The Secretary General of the Ghana Tennis Federation (GTF), Philipina Frimpong, has been appointed to serve on the Confederation of African Tennis Women in Sport Commission.
She was among five other women appointed at the CAT Executive Committee meeting on Saturday, January 25, 2020 in Tunisia.
The CAT Women in Sport Commission was established recently to oversee the development of women’s participation at all levels of the game in Africa.
The Committee which will operate until 2021 will be chaired by Mrs. Salma Mouelhi-Guizani from Tunisia and have Mrs. Rashika Aboushousha from Egypt, Mrs. Sallah Adjoa from Togo, Mrs. Aida Baira of Algeria, Ms. Fatime Kante of Seychelles and Mrs. Wanjiru Mbugua Karani from Kenya as members.
Miss Frimpong who doubles as the Women Commission Chairperson for the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) will be working with some of Africa’s finest administrators on the committee for the development of women in Tennis.
She doubles as the Executive Director of the Women in Sports Network Ghana and has been championing the inclusion and participation of young girls and women in all aspects of sports for the past four years through their flagship programme “Be her inspiration project” which organises the annual ‘Girls Camp’.
