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Madam Juliet Gyamfi, championing Breast Cancer awareness with passion
Madam Juliet Gyamfi
Madam Juliet Gyamfi, CEO of Breast Love Foundation and Beautiful Beneath has over the years been a strong advocate in fighting breast cancer among Ghanaians with passion.
Her drive and enthusiasm as a Professional Nurse and Prosthetist Specialist to fight this canker is as a result of her joining stakeholders to help people to breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Advocate has track record of empowering women who have been diagnosed with the disease thus igniting a new hope to survivors of this condition.
Background
Born and raised in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, by her father Mr. Nana Gyamfi Ampofo and her mother, Madam Grace Acheampong, she had her basic education at Lutheran Estate Primary School and proceeded to St. Monica’s Secondary School at Mampong in the Ashanti Region.
As a determined lady, she did her sixth form at Tweneboa Kodua Secondary where she successfully completed and undertook her National Service at Cocoase M/A Primary at Bantama in the Ashanti Region.
Aspired to achieve higher prospects, Madam Juliet proceeded to Valley View University at Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region, where she bagged a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
She later moved to the United States of America and pursued Nursing where she passionately served at most health facilities and rose rising through the ranks to become a Supervisor.
Motivation/ Empowerment
Poised to make an impact in her society and make a change by helping women to discard some unhealthy lifestyle practices that undermine their health, Madam Juliet started a prosthesis shop and the Breast Love Foundation to encourage best practices among women.
Recounting her journey to starting the aforementioned project, Madam Juliet said she had the motivation and inspiration from her daughter abroad.
According to the Breast Cancer Advocate, she had an opportunity to work at a lingerie shop in the United States and had enough space to spend quality time with her daughter.
Narrating the instance, she told The Spectator that, “because of the two jobs, we hardly saw each other, and my daughter one day told me that when she grew up, she would open a boutique and work from 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 5:00 o’clock in the evening to enable her to take care of her children”.
“I have been in Ghana and my daughter’s idea has made me open a Lingerie shop called Beautiful Beneath and here I am now, a strong crusader about breast cancer awareness”, she said
Breast Love Foundation/ Dealing with the menace
The breast cancer awareness champion has been campaigning on the need for early detection of the disease in order to save lives of women who are at risk of getting breast cancer.
Over five years of breast cancer awareness campaign in different regions, Madam Juliet through the Breast Love Foundation has carved a niche for the foundation to serve as a haven for intervention for diagnosed patients and survivors.
The Breast Love Foundation since its inception in 2018 has provided free breast cancer screening and support to diagnosed patients undergo treatment successfully.
According to the selfless woman, breast cancer screening should not only be done in the month of October but must be done throughout the year.
The Prosthetist Specialist said it was important for women to pay attention to their health and eschew all unhealthy lifestyles that posed risk to them
Admonishment
The Nurse/ Prosthetist has encouraged women not to fear when they are being diagnosed with breast cancer because it is treatable and God would always see them through the treatment stages.
“Do not be afraid to lose your breasts when you have to go through surgeries and have them removed because there is more life after the surgery and there are mastectomy brassieres to help fill the lost breasts”, she said .
She stressed that, Ghanaians and patients should stop attaching spiritual meanings to breast cancer but support breast cancer patients throughout their stages of treatment and pray for them to respond to treatment .
The Prosthetist Specialist assured mastectomy patients to always rely on Beautiful Beneath shops for a very quality mastectomy brassieres to make them feel comfortable on their day-to-day endeavours.
Clarion Call
The married woman with three children again called on all to psychologically and spiritually help people diagnosed with breast cancer and charged men to also examine their breasts in detecting changes that needs medical attention.
Madam Juliet, a devout Christian who fellowships with Methodist Church loves listening to choral music and gospel preaching, reading, and watching Netflix .
The English, Twi and intermediate Spanish speaker said that Breast Love Foundation would always support women and jokingly said “I have a brassiere shop so if most women lose their breasts, I will not make any sales, feel confident about your body”.
The waakye, fufu and light soup lover called on women to wear right brassiere sizes since they had an implication on women’s health, so one must wear the correct brassiere size in order to prevent spinal disorders as well.
