[1][2] Kofi George Konuah was born on 19 August 1904 in Kumasi, Ashanti to parents of Ga-Adangbe ethnic origin.

His father, Alexander Konuah, a Gold Coast civil servant, was an assistant treasurer in the colonial service.

[4] K. G. Konuah’s mother, Elizabeth Quao, also known as Naa Densua II was the Otublohum Manye (queenmother).

In 1946, he was awarded a British Council Bursary to study for a Diploma in Education at the University of London.

[1][8] They were James Akwei Halm-Addo, Konuah's friend at the Wesleyan Boys School and Gottfried Narku Alema and SamueI Neils Awuletey who were colleagues of his at Fourah Bay College.

In 1952, he served as a member of a Commission of Enquiry to study the health needs of the Gold Coast led by Sir John Maude.

In addition to this role, he served as chairman of the Governing Council of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration from 1962 to 1969.

Notable among them was, William Godson Bruce-Konuah, a doctor and politician who served as a Minister in the Busia government.

[20] In 1968, the National Liberation Council awarded Konuah the Grand Medal (Civil Division) of the Republic of Ghana.