Nana Boakye-Yiadom (journalist)

Nana Boakye-Yiadom (born 21 February 1983) is a Ghanaian journalist, trainer and communications consultant. He is best known as a news presenter, anchor and editor of the Accra-based[1][2][3] radio station Citi FM.

Nana Boakye-Yiadom
Born (1983-02-21) February 21, 1983
OccupationJournalist
NationalityGhanaian

He is also a former Deputy Director of News Programming at the station. Boakye-Yiadom also corresponds for The New York Times, Radio France International (RFI English Service) and Agence France-Presse (AFP).[4][5][6]

Career

Boakye-Yiadom worked with Citi FM close to 10 years where he once served as a Deputy Director of News Programming; supervising a news force made up of 45 journalists in Greater-Accra and the 9 other regions. During his active days as a journalist, he was a Ghana correspondent for New York Times, RFl (English Service) and global news agency AFP.[7]

In 2013, his work 'Phone Farming' won the first prize in the African Story Challenge. The story assessed the impact of SMS technology on people's farms and families in Ghana.[8] Additionally, the story won the Best Online Story at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Award in 2013.[9][10]

He got selected as a 2016 Mandela Washington Fellow and studied Civic Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Boakye-Yiadom is the founder of IJourno Africa, a not–for profit organization, focused on data journalism training.

He worked with a PR firm, Hyderus, as an Africa Communications Specialist. Later joined the Guiness Ghana (Diageo) as a Corporate Communications Manager. Currently serves as a Senior Communications Coordinator at Pan-African Infrastructure Fund.[11]

Education

Boakye-Yiadom is a Chevening Scholar with a masters degree in International Public Relations and Global Communications Management from Cardiff University in the UK.

Awards

References
  1. Segbefia, Lawrence (2016-11-18). "Citi FM wins Jumia Travel Awards for promoting tourism [photos]". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  2. Nyabor, Jonas (2017-02-07). "Citi FM Ghana's most influential media brand on social media". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. "Citi Breakfast Show named CIMG programme of the year [Pnotos]". ModernGhana.com. 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. "News - Nana Boakye-Yiadom - RFI". RFI. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  5. Bagnetto, Laura Angela (2016-06-11). "African Media - RFI Ghana correspondent wins US fellowship for data journalism project". RFI. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  6. "Nana Boakye-Yiadom". IREX. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  7. "Citi FM's Nana Boakye-Yiadom selected for YALI". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  8. Interview: Nana Boakye-Yiadom of CitiFM, African Story Challenge winner, retrieved 2022-02-14
  9. "Nana Boakye-Yiadom's schedule for 10th Global Investigative Journalism Conference". gijc17.sched.com. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  10. "Citi FM's Nana Boakye-Yiadom wins best online story". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  11. "Team". iWatch Africa. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  12. Ghana, News (2013-11-07). "Citi FM's Nana Boakye-Yiadom Wins African Story Challenge Top Award | News Ghana". News Ghana. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  13. "Twenty Finalists Emerge in $1 Million Story Challenge | ICFJ - International Center for Journalists". www.icfj.org. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  14. Osam, Efua Idan (2014-08-31). "Citi FM's Nana Boakye-Yiadom wins best online story". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  15. "FOUR MULTIMEDIA GROUP JOURNALISTS WIN GJA AWARDS". www.m.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  16. "Ghana's Mandela Washington Fellows depart for United States". www.ghanaweb.com. 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  17. Sarpong, Jeffrey (2016-06-02). "Citi FM's Nana Boakye-Yiadom selected for YALI". Ghana News. Retrieved 2017-02-22.


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