Overview
- Asamoah was presented the Bundesverdienstkreuz in Accra as a special guest on President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s Africa trip.
- Steinmeier praised him as a bridge between Germany and Ghana, citing his role in deepening ties between the two countries.
- Asamoah’s foundation, launched in 2007, organizes regular deployments of German medical teams to perform surgeries on children in Ghana.
- The president also noted Asamoah’s advocacy as an ambassador for the School Without Racism project.
- Asamoah reacted with visible emotion, calling the honor an incentive to continue his work and reflecting on his journey from Ghana to Germany as a child with a heart condition.