This actually makes a lot of sense since African feminists like Mama etc. have theorized about femocracy/the First Lady Syndrome.

Femocracy describes how the office of the First Lady across African countries has been used to gatekeep gender activism and hijack feminist movements https://twitter.com/asaaseradio995/status/1310298605216051206

Femocracy works in the interest of a few elite women while shutting down attempts at any sort of radical feminist change/action.

Konadu's 31st Dec Mov't "empowered" a few women who were tokenized in NDC party politics while very little of this empwmt trickled down to the masses

Also important to note that military/authoritarian regimes across Africa quashed dissent and were unfriendly to & sometimes even violent toward feminist movements.

Konadu's husband ruled Ghana for decades and feminist activism did not thrive under his rule. Let that sink in.

Femocracy & the First Lady Syndrome are still alive and well today. We see many first ladies set up foundations which rarely are held accountable in any way. They monopolize gender activism discourses and monopolize funding for activist activities while undermining rad feminism.

Takyiwah Manuh, Dzodzi Tsikata, Sylvia Bawa, Mohammed (me!) and other Ghanaian feminists have theorized extensively about women empowerment/gender advocacy etc. vs. feminism examining the ways in which women empowerment discourses entrench the patriarchal status quo.

A good example is the Gender Ministry which has served in many ways as the mouthpiece of patriarchal structures in Ghana.

A cursory look at the politics of Gh's current Gender Minister tells us all we need to know about the role these institutions play in gatekeeping "activism"

This report I wrote examines gender politics within political spaces in Ghana focusing on the ruling NPP:
https://cddelibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/New-Leaders-New-Direction-Vol-6.-No-4_2018.pdf

This article sheds light on the politics around the gender activist, gender advocate and feminist labels in Ghana: https://fembotcollective.manifoldapp.org/read/ada-16-043fcc85-89f5-49c9-b77f-76e03a2b79a9/section/66e44bfd-8494-4bec-b108-988d8d0975b3