[4][5] Otchere grew up in Burma Camp (Accra, Ghana) where his father served, first as an infantry lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion and later as a finance officer with the army's pay corps.
He later gained admission to the University of Ghana where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Classics.
He covered the 2001 United Kingdom general election working as a news reporter for the BBC.
[8][9][10] He won Best News Reporter in 2021 organized by Ghana Journalist Association [11] He married Rosemary Adom Otchere on 30 December 2005.
[12] His wife received appointment from President Akufo-Addo as the new Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Export-Import (EXIM) Bank.