Addo was born on 2 September 1962 in a town called Manso Gyeduako in the Amansie South District in the Ashanti Region. He had his Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Diploma in English from University of Cape Coast. He also had his Executive Masters certificate in Conflict, Peace and Security in 2016 at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center in Accra.
