Boxer Samuel Takyi, winner of  featherweight bronze medal at Tokyo 2020, headed a strong boxing contingent which included fellow Olympian Jessie Lartey, light welterweight Commonwealth bronze medallist at Gold Coast 2018, and Ghana’s Olympic boxing head coach Ofori Asari at the El Wak sports complex in Accra.

Baton bearers also included football star Asamoah Gyan, scorer of arguably the most significant goal in Ghana’s history which sent them to the 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals. triple Olympian sprinter Emmanuel Tuffour, swimmer Abeiku Jackson, singer Kofi Kenaata and Elzabeth King, leader of the Ghanaian Olympic Committee's Women in Sports Commission.

The first bearer on Ghanaian soil had been President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Relay also visited Manhyia Palace, home of the Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Huge crowds followed the Baton during its stay in The Gambia earlier in the month.

Gambian Vice-President Dr Isatou Touray was also among those to hold it as it reached the State House. 

She did so on behalf of the country’s President Adama Barrow.

As the Baton continued its journey in Sierra Leone, Minister for Sport Ibrahim Nyelenkeh handed the baton to President Julius Maada Bio.

"I hope that this spirit will continue for peace and development and for greener pastures." Bio said.

Paralympian Sorie Kargbo, who finished 12th in the T47 long jump at Tokyo 2020, passed the Baton to Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr.

"I am pleased to be part of this event as sport unites a nation," she said.

"The Commonwealth Games is a very big event that exposes African talents. 

"Let me wish our athletes well and hope Sierra Leone continues to do well in the Games."

At York village, a fishing community some 40 kilometres outside Freetown, the Baton was carried on a Kekes, a type of electric rickshaw.

It also visited the Benguima Military Academy and the coastal village of Sussex, though a downpour later sent participants scurrying for cover.

"The Queen’s Baton Relay is a celebration of the journey towards the Commonwealth Games and that is why the Baton journey in Sierra Leone will involve a true Commonwealth spirit and celebration," Paralympic official Unisa Deen Kargbo said.

Within the last week, Cameroon became the seventh destination for the QBR.  

It was described as the "so awaited treasure of Birmingham 2022".

Cameroon Commonwealth Games Association (CCGA) President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum welcomed it to its headquarters.

The Relay had echoes of its last visit four years ago with a ceremony at the Reunification Monument in Yaounde and a visit to the "Ecole Public Bastos", both also destinations for the Gold Coast 2018 Relay.

Roller bladers were amongst those to carry the Baton along the streets of Yaounde.

"It is a message of peace, to live together and to share experiences," said CCGA secretary David Ojong.

 Sports and Youth Minister Mounouna Foutsou was amongst dignitaries to pass the Baton.

The Baton now begins the new month of November with three-days in Kenya.

"The theme of the Kenya Relay is sustainability, youth and inclusion," QBR project manager for Kenya Humphrey Kayange said.

"We are planning to have a lot of activities around these three theme areas. 

"We hope that Kenyans will join in and celebrate the journey towards the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022. 

"It is yet another opportunity for Kenyan athletes to go out there and represent the country and give the best of their ability for this great nation."

Birmingham 2022 is due to take place from July 28 until August 8.