Veteran journalist Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has died. The septuagenarian died on Monday, May 26.
He was 74 years.
Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng was a Consultant in Communication, Media and Culture and was also the President of the Ghana Association of Writers.
He had extensive experience in media, having practised for over 45 years as a reporter, editor, writer, teacher and trainer
He was a former editor and columnist of The Mirror weekly newspaper, as well as the Apagyahene of Tafo Eti in the Eastern Region.
He was deputy editor of the erstwhile London-based West Africa magazine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Returning to Ghana in the 1990s, Nana Gyan-Apenteng worked with the Third World Network as head of the non-governmental organisation’s communication unit and editor of its monthly magazine, Africa Agenda.
He served as media trainer and communication consultant for several corporate, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, including: the telecoms giant MTN, some UN agencies, the Media Foundation for West Africa, STAR Ghana and others.
He was a graduate of Apam Secondary School and the University of Ghana, Legon.
He began work formally as a journalist at the Daily Graphic in 1982 as Staff Writer. He subsequently became Foreign News Editor and later had a stint as acting Editor.
He was subsequently appointed editor of the Mirror, where he introduced new features which have endured till today.
Nana Gyan-Apenteng relocated to the United Kingdom, where he co-founded Ghana News magazine before being invited to be the Deputy and Acting Editor of West Africa magazine. He also founded and edited African Topics magazine, the only Pan-African publication dedicated to governance and human rights.
He also worked with the Third World Network, Cultural Initiatives Support Programme, the European Union Culture Fund for Ghana, among others as a communications expert.
He also served as a part-time lecturer at Vauxhall College in London and the European University Centre for Peace Studies in Austria.
He also provided training for both state and private sector institutions and was a columnist for The Mirror Newspaper.
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