The final funeral rites of renowned businessman and traditional leader, Nana Dr. Michael Agyekum Addo, will be held over the weekend.
Nana Dr. Agyekum Addo, who served as the Nkabomhene of New Juaben Traditional Area’s funeral rites will take place from March 28 to March 30, 2025.
A public viewing will take place in his hometown, Suhyen, near Koforidua in the Eastern Region on Friday, March 28, 2025, followed by another public viewing and Dote Yie on Saturday, March 29, 2025.
As a devout Christian and an elder of the Church of Pentecost, a thanksgiving service and Dote Yie will be held in his honor on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
Nana Dr. Agyekum Addo died on Friday, November 1 at the age of 74.
Addo was an accomplished entrepreneur who built a huge business footprint in the pharmaceutical industry in Ghana.
He started his journey operating a pharmaceutical shop in Kumasi in 1983. Whilst at it, he started manufacturing, medical products from his garage in 1986; birthing KAMA Group of Companies, a business conglomerate that boasts of many wholesale and retail outlets across Ghana.
He also managed a micro-finance firm, a real estate business and a multi-purpose conference center.
Addo also established the Kama Education Project, which trains teachers to make entrepreneurs out of students from a young age and has also written a number of books with a goal of instilling the can- do attitude in the younger generation.
He had an honorary doctorate degree conferred on him by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2005 and was part of the 88 PhD candidates who graduated from the University of Ghana in 2022.
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