| Kwadwo Afoakwa Sarpong | |
| Office1: | Ghana Ambassador to South Korea |
| Predecessor1: | Edward Obeng Kufuor |
| Successor1: | Elizabeth Nicol |
| Term Start1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2008 |
| President1: | John Kufour |
| Office2: | Ghana Ambassador to Mali |
| Predecessor2: | Theodosius Okan Sowa |
| Successor2: | Clayton Naa Boanubah Yaache |
| Term Start2: | 2002 |
| Term End2: | 2006 |
| President2: | John Kufour |
| Birth Name: | Kwadwo Afoakwa Sarpong |
| Birth Date: | 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Gold Coast |
| Death Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Alma Mater: | Prempeh College |
| Occupation: | 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.
Sarpong hailed from Essieniepong, a farming community near Ejisu in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1] He was born in the Gold Coast in 1943. He had his secondary education at Prempeh College,[1] and studied marketing at the Modern Training in Management and Salesmanship Ltd. at Surpass House, Harrison Street London from 1969 to 1970.[2]
Sarpong began as a teacher at St. Joseph Middle School in 1962.[2] He later worked as a banker with the Kumasi and Konongo branches of Barclays Bank until 1969.[2] After his studies abroad, he returned to Ghana in 1971 to establish his own private import and export company.[2] He also served as an executive of Bontum Investment Ltd. in Kumasi, a private company that deals with general merchandise and industrial elements from 1971 until his ambassadorial appointment in 2002.[2]
On 19 October 2002, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Mali.[3] He became Ghana's first ambassador to Mali following the re-opening of the diplomatic mission in 2002.[3] The mission had been closed since April 1983.[4] He presented his credentials on 25 October 2002 and served in this capacity until 29 January 2006.[3] After his service in Bamako, he was appointed Ghana's ambassador to South Korea in that same year. He held this appointment until his death in 2008.[1]
Sarpong died in Seoul in the early hours of Wednesday 9 January 2008 after falling into a coma for about two months.[1] He was survived by his wife, Constance Sarpong, and five children.[1]