Kumawood is a privately owned movie and awards company that is based in

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

, Ghana. It was founded by Samuel Kwabena Darko, a Ghanaian businessman and entrepreneur. Kumawood was incorporated as a

Limited liability company A limited liability company (LLC for short) is the US-specific form of a private limited company. It is a business structure that can combine the pass-through taxation of a partnership or sole proprietorship with the limited liability of a ...

in 2006; soon after, a prominent

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emerged, eventually becoming the most recognizable film company in the Ghana. The company has been lucrative because of their consistency in producing and providing good quality content in Ghanaian movie space. The language mostly spoken is

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, subtitle translations are available. Kumawood owns a television platform, Kumawood TV, which airs on

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and also a Kumawood app which has more than 100,000 installs.

Kumawood Actors

Renowned Kumawood Actors include the following -

Kofi Adu Kofi Adu (born May 25, 1969),is originally from the Ashanti Region of Ghana but lived in a suburb in Accra Newtown called Asantewaa, also known as Agya Koo, is an actor and comedian from Ghana. He has appeared in over 200 Ghanaian movies includi ...

(Agya Koo) -

Kwadwo Nkansah Kwadwo Nkansah (born 15 April 1987), professionally known as Lil Win, is a Ghanaian artist, musician, actor, and comedian. He is the founder and director of Great Minds International School in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Early life ...

- Bil
Asamoah
- Nana Ama McBrown - Emelia Brobbey

Emelia Brobbey Emelia Brobbey (born 6 January 1982) is Ghanaian actress, television presenter and musician. She won the Best Indigenous Actress of the Year and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress of the Year at the City People Entertainment Awards in 201 ...

- Akrobeto -

Kyeiwaa Rose Akua Attaa Mensah (born 25 May 1963) is a Ghanaian actress who is best known as Kyeiwaa for her role in the Film ''Kyeiwaa''. Career Mensah started her career as a singer in the band African Brothers of which Nana Kwame Ampadu was the ...

- Mercy Asiedu - Vivian Jill Lawrence - Ebenezer Donkor

References

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