He was the first African Managing Director of the Ghana News Agency and later Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Arts and Culture.
[3][6] When he was five years old he was sent to his grandfather in Tudu, Accra, who changed his name to Goodwin Tutum Anim.
[2][3][4][5][6] He had his secondary education at the Accra Academy from 1944 to 1950,[7] and later proceeded to the University of Ghana where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
[3][4][5][6] From October 1960 to December 1960, he was a GNA Special Correspondent at the 15th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York.
He was appointed Managing Director of the Ghana Tourist Corporation from 1968 until 1970 when he was made Registrar of the University of Cape Coast.
[3][4][5][6] From 1970 to 1971, he was the Assistant Director of the Information and Culture Department at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Secretary of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration from 1971 to 1972.
During this period, he spent nine months in Lusaka as UNESCO Coordinator news agency development in Eastern and Southern Africa responsible for training and structural design of news agencies in Tanzania,[20] Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Angola, and Mauritius among other countries.