Delese Mimi Amoakoa Darko
Director General, African Medicines Agency (AMA)
Delese Mimi Amoakoa Darko is listed as Director General, African Medicines Agency (AMA). Delese is scheduled to speak at 13th EDCTP Forum 2027 on 6 April 2027.
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About
Dr. Delese Mimi Amoakoa Darko is the inaugural Director General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), where she leads Africa’s continental drive to strengthen regulatory systems, accelerate access to quality-assured medical products, and advance health sovereignty across all Member States. A pharmacist, pharmacologist and public health leader with over three decades of service, Dr. Darko has dedicated her career to building resilient, trusted, and innovation-driven health-regulatory institutions. Before her appointment to AMA, she served as Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority from 2017 to 2025, where she transformed the Authority into one of Africa’s most advanced regulatory agencies. Under her leadership, Ghana’s FDA achieved WHO Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 certifications, and was designated a Regional Centre of Regulatory Excellence (RCORE) by AUDA-NEPAD. She spearheaded major institutional reform, established the National Centre for Pharmacovi