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Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah is a male Ghanaian fashion designer and creative director of Bespoke fashion brand Abrantie the Gentleman in Ghana. Early life and education Oheneba Nana Yaw Boamah was born to Samuel Osei Boamah and Angela Owusu Agyei at Accra, Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Boamah attended his basic education at Prince of Peace International School and his senior education was at Koforidua Senior High Technical School. He studied Industrial Arts Industrial Arts and majored in Textiles at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Career Boamah started Abrantie brand after university. He worked at textiles firms in Ghana like; TexstyleGhana Limited (GTP) and Ghana Textiles Manufacturing Company(GTMC) from 2006 to 2012. His work has been showcased at the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, Glitz Africa Fashion Week (Ghana), Durban Fashion Fair (South Africa), Samsung Fashion meets Gadget Show, Africa International Fashion Week (Nigeria), South African Menswear Week (Cape Town) and Expo 2015. Awards * Boamah was nominated as Menswear designer of the year 2018 at Glitz Style Awards * Won Designer of the Year 2015 at Glitz Style Awards * He was nominated as African Designer of the Year 2017 at the Glitz Africa Awards * He won the Fashion Personality of the year 2017 at 40 Under 40 Awards. * His brand Abrantie won Fashion Designer Of The Year 2017 at Exclusive Men of the Year’(EMYs) Africa Awards. * His brand Abrantie got nominated as Designer of the Year (Men's Wear) at 2017 West African Fashion Award. * The Abrantie brand won Fashion Icons Awards Next Rated Designer of the Year 2015.
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