YAW ADU-GYAMFI

YAW ADU-GYAMFI

$144 Million

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, DANPONG GROUP OF COMPANIES

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Wealth: Self Made, PHARMACEUTICALS

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Education: CLARK COLLEGE, BACHELOR’S DEGREE, CHEMISTRY & MATHEMATICS, MERCER UNIVERSITY, DOCTORATE IN PHARMACY, GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, EXECUTIVE MASTER’S DEGREE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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Known For: DANADAMS

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OVERVIEW

Yaw Adu-Adjei Gyamfi is the Chairman of Danpong Group; a medical services company in Accra. He is also the founder of DANADAMS, he obtained his Pharm.D. Doctorate from Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1985 and was the first black Resident at the historical pioneering Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

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NET WORTH SUMMARY

Local sales of all Danadams products are directed towards four additional customer segments: government institutions, private institutions, wholesalers and healthcare retailers. The ECOWAS export market is also a strong source of revenue, and Danadams is especially active in Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo, and Gambia.

Danadams currently focuses on West Africa, which has a market of some 250 million people. In West Africa alone, Nigerian and Ghanaian pharmaceutical revenues are expected to increase by 13% every year, with $2.3 Billion in revenue expected by 2016.

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