Baffoe was born on 1 November 1930 at Mankesim in the Central Region of Ghana (then Gold Coast).
[3] Baffoe joined the Ashanti Times in Obuasi soon after leaving school in 1947 as a trainee in journalism.
[4] He moved to the Takoradi Press which was owned by Saki Scheck in 1950 and a year later left for Kumasi to become sub-editor of the Ashanti Sentinel.
[5] Baffoe served as public officer from 1958 to 1960 and became the editor of the Ghanaian Worker of the Trades Union Congress.
[6] He was appointed Editor of the Ghanaian Times[7] in April 1960 and was dismissed in 1961 for a period of two weeks.