Sellas Tetteh has been appointed coach of the U-20 men's national team, the Ghana Football Association has confirmed.
He takes over from Black Stars assistant coach Maxwell Konadu, who acted in a temporal capacity and guided the team to qualify for next year's African U-20 Championship.
Sellas, who led Ghana to African and World title success in the 2009 U-20 Championships will lead the Black Satellites to the African finals in Algeria.
Ghana will face hosts Algeria in Group A of the Africa U20 Championship.
The Black Satellites are also drawn against Benin and Egypt in the group for the tournament in March.
Title holders Nigeria will play Mali, Congo and Gabon as they bid to wrestle the title from the Flying Eagles.
The Black Satellites will be based in the town of Ain Pemouchent while Group B will be in Oran.
Ghana, three-time winners (1993, 1999 and 2009), will be making a ninth appearance.