[2][3] Augustus Akiwumi was born in Lagos, Nigeria to a large Yoruba family of twelve children.

[5] In 1910, Augustus Akiwumi was sent to live with guardians, a Smith family of Crosby, Cumbria in England.

[4] He also trained as a banker at the Midland Bank, Ludgate Hill, London, prior to his return to Ghana.

[4] In 1964, while he was a High Court Judge in Ghana, he was appointed Legal Secretary in the East African Common Service Organisation.

[5] Akiwumi married Grace Aryee and, subsequently, Helen Kabuki Ocansey, both Ghanaians.