35 Facts About Okyeame Kwame

Okyeame Kwame is an associate co-opted member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana in recognition of his professional use of marketing in creative arts.

Okyeame Kwame performed a solo under his own record label "One Mic Entertainment", since they parted in 2004.

Okyeame Kwame featured some renowned Ghanaian highlife and hiplife artists like Daddy Lumba, Kojo Antwi and Ofori Amponsah.

In 2011, after Obrafour had apologized for his actions, Okyeame Kwame explained he declined Obrafour's challenge because there was no need for it at the time, as winning Artist of the Year was vindictive enough.

Okyeame Kwame has made significant contributions to education and scholarship promotion.

Okyeame Kwame is an advocate for the incorporation of researchers into the music industry to provide expert perspectives and data within the field.

From 2019 to the present, Okyeame Kwame has been organizing the Hiplife Party, an annual event with the objective of evoking nostalgia and preserving the hiplife heritage.

Okyeame Kwame is partner in the shoe manufacturing company Horseman Shoes plus a partner to Sante's Hair for Kids, a hairline business that produces local hair products for kids with his daughter as the Brand Ambassador.

In 2023, Okyeame Kwame was bestowed with a national award by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture for his contributions to the tourism industry.

Okyeame Kwame's "Made in Ghana" album, a collaborative effort with the Ghana Tourism Authority in 2019, was an initiative aimed at fostering a sense of nationalism and promoting tourism.

Okyeame Kwame has collaborated with Adansi Travel and Tour, in a bid to enriching local and international tours, with a special focus on families.

Okyeame Kwame has so far become a brand ambassador for MTN Group, GT Bank and Coca-Cola in Ghana, aside being appointed the public relations officer of the Musicians Union of Ghana from 2012 to 2013 and the Ghana Music Right Owner in 2014.

Okyeame Kwame was chosen to serve as the ambassador for the "My African Union, My Voice" campaign in 2015, which was launched by the African Union in Addis Ababa as part of the "State of the Union" project, which is currently being carried out in several African nations, including Ghana.

Okyeame Kwame has collaborated with MDS Lancet Laboratories on his Hepatitis B project, vaccinating more than 10,000 Ghanaians.

Okyeame Kwame was designated in 2021 as a Climate Ambassador by Climate Clock, a global climate initiative, with the purpose of emphasizing the urgency to enhance climate advocacy, particularly through the utilization of the climate clock.

In 2022, Okyeame Kwame was designated as the brand ambassador for Waylead Ghana Company Limited.

Okyeame Kwame released his first solo album "Boshe Ba" in 2004, just after the breakup of the Akyeame band.

Okyeame Kwame followed in 2008 with "Manwesem" and in 2011 with "The Clinic", launched at the Aphrodisiac Night Club in Accra.

Okyeame Kwame has helped to discover native African talents by working as a judge on music reality shows in Ghana and has acted in Ghanaian films like Ties That Bind, The Comforter and Amsterdam Diary.

Okyeame Kwame has been married since 2009 to Annica Nsiah-Apau and has two children together with her.

Okyeame Kwame founded the Okyeame Kwame Foundation in 2009, to raise public awareness on hepatitis B and to provide screening, prevention and education to mitigate the disease in Ghana, backed by MTN Ghana and the MDS-Lancet Laboratories.

Okyeame Kwame was honored on 3 February 2017 by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana with the status of an associate co-opted member for his professional use of marketing in the creative arts.

The People's Choice Practitioners Awards, organised by Media Men Ghana in April 2017 saw Okyeame Kwame receive the 'Outstanding Health Ambassador' honours presented to him by the Asantehene, his Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

Again in 2017, Okyeame Kwame joined David Beckham, Hugh Jackman as UNICEF Super Dad Ambassadors.

In 2024, Okyeame Kwame had the opportunity to attend the Earthshot Prize Awards which was held in South Africa.

Since then, the Okyeame Kwame Foundation has screened over 10,000 people and vaccinated some 5,000 more for free.

Okyeame Kwame later extended his campaign to the Tourism Ministry where he interacted with the Tourism Minister, Catherine Afeku towards a collaborative effort to instill in Ghanaians the need to purchase Made in Ghana goods and services.

Okyeame Kwame is a board member of World Reader, a non-profit organization that delivers e-books to people in the developing world.

In 2020, Okyeame Kwame initiated legal proceedings against highlife legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.

Okyeame Kwame stirred controversy in the early part of the year by revealing his adoption of a vegan lifestyle since 2021.

Okyeame Kwame's reasoning was rooted in the belief that animals, akin to humans, experience emotions and pain, leading him to resist contributing to the suffering of living beings by consuming them as food.

Okyeame Kwame argues that plant-based sources offer sufficient protein, questioning the necessity of killing animals for meat consumption.

Okyeame Kwame's comment garnered harsh remarks from some Ghanaians who interpreted it as opposing the protest.

However, Okyeame Kwame has maintained that the name of the protest smacks of disrespect to the elderly, leading to his dissociation from it.

Amaliba, for instance, suggested that Okyeame Kwame should be taken to court for indecent exposure.