Owusu Afriyie Akoto Bio, Net Worth and How He got his Money

Bio

Name Owusu Afriyie Akoto

Born 19 October 1949 (age 73)
Koforidua, Ghana

Political party New Patriotic Party

Children 8

Relatives Bafuor Osei Akoto, father

Education B.S. agriculture, University of Ghana

M.S. agricultural economics, Cambridge University

PhD, Cambridge University, 1985

Profession Agricultural economist  / Politician

Networth estimated around $4 million to $6 million

How He got his Money

Diverse Source

Dr. Afriyie Akoto was employed by the International Coffee Organization in London, England for more than a decade.

Among the positions he held were economist, senior economist, principal economist, and chief economic advisor.

He also served as a consultant to the World Bank (a United Nations agency) on soft commodities—namely, cocoa, coffee, and sugar.

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto is a farmer himself with plantations at Manso Nkwanta in Ashanti.

After working for over 18 years abroad, he returned to Ghana where from 1995 to 2008 he served as the CEO of Goldcrest Commodities Limited and Plantation Resources Limited.

He also served as the Agric Minister. Minister of State (MP) –  Earning GH¢ 15,967 · Salary

Politics

Dr Afriyie Akoto first contested the Kwadaso constituency seat in 2004 and received 20 of the total votes cast by delegates.

He lost to fellow political newcomer Josephine Hilda Addo, who won with 26 votes.

Dr Afriyie Akoto again contested the 2007 constituency primary and beat the incumbent. He served two terms as the Member of Parliament for Kwadaso from 2009 to 2016. While at Parliament, Afriyie Akoto was the Deputy Ranking Member for the Committee on Food and Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs. He was succeeded by Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah when he lost the NPP parliamentary primary in 2015.

Currently contesting the Flagbearer Position in the NPP.

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