[citation needed] In 2009, he went on to star in a production of 'The Music Man' by the National Theatre of Ghana, and for his role, he was given the award for the 'Most Versatile Actor'.

It also sparked an intriguing social media campaign which encouraged dark-skinned girls to post photos of themselves with the possibility of winning a thousand Ghana Cedis.

He has collaborated with South African artiste Moonchild Sanelly on a remix of Melanin Girls to develop more awareness about the dangers of skin bleaching.

[10] Awuah-Darko along with Cynthia Muhonja a fellow student from Ashesi University,[11] co-founded a non-profit organization called The Agbogblo Shine Initiative in January 2017,[12] which “seeks of fund social enterprises and projects dedicated to applying design thinking to solve problems regarding e-waste.” [13][14][15] He started this initiative with several Ashesi students and with the aim of turning e-waste found at the Agbogbloshie dump site into high-end furniture.

[17][18][19][14] “The main focus of my work is to shed light on how human beings need to change how they treat the environment, and that is why these three themes – consumerism, capitalism and climate action— are captured in my work,”[17] In March 2018, Awuah-Darko and co founder Cynthia Muhonja along with their team donated 50 stools built by them from low cost durable materials and 400 cupcakes from Eat By Zoe to pupils in the Old Ningo Basic School in Accra as part of the Agbogblo Shine Initiative with support from the Ford foundation grant and the Ashesi university Student Fund.

[citation needed] In June 2017, The Agbogblo Shine Initiative team were awarded a $6,900 grant by the Ford foundation through the Ashesi University- Ford Foundation partnership[30] to provide children who have to learn on cold hard floors with innovative classroom furniture, which the Agbogblo Shine Initiative team had designed.

[31] Awuah-Darko was invited to go to the London School of Economics Africa Summit along with Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo to talk on the Agbogblo Shine Initiative and his entrepreneurial works.

[34][35] In 2019 he was named by the Forbes magazine amongst the 30 under 30 creatives category list for his contribution to the Contemporary Art sector, the list featured other young African creatives like Nigerian musician Burna Boy, South African model, TV personality and rapper Boity Thulo and Kenyan film director, producer and screenwriter Njue Kevin.