Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm yi wɔ Akuapem kasa mu John Arthur yɛ kane Ghanani amanyɔni. ɔsoom sɛ ɔman soafo ne mmarahyɛ badwanie wɔ Ghana adehyeman a edikan no mu. Na ɔyɛ Atɔe mantam mu soafo ne mmarahyɛ badwani a ogyina hɔ ma Sekondi mpɛsoa so. Wɔ woo Arthur wɔ February da ɛtɔ so 4, afe 1915 wɔ Anomabo ɛwɔ Mfinfin Mantam mu wɔ Ghana (kane Gold Coast). ɔkɔɔ sukuu wo anomabo Wesleyan School ma no nyaa standard 7 abɔdin krataa. Arthur hyɛɛ adwuma ase sɛ nkrataa so hwɛfo wɔ adwumakuo bi a ne din de Union Trading Company wo afe 1934. ɔyɛɛ adwuma wo ho mfie kakara na ofirii ho ko adwumakuo foforo a ne din Central Wasaw Gold Mines. Oyɛɛ adwuma wo ho sɛ nkrataa sohwɛfo wɔ ho nso. Wo afe 1937 mu no, ofirii ho koo adwumakuo foforo a ne din de Gold Coast Machinery and Trading Company a ɛwɔ Sekondi. ɔyɛɛ adwuma ho kosii afe 1944 na woyii no de no kɔɔ adwumakuo foforo a ne din de United Sfrica Company Limited.