George Asamoah Amankwah, 49, was born at Manso Atwedie, married and blessed with three children. At the age of 12, he started helping his father in farm activities at Manso Nkwanta, the capital of the Amansie West District of Ashanti.

In 1981, he planned traveling to Lagos, Nigeria for better economic prospects as Ghana experienced challenges at the time. As he could not raise the capital needed to travel, he decided to farm cassava and groundnuts together with taking care of his father’s farm to raise the funds needed.