Ɔhyɛɛ sukuu ase wɔ Achimota School. Na ɔkɔɔ University of the Gold Coast (a seisei wɔfrɛ no University of Ghana) firi 1948 kɔsi 1954. Ɔkɔtoaa n'adesua so wɔ University of London de nyaa ne suapɔn abodin a edi kan, ne mmienu no wɔ "economic theory and development" nimdeɛ mu wɔ Stanford University. Afe 1954 mu na ɔyɛɛ Economics mu Research Fellow wɔ University of Ghana, kosii afe 1958.