Deloris Frimpong Manso, popularly known as "Delay", is an entrepreneur, television and radio show host, producer, public speaker and Women's Advocate in

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Career

Radio and Television

Delay started her

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career as a Presenter with Life FM in Nkawkaw in the

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of Ghana at the age of 17 in 1999. Delay later moved to Top Radio in 2005 in the capital,

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where she worked until 2007. taking over the mid-morning show on that station. She was later hired by the newly established Oman FM in 2007, she stayed here until 2016. Whilst she was working with Oman FM, Delay started her own television program, the Delay Show in 2008 on TV3. In 2011, she wrote and produced the

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television series, Afia Schwarzenegger. Her television production company, Maxgringo Productions brought out yet another television series ''Cocoa Brown'', a story loosely based on the true

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of herself.

Public speaking

Delay has also been engaged in

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, often sharing her life experiences to encourage women and the youth to strive to excel in life. She was in 2018 one of the main speakers at the 2018 International Youth Empowerment Summit (iYES) conference held at the National Theatre. Since then, Delay has spoken at a number of events, including the 2nd Women’s CEO Summit as the main speaker; the event featured women occupying positions of responsibility sharing their life experiences on one platform to motivate others. Against all challenges, her narrative serves as a source of motivation for young individuals and entrepreneurs across the nation. She stands as a role model, often referred to as the "Oprah Winfrey" of the Ghanaian broadcast media sector. Delay also uses her life as an Entrepreneur, owning a company that produces Delay Mackerel and Sardines to motivate the youth and women to believe in themselves and to strive to establish their own businesses.

Films and television

* The Delay Show is a controversial TV Show in the

ian scene. She is the hostess and also an

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of the show. * Cocoa Brown a TV drama series based on her rise as a TV personality. She is also an executive producer of the show * Afia Schwarzennegar TV Series. She produced this TV drama series starring media personality

Afia Schwarzenegger Afia Schwarzenegger, also known as Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa (born 14 February 1982, Kumasi, Ghana) is a Ghanaian media personality. She was the host Okay FM's morning show ''Yewo krom'' and UTV Ghana's ''Kokooko'' show, being fired from those out ...

Presidential ambition

Her ambition to serve as

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to women in the

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doesn’t seem to have any limitation as Delay recently announced her determination to become the first

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in Ghana by 2032. She believes nothing must hinder women from occupying some of the topmost positions in society and be involved in the running of the affairs of the

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Honours and recognition

In 2018, Delay received the Women Empowerment Award at the 3G Awards in

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, in recognition of her

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and championing the course of women in society. She was also first on Pulse Gh list of five most industrious celebrities in the country in 2017. The year 2019 saw her been made one of the

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s for iYES at the fifth edition of iYES launched in Accra. She won both the Most Outstanding Woman of the Year and Outstanding Woman TV Personality and Entrepreneur of Year at the third edition of the Ghana Outstanding Women Awards (GOWA) in 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manso, Deloris Frimpong 1982 births Living people Ghanaian feminists Alumni of Aburi Girls' Senior High School Ghanaian television personalities People from Eastern Region (Ghana)