konuah first taught at christ church grammar school and for a brief while at achimota school in 1930. not too soon long after this, konuah together with three others decided to set up a private school to cater for the educational needs of children who showed some aptitude for learning but whose parents could not afford to send them to the existing schools of the day. they were james akwei halm-addo, konuah's mate at the wesleyan boys school and gottfried narku alema and samuei neils awuletey who were colleagues of his at fourah bay college. in july 1931, they founded the accra academy in a property given out by madam ellen buckle. konuah served as the first principal of the accra academy. in 1946, he was awarded a british council bursary to study for a diploma in education at university of london.