Opoku Ware School, often referred to as OWASS, is a

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senior high school for boys, located in Santasi, a suburb of

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 t ...

, which is the capital of the

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Notable alumni

* Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, former deputy NDC Minister of State * Kwamena Ahwoi, former NDC Minister of State *

Owusu Afriyie Akoto Owusu Afriyie Akoto (born 19 October 1949) is a Ghanaian agricultural economist and politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was a Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso Constituency from 2009 to 2017. He was the cabinet ministe ...

, Minister for food and Agriculture * Stephen Amoah, Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency *

James Kwesi Appiah James Kwesi Appiah (born 30 June 1960), also known as Akwasi Appiah, is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is currently the head coach of Kenpong Football Academy. Early life and education Appiah was born ...

(O 123) former head coach of the Ghana Black Stars * George Boakye, former Chief of Air Staff * Stephen Alan Brobbey, retired jurist; former

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and justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana * Shadrack Osei Frimpong, founder of Cocoa360 * George Gyan-Baffour, Minister for Planning and Member of Parliament(Wenchi) *

Ohene Karikari Ohene Karikari (born 1 December 1954) is a former sprinter from Ghana, who represented his native West African country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He is best known for winning two gold medals (100 and 200 met ...

, former national athlete and Africa's number one sprinter during his time * John Kumah, Deputy Minister of Finance. *

Jacob Kwakye-Maafo Jacob Kenneth Kofi Kwakye-Maafo (born 1940), also known as Nana Ohemeng Awere V, is a Ghanaian physician and a surgeon who specialises in Obstetrics and Gynecology and traditional ruler of Assin Nsuta and the chief executive of the West End Hosp ...

, physician, surgeon and CEO of West End Clinic, Kumasi *

Christian Nsiah Christian Nsiah (born 25 December 1975) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He competed at the 1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but without reaching the final round on any o ...

, Olympic athlete and Business Economics professor at Black Hills State University *

Paul Victor Obeng Paul Victor Obeng KSG also known as P. V. Obeng (19 August 1947 – 17 May 2014) was a Ghanaian mechanical engineer and politician. He was the chairman of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology council. In 2010, he was appointe ...

, mechanical engineer, Politician and former chairman of KNUST council *

Anthony Akoto Osei Anthony Akoto Osei is a Ghanaian banker and politician. Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning. He was a member of Parliament for the electoral district of Old Tafo in ...

, former Finance Minister and current MP for Old Tafo *

Ernest Owusu-Poku Ernest Owusu-Poku is a former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP). Early life and education Ernest Owusu-Poku hails from Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. He is a graduate of the University of Ghana, Legon. ...

, former Inspector General of Police, Ghana *

Nana Akuoko Sarpong Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong, is a traditional ruler, a politician and a lawyer. He is the paramount chief or Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana. He served as Secretary for Health (Minister for Health), Secretary for Inte ...

, traditional ruler of Agogo state, former politician *

Nana Otuo Siriboe Nana Otuo Siriboe is a Ghanaian traditional ruler, electrical engineer and entrepreneur. He is the Omanhene of the Juaben traditional area. He has served in several capacities in chieftaincy affairs and held many Government of Ghana appointment ...

, Chairman of the Council of State. The Omanhene of the Juaben traditional area. *

Yaw Tog Thorsten Owusu Gyimah (born 8 May 2003), popularly known as Yaw Tog, is a Ghanaian rapper who majors in drill music, known in Ghana as ''Asakaa''. He is best known for his viral song "Sore" which featured O'Kenneth, City Boy, Reggies & Jay Bahd an ...

, Musician, rapper *

Jacob Osei Yeboah Jacob Osei Yeboah is a politician who contested as an independent candidate for Ghana's presidential elections in 2012 and 2016. Out of seventeen candidates, Yeboah and three others survived the Electoral Commission's controversial disqualifica ...

, politician

References

External links

School's Website
{{Authority control 1952 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony) Catholic secondary schools in Ghana Education in Kumasi Boys' schools in Ghana Educational institutions established in 1952