“Be very attentive to any changes that occur on any part of your body and report it to a Physician as soon as possible in order to facilitate early treatment”, the breast cancer advocate stressed.
By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah
The professor who spends his days exploring the intricacies of African languages found himself at the centre of a different kind of lesson on Friday, October 2, 2026. 
This time, there were no lecture notes, academic arguments or university classrooms. Instead, there was the weight of tradition, the rhythm of a community celebration and the solemnity of an oath at a royal palace.
Professor Ọbádélé Kambon, a full Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Ghana, was enstooled as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene of Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region in a ceremony that brought academia and traditional authority together.
For the professor, the occasion was more than a new title. It was a moment that connected his academic interests in African languages and indigenous knowledge with the living traditions of an Akan community.
The day’s events unfolded through a series of customary observances. Kambon was first taken to the compounds of the Ɔkyeamehene and Gyasehene, where the preparations for his installation continued.
Then came the application of hyire, the white kaolin powder associated with traditional rites.
With the customary proceedings underway, the new chief was lifted onto the shoulders of celebrants and carried along the main thoroughfare of Akuapem Mampong.
The procession transformed the streets into a public stage for a ceremony rooted in the community’s traditional institutions.
There was something striking about the image, a university professor, accustomed to the measured language of academic discourse, being carried through the town in a display of traditional recognition.
Yet the celebration was not complete with the procession.
A ram was sacrificed at the Mamponghene’s compound before Kambon was taken to the palace, to swear the oath associated with his new offices.
The ceremony brought him formally into his roles as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene.
Beyond the colourful proceedings, the titles themselves carry layers of historical meaning.
Kambon in his research explores the historical connections between Apagya and Akan political and military organisation.
Accounts cited in his work linked Apagya to an asafo, or military company, while historical writing traces an Apagya stool in Asante to the reign of Opoku Ware I in the eighteenth century.
These historical associations offer a glimpse into the institutions that have shaped Akan society over generations, although they do not automatically define the precise responsibilities of the office in Akuapem Mampong.
Kambon’s own professional life reflects a similar interest in preserving and examining African knowledge.
His work encompasses Akan language structure, naming practices across the Black world, proverbs and indigenous intellectual traditions.
Through Abibitumi, the platform he founded, he also promotes language learning, scholarship and cultural engagement.
But tradition was only one part of the story that day.
When the formal ceremony gave way to a reception, the occasion expanded into a celebration of three milestones: Kambon’s enstoolment, his promotion to full professor and his daughter Ama’s admission to the University of Ghana.
The gathering therefore carried a personal significance that went beyond the honours bestowed on one man. 
It celebrated professional advancement, the continuation of family aspirations and a connection to cultural heritage.
For a father, seeing a daughter gain admission to the same university where he holds a distinguished academic position offered another reason to celebrate.
For the professor, the moment placed family achievement alongside his own professional and traditional milestones.
Kambon had already established a place in the traditional life of Akuapem Mampɔn through an earlier installation as Banmuhene Kyidɔmhene, recorded in 2017.
His latest enstoolment adds another chapter to that relationship.
In Akuapem Mampɔn, the day brought together the university, the palace and the family table in one celebration. And for Kambon, the journey from the lecture room to the traditional procession showed how scholarship, cultural responsibility and family achievement could converge in a single memorable occasion.
By Enoch Ntiamoah Siaw
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Intercity STC Coaches Limited has interdicted a driver captured in a viral video allegedly hitting a Sprinter bus during an overtaking manoeuvre at Pokuase before driving away from the scene.
In a public notice, the company described the driver’s conduct as unacceptable, stressing that it did not reflect the safety standards and professionalism it upholds.
Management said it had commenced an immediate investigation into the incident and identified the driver, who has been interdicted pending the outcome of the disciplinary process.
The company added that it was awaiting an official report from the Pokuase Police Command to help establish the facts surrounding the incident.
STC reaffirmed its commitment to passenger safety and responsible road use, while thanking members of the public for bringing the incident to its attention.
Management assured the public that appropriate action would be taken following the investigation.
By: Jacob Aggrey
