Kwadwo Afoakwa Sarpong
Ghanaian diplomat
Kwadwo Afoakwa Sarpong was a Ghanaian diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Mali from 2002 to 2006, and Ghana's ambassador to South Korea from 2006 until his death in 2008.
Early life and education
Sarpong hailed from Essieniepong, a farming community near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was born in the Gold Coast in 1943. He had his secondary education at Prempeh College, and studied marketing at the Modern Training in Management and Salesmanship Ltd. at Surpass House, Harrison Street London from 1969 to 1970.
Career
Sarpong began as a teacher at St. Joseph Middle School in 1962. He later worked as a banker with the Kumasi and Konongo branches of Barclays Bank until 1969.
After his studies abroad, he returned to Ghana in 1971 to establish his own private import and export company.
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