Mr. Gyimah holds Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Land Economy, master’s in building science (Property Development) and Masters’ in Business Administration from the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana, University of Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria respectively.

Mr. Gyimah is also a proud member of several professional bodies including the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB from South African Council for the Construction and Project and a certified Project Manager (PMI).

Mr. Gyimah’s career spans a period of over two decades, having started his career as with JHI as a Portfolio Manager Property Services in 1996. His designation at JHI exposed him to the many facets of property management; from leasing to technical services and asset management.

Mr. Gyimah also worked as a Property Network Developer of McDonalds, South Africa from 1998 to 2001.  Serving this fast-food giant for a 4-year period, Osafo’s numerous challenges included the identification, negotiating and acquisition of retail sites, conceptualization of development schemes, supervision and management of professional teams and the management of the property development process from project conception to execution.

He later joined the Construction Industry Development Board as Best Practice Manager, followed by a three-year stint at Woolworths Real Estate as a Senior Real Estates Manager where he led the expansion of the network of Woolworths stores especially food stores in the Gauteng Province.

He joined Pareto Limited in 2008 as the Head of Acquisition and Development and led the company in some high-profile acquisitions, such as the acquisition of Mimosa Mall in Bloemfontein in 1998 for R800million, the acquisition of 50{e70906f95e80ac7789ebf82ee2f27582261161b00c962291d77f5741f242f0d1} stake in Menlyn Mall in Pretoria and Cavendish Mall in Cape Town for R2.5 Billion, which at the time was hailed as the single largest direct property acquisition in the History of South Africa. He has since 2011 been involved with the development and construction of some of the major shopping centers in Ghana namely, The West Hills Mall Accra, The Achimota Retail Centre Accra, and Kumasi City Mall in Kumasi.

Mr. Gyimah is currently the Director of Developments at Amalgamated Capital. He also serves on the following Boards:

  • Delico Property Investment, Mauritius
  • Delico Achimota Ghana Ltd, Ghana
  • Karl Marx Property Investment Ltd, Mauritius