Biography

John Kumah was appointed the Deputy Minister for Finance by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in January 2021.

He was the Member of Parliament for Ejisu, in the Ashanti Region, and has been in parliament since 2020.

He was a lawyer and an Entrepreneur with over fifteen (15) years of experience in leadership, creativity, innovation, and resourcefulness in creating jobs and supporting youth development.

As the first Chief Executive Officer for the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), he successfully positioned the NEIP as the enabler of the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Ghana. Under his leadership, the programme trained 7,000 startups in 2018 under the Presidential Business Support Programme and supported 1,350 beneficiaries with funds.

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