In November 2020, Kumah received a Doctorate in Business Innovation from the Swiss Business School in Switzerland. He also had a Masters in Applied Research (Business Innovation) from the same institution.[5]
Career
He was called to the Ghana Bar as a solicitor and legal practitioner for the Supreme Court of Ghana in 2013.[10] He was a founding member and Managing Partner of Aduaprokye Chambers; a Law Firm located at Adabraka. He also worked as the founder of Majak Associates Ltd, a building and construction company, until his appointment as the CEO of NEIP in 2017.[10][11] John Ampontuah Kumah had over fifteen[12] years of experience in leadership, creativity, innovation and resourcefulness in creating jobs, and supporting youth development.[13]
He has been a member member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) since 1992, and has worked in its communication department.[12]
Politics
In 2020, John Kumah contested and won the Parliamentary seat for the Ejisu constituency on the ticket of the NPP.[7][14] In parliament, he was the Vice Chairperson of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee and also a member of the Appointments and Subsidiary Legislation committees.[12][15]
At the time of his passing, he held the position of Deputy Finance Minister, an appointment he received in 2021.[12][16][17]
On May 17, 2023, he was part of the team that secured the IMF Executive Board's US$3 billion loan to cushion the economic woes the country was facing during that period.[18]
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Honours and awards
John Kumah was adjudged the most efficient, prominent appointee for 2018[19] and was also listed among President Akufo Addo's top 20 Most Humble and respectful Appointees In 2019.[20]
He was honoured for having the Most Outstanding Integrity as a CEO on 2 June 2020 by the Africa Centre for Integrity and Development (ACID), an Africa-based anti-corruption and Good Governance advocacy Civil Society Organization.[21]
Kumah on Friday, August 23, 2019 received yet another award as the most outstanding CEO and Influential Transformational Leader from GEHAB Events.[22]
The All African Student Union (AASU) honoured the former Chief Executive of National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Plan-NEIP at its 6th summit in Ghana for his extraordinary zeal of promoting students' activism and entrepreneurship.[23]
Personal life
John Kumah married Apostle Lilian Kumah, the Founder and Senior Pastor of Disciple of Christ Ministries Worldwide, in 2007.[24] They had six children.[24]
Philanthropy
In August 2022, John Kumah made payments for five different sets of prostheses for some victims of road accidents. They were Peter Mensah and Moses Addai.[25]
John Kumah died after a short illness in Ghana, on 7 March 2024, at the age of 45.[28][29][30] Kumah's burial took place on May 18, 2024, in Onwe, his hometown, which was also the location where his one-week observation ceremony was held.[31][32]
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