MTN Media Awards: BusinessWeekGhana’s Kofi Ahovi wins big

Editor of BusinessWeekGhana, Kofi Ahovi, emerged the second runner up in the online category at the maiden MTN Ghana Bright Media Awards, held in Accra on Saturday, March 11, 2022.

The award ceremony forms part of the telecom giant’s 25th anniversary celebrations which started last year.

Ahovi’s article touched on how Mobile Money service has changed the lives of vendors by providing them with employment and thereby addressing, to a large extent, the critical issue of unemployment in the country.

It also touched on how the Mobile Money service has become a secondary source of income to others while augmenting their income.

Receiving the award in person, Ahovi thanked MTN for organizing and recognizing the contributions of journalists towards the growth of the telecom industry in Ghana.

He prayed for more of such kind gestures and further called on other stakeholders to initiate moves to motivate journalists as such gestures contribute largely to the promotion of higher journalistic standards in the country.

According to the judges more than 70 entries were received by the organizers from media practitioners from across the country.

Other award winners

In the online category, the winners were Samuel Dowuona of Tech24gh, Rev Dr. Felix Klutse of Business Day Ghana and Kofi Ahovi of Businessweek.

For the print category, the winners were Ama Barfi Achaah of Daily Graphic, Michael Abataye of Ghanaian Times and Suleiman Mustapha of Daily Graphic.

In the TV category, Francisca Sedinam Arhin of GhOne TV, Kweku Bolton of GBC, and Phil John Quartey were the winners.

For the radio category, Thomas Tetteh and Rosemond Adjetey won prizes in the first and second slots.

Other special awards were also given to some media institutions and deserving individuals including Journalists for Business Advocacy (JBA) which has Kofi Ahovi is its vice president, the Private Newspaper and Online Publishers Association (PRINPAG), and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)