Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo (née Griffiths-Randolph; born 12 March 1951)[1] is a Ghanaian public figure who served as the First Lady of Ghana from 2017 to 2025.

In 2017, she established the Rebecca Akufo-Addo foundation, a non-governmental organization, with a mission to enhance efforts of the government among Ghanaian women and children.

[9] In 2017 and 2020, she donated food items to Ga-Mashie and Tema Traditional Councils respectively to support in the celebration of their annual Homowo festival.

[10][11] In August 2020, Rebecca Akufo-Addo made a donation of $20,000 to help Emmanuel Apraku, a pencil artist, treat a liver disease he was battling.

Akuffo-Addo has been advocating for improved health outcomes for the vulnerable groups, who are mostly affected by malaria including the poor, pregnant women and children under five years old.

She charged The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) to take a key role in coordinating and accelerating policies that supported healthy diets to ensure coherence with other actors in the food system.

[22] In 2017, she founded the Rebecca Akufo-Addo foundation, a non-governmental organization to enhance efforts of government amongst Ghanaian women and children.

Some of the goals of the project were to build libraries across the country and introduce school and child friendly programs to enable children learn to read.

It provides a cushion for underprivileged girls in society and guarantees continuous education and skills training for female school dropouts.

It was sponsored by the foundation together with the Multimedia Group and The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and supported by the Manhyia Palace and the Government of Japan.

It was at a side event put together by the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) and themed “Renewing commitment towards enhancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in Africa”.

[32] In February 2020, the Rebecca Foundation, through the ‘Enhancing the Youth through Education and Health (EYEH) Soup Kitchen’ project, made a donation of assorted food items worth about GH¢15,000 to some street children in Accra.

Another group of 50 women received training in handiwork under the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI).

[35] In 2020 she visited markets in Accra and was informed of the challenges traders faced with juggling their work and handling their children.

This was in the form of three thermoregulators for early detection of cervical cancer to be used in Akim Oda, Gonja West and Ejiso.