Sir Edward Okyere Asafu-Adjaye (1903–1976) ɗan siyasan Ghana ne, lauya kuma jami’in diflomasiyya. Shi ne lauyan Ashanti na farko kuma Babban Kwamishinan Ghana na farko a Burtaniya tare da ba da izini ga Faransa a lokaci guda. An haife shi a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1903 a Calabar, Najeriya, inda mahaifinsa ke aiki a matsayin mashahurin ɗan kasuwa. Bayan ya gaji da kasuwancinsa a Calabar, mahaifinsa; Opanyin Asafu Adjaye ya kawo shi Kumasi inda ya fara karatunsa a Makarantar Samari ta Kumasi. Daga nan ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Adisadel, Cape Coast inda ya samu takardar shedar cambridge. Daga nan ya wuce zuwa Jami'ar London. A can ya ci lambar yabo ta "Profumo Prize" saboda kasancewar sa ƙwararren masanin shari'a, sakamakon rawar da ya taka a jarrabawar ƙarshe ta Jami'ar (LLB). An kira shi zuwa mashaya a Haikali na ciki, United Kingdom a 1927, a cikin wannan shekarar ya koma Kogin Zinariya don yin aikin doka. Ya shiga ɗakin Sir Henley Kobina Coussey don hidimar ɗalibin lauya, kafin ya fara aikin sa na kansa.