WWE Star Kofi Kingston Builds Library And Digital Center In Ghana
WWE superstar Kofi Kingston has recently overseen the establishment of a library and Digital Center in his hometown, Atwima Takyiman, located in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
In collaboration with his mother, Kingston embarked on this initiative last year with the objective of constructing an ICT laboratory and library media center within the community.
The project, known as the CLICK for Quality Education Foundation, is dedicated to enhancing computer literacy in disadvantaged areas throughout the country.
This past weekend, Kingston proudly inaugurated the Library and Digital Center at Atwima Takyiman. During a brief ceremony, the wrestler ceremoniously cut the ribbon, officially declaring the Center open for public use. Several students were present and eagerly began utilizing the facility’s computers.
Kingston, whose full name is Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Kofi Kingston and is part of The New Day.
Upon graduating from Boston College, he made the decision to pursue a career in professional wrestling and began performing on the New England independent circuit under the moniker of Kofi Nahaje Kingston, a Jamaican wrestler. In 2006, he signed a developmental deal with WWE and shortened his ring name to Kofi Kingston. He debuted in WWE in 2008, continuing to use the Jamaican character he had developed on the independent circuit.
However, in late 2009, he dropped the accent and stopped being billed from Jamaica, instead being billed from his home country of Ghana while retaining his ring name. Between 2008 and 2013, Kingston won the Intercontinental Championship four times, the United States Championship three times, and the World Tag Team Championship once with CM Punk.
In 2014, he formed The New Day with Big E and Xavier Woods, and the trio went on to break the record for the longest tag team championship reign in WWE history, holding the WWE (Raw) Tag Team Championship from August 2015 to December 2016 under the Freebird rule. In total, Kingston has won 15 tag team championships in WWE.
In April 2019, Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 to win the WWE Championship, making him the first and only African-born world champion in WWE history. This win also made him WWE’s 30th Triple Crown Champion and 20th overall Grand Slam Champion (13th under the current format).
In 2022, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship, becoming a Tag Team Triple Crown Champion and the only wrestler to have won both the traditional and tag team versions of the WWE Triple Crown, as well as having the most overall reigns with a WWE-branded tag team championship with 15.
