Francis Abban (born 22 March 1986) is a Ghanaian journalist with EIB Network's Starr FM and the host of ''The Morning Starr'' that runs every week day.

Early life and education

Francis Abban was born on 22 March 1986 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 ...

. Abban attended Maria Montessori School at

Kwadaso Kwadaso is a town in the Kumasi Metropolitan, a district of the Ashanti Region 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, an ...

and the Ridge International School at

Takoradi Sekondi-Takoradi ( ) is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi. It is the capital of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana. Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as ...

for his elementary education. He was educated at

Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Single-sex education, boys' high school located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a private school in 1931, it gained the status of a Government ...

in Accra and studied at the

Ghana Institute of Journalism The University of Media, Arts and Communication- Institute of Journalism (UniMAC-IJ), formerly the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), is a public university in Ghana. The University is a merger of the erstwhile Ghana Institute of Journalism, the ...

Career

Abban started his career at Skyy FM as a volunteer journalist. This was a period before and during his education at the

. In 2012 Abban went to work with Multimedia Group's Joy FM in Accra. His work with Multimedia Group spanned a period of five years. During this period, he worked briefly as co-host of Joy FM's flagship morning programme ''the Super Morning Show '' and was anchor for ''Joy Midday News'' and presenter for the news analysis programme ''The Pulse'' which aired on Joy News. From 2013 to 2017, he presented ''BBC Two Way'', a partnership between Joy FM and the

British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved in ...

to project major issues discussed during a week. In 2017 Abban joined EIB's Network to work with EIB's network GHone Television as co-host of

GHOne TV GHOne TV is a Ghana-based entertainment TV channel, whose content includes lifestyle, music, fashion, series, children's programs, comedy, and tourism. It is now owned by Excellence In Broadcasting (EIB) Networks, which has broadcaster Bola Ray, ...

News Tonight. Soon after, he moved to EIB Network's Starr FM and replaced Nii Arday Clegg as the radio station's morning show host. In 2018 his appearance on the morning show of the radio station dubbed ''The Morning Starr'' earned him two nominations for the annual

RTP Awards The Radio and Television Personality (RTP) Awards are an annual awards ceremony for radio and television in Ghana. The RTP Awards, organized by Big Events Ghana, were first announced in January 2011. The first RTP awards were held in June 2011 at t ...

where he was nominated for the Radio morning show host of the Year and the Best Radio Personality of the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of Ghanaian re ...

Personal life

In 2016 Abban married Eunice Torto.

References

Living people Alumni of the Accra Academy Ghanaian radio journalists 1986 births {{Ghana-journalist-stub