Real Life Coming To America: Ghanaian Chief That Drives A Taxi In America

TBT: Meet the Chief who owns a Taxi company in the US and also drives one. And just like the fictional Prince Akeem from the film, Mr Osei found the woman of his dreams, Elizabeth, who was also working as a cab driver in New York City. Mrs Osei said: ‘We first met at the restaurant he owned in Harlem. He asked me out but I told him I wasn’t interested at first!

‘Every time I saw his cab at the airport, we would talk and became friends. ‘Eventually I gave in, and I feel very privileged to be married to him.’ Mr and Mrs Osei have built a taxi fleet from scratch in America called Napasei Taxi Management Corporation. Mr Osei inherited the throne and title from his brother in Ghana after his brother died in 2006. Mr Osei and his wife Elizabeth oversee their taxi company in Manhattan, but travel back and forth to Ghana so Mr Osei can take care of his responsibilities as chief. ‘I’ve been doing this for many years. I’ve been able to take care of my children. I love what I do.’ says Mr Osei…

Credit: Ghana News/Peacefm