Oheneyere Gifty Anti (born January 23, 1970) is a

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ian

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and broadcaster. She is the host of th
Standpoint
programme; which discusses issues affecting women on Ghana Television.

Personal life

Gifty is a native of

Cape Coast Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea ...

in the Central Region but was born and bred in

Tema Tema is a city on the Bight of Benin and Atlantic coast of Ghana. It is located east of the capital city; Accra, in the region of Greater Accra, and is the capital of the Tema Metropolitan District. As of 2013, Tema is the eleventh most popul ...

, the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

of Ghana. She is the last born of a family of eight.https://yen.com.gh/103492-dr-gifty-anti-biography-2020.html Due to economic hardship, she hawked and engaged in carpentry works to earn a living. Gifty is married to Nana Ansah Kwao IV, Chief of Akwamu Adumasa. Their Marriage ceremony happened at the Trinity Baptist Church on the 25th October, 2015. She gave birth to her first

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on 11 August, 2017. Their daughter, Nyame Anuonyam, is such a pride of hers and expresses so much joy in having a miracle child, even at her age. She received honours and a new title which was conferred on her after being awarded a Fellowship of the Boardroo
Institute
(FBI) by the Accra Business school. She is called Oheneyere FBI Dr Gifty Ant
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Education

Gifty Anti had her basic education at ''Tema community 8 "Number 1" Basic School.'' She then proceeded to Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School where she served as an entertainment prefect. Also, she is an alumnus of the Ghana Institute of Journalism of which she served as Women’s Commissioner. She also has a Masters Degree in International Journalism from City University based in

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Career

Gifty began her media career as an intern at the

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, then moved on to the

Ghanaian Times The ''Ghanaian Times'' is a government-owned daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana. The newspaper was established in 1957. It has a circulation of 80,000 copies and is published six times per week. History The newspaper was formerly known as ...

as an intern. She later worked as an intern at 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 gr ...

(GBC), where she was also offered the option to do her national service. Gifty landed her first job as a Floor Manager at GTV. She later became a TV presenter, coach, gender advocate and a

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. She is currently the

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of GD
Concept
and host of Stand Poin

a talk show about women's issues. Her show; The Stand Point also shows on ABN (TV station), ABN TV in the UK. Whilst at Ghanaian Times Ghanaian owned newspaper she received mentorship from Liz Hayfron. In 2019, she launched her book titled "A Bit Of Me", the book reached number one on

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after one week of publication She is the founder and president of Girl in Need Foundation and the Awo Dansoa Reading Project and also the ambassador for the campaign against newborn deaths.

Awards

* Tell It Moms Exemplary Resilience Feminist Honour 201

*National Malaria Advocate *Most Inspiring Woman In Media *Most influential women *United Nation’s MDGs 4&5 Ambassador Award 2012 *The African Women in Leadership Organisation’s Excellence Award

Publications

* ''A bit of me'' (201

* ''Fifty Nuggets'' (202

* ''The Best of You'' (202

* Broken but Beautifulhttps://www.thriftbooks.com/a/oheneyere-gifty-anti/4326674/ * Room 5005

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anti, Gifty Living people Ghanaian journalists 1970 births People from Cape Coast Ghanaian women journalists Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School alumni Ghanaian broadcasters Ghana Institute of Journalism alumni