Kwami Sefa Kayi (born 20 June 1970) also known as Chairman General is a
Ghana
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media personality
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broadcast journalist
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and public speaker. He is currently the host of
Peace FM's morning show popularly known as “''Kokrokoo''”.
Personal life and education
Kayi completed his secondary school education at the Okuapeman Secondary School in
Akropong
Akropong is a town in South Ghana and is the capital of the Akuapim North District, a district in the Eastern Region of South Ghana. This town is known for producing snails and palm oil. Akuapem. Sefa Kayi gained an Executive Master of Arts in Conflict, Peace and Security (EMCPS) programme from the
Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in 2018.
Career
Kayi is a broadcast journalist, public speaker and a Master of Ceremony. He is currently the host of Peace FM's morning show popularly known as “Kokrokoo.
Kwami Sefa Kayi on August 6, 2021, was sworn in as a board member of the National Petroleum Authority.
Entertainment
He hosted the maiden edition of
Ghana Music Awards
The Ghana Music Awards, currently known as the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music awards event in Ghana established in 1999 by a local event organizer and planner company known as CharterHouse to origi ...
until 2007. In 2019 he co-hosted the
20th VGMA with
Berla Mundi
Berlinda Addardey, popularly known as Berla Mundi, (born 1 April 1988) is a Ghanaian media personality, women's advocate and voice artist. She co-hosted the 20th VGMA with Kwami Sefa Kayi.
Education
Berla is an alumna of St. Theresa's School, ...
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Here are some awards his show has won:
Awards and recognition
Radio and Television Personalities Awards RTP Personality Of The Decade 2010–2020.
Philanthropy
He is the owner of Kokrokoo Foundation which was established in 2015. In April 2019, the foundation donated incubators worth $100,000.00 to help curb the mortality rate of children born pre-term.
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The 'Project 100' drive was conceived in 2014 and had the aim to provide at least 100 incubators to a number of health institutions in the country. As of April 2021, 35 incubators had been provided.
References
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Ghanaian journalists
Living people
1970 births