POWER PARTNERS: A wooden shed, two desks and one dream started it all.

Founder of A&C Mall, Dr. Andrew Asamoah has recalled that long before it became one of Ghana’s best-known shopping destinations, its founders worked side by side in a simple wooden shed.

Dr. Andrew Asamoah says the business that would eventually grow into the A&C brand began with little more than two desks, shared dreams and the unwavering support of his wife, Cecilia.

Speaking to Kafui Dey, the entrepreneur said every major decision in the company’s early years was made together.

“When we started, we had a wooden shed,” he recalled. “Her office was here, I was sitting here, and we were thinking and planning what to do.”

He described Cecilia as more than a supportive spouse. She was his business partner from day one.

“Everything I did was with her. We agreed on what to do. She was supervising the work. We did everything together.”

The initials “A&C” reflect that partnership; A for Andrew and C for Cecilia.

The couple met in Kumasi through their mothers, who sold clothes together. Dr. Asamoah said he immediately knew she was the woman he wanted to marry.

“I saw her and said, ‘This one,’” he recalled with a laugh. “She was beautiful.”

After marrying, the couple lived together in Congo, Nigeria and Geneva before returning to Ghana, carrying with them years of shared experience that would later shape their entrepreneurial journey.

Today, A&C Mall stands as one of the country’s landmark retail developments. But for its founder, its true beginning was not a shopping centre it was a modest wooden shed where a husband and wife believed in the same dream.