parliament of Ghana, my knowledge in procurement has a bearing on governance and the fight by government against corruption."
She was the youngest Ghanaian admitted to the bar in 2004. She founded her own law firm in 2009.
In November 2012, she was awarded the West African Nobles Forum's Nobles International Award. The award honors "men and women of immense integrity and character in their chosen fields of endeavor" and was presented to Hon. Adwoa Safo for her work in the promulgation and passage of procurement laws and her pioneering role as the first female secretary to the committee that drafted the bill.