Joseph Bawa Akamba is a Ghanaian judge, who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana from 2012 to 2016.
[2][3] Akamba held various positions throughout his judicial career, some of which include; serving as the Chairman of the Committee of Inquiry into the Tamale Riots in 1993, Chairing the Committee of Inquiry into affairs of the Ghana School of Law in 2006, and also serving as the President of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana in 2007.
[6] He also worked as an Assistant State Attorney at the Attorney-General's Office prior to joining the Judiciary as a District Magistrate.
[7] In 1989, he was elevated to the High Court bench[7] and remained in this position until 1994 when he gained an appointment at the Gambia to work as a Director of Public Prosecutions from 1994 to 1999.
[9] While serving on the Appeal Court bench, he doubled as the acting Director for the Judicial Training School from 2008 to 2011.