Kwame Bawuah-Edusei Explained

Birth Place:Ghana
Nationality:Ghanaian
Birth Date:10 June 1955
Education:Kumasi Academy
Profession:Physician
Office1:Ghana Ambassador to the United States of America
Predecessor:Fritz Kwabena Poku
Kwame Bawuah-Edusei
Office:Ghana ambassador to Switzerland
Term Start:2004
Term End:2006
Appointer:John Kufuor
Successor:Kwabena Baah-Duodu
Term Start1:5 September 2006
Term End1:7 December 2009
Appointer1:John Kufuor
Predecessor1:Fritz Kwabena Poku
Successor1:Daniel Ohene Agyekum

Kwame Bawuah-Edusei is a Ghanaian physician, entrepreneur and diplomat. He served as Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland from 2004 to 2006, and Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America from 2006 to 2009.

Early life and education

Bawuah-Edusei was born 10 June 1955. He had his secondary education at Kumasi Academy, and proceeded to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he studied Human Biology.[1] [2] He later entered the Howard University Hospital where he had his medical residency in family medicine.

Career

Bawuah-Edusei worked as a medical practitioner and an entrepreneur prior to his ambassadorial appointment. He was the head of Educe Medical Center, a hospital he founded in Alexandria, Virginia. He founded the Educe Capital LLC, a firm that focused on bio-medicine, real estate, and agro processing, and also founded the EO Group with his business partner George Yaw Owusu.[3] [4] In 2004 Bawuah-Edusei was appointed Ghana's ambassador to Switzerland.[5] [6] He served in this capacity until 2006 when he was appointed Ghana's Ambassador to the United States of America.[7] [8] [9] He held this office until 2009.

Personal life

Bawuah-Edusei is married to Evangeline Bawuah-Edusei.[10]

Book

Thrived Despite the Odds, 2019[11] [12] [13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bayor, Ronald H.. Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans [4 volumes]]. 2011-07-22. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-35787-9. en.
  2. Web site: allAfrica.com: myAfrica. 2020-11-25. myafrica.allafrica.com.
  3. Book: Obeng-Odoom, Franklin. Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, Labour, Capital, and the State in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. 2014-06-13. Routledge. 978-1-317-68276-9. en.
  4. Book: Schnurr. Matthew A.. Natural Resources and Social Conflict: Towards Critical Environmental Security. Swatuk. Larry A.. 2012-03-02. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-0-230-29783-8. en.
  5. Book: Vieta, Kojo T.. Know Your Ministers: 2005-2009. 2005. Flagbearers Publishers. en.
  6. Book: Surf Ghana Business Directory. 2006. Surf Publications. en.
  7. Book: Perry, Penny. Federal Staff Directory 2009/Winter. 2008-12-04. SAGE Publications. 978-0-87289-251-4. en.
  8. Book: Print, Congress (U S.) Joint Committee on. Official Congressional Directory, 2009-2010: 111th Congress, Convened January 2009 (Paperback). 2010. U.S. Government Printing Office. 978-0-16-083727-2. en.
  9. Book: Banks. Arthur S.. Political Handbook of the World 2008. Overstreet. William. Muller. Thomas. 2008-04-15. CQ Press. 978-0-87289-528-7. en.
  10. Web site: Edusei Foundation supports Kumasi Children's Home. 2020-11-25. Graphic Online. en-gb.
  11. Book: Bawuah-Edusei, Kwame. Thrived Despite the Odds. 11 November 2019 . Lulu.com. 978-1-7340166-1-1. en.
  12. Web site: Former Ghanaian Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei Launches Autobiography in the United States AMIP News. 2020-11-25. amipnewsonline.org.
  13. Web site: Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei launches autobiography in US. 2020-11-25. Graphic Online. en-gb.