Friday, January 8th 2016. In the African country Ghana, an African king, rules through Skype after finishing his work as a mechanic in Germany, where he lives with his wife and two children. Cefas Bansah is the name of this particular character, who has revolutionized social media with his unusual way of ruling.
66-years-old Bansah rules over 300.000 inhabitants in the town of HoHoe; but he talks to his subjects, through individual speech sessions through social media. He also meets with his local leaders over 6.000 kilometers away every day, after finishing his shift at work.
This modern King depends on technology a hundred percent in order to remain in contact with his people; but since he has no financial capabilities of his own to help his kingdom, he uses social media with the goal of pitching up enough money online to build an ethnic school. So far, he has managed to collect over 19.300 dollars.
Cefas was finishing his technical mechanic course in Germany when he was crowned in the year 1992, following the death of his grandfather. The skip in succession line happened due to his father and the oldest of his 75 brothers being unable to rule for being Left handed, which among their religious beliefs is a synonym for lack of integrity in his ethnicity.
He decided to remain in the European country because he could achieve better contacts and acquire more alliances and donations for his kingdom; Bansah expressed that “the Germans like me and I like Germany, so I started doing the humanitarian programs”. Thanks to his international relations, he’s been able to help pay for children’s tuition, build 5 bridges and four technical schools.
The Ruling King of HoHoe, has commented that his subjects have not asked him to return to their lands, for they know very well that from Germany his opportunities to help them improve their quality of life are much greater. At the beginning, he communicated through fax and traveled around eight times a year; but thanks to the digital world he can connect via Skype, cutting the number of visits to Ghana to around half. “I use Skype to talk to my brother and my people and to know how things are going, if they need more bridges or schools or how projects are going.” Expressed Cefas.
Bansah’s great Project for Ghana’s development has as its goal to enforce technical and artistic skills in his town; stating that “art is the base of society, It’s where it all began”. According to the leader, the country’s ruling entities are acting thanks to his initiative; education Is mandatory, but many parents do not have enough resources to cover a monthly fee, which Is why Cefas raises funds to build new schools; a successful project thus far.
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