Okomfo Anokye (c.1655-c.1717/c.1719) shi ne firist na farko (Okomfo) na Daular Ashanti kuma an san shi da shiga cikin faɗaɗa Daular Ashanti. An haifi Okomfo Anokye a Ghana a wajajen 1655. A bisa al'adar Akuapem, shi dan Ano da Yaa Anubea, dukkansu daga Awukugua a Nifa Division na jihar Okere. Sunansa ya samo asali ne daga abin da ya faru: An ce lokacin da aka haifi Okomfo Anokye a Awukugua ya riga ya riƙe a hannunsa na dama da ɗan gajeren wutsiyar saniya (Podua); kuma ya dafe dafe dayan hannun yasa babu wanda zai bude shi. Matar da ta je isar da mahaifiyar da ke aiki ta yi ƙoƙarin buɗewa saboda tana zargin akwai wani abu a ciki. An kira mahaifin don taimakawa ... Okomfo Anokye ya buɗe idanunsa kuma, yana kallon mahaifin, da sauri ya buɗe hannun mai ban mamaki, ya nuna wa mahaifin ya ce "Ano .... Kye (Yaren Guan) ma'ana "Ano ... duba" kuma ya ba mahaifin abin da ke ciki. Wai ashe taliya ce. Daga wannan lamarin Kwame Agyei ya sami sunansa "Anokye".