Businessman Ibrahim Mahama has donated GH₵200,000 to support the funeral arrangements and family of late Ghanaian actress Beverly Afaglo. The gesture came on Saturday, August 8, 2026, as final funeral rites took place at the Forecourt of the State House in Accra.
Mahama arrived at the grounds, paid his respects, and handed over the amount to help ease the costs for the Baah and Afaglo families. Videos and photos from the ceremony captured the moment, circulating quickly across Ghanaian social media and news platforms including YEN.com.gh, THE STATE NEWS, and Dek360.
Beverly Afaglo was laid to rest later the same day after the public service. Her husband, musician Eugene Kwadwo Baah (Choirmaster of Praye), family members, industry colleagues, and fans gathered to say goodbye. Emotional scenes unfolded as her children stood near the casket. A private burial followed the main rites. Thanksgiving service is set for Sunday, August 9, 2026, at Action Chapel International in Tema, starting 9:00 a.m.
Afaglo died on May 24, 2026, at the International Maritime Hospital in Tema. She was 42, four days short of her 43rd birthday. She had battled cancer for two years. Her manager, Abu Iddris, confirmed the details shortly after her passing. Born May 28, 1983, in the Volta Region, she trained as a beauty therapist and studied at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. She built a solid acting career with roles in films such as Return of Beyonce, Crime to Christ, Girls Connection, Never Again, The Game, Single Six, and others.
Beyond the screen she ran Glamour Beauty Salon in Tema and launched Traffic Shawarma in 2024. The food brand grew into multiple branches and a franchise. She is survived by her husband and two daughters.
This is not Mahama’s first high-profile funeral support of this size. In January 2025 he gave the same GH₵200,000 as contribution(nsabodiɛ) to gospel singer Empress Gifty for her mother’s funeral. The mining and industrialist, founder of Engineers & Planners and Dzata Cement, younger brother of President John Dramani Mahama, has a track record of stepping in with substantial cash when Ghanaian public figures face major family costs.
The donation lands at a moment when Ghanaian showbiz funerals routinely run into heavy expenses - venue, logistics, catering, and traditional rites. Moving the service from the earlier planned Lashibi Funeral Home to the State House raised the profile and the practical demands. Mahama’s GH₵200,000 arrives as direct, immediate relief rather than delayed promises.
What stands out is the consistency. Same figure, same public setting, same willingness to show up in person. For a family already dealing with the loss of a mother and wife who fought a long illness while keeping her businesses and public work going, the cash and the physical presence carry equal weight.
The State House service closed a public chapter that began with the May one-week observance in Tema, a US memorial organised by Choirmaster in Virginia in July, and weeks of tributes from actors, musicians, and fans. Afaglo’s body of work and the Traffic Shawarma brand remain the clearest markers of a career that stretched from screen roles into everyday entrepreneurship.
Thanksgiving on Sunday will give the family and close circle one more formal gathering before the private side of mourning continues.
