Berifi Afari Apenteng is a Ghanaian lawyer, journalist, and civil servant. He was the Director General of the

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was established by law in 1968 with a triple mandate as a State Broadcaster, Public Service Broadcaster, and a Commercial Broadcaster in Ghana. Headquartered in the capital city, Accra, it is funded by gra ...

from 2011 to 2013.

Education

Apenteng had his secondary education at

Mfantsipim School Mfantsipim is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth on the then Gold Coast. Its founding name was Wesleyan High School and ...

and

Labone Senior High School Labone Senior High School (popularly known as L-A Bone) is a public senior high school located in Labone in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It is well noted for its participation in National Science and Maths Quiz, athletics, music and cultural ...

. He then proceeded to the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

to study Modern History and Archeology, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree (combined honours) in 1974. In 1976, he obtained a graduate diploma from the School of Journalism and Communications, University of Ghana. He later enrolled at the

Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only one that provides training for law graduates in the Barrister at Law program. The Professional Law Course is designed for Law Gradu ...

where he was called to the

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in 1981. Apenteng holds Executive MBA degree from the

University of Ghana Business School University of Ghana Business School formerly School of Administration is the undergraduate and post graduate Business School of the University of Ghana in Accra Ghana. It is also the premier and the largest Business School in Ghana. History UG ...

, he was also a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.

Career

Apenteng joined the

as a Senior Reporter for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Television News department in November 1976. He was later made an editor, and in 1981, he was appointed head of Television News, succeeding E. A. Dentu who had retired in May that year. Prior to his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, he had served as Director of Radio and Deputy Director of Television at the Ghana Broadcast Corporation. He was also General Manager of TV3 Network Limited, and Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited. He worked as the Managing Director of TV Africa on a part-time basis.

Personal life

Apenteng is married with children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Apenteng, Berifi Afari Ghanaian civil servants Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ghanaian television journalists Mfantsipim School alumni University of Ghana alumni Ghana School of Law alumni