By: Gregory Pilkington Amoah
12-9-2024
Founder and Leader for the Movement for Change Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen has nominated Private legal practitioner, social activist, broadcast journalist and musician Kwame Owusu Danso as his running mate for the 2024 general elections in December.
In this article, we take a dive into the life of the running mate as we assess his credentials and what he brings to the ticket.
Kwame Owusu Danso is an astute broadcaster, lawyer, corporate professional, political analyst, entrepreneur, marketing, communication and branding expert with a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge in business analysis, lead generation, real estate management, telecommunication, marketing promotion and communications, arts & entertainment and product development.
He is currently the General Manager, Corporate Affairs and Legal, Trassaco Group and Convener of Forum for Accountable Governance.
Kwame Owusu Danso was born on March 23, 1984 to a Retired Chief Inspector of Police, Emmanuel Owusu Danso and Georgina Owusu Danso both of blessed memory at Mayanka in the Ashanti Region.
He attended Senya International school then moved to Complex Preparatory School also in Asante-Mampong. He continued his education and enrolled in MAMTECH. At MAMTECH, he developed a strong desire for playing football and ended up as a footballer playing for Red Lions and Kumapim Stars teams all in Asante-Mampong,
As a police officer, his father was transferred from Asante-Mampong in the Ashanti Region to Akim Asafo in the Eastern Region where he continued his Junior High School and Senior High School education with Methodist JHS, and St. Paul’s Community Secondary School respectively before gaining admission to study at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
While studying at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), he contested in Nescafe African Revelations a local and sub-regional experience, which through serious yet fun competition, discovers celebrates and rewards young and fresh African musical talent in 2008 under the music duo name ECHO and won the competition. This sparked his exceptionally successful music career for close to eight years where he released major hit songs across the borders of Ghana.
Kwame Owusu Danso obtained his first degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) majoring in Sociology and social work in 2008. In 2013, he joined the University of London, UK where he earned his LLB. He later travelled to Rwanda where he attended Institute of Legal Practice and Development in 2019 and later University of Law, UK before returning to Ghana to join the Ghana School of Law. He was called to the Ghanaian Bar in 2023.
Kwame has worked with many established brands like Airtel Ghana, Multi Media Group among others. He holds a Degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and an LLB from the University of London.
He served as Marketing Manager of Exponent FX, S.F international for a year and hosted the Profile on TV3
Besides hosting the Morning Show on Capital TV, he was a pundit on GTV and Viasat and further worked with Airtel for a two-year period before Pan African Television right from its inception in 2016.
Kwame Owusu Danso is zealous about youth empowerment, and would go every length to ensure that young people are empowered to face their today and future with a sense of purpose and hope. With this driving force, he pioneered Kwame Inspires in June, 2016 to drive the need to inspire young people in second cycle schools and tertiary institutions to stretch beyond their limits by offsetting the status quo and changing conventional ideas which continues to be a beacon of hope to many students within the target group nationwide.
Kwame serves as Board Chairman for Youth Excellence Awards due to his desire to drive change and ensure the youthful population of our nation Ghana is equipped and motivated to reach higher heights.
He is currently the convener of Forum for Accountable Governance under whose auspices a petition was recently presented to the Office of the Special Prosecutor asking the office to probe the expenditure of the 13th African Games following some very alarming reports indicating alleged contractual breaches amongst others.
He is married to Maame Ama Pratt, General Manager of Pan African Television and daughter of Managing editor of the Insight Newspaper.
They have one child together.