Dr. Kwaku Oteng

Dr. Kwaku Oteng owns a chain of businesses in Ghana’s herbal medicines, broadcasting, beverages and transport industries. He also is known as a philanthropist who funded scholarships for needy students over the years.

In 2001, he made his mark on the business world with Angel Herbal Products Industry, which started a transformation in the herbal medicine sector. Following the success with Angel Herbal Products, he went on to establish Angel Group of Companies. The group has under its umbrella Angel Broadcasting Services Limited, Angel Transport and Trading Limited, Angel Estate and Construction Limited, Angel Natural Mineral Water and Adonko Bitters Limited. Angel Broadcasting Services operates Accra based Angel TV, digital television station as well as commercial radios including: Angel 96.1FM and Pure 95.7FM in (Kumasi), Angel 102.9FM in Accra, Angel 92.3FM and Cheers 94.9FM (Sunyani) and Cheers 94.5 (Koforidua). The CEO of Angel Group of Companies, has also shown commitment in sports promotion over the years through his popular Angel FM and health products subsidiary.

One of his daughters is the New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Kwabre East constituency in the Ashanti Region. Francisca Oteng-Mensah, a third-year law student, is the youngest parliamentarian of the Fourth Republic. According to members of both the NPP and the NDC, Dr. Kwaku Oteng provided the finances for his daughter’s campaign and provided monetary inducement to voters both in the party’s primaries and the National elections. His daughter confirmed that her father supported her campaign financially.

Dr. Kwaku Oteng was adjudged the Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 for his contribution to economic growth and job creation in Ghana. In 2017, he was selected as the recipient of the Outstanding Industrialist Award, that honours Ghanaians who have helped transform various Ghanaian industries.