Akosua Addai Amoo (born 4 December 1990) is a Ghanaian sports presenter, reporter and producer, formerly worked at Metro TV Ghana.
Akosua Addai Amoo was also the host of a sport show on Metro TV's ''Sports World''.
She is currently a freelance sports journalist.
Early life and education
Akosua was born on the 4 December 1990 in
Accra
Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) 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, , had a population of ...
the capital of
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
. She attended Kiddy Gram Montessori and for primary and junior secondary school Alsyd Academy. After her
Basic Education Certificate Examination
The Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is the main examination to qualify students for admission into secondary and vocational schools in Ghana, and Nigeria. It is written after three years of junior secondary education. It is administ ...
exam she gained admission to
Wesley Girls’ Senior High School.
Akosua has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the
University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country.
The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...
.
Career
2010–2017, Metro TV
Akosua's career as a sports broadcaster started when she was 19 years old in 2010 before gaining admission to University of Ghana. She interned at
Metro TV and was production assistant for the TV's
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. ...
coverage. Akosua had her first appearance on television as a pundit for the
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament, organized by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), for national teams of women under the age of 20. The tournament is held biennially. ...
in July.
On completing University of Ghana in 2014, Akosua worked at
Metro TV for a year as a national service personnel in the Sports department. Her roles at work entailed presenting the sports News on a daily basis, producing sports shows and covering Women's football in Ghana. After her service Akosua was employed by Metro TV. She hosted Metro TV's Sports World a show that recaps the daily sports stories and highlights the stories of Women in Sports. In 2017 Amoo resigned from the Labone-based station.
2017– Freelance
Akosua has worked to develop women's football in Ghana and does a weekly feature to cover the poorly publicized women's league there. She is a sports writer with articles published in various online outlets including international football outlet
Goal.com.
In 2019, she was one of the seven journalists selected by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), to be trained and cover the
2019 African Games
The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in Janua ...
in Rabat.
Currently, Akosua is a Ghanaian Lawyer leading pubic relations for a non-governmental organisation in Ghana.
See also
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Football in Ghana
References
Living people
1990 births
Ghanaian television journalists
Ghanaian women journalists
Ghanaian women television presenters
Ghanaian television presenters
People educated at Wesley Girls' Senior High School
University of Ghana alumni
Ghanaian sports journalists
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