Information technology has really made life easy, we all know what video calls were invented for, but who ever imagined that a king can actually rule his kingdom from a far away land with this great technology.
king Togbe Ngoryifia Céphas Kosi Bansah
Information technology has really made life easy, we all know what video calls were invented for, but who ever imagined that a king can actually rule his kingdom from a far away land with this great technology.
Meet king Togbe Ngoryifia Céphas Kosi Bansah, the 66-year-old king of the Hohoe area of southeastern Ghana, who governs his people via Skype.
Bansah who moved to Germany to attend school as a foreign exchange student, but decided not to return back home after he fell in love with a woman named Gabrielle, who now happens to be his wife.
He became the king of Hohoe in 1987, after the death of his grandfather, who was the reigning king.
Sources claimed that “he was chosen over his elder brother and father because both are left-handed, an attribute that his people believe is unclean and indicative of dishonesty.”
Bansah runs a garage in Germany, but still finds time to govern the 200,000 people of Hohoe via Skype and telephone calls, often staying awake all night to rule and settle tribal disputes.
The king recently made headlines after thieves broke into his home in Ludwigshafen, taking away with his royal regalia, his crown and golden chains which his grandparents passed on to him.