After declaring his intentions to contest in the 2024 parliamentary elections, Ghanaian business mogul cum socialite, Emmanuel Kojo Jones Mensah, has picked up his nomination forms to that effect.

To prove his seriousness, Kojo Jones, shared a post on social media, highlighting the underlying motivation in seeking to become a legislative representative for the Keta Constituency.

The business mogul, whose wedding took Ghana by storm sometime in 2022, is expected to ease his path into the legislative house on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.

Even before the contest, Kojo Jones had started embarking on some developmental projects such as the construction of bridges in the constituency.

Some details on the flyer announcing his intent read;

“I have officially picked up the upcoming NDC parliamentary primaries in Keta slated for May 13. Incoming to the decision to enter the parliamentary race. I have taken cognizance of the current state of the underdevelopment, alarming poverty level, youth unemployment, failing educational standards, and general decadence of Keta Constituency. There is an urgent need for a paradigm shift.

“Keta constituency is the spiritual home of the National Democratic Congress where the founder, the late Jerry John Rawlings hails from. It is also a significant part of the world bank’s description of the Volta Region where the traditional bulk of votes aggregate originates for the NDC”.
Kojo Jones

In other related news, the wife of Andrew, one-half of the music group Keche, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has declared her intention to run for Parliament.

In addition to Joana Gyan Cudjoe and Kojo Jones contesting in the upcoming NDC parliamentary primaries are Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu, Fred Nuamah, and John Dumelo.

Check out the post below;

About Kojo Jones

Emmanuel Kojo Jones-Mensah is an entrepreneur and philanthropist born in Accra – Ghana. He was born to the late Justice (rtd) Emmanuel Kofi Jones-Mensah and Rev. Dr. Gifty Lamptey of the Sidalco Group of companies, along with eight other siblings including former beauty Queen Penelope M. Jones-Mensah, who is now a lawyer and a women’s & children’s rights activist.

He holds an MBA in Oil and Gas Management from Coventry University, an LLB in Business Law, and Diploma in Business both from London Metropolitan University, all in the United Kingdom. Kojo Jones-Mensah currently runs Empire Domus Ltd, an impressive real estate outfit out of Accra focused on designing luxury properties for clients across the African continent.

He comes from a line of resourceful and entrepreneurial businessmen, starting from his grandfather, Livingstone Emmanuel Akakpo Jones-Mensah who worked as the chief financial controller of the Cameroonian Development Corporation (now Unilever). Kojo’s father, the late Justice (rtd) Emmanuel Kofi Jones-Mensah also left a significant legacy, becoming the Attorney-General of West Cameroon (pre-amalgamation) at 28 years old.

He moved to Ghana to become a judge and at the time of his passing had retired and established a successful law practice. He was a politician, an entrepreneur, and a hotelier, having once contested as a vice presidential candidate for the PNC.

In addition to successfully running his own entrepreneurial ventures, Kojo Jones-Mensah runs the KJM Foundation.

This eponymously named non-governmental organization is working to give remote communities access to clean potable water and sufficient educational infrastructure. Through the foundation, he runs a scholarship scheme as well for brilliant but needy university students. They also invest in young entrepreneurs with potential under an entrepreneurship fund.

Emmanuel Kojo Jones-Mensah is one of the young millionaires in Ghana who is making the business environment of the Ghanaian market very competitive.

He is the CEO and Founder of the Empire Conglomerate, which comprises various businesses in various sectors: Empire Concrete Ltd, Empire Domus Ltd, Dominion International Petroleum Ltd, KJM Trading Ltd, and Kingscrown Media.