Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow | |
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| 16th Director-General of the GBC | |
| In office 2016–2018 | |
| President | John Mahama (November 2016-January 2017) Nana Akufo-Addo (January 2017-January 2018) |
| Preceded by | Albert Don-Chebe |
| Succeeded by | Amin Alhassan |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | University of Calgary |
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| Profession | Academic |
Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow is a Ghanaian journalist, academic and public servant. He was the 16th Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 2016 to 2018.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Anoff-Ntow was born in October 1964. He holds a doctorate degree (Doctor of Philosophy) in Communications Studies from the University of Calgary, Canada, where he used the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation as a case study for his thesis; "Public Broadcasting and the politics of media in Ghana: a case study of GBC".[8][9][10] As an academic, his research interests are in the sphere of newsroom journalism, the politics and public broadcasting in Africa, communication policies and the politics involved in visual representation.[9][10]
He is a member of the International Public Television (INPUT) forum, the Ghana Journalists Association, and the Canadian Communication Association.[9][10] He also serves on the board of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA).[9][10]