The Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has congratulated Paa Kwesi Asare with Accra-based TV3 for becoming the first Ghanaian to win the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award.
The 36-year-old is the eighth recipient of the award since it was instituted to honour the late Ghanaian broadcaster, who had stint with BBC World News, and died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.
Asare is currently the head of business news at Ghana’s private TV3 channel, where he has worked for seven years as one of its main news anchors.
Dumor had worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world, representing a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of Africa.
The judges were impressed by Asare’s strong journalism and his ability to explain complex topics compellingly and clearly.
Reacting to the development on Facebook on Monday (21 August), Bawumia said it was heartwarming to see a Ghanaian winning the prize.
“I congratulate Paa Kwesi Asare for winning the prestigious 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award,” he wrote.
“Being the first from Ghana to win this award is heartwarming Paa Kwesi,” Bawumia posted on Facebook.
Asare will spend three months working with BBC News teams in London across TV, radio and online.
The Ghanaian broadcaster will also receive training and be mentored by leading BBC journalists. As part of the placement, he will travel to a country in Africa to report on a story that will be broadcast to the BBC’s global audiences.
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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