Ka cika wannan jumlar: Addy ma'aikaci ne na Société Commerciale de l'Ouest Africain (S.C.O.A.), inda ya yi aiki na shekara biyu da rabi a Babban Ofishin a Accra. A watan Yulin 1949, ya shiga aikin soja a matsayin Malamin Ilimi kuma daga baya ya zama Sakatare. Addy ya yi aiki tare da rukuni na biyu da na huɗu, kuma ya shiga cikin sojojin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Kongo, a lokacin yakin basasa na Congo.
Rikicin Kwango a shekarar 1963. A watan Maris na shekarar 1966, an nada shi Kwamandan Kwamandan na farko. A waccan shekarar, an nada shi Shugaban Kwamitin Gudanar da Yankin Yamma (Ministan Yankin) kuma a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1967, an nada shi Shugaban Kwamitin Gudanar da Yankin Ashanti, wanda ya fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1967. G. K. Yarboi ne ya gaje shi.