Osei Kwame Despite

Mr. Osei Kwame Despite (born 2 February 1962) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a foundation in music creation and knowledge of the broadcasting sector. Osei Kwame is the CEO of the Despite Firm Ltd, a trade company with subsidiaries in the media industry, including UTV, Peace FM, Okay FM, Neat FM and Hello FM in Kumasi. He was named Africa Entrepreneur of the Year at the African Achievers Awards in the United Kingdom in 2021.

Early life He was born in Wiamoase, in the Ashanti region. He began his career as a merchant in Dunkwa-On-Offin, Ghana's Central Region, selling music cassettes, feeding bottles, padlocks, and other items. After years of struggling to make ends meet in the countryside, he and his colleagues relocated to Lagos, Nigeria.

In 1983, he returned to Ghana with other Ghanaians who had fled Nigeria due to the country's political unrest. Back to his country, he only had a trident cassette player and a chain-saw machine. He started a timber contracting business with the chain-saw machine, but it was smashed by a falling tree on his first business trip. He eventually moved on to selling cassette tapes before diversifying his business.

Career To show his support for the local music industry and to prioritize Ghanaian culture, he moved into radio and founded the PeaceFM at Achimota Mile 7 Junction in 1999.

List of Companies Now, the Despite Group of Companies (DGC) has the following companies:

U2 Company Limited (Iodated Salt Production) Okay FM Peace FM Neat FM Hello FM Despite Stores Best Point Savings and Loans (Finance) Farming and Building Construction businesses Neat Foods Company Limited (which produces and markets NEAT Fufu, NEAT Banku, NEAT Abenkwan, NEAT Hausa Koko, NEAT Dairy Products) United Television Company Limited Atona Foods LTD ( which produces THIS WAY chocolate drink which comes in different flavors, and the THIS WAY Motherlac children's cereal ) Despite's Automobile Museum

Personal life Despite has a wife and nine children. Kennedy Osei Asante, his first son, is the General Manager of Despite Media. He is noted for collecting luxurious vehicles and has a great love for exotic cars.

Despite Automobile Museum In 2025, he opened the Despite Automobile Museum in East Legon, Accra; the facility was commissioned by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on 1 June 2025, and has been described by Ghanaian media as Ghana’s first “world-class” automobile museum, with reports highlighting a collection of more than 60 classic and luxury vehicles.