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Charles A.

Accra, Ghana

$500 - $1000 / Day

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About Charles

I am a broadcast journalist who covers business and social issues in Accra, Ghana. My works span from reports on air pollution at Ghana's Free Zones Enclave to Africa's preparedness for the 1.3 Trillion dollar African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCTA). My works are aimed at impacting societies and shaping public discourse mainly through the power and practical use of social and traditional media. - Covid-19 related stories of mine have explored how prepared Ghana's manufacturing industries are in the mass production of PPEs – Human Interest Story on unemployed graduate selling on the streets got authorities granting him a job as a teacher. - News report on how air pollution by some steel factories was having a health toll on workers led to shutdown of factories - Covered the closure of the Nigerian-Benin Border and its impact on businesses - Single-handedly covered the 2019 Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Trade Show in New York, USA for the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (for radio, TV and online)

Top Services

  • Reporter / Journalist

  • News Shooter / Video Journalist

  • Fixer

Top Projects

  • Joy News - Covid-19 on Cocoa

    • Reporter / Journalist

    The purchase of cocoa beans in Ghana is highly hinged on international buyers. Restricted border entries, closure of airlines as well as the limited operations of ports have left cocoa farmers in despair as $3.5 million worth of cocoa gets stuck in Ghana.

  • Covid-19 Spare Parts - Joy News

    • Reporter / Journalist

    Covid-19 has led to an acute shortage of vehicular spare parts. Importation has slacked due to closure of borders in Ghana. At Ghana's spare parts hub - Abbosey Okai, I interrogated the impact of this on pricing.

  • Joy News Covid-19 Arts Industry

    • Reporter / Journalist

    Traders at the Accra Arts Centre are counting their losses as the Coronavirus hits hard on Ghana’s arts industry. Having raked in millions of cedis in revenue from the Year of Return and Beyond the Return initiatives by the government, a visit to the center shows that the majority of traders have closed their shops leaving the once vibrant Arts Centre become a ghost market.

  • JOY NEWS - COVID-19 AND INNOVATION

    • Reporter / Journalist

    This news report was shot in Accra, Ghana. It revealed how a major beverage firm in West Africa - Kasapreko Ltd - has shifted focus from the production of alcoholic beverages to the mass production of hand sanitizers.

  • Joy News - Ghanaians and work abroad

    • News Shooter / Video Journalist

    With about 235,000 Ghanaians living in the United States, I set out to interrogate their entrepreneurial skills as well as their perceptions on events happening back home. Already, Ghana remains the highest country in West Africa when it comes Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and this report sort to engage Ghanaians in the diaspora on this.

Equipment

Video

  • Full HD video camera

Audio

  • External recorder
  • Shotgun mic

Miscellaneous

  • Lighting kit

All Services

Pre-Production

  • Fixer

Production Support

  • News Shooter / Video Journalist
  • Reporter / Journalist

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