Jacob Osei Yeboah

Jacob Osei Yeboah[1] is a politician who contested as an independent candidate for Ghana's presidential elections in 2012 and 2016.[2][3][4] Out of seventeen candidates, Yeboah and three others survived the Electoral Commission's controversial disqualification of candidates ahead of the 2016 general elections.

He is an old student of Opoku Ware School (Santasi-Kumasi) and received his first degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in 1994.

Yeboah began his graduate national service at Ashanti Goldfields Company (AGC) in Obuasi and was later employed in October 1995. Jacob became a board member representing the senior staff in October 1996, much to the surprise of many. He progressed through the ranks, from instrumentation engineer to instrumentation superintendent, at the Pompora Treatment Plant (PTP) within three years.

Jacob was later appointed as Projects Coordinator in the year 2000. He served on the AGC Obuasi board for two terms over six years. Yeboah joined Sherwood International, a member of Supergroup Company in South Africa, as the W/Africa Manager for mining companies developing supply chain management.