Accra, Ghana
$500 - $1000 / Day
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
This article explores the various sectors and initiatives African economies must prioritize in 2020. With trillions of dollars exchanging hands in global trade at the split of a second, the year 2020 is enough space for Sub-Saharan Africa to bounce back and dominate the global market - this is what the article explored.
This piece was done purposely to unveil the economic disparities and social welfare systems in major African cities like Accra, Ghana. The focus of this production was on homeless head porters at the mercies of the weather and rapists.
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