Akosua Agyapong is an amazing Ghanaian female highlife music artist and songwriter. Her music career spans over thirty-one years, and she is one of the Legendary highlife Music Artists we have in Ghana. In the year 2020, she was honored at the 3Music Women’s Brunch for her achievement in the entertainment space in Ghana.
Akosua Agyapong is also a professional dancer, actress, television presenter and Entrepreneur. She is currently the host of “Ahye Me,” which is a celebrity talk show on Kessben Television
PROFILE SUMMARY
Full name: Elizabeth Akosua Daadom Agyapong
Real age: 54 years old
Date of Birth: November 17, 1969
Nationality: Ghana
Hometown: Breman-Ashanti Region
Tribe: Akan
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EARLY LIFE
Akosua was born November 17, 1969. She was born and raised in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. She is the fifteenth offspring of her father, Mr. Samuel Benson of sixteen children, and the third female offspring of Mrs. Agyapong, of five females. UK-based Ghanaian Singer Stephanie Benson is her sister
PARENTS
Akosua Agyapong’s parents are Mr. Samuel Benson Agyapong and Mrs. Benson Agyapong, who are both deceased. Mr. Benson, Akosua’s father, was a pharmacist from Oda in the Eastern Region with an untimely death in 1984.
Akosua’s mother, Mrs. Agyapong, who was a queen mother, passed away in 1994, ten years after her father’s death in 1984, hailing from Breman in the Ashanti Region.
Stephanie Benson is the older sister of Akosua Agyapong. She is an artist as well, but in a different genre of music. Stephanie’s genre of music is jazz. Benson is a married woman with a beautiful family.
EDUCATION
She had her primary and junior high school education at Harrow International School at Lapaz. She went to Holy Child Senior High School in the Central region and then went on to an IT School, NCR, located at Circle, Accra.
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
She is married to Prophet Daniel Asamoah-Larbi. She has six children: four from her first marriage with Amandzeba Nat Brew and two from her current marriage. Akosua’s children also love to sing and dance. They are talented like their mother.
CAREER
Akosua Agyapong recognized her acting and singing talent at an early age. During high school, Akosua became more of an entertainer at Holy Child Senior High School. She was the singer in the school, composer, and dancer. Because Akosua knew how to dance very well, she was called the “Small Robot.”
In 1986, following her completion of high school, Agyapong decided to go pro as a singer. She would ordinarily tell her mother what she wanted to do; however, she was not comfortable with her daughter’s choice of calling herself a musician because of all the negative things people said about musicians at that time.
However, for a very determined person, Akosua decided to use positive means to present to her mother for her to agree to her career choice. Akosua went to look for the Legendary Nana Ampadu at one of his shows, explained her story and he came home to convince her mom.
Knowing that Akosua’s mum was someone who really loved Nana Ampedu’s music, she accepted and allowed her daughter to be trained by the Legend. In 1988, she started her professional journey into music. She came out with her first album, “Frema,” on January 1, 1990. The songs on that album included “Me ye Obaa.” She subsequently released another album, not her second album, “Esiwa,” and a third album, which is “Kokooko.”
In the year 1992, Akosua, Rex Omar, and Nat Brew came together as a highlife group, “NAKOREX,” after they met at a show. They released their first group album, titled “Kpalogo,” and songs such as kpalogo, Odo Bema Me So,” etc.
The NAKOREX group became popular and well-known in Ghana, but after five years, the members of this group went their separate ways and became solo artists again.
Agyapong has released no less than five albums. In one of the albums, she collaborated with NAKOREX, while another album featured her as a member of NAKOREX, in addition to her solo artist albums.
SONGS
Esiwa
Kokooko
Christmas song
Meye Obaa
Eka bi nie
Frema
Gye W’ani
Anan tuo
Born Again
Nshira
Odo Bema Mesunko, etc.
MOVIES
Sinking Sands (She was called Mama May in this Ghanaian film).
AWARDS
Akosua Agyapong was given an Honorary Award at the 3Music Women Brunch by the Organizers of the 3Music Awards in 2020. She received one at the Ghana Culture and Arts Awards the same year and at the Ghana Dance Industry Awards in 2021, and those are just some of her awards.
NET WORTH
Akosua Agyapong has a net worth estimated to be approximately 1.5 million dollars. Her properties, business and income from her career, endorsement deals and others add up to the figure stated.
HOUSE
She has a seven-bedroom house in Osu, Accra, Ghana.
CARS
She has a Toyota, Elantra and other cars.
BUSINESS
She is the owner of the Ye Kum Kom restaurant and bar at Rawlings Park. She has a branch at a different location in Accra.
FAQS ABOUT AKOSUA
- Is Akosua Agyapong still married?
Yes, she is still married
- Where is Akosua Agyapong from?
She is from Breman in the Ashanti Region.
- Is Stephanie Benson related to Akosua Agyapong?
Yes, Stephanie is Akosua’s elder sister.
- How old is Akosua Agyapong?
As of 2025, she is 54 years old.
