GHANA BADMINTON FIRST IN AFRICA TO LAUNCH THE BEST-REDESIGNED NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATION WEBSITE
April 16, 2023, Accra, Ghana-Ghana Badminton Association, the governing body of the Olympic sports of Badminton in Ghana, representing circa 4.2 million nationwide members of the sport, after many days of hard work and dedication from our local and international technology development team, is pleased to announce the launch of our updated website!
The national federation aimed to create a more valuable, user-centric, responsive playing and partnership resource across all platforms and devices during the redesign process. Specifically, we focused on making it easier for our users to learn and locate helpful information about our sport as a daily solution for their particular sports lifestyle and industry available at their desks and on mobile devices.
The redesigned website provides instrumental case studies with athletes and membership focus and highlights completed projects and themes by athletes (beginners, recreational and elite) across the country, created with a view of our partners and paid-up members within our knowledge centre along with other pages on processes and governance to expand your industry knowledge, all integrated into an online payment system.
Dr Benjamin Baah-Konadu, Ghana Badminton’s Event Officer, shared, “Our cardinal objective during this redesigned website process was to create a debt of information on our sport, governance, structures, the historical performance of our national teams, our athlete’s national ranking, events, 63 sporting policies and guidelines. In line with our forward-looking development strategy, we have also commissioned and introduced the first safeguarding guidelines and procedures for our general membership- the first in Africa by any Badminton national federation.”
Dr Baah Konadu added, “This redesigned website, an upgrade from the first website, will provide our growing members with several membership plans and categories with more tools to share their ideas and solutions to some of the most challenging development, events and governance issues, all in an open, visibly transparent manner. In addition, they can achieve their sports goals by combining their talent, innovation and initiatives.”
The redesigned website has 143 pages of information. It has attracted 756,114 views in the last 36 hours of its launch, attracting viewers to feel and review information on events, development, competitions, safeguarding and membership, to mention but a few.
Evans Yeboah, President of Ghana Badminton, added: “In line with our Mission 2027 Strategic Plan, we are excited about this redesigned platform because it is an integral part of our strategy to hone the popularity of our members and shared interest groups, raise the profile of our partner’s networks and increase their membership. We are excited that, once again, we are providing the lead and leadership for many African sporting national federations to emulate whilst being aware of this fantastic resource, access, and the opportunities enhancement within our integrated marketing communication in this digital age has to offer.”
The National Federation has been promoting the sport with its inclusivity and diversity; reminiscing this, in 2021, Ghana Badminton signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Education’s (UoE) Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS) Department, Winneba, thus becoming the first in Africa to Implement Shuttle Time University Course. The Mou has helped to establish and undertake cooperative programmes in badminton research, university courses, training, scholarships, technical and physical education for athletes and technological development in sport management and administration, including implementing Badminton World Federation’s Shuttle Time University Course.
Again, In technical officiating and coaching, in May 2022, one of its graduated 273 technical officials, Gabriel Atseku, became the first Ghanaian to be appointed as Badminton Africa accredited umpire in 60 years. In line with the 2027 Strategic Mission Plan, Ghana Badminton trains and develops local referees to the highest national level, allowing the general public more development and Event information through its website and other social media handles.
Nothing compared to last year’s Commonwealth Games success bringing memories of how the national team performed at the multisport event in Birmingham- producing the best individual results since Ghana Badminton made its appearance at the Commonwealth Games after their debut in the 1998 Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Visit the new website for the Ghana Badminton Link here and learn more about our work. There is also information about joining or working with us. We hope you enjoy our new look!
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About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorized and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world’s fastest sport.
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The programme graduated 273 Physical Education Teachers from 198 Schools nationwide in 2017, mastering a whopping coverage of schools nationwide. The current Board launched the second phase of the Mission 2025 Plan in 2022, focussing on sustaining and building long-term growth is getting schools to embrace badminton.
Ghana Badminton, President shares, “We are enthralled by our enhanced development initiatives across technical and coaching education spanning from a school’s project we implemented promoting a thriving sporting system of inspiring positive change thus creating most tremendous decade success of extraordinary sporting achievement by the end of 2027.
In 2019, Cindy Etornam Tornyenyor continued and represented the Greater Accra Region at the National Schools and Colleges, Bolgatanga sports and achieved podium results. Tornyenyor laments her best role model is to be in the World’s top 50 ranked players by 2027 from now and make Ghana Badminton proud again in the Women’s Single and Women’s Double events.
Nantuo Prospera celebrates a point at the African Championship
His many awards and public recognitions even during his university days reveal that this was a distinguished sports career of considerable import! His enthusiasm for that next school project was infectious, and a huge component of his success at Ghana Badminton.
Ebenezer Affaidu was Badminton. He will always be Badminton. What a man! What a spirit! What a joyous, mighty champion! We jointly say, “Da Yie. Onyankopɔn mfa wo kra nsie yie” you have done your part and – will be missed by many, but never will you be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have known him!