Joana Foster (15 February 1946 – 5 November 2016) was a Ghanaian-British activist and lawyer.
[2] Joana was born in Ghana and attended Achimota School.
[3] Joana was educated in Ghana and United Kingdom.
She read law at Leeds University then went on to qualify as a lawyer, and later lectured in various Colleges.
Joana co founded the African Women's Development Fund along with Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi and Hilda M. Tadria in 2000.