Paa Kwesi Asare

In August 2023 Paa Kwesi Asare became the first Ghanaian to win BBC News's Komla Dumor Award, the eighth journalist to receive it. He heads the business desk at TV3 Ghana.

Background

Born in Accra on 3 May 1987, he is the son of Sitsofe Setse, from Peki-Dzake, and the late Kwame Asare, from Guaman in Oti. School took him from St. Joseph's Anglican in Kaneshie to Ghana National College in Cape Coast, and on to Legon for a degree combining sociology with political science. He later added two master's degrees: public administration at Auburn University in the US and digital marketing at Birmingham City University in England.

Newsrooms

He started at Radio Univers on the Legon campus, then worked at Citi FM, at Joy FM from 2010 to 2014 and at Starr FM before joining TV3 in 2016. There he anchors the news and presents Business Focus, a weekly programme on business and the economy. He also works as a social media strategist and corporate MC.