Popular Accra-based TV station Atinka TV has won “Best TV Programme (Ghanaian Language)” at the 30th edition of the Ghana Journalism Awards.[GJA]
Atinka TV won the award with their programme, “Missing Persons, Reuniting Families.” The award was received on behalf of the station by Nana Adwoa Annan, MD of Bullet TV.
The winners were announced on Saturday night at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel’s Palms Convention Centre in Accra, with President John Dramani Mahama as the keynote speaker and the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, as the chairman.
O.B., host of Ekosiisen—Asempa FM’s afternoon current affairs show—also won “Best Radio Programme in a Ghanaian Language” on the night.
The 30th edition which was held under the theme “Celebrating Excellence, Advancing Media Freedom and Combating Hate Speech in the Digital Age”, covered work published in 2025.
The committee, chaired by Kobby Asmah, assessed 327 entries from 206 applicants and settled on 36 citations.
The Daily Graphic’s Timothy Ngnenbe was the most decorated journalist of the night, taking home three awards. EIB Network’s Redwan Karim Dini Osman and A1 Radio’s Moses Apiah won two awards each.
Below is the full list of winners
News, features, documentaries and columns
- Best in Print News: Mohammed Fugu, Daily Graphic
- Best in Television News: Nabil Ahmed Rufai, freelance, for “Stolen Childhood”, on child labour in Ghana’s fishing industry
- Best in Radio News: Redwan Karim Dini Osman, EIB Network, for a story on how the US aid freeze put HIV care at risk
- Best in Online News: Timothy Ngnenbe, Daily Graphic, for “Unguarded Guards”, on the ordeal of Ghana’s forest guards
- Best in Print Features: Benedicta Gyimaah Folley, Ghanaian Times, for a feature on how collaboration is saving mothers in childbirth
- Best in Television Features: Daniel Mantey, Pent TV
- Best in Radio Features: Clinton Yeboah, Luv FM, for a feature on women living with obstetric fistula
- Best in Online Features: Gilbert Azeem Tiroog, Ghana News Agency, for “Dreams Buried by Bullets”, on children caught up in recurring conflict
- Best in Television Documentary: Godwin Asediba, for “Hooked on Red” on TV3 (he has since joined the BBC)
- Best in Radio Documentary: Doreen Ampofo, GBC, for “Modern-day Slavery: Voices from the Gulf”
- Best in Online Documentary: Nii Adjei Mensahfio, freelance, for a documentary on poaching and bush burning in Mole National Park
- Best Columnist (Print): Juliet Etefe, Business and Financial Times
- Best Columnist (Online): Samuel Dowuona, TechFocus24, for “MTN’s confusing 5G stance and what it means”
Beats
- Sports: Nathaniel Attoh, Joy FM, The Multimedia Group. Wembley Sports Complex added a GH¢50,000 cash prize.
- Education: Stanley Nii Blewu, 3News, Media General
- Investigative: Francisca Enchill, JoyNews
- Photojournalism: Prince Kukorku, GBC
- Arts and Entertainment: James Amoh Jr, Ghana News Agency
- Business: Redwan Karim Dini Osman, EIB Network
- Environment and Science: Timothy Ngnenbe, Daily Graphic
- Health: Moses Apiah, A1 Radio
- Akoto Ampaw Award for Democracy and Good Governance: Albert Futukpor, Ghana News Agency
- Gender: Dzifa Tetteh Tay, freelance
- Crime and Court: Kweku Bolton, GBC
Special campaign awards
- Disability: Nicholas Azebire, Dreamz FM
- Domestic Tourism: Emmanuel Adu Gyamfi, Asempadawuro
- Road Safety: Christian Yalley, TV3, Media General
- Illegal Mining: Timothy Ngnenbe, Daily Graphic
- Bank of Ghana Governor’s Economic and Financial Story of the Year: Esther Aidoo, GBC. The prize includes a laptop, a router and a year’s free data from the Bank of Ghana.
The central bank’s Governor, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, introduced the new financial journalism award at the ceremony.
Programmes and platforms
- Best TV Programme (Ghanaian language): Missing Persons, Reuniting Families, Atinka TV
- Best Radio Programme (Ghanaian language): Ekosiisen, Asempa FM
- Best Radio/TV Programme (English): Behind the News, Radio Ghana
- Best Digital and New Media Platform: GH-Hyper
Top individual honours
- Best Student Journalist: Jennifer Frimpong-Wiredu, UniMAC-IJ, for “Etymology of Trotro”, broadcast on GBC’s Akan News
- GJA/Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist: Moses Apiah, A1 Radio
- GJA/PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year: Philip Osei Bonsu (O.B.), Asempa FM
Honorary awards
The GJA also gave honorary awards to Inspector-General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin, Tobinco Group founder Nana Amo Tobbin I, and Special Group CEO and UniMAC Chancellor Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong.
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