Deloris Frimpong Manso

Deloris Frimpong Manso started in radio at 17, presenting on Life FM in Nkawkaw in 1999. Nine years later she launched The Delay Show on TV3, and "Delay" became one of the best-known names in Ghanaian media.

Career

She was born on 25 June 1982 and attended Aburi Senior High School and Methodist University College. She moved to Top Radio in Accra in 2005 and to Oman FM in 2007, staying until 2016. Her company, Maxgringo Productions, produced the TV series Afia Schwarzenegger (2011) and Cocoa Brown, the latter loosely based on her own life. She also sells Delay-branded mackerel and sardines.

A regular speaker at youth and women's events, she has said she wants to be Ghana's first female president by 2032. She was named Most Outstanding Woman of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Outstanding Women Awards.