Nana Kwame Nyanteh

Nana Kwame Larbi Nyanteh (June 26, 1937 – April 21, 2015) was a Ghanaian politician, an agronomist and Clan Chief who served as an Assembly Man for the Betom Electoral Area from 2003 to 2006.

Although he was an excellent student, his father, Joseph Nyanteh, a carpenter, found it difficult to further his education.

Kwame Nyanteh graduated with first class honours degree in agriculture (BSc.

Kwame Nyanteh was appointed senior technical officer with the Volta River Authority Agriculture Resettlement Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and stationed at Asikuma in the Volta Region, in charge of Nkwakwabew, Todome and Apeguso resettlement areas from 1964, until he was transferred in 1966 to Bekwi and Kintanpo area as an operational officer for the Ministry of Agriculture.

His independent research work helped in promoting Ghana's cocoa bean pods on the International markets and paved the way for companies like Finagra US, to run a profitable purchasing system without the need for a local based office in West Africa.