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Entered: 9/19/2002
Last Updated: 1/8/2026

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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION

Organized 2003; reorganized 2013, 2024, 2025

Territory: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo; comprising the Eastern Nigeria, Mid-Ghana, Northern Nigeria, South West Ghana, and Western Nigeria Union Conferences; and Central African, Eastern Sahel, North-Central Ghana, North-East Cameroon, South East Ghana, West African, West-Central Cameroon, and Western Sahel Union Missions.

Editor's Note: Credentialed Employees are not being listed in the 2026 Yearbook for divisions, unions, conferences, missions/fields, regions, or field stations.

Statistics (June 30, 2025): Churches, 5,341; membership, 1,016,479; population, 507,859,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 225 (27) 2244-0097, 2244-0615, 2244-6485.

E-mail: show; show; show.

Website: https://wad.adventist.org.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wadventist.

Media/Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@wadventist.

Address:

Street: Cocody Ambassades, Rue du Belier, Lot 10; Abidjan; Cote d'Ivoire.

Mailing: 22 Boite Postale 1764; Abidjan 22; Cote d'Ivoire.

Administration:

President, Bassey Effiong Okon Udoh.

Secretary, Vincent Roger Same; Associates, Stella Love Drah, Frederick Oluwole Falayi, Nathan Teye Odonkor.

Treasurer, Dickson Sarfo Marfo; Associates, James Olatunde P Afolayan, Ndah Alloua Assemian Epse Tano, Isaac Owusu-Dankwa.

Executive Committee:

Bassey Effiong Okon Udoh, Chair; Vincent Roger Same, Secretary; Ezekiel Atolagbe Adeleye, James Olatunde Afolayan, Precious Pleasure Ahiaoma Michael, Robert Aidoo, Paul Amo-Kyeremeh, Kwame Annor-Boahen, Salomon Grah Assienin, Mawuna Assogba, Oludele Awodele, Bakari, John Osward Baysah, Jean Eudes Boukal, Job Cornelius Dalong, Simon Adjeoda Djossou, Stella Love Drah, Ugochukwu Elems, Frederick Oluwole Falayi, Dramon Josiane Founaida, Jemimah Dan'azumi Gada, Richard Hendjena Tchanaga, Istifanus Ishaya, Jallah S Karbah, Kofi William Koomson, Alexis Koffi Kouadio, Emmanuel Koffi Kra, Kwame Boakye Kwanin, Kwame Boakye Kwanin, Matilda Obeng Kyere, Samuel Adama Larmie, Jean Huss Mbiakop, David Vivian Njock, Jane Onyinye Nwarungwa, Josiah Chijoke Nwarungwa, Edward Nyarkoh, Abraham Obaya, Thomas Techie Ocran, Victoria Odesanya, Nathan Teye Odonkor, Beniah Elemchukwu Ojum, Thomas Onyebuichi Opara, Yaa Opoku-Addai, Kingsley Osei, Frank Osei-Tutu, Oyeleke Owolabi, Isaac Owusu-Dankwa, Patrice Pahimi, Paul Adu Sampah, Dickson Sarfo Marfo, Cecilia Shereef, Ademola Tayo, Wesley Jordach Yao.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, Ugochukwu Elems.

Children's Ministries, ___; Assistant, Emah Same.

Communication, and Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Bakari.

Education (Interim), Jane O Nwarungwa.

Family Ministries, Jallah Sahwo Karbah Sr.

Health Ministries, Paul Amo Kyeremeh; Assistant, Enobong Udoh.

Ministerial Association, Kwame Kwanin Boakye; Evangelism, Emmanuel Koffi Kra; Ministerial Spouses Association, Mimonte Dorcas Odonkor.

Planned Giving and Trust Services, and Stewardship Ministries, Paul Adu Sampah.

Publishing Ministries, Abraham Dada Obaya.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Emmanuel Koffi Kra.

Women's Ministries, ___.

Youth Ministries, ___.

Other Ministries and Services:

Adventist AIDS International Ministry (Tri-division office serving the East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). 30 Peter Place; Block B, Bryanston 2060; South Africa. Mailing: P.O. Box 1823; Cramerview 2060; South Africa. Telephone: 27 (11) 463-1804; 27 (81) 214-1666; 27 (82) 657-7547. Regional Director, Fesaha Tsegaye.

Adventist Church Management System (ACMS), Adventist Volunteer Service (AVS), and VividFaith Coordinator, Nathan Teye Odonkor. E-mail: show.

Adventist Possibility Ministries, Jallah Sahwo Karbah Jr.

Adventist World Radio. Boite Postale 1764; Abidjan 22; Cote d'Ivoire. Telephone: 225 (27) 2244-0097, 2244-0615, 2244-6485. Assistant Director, Stella Love Drah. E-mail: show.

Adventist World Radio, Africa Region (includes East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). 1 Milbanke Court; Milbanke Way; Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RP; England. Telephone: (256) 7523-18078. Africa Region Director, Immanuel Osoro Ogwal; Program Coordinator, Vasili Makarchuk.

Adventist-Muslim Relations, and Global Mission, Josiah Chizoke Nwarungwa; Associate for Global Mission, Koffi Alexis Kouadio.

Auditing Service: See listing under General Conference Services.

International Service Employees (ISE). 22 Boite Postale 1764; Abidjan 22; Cote d'Ivoire. Telephone: 225 (27) 2244-0097, 2244-0615, 2244-6485. Coordinator, Stella Love Drah. E-mail: show.

Public Campus Ministries, Ugochukwu Elems.

Spirit of Prophecy, Abraham Dada Obaya.

Agency:

ADRA Africa Regional Office (Tri-division serving the East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). Magadi Road; Ongata Rongai; Nairobi; Kenya. Mailing: Private Bag; Mbagathi 00503; Nairobi; Kenya. Telephone: 254 (20) 660-3623/4/5. E-mail: show. Director, Peter Delhove (E-mail: show); Finance Director, Dibden Chileya; Programmes and Planning Director, Zivayi Nengomasha; Technical Advisor, Yetunde Odeyemi; Emergency Management Coordinator, Hannah Ndung'u; Administrative Assistant, Benter Achieng Ogal; Assistant Accountant, Renah Momanyi; Communication and Marketing Manager, Joshua Safari Muhumuza.

ADRA West-Central Africa Division. Cocody Ambassades, Rue du Belier, Lot 10; Abidjan; Cote d'Ivoire. Mailing: 22 Boite Postale 1764; Abidjan 22; Cote d'Ivoire. Telephone: 225 (27) 2244-0097, 2244-0615, 2244-6485. E-mail: show. Director, ___.

System Codes: EntityID: 20743; OrgMastID: A71111; AdmFieldID: WAD.
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