Berifi Afari Apenteng is a Ghanaian lawyer, journalist, and civil servant. He was the Director General of the

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from 2011 to 2013.

Education

Apenteng had his secondary education at

Mfantsipim School Mfantsipim School is an all-boys boarding secondary school in Cape Coast, Ghana, established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth on the then Gold Coast. Its founding name was Wesleyan High Scho ...

and

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. He then proceeded to the

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to study Modern History and Archeology, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree (combined honours) in 1974. In 1976, he obtained a graduate diploma from the School of Journalism and Communications, University of Ghana. He later enrolled at the

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where he was called to the

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in 1981. Apenteng holds Executive MBA degree from the

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, he was also a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at

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Career

Apenteng joined the

as a Senior Reporter for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Television News department in November 1976. He was later made an editor, and in 1981, he was appointed head of Television News, succeeding E. A. Dentu who had retired in May that year. Prior to his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, he had served as Director of Radio and Deputy Director of Television at the Ghana Broadcast Corporation. He was also General Manager of TV3 Network Limited, and Managing Director of the

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. He worked as the Managing Director of

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on a part-time basis.

Personal life

Apenteng is married with children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Apenteng, Berifi Afari Ghanaian civil servants Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ghanaian television journalists Mfantsipim School alumni University of Ghana alumni Ghana School of Law alumni