He served as Minister for Defence in the Nkrumah government during the First Republic of Ghana until it was overthrown in 1966.

He later met Nkrumah who made him editor-in-chief of the Cape Coast Daily Mail when he was still only twenty years old.

Kofi Baako was elected as Member of Parliament for Saltpond in the Central Region of Ghana.

He was appointed a Minister of State by Kwame Nkrumah in his colonial government prior to independence.

[4][5] He was reputed to have been good in sport and was active in soccer, cricket and was the national table-tennis champion.