Happy Birthday | Dr. Osei Kwame Despite-CEO of Despite Group of Companies

Dr. Osei Kwame Despite is a levelheaded businessman with a very good background in music production; he is well traveled and knows the broadcasting industry like
the back of his palm. Interestingly, for one who owns a conglomerate of media houses, he is very media-shy. Dr. Osei Kwame Despite is a serial entrepreneur and has had tremendous success in setting up businesses across several industries.

Born Osei Kwame on February 2, 1962 at Agona Wiamoase in the Ashanti region, but affectionately called ‘Kwame Despite’, he started life as a petty trader, dealing in music cassettes, padlocks, feeding bottles and other merchandise at Dunkwa-Offinso.

After years of painful struggle in the village to make it in life, he joined other friends to seek greener pastures in Lagos, Nigeria.

He returned home to Ghana in 1983 with millions of other Ghanaian refugees who had been forced to flee Nigeria due to the political tension in the West African country. And guess what? He returned from Nigeria with only a chain-saw machine and a trident cassette player. He started a timber contracting business with the chain-saw machine but fate dealt a cruel hand on him when the machine was crushed by a falling tree on his first business trip.

Undeterred, he turned to his cassette selling trade until he resolved to solidify his vision to diversify his business.

Dr. Osei kwame Despite has a singular support for the local music industry which was on a rapid decline then and also put Ghanaian culture above all else, he went into radio and established the now famous Peace FM in 1999 at Mile 7 Junction. The station’s experimentation with the Akan language worked to perfection as radio listeners in search of local content jettisoned stations which were broadcasting only in the Queen’s language for the 104.3 frequency.

No doubt Peace FM has endeared itself to the ordinary Ghanaian by bringing information to them in their mother tongue, a language they can relate to and understand.

He also believed that the establishment of the radio station would not only educate Ghanaians, but offer an alternative channel for advertising and general marketing of goods and services.

By dint of hard work and the Grace of God, the radio business began to thrive culminating in the setting up of Hello 101.5FM in Kumasi and Okay 101.7FM and Neat 100.9FM in Accra and peacefmonline.com.

Ship House

Now the Despite Group of Companies (DGC) incorporated in the 1980’s with only one company, Despite Productions now Despite stores (Distributors of Audio and visuals cassette and CDs) has now evolved and is the parent company of the following: 4 commercial radio stations and a digital television station -Peace FM, OKay FM, Neat FM, Hello FM and United Television(UTV Ghana), U2 Company Limited (Iodated Salt Production), Neat Foods Company Limited (which produces and markets NEAT Fufu, NEAT Banku, NEAT Abenkwan, NEAT Hausa Koko, NEAT Diary Products), Special Ice Company Limited (Water Bottling Company), This Way Products (Makers Of This Way Chocolate Drink and This Way Motherlac), He is also the owner of  a micro finance and banking company, BestPoint Savings and Loans Limited (BPSL), Real Estates and counting, he also owns a general and life insurance business- Best Assurance and Best Life Assurance.  Moreover Dr. Osei Kwame Despite is the owner of an ultra-modern mansion located in Kumasi. With all these companies, Despite is believed to be worth billions of dollars in liquid cash.

It is indeed a characteristic of every human to err, but that saying went worthless when Osei Kwame ‘Despite’ was thoroughly assessed by the Canterbury University and conferred on him a Doctorate Degree of Human Resource on 28th April, 2013.

Business mogul and owner of the Despite Group of Companies was elevated to the status of a Doctor by the Canterbury University for his continuous contribution to innovation, provision of job opportunities and relentless promotion of the Ghanaian Culture and portraying himself as person millions can emulate in the society.

Dr. Osei Kwame is a compassionate philanthropist and humanitarian and a major force in the entertainment industry, put smiles on the faces of people, from very humble beginnings you persisted with focus despite countless obstacles on your way to the top.

He has illustrated that problems and failures are nothing but ladders to get you to the next higher level. As an entrepreneur you dared into industries only few can survive in and a pillar of support for the Music Industry in Ghana. A relentless promoter of Ghanaian Culture faces of millions every day.

Dr. Osei Kwame really is a gentle and unassuming CEO of the DGC described himself as a humble, quiet and a hardworking man, who does his possible best not to direct unnecessary attention to himself and also stay away from trouble.

GHMEDIAFILLAS.blogspot.com is hereby wishing you success, health and happiness on your 55^th birthday! Enjoy This Day. You Deserve It. May the good Lord continually protect you and your family and may He shower you with good health, long life and immeasurable divine favour.

Source: Evans Ofori/ghmediafillas.blogspot.com