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KAB-FAM CEO wins Retail & Commerce Innovation Award at 2025 Millennium Excellence Awards
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of KAB-FAM Ghana Ltd, Mr. Antwi-Boahen, was honoured at the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Millennium Excellence Awards, held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
The event was hosted under the auspices of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and Life Patron of the awards scheme, which is widely regarded as one of Africa’s most prestigious honours.
The Millennium Excellence Awards celebrate personalities who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their respective fields. Past laureates include global figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, Mo Ibrahim, and Professor Wole Soyinka.
Mr. Antwi-Boahen received the award for Retail and Commerce Innovation, in recognition of his role in transforming KAB-FAM Ghana Ltd into a leading player in the electronics and home appliances retail sector.
Founded in May 2013 and operational by October 2014, the company has expanded rapidly over the last decade, now operating 16 branches and providing direct and indirect employment to over 1,300 people.
Under Mr. Antwi-Boahen’s leadership, KAB-FAM has grown to hold a 12% share of the market as of 2022, positioning itself as a major wholly Ghanaian-owned brand in the sector.
The company’s growth has been driven by a combination of technology-driven innovation, strategic pricing, a focus on customer service, and a commitment to making quality electronics more accessible to the general public.
Today, KAB-FAM is noted not only for its expansive retail presence but also for its strong online visibility, with a combined social media following of nearly one million across platforms.
The recognition affirms the company’s growing influence and Mr. Antwi-Boahen’s contribution to Ghana’s retail landscape.
Earlier this year, KAB-FAM acquired Hilbery, World’s First Design-Centric Appliance Brand with customers in several African countries, the UK, Europe and America, and are the Country Agent of Haier, Global No.1 Appliance Brand By Market Share for 16 Consecutive Years, cementing KAB-FAM’s position as a Market Leader.
Mr. Antwi-Boahen is a marketing and advertising luminary, one of the core reasons for the success of KAB-FAM and a strong champion of data research and analytics.
He has over fourteen (14) years’ experience in sales, marketing, and business operations in the FMCG sector with an aggressive appetite for business development and expansion.
He also consults for a number of businesses and organisations in Ghana, Africa, and Asia on branding, brand visibility, and advertising.
Mr. Antwi-Boahen has been featured in several local and international journals including Forbes Africa, with spotlights on how he was able to impressively build an electronics and appliance retail giant in less than ten (10) years from the scratch, in a market hitherto dominated only by expatriate firms.
He is a philanthropist, and through KAB-FAM, has extended a helping hand to a number of people and public institutions in need.
Worthy of mention is the donation of cash and home appliances to Madam Ama Forson, a wrongfully convicted 69 year-old woman who was later acquitted and discharged under the Justice for All Programme spearheaded by POS Foundation, for her reintegration into society, in a special ceremony held at the Law Court Complex on June 24, 2021.
KAB-FAM also refurbished and adopted the Department of Chest Diseases at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in August 2019.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
