Profile of the Omanhene
Odehyie Kwadwo Yeboah Gyamfi was born on 1st March 1971 to Nana Kumnipa IV (Kwahu Tweneasehene) and Obaapanin Akua Sarah of the ruling Oyoko Royal clan of New Juaben.
He is the eighth born of the mother’s eleventh children.
He had his primary school education at Madonna International School in Koforidua where he sat for and passed the common entrance examination in 1984.
In that same year, he enrolled at St. Peters Secondary school in Nkwantia for his secondary education. In 1989, he sat for and passed the Ordinary Level Exams with distinction.
He subsequently gains admission to the New Juaben Secondary School, Koforidua for his Sixth Form course from 1989 to 1991. He successfully passed the Advanced Level Examination in 1991.
Immediately after completing his A-Level Course, Odehyie Gyamfi traveled to Germany and obtained to the prestigious Block House College in Humburg, Germany to pursue a course in Hotel Management in 1992.
He excelled in the courses such that immediately upon completion he was offered employment as the Food and Beverage Manager at the prestigious Elyse Hotel (Block House) Hamburg, Germany.
He occupied this position until 2011 and during that period he was assigned to Block House Restaurant in Berlin also as a Food and Beverage Manager.
His duty included, but were not limited to, creating and designing food and drinks menus, maintaining food and drink inventory, planning to forecast and executing food and beverage orders, processing, custom complaints, and planning alternative recipes for customers with special dietary needs, and adhering to food, health, and safety standards.
After working for close to sixteen years, Odehyie Gyamfi decided to pursue more academic excellence and this led him to pursue professional certification in Logistics and Building Services.
On completion in 2014, he set up his own company, John Gyamfi Entumpelung Gartenarbeit – Gebaudeservice which is headquartered in Germany and with a branch in Accra – Ghana.
As the Chief Executive Officer of the company, he has oversight supervision of over 30 workers and 5 trainees.
The company undertakes activities in Business Segment Design Engineering, Facility Management, Building Servicing as well as Security Services.
In 2019, Odehyie Kwadwo Yeboah Gyamfi decided to broaden his scope of business and ventured into farming and together with a group of friends established a poultry farm in Ghana known as P89 in Winneba which has grown to become one of the largest poultry farms in Ghana.
Odehyie John Kwadwo Yeboah Gyamfi is married to Akosua Asiedua and had 7 children.