President Akufo-Addo Presents Head of State Awards To Dr. Ernest Ofori Sarpong 

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Special Group Of Companies, Dr. Ofori Sarpong has been honored by the Head of State Award Scheme.

The businessman was honored with a Life Icons award at the event which was held at the Jubilee House in Accra.

The award was personally presented by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to Dr. Ofori Sarpong.

According to the award scheme’s website, “The Award Scheme is a leading structured (non-formal education) youth development program, empowering all young people aged 14-24 to explore their full potential and find their true purpose, passion and place in the world, regardless of their location or circumstance. The Award Scheme is a fully inclusive program and has no social, political, or religious affiliations.”

About Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong

Dr Ofori Sarpong is an astute businessman of many years’ experience. Born some 47years ago and a proud product of Presbyterian Boys Secondary School (Presec), has an amazing business career in the small and medium scale industry and an up and coming industrialist. 

In the 1990s he formed the SARPONG VENTURES LTD, an import and trading business, worked very hard and in no time became very renown in the Central District of Accra.

He set up the SPECIAL INVESTMENTS LTD which is a real estate and construction business and can boast of a significant number of estate houses and apartments in very strategic area of the city and numerous office complexes and shops. 

In conjunction with a very close friend of his, Dr Osei-Kwame (a.k.a Despite), they formed the United 2 Co. Ltd which is a holding company for the U2 SALT LTD – a 600 acre salt mining company and a refinery at Winneba in the Central Region. 

They again co- partnered in setting up a television station by name UNITED TELEVISION (UTV Ltd) which is currently one of the leading TV stations in the country.

Dr Ernest Ofori-Sarpong, who has had the dream of becoming a big time industrialist, solely proceeded to form a mineral water company, SPECIAL ICE LTD which can currently boast of two factories in Accra and Kumasi. 

In the very short life of Special Ice Ltd, the product won an unprecedented award as the best mineral water for 2013 and is
not resting in achieving greater laurels. 

Once again, in collaboration with his good partner, Ernest and his co-partner have recently set up a savings and loans company called BEST POINT SAVINGS AND LOANS CO. LTD for which he is the Board Chairman, with this savings and loans company already becoming a highly recognized financial institution.

Dr  Ofori-Sarpong, a recent recipient of ‘The Best Manufacturing Entrepreneur Award for 2014, is a God fearing man and a good Christian brought up in the Presbyterian way. He is blessed with a pretty wife and three lovely children.