Maame Gold Opens Up on 32 Years Abroad and Her Prepared Return to Ghana

Maame Gold has disclosed that she spent 32 years living abroad, carefully preparing for the day she would return to Ghana to settle after securing her future and raising her children.

In an interview on Onua TV, she recounted that she left Ghana alone after completing Form Five and took on several jobs overseas, including work at McDonald’s, Burger King and in the cleaning sector, while enrolling in short courses to boost her job prospects.

Despite the hard work abroad, she said her desire to return home never faded. “I love Ghana. Even while I was there, my friends knew I wanted to come back to Ghana, so everything I was doing, I was doing it towards coming back to Ghana,” she said.

Maame Gold also pushed back against suggestions that she grew up in poverty, insisting her parents gave her a comfortable childhood. “If I say I struggled from the beginning, I’d be a liar. Then I am not grateful to God and my parents. I grew up before realising my dad wasn’t even rich because I was getting everything I needed growing up,” she explained.

She said she only returned after sorting out her documentation, raising her children and saving enough to establish herself in Ghana. “I came prepared. I came back with a lot of money. I stayed abroad for 32 years. Those times are not like today, I made some money back,” she stated.

She also explained her decision to support people financially, saying she does not want to accumulate wealth while others around her struggle to meet basic needs. “I don’t want to see my account so huge while someone else is going hungry. I may be hailed today because I have something to offer, but I might not be like that forever. One day when I need help, I don’t know who will come through for me,” she said.

Maame Gold revealed that she had quietly helped several people since returning to Ghana but began documenting her charitable work after facing criticism over the funeral she organised for her late father. She said she wanted people to understand that helping others was something she had done long before sharing it publicly. “I have done a lot for people since I got back to Ghana that were not caught on camera, but when I was burying my father, people were saying a lot about it. I felt my father deserved that, so I started putting cameras on what I do for others so people would know this is what I do,” she added.

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