Brig Gen Albert Kwadwo Dawohoso was born on 4th February, 1965 in Monkra, Krachi West District of the Oti Region. He attended Krachi Senior High and Prempeh College where he obtained his General Certificate of Education, Ordinary and Advance Levels respectively. He continued to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology where he graduated with BA (Hons) in Social Sciences in 1989. He was enlisted into the Ghana Military Academy in 1990 as part of Regular Intake 32. By dint of hard work and academic excellence, he was selected to continue his training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in the UK. He was commissioned into the Infantry Corps in 1992 and posted to the 3rd Infantry Battalion in Sunyani.

Later in his career, Brig Gen AK Dawohoso also obtained a law degree (LLB), a post graduate diploma in Defence and Conflict Studies as well as two Master’s degrees in International Relations and Diplomacy, and Human Resource Development. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in Leadership in 2015 by the Technological University of the Americas.

Brig Gen Dawohoso in his career, has attended a number of local and foreign military courses. Some of the local courses includes the Young Officer’s Course, Mechanical Transport Officers Course, Jungle Expert and Instructors Course, Junior Staff Course and Combat Team Commander’s Course among others. The notable foreign courses includes Command and Senior Staff Course in Jaji, Nigeria, Battalion Commander’s Course in Nanjing China, Peacekeeping Course for African Partners in New Delhi, India, Stabilization and Reconstruction Course in Garmisch Partenkirchen, in Germany, Mentoring in Crisis Management in Lisbon, Portugal and Sector Commanders Course in Entebbe, Uganda.

The General has held many Training, Staff and Command appointments in the Ghana Armed Forces. Notable among them includes Adjutant, Platoon Commander, Military Intelligence Officer, Company Commander, Second in Command and Chief Instructor of the Jungle Warfare School.