Pearl Akanya Ofori (born 18 March 1984) is a
Ghanaian broadcast journalist,
radio personality
A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English) is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality who hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host, and in India and Pakistan as a rad ...
and an entrepreneur who once worked for Ghanaian radio station
Citi FM (97.3) Ghana. She is a graduate of the
University of Ghana (
Legon). She was nominated for the
Radio and Television Personality Awards
The Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards are an annual awards ceremony for radio and television in Ghana.
The RTP Awards, organized by Big Events Ghana, were first announced in January 2011. The first RTP awards show was held in June 2011 ...
(RTP) organized by Big Event Ghana in 2015 Radio and TV Personality Award.
Early life
Ofori began her early education at De Youngster's International School at
Kokomlemle
Kokomlemle is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana and noted for the location of Joy FM and Accra Technical Training Center (ATTC), among other institutions.
Kokomlemle is recognized as the ...
in
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, and went on to attend the West African Senior High School in 2003. After her high school education, she attended the University of Ghana, Legon, where she offered a Program in Political Science, Psychology and Linguistics and majored in linguistics.
Personal
Ofori was born in Ghana's capital, Accra, to Miss Grace Owusu and have two fathers- Rev. Joseph Akanya and Mr. Benson Owusu.
Journalism career
Ofori was among few persons selected by radioUnivers, a campus-based radio station, to attend a radio training in
Dakar, Senegal. In 2012, she joined Citi FM (97.3) Radio where she currently serves as a broadcast journalist.
References
External links
"Ghana's World Cup commission judge fires at FIFA - 'We are not intimidated by anybody'" ''Ghana Soccernet'', 11 August 2014
"Citi FM chalks 10 years in industry, rivals visit with cake" ''GhanaWeb'', 12 November 2014
*http://www.etvghana.com/index.php/entertainment/item/3975-full-list-of-2015-rtp-awards-dr-cann-osei-asibey-odiasempa-bismark-brown-fati-shaibu-ali-pj-mozay-nominated
"Staff of TV3 demand unpaid salaries" ''Ghanagist'', 7 March 2014
udio ''Modern Ghana'', 3 June 2016
*http://news.ghanapoint.com/2015/08/27/citi-fms-bernard-avle-jessica-opare-safore-nominated-for-2015-rtp-awards/
* https://helpinghana.com/index.php/2018/01/28/press-statement-ame-awards-2018/
Living people
1986 births
Mass media people from Accra
Ghanaian writers
Ghanaian women writers
Ghanaian radio journalists
Ghanaian radio presenters
Ghanaian women radio presenters
University of Ghana alumni
Ghanaian women journalists
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