Background
Kan-Dapaah was born on 14 March 1953.
Kan-Dapaah was born on 14 March 1953.
He then studied Accountancy at the Institute of Professional Studies (Identity and Passport Service), Legon.
He is an Ashanti and hails from Maase-Boaman in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Albert Kan-Dapaah had his secondary education at Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969. He had further Accountancy courses at the North East London Polytechnic, London and the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy.
Kan-Dapaah worked with Pannel Kerr Forster, a chartered accounting firm as an Audit Senior.
He worked in their offices in Monrovia, Liberia and London, United Kingdom between 1978 and 1986. Back in Ghana, he was the head of Audit at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) from January 1987.
In September 1987, he joined the Electricity Corporation of Ghana where he rose from Director of Audit to become Director for Finance, a position he held for six years. Kan-Dapaah was a partner in Kwesie, Kan-Dapaah and Baah Company, a firm of Chartered Accountants in Accra.
He was also managing Consultant of Kan-Dapaah and Associates, a utility consultancy support group.
He has also lectured Auditing part-time at the School of Business Administration, University of Ghana and the Identity and Passport Service.
Albert Kan-Dapaah was the Ashanti Regional Representative on the National Council of the New Patriotic Party (Nuclear Power Plant) between 1992 and 1996. He took his seat in January 1997 in opposition and has held his seat in the two subsequent parliamentary elections in 2000 and 2004. During the April 2003 cabinet reshuffle, he became the Minister for Communications and Technology.
He became the Minister for Interior during Kufuor"s second term.
1996 - President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana
1996 - Vice-President, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa.
He was also a member of the Finance and Economic Affairs Committee of the Nuclear Power Plant.