[1][2][3][4] He returned to Ghana in 1960 and entered private legal practice as a barrister and a solicitor working as an associate of the Yaanom Chambers which was then headed by Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade.
[2] As a civil servant, he served in the Atta Mills administration when he was appointed a member of the Constitution Review Commission.
[12][15] The soap production begun in Kumasi through a joint venture with the National Investment Bank.
All NPP flags in the various regions and constituencies of the country were flown at half-mast for seven days following his death.
[6] Nana Akufo-Addo; president of the republic of Ghana paid a tribute to him saying: "I have lost a valued senior counsellor.
He was an invaluable and constant source of advice and prayers for me and was overjoyed when I won the presidential election in 2016.
"[6] The former president of Ghana; John Dramani Mahama also paid tribute to him saying: "The death of Akenten Appiah Menka should charge Ghanaians with the responsibility to continue the pursuit of constitutionalism.