Joseph Yaw Manu ma'aikacin gwamnatin Ghana ne kuma ɗan siyasa na Majalisar Dokoki ta Farko na Jamhuriya ta Biyu mai wakiltar Mazabar Mampong ta Kudu a Yankin Ashanti na Ghana. Ya kasance mataimakin ministan sufuri a lokacin jamhuriya ta biyu. An haifi Joseph a ranar 21 ga watan Agusta 1922 a Nsuta a yankin Ashanti na Ghana. Ya kasance tsohon dalibin Kwalejin Adisadel, Cape Coast. Joseph ya shiga aikin farar hula na gwamnati bayan kammala karatun sakandare. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin gwamnati har zuwa 1955 lokacin da ya yi murabus don yin aiki da United Africa Company Limited a matsayin manajan kantin sayar da kayayyaki a Nandom a cikin Babban Yankin (yanzu a Yankin Upper West) na Ghana. A cikin 1959 yayin da yake Nandom ana zargin ya taimaka wa Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia (wanda a lokacin ya kasance ɗan adawa kuma daga baya ya zama Firayim Ministan Ghana a jamhuriya ta biyu) don barin Ghana zuwa Bobogyiraso a Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) ta hanyar Iyakar Ghana a Yankin Upper West. A cikin Janairu, 1960, ya koma Kumasi don sabunta kwantiraginsa da United Africa Company Limited don yin aiki a Kumasi a matsayin manajan kantin sayar da kayayyaki.