{"id":93428,"date":"2023-08-21T13:50:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/21\/tv3s-paa-kwesi-asare-becomes-first-ghanaian-to-win-the-bbc-komla-dumor-award\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:50:20","slug":"tv3s-paa-kwesi-asare-becomes-first-ghanaian-to-win-the-bbc-komla-dumor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/21\/tv3s-paa-kwesi-asare-becomes-first-ghanaian-to-win-the-bbc-komla-dumor-award\/","title":{"rendered":"TV3&#8217;s Paa Kwesi Asare Becomes First Ghanaian To Win The BBC Komla Dumor Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Paa Kwesi Asare of TV3 has been named the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award winner. Paa Kwesi oversees the business desk at Media General, the top media organization in Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"901\" style=\"display:block!important;text-align:center!important;min-width:468px;max-width:100%!important;padding:0;line-height:0;float:none!important;margin-top:15px!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:auto!important;min-height:60px\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He serves as an anchor for TV3\u2019s main newscast at 7 o\u2019clock each evening and is the host of the weekly business and economic analysis show Business Focus.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"909\" style=\"margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;display:block!important;min-width:580px;margin-top:15px!important;margin-left:auto!important;text-align:center!important;min-height:400px;max-width:100%!important;line-height:0;padding:0;float:none!important\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With this outstanding achievement, a Ghanaian journalist becomes the first recipient of the \u201cBBC News Komla Dumor Award,\u201d which was established in 2015 to honor the memory of renowned broadcaster Komla Dumor.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"910\" style=\"margin-top:15px!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;max-width:100%!important;line-height:0;padding:0;float:none!important;margin-left:auto!important;display:block!important;text-align:center!important;min-width:728px;min-height:90px\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A renowned Ghanaian journalist named Komla Dumor worked for BBC News as the primary presenter of the show \u201cFocus on Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"911\" style=\"min-height:280px;max-width:100%!important;padding:0;float:none!important;display:block!important;min-width:336px;margin-left:auto!important;text-align:center!important;line-height:0;margin-top:15px!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px!important\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The prestigious yearly award is given \u201cto an outstanding individual living and working in Africa, who combines strong journalism skills, on-air flair, and an exceptional talent in telling African stories with the ambition and potential to become a star of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_second_paragraph\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia have all received the honor twice during the past seven years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"912\" style=\"padding:0;float:none!important;margin-top:15px!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;min-width:580px;min-height:400px;line-height:0;margin-left:auto!important;display:block!important;text-align:center!important;max-width:100%!important\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The award package includes access to the BBC\u2019s elite training facility in London for professional development.<\/p>\n<p>Paa Kwesi expressed his gratitude for receiving the BBC News Komla Dumor Award by saying that he was immensely honored to receive it.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-913\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"913\" style=\"max-width:100%!important;padding:0;margin-bottom:15px!important;min-width:300px;margin-right:auto!important;margin-left:auto!important;display:block!important;text-align:center!important;min-height:250px;line-height:0;float:none!important;margin-top:15px!important\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>As the first Ghanaian [to win the award], it is humbling, and I thank God for his grace. I believe this is a watershed moment in my career. Komla is someone I admired greatly and respected. I looked up to him for inspiration and I believe he influenced me positively in my journalism career. Like Komla, we both didn\u2019t start off as \u201cout and out journalists\u201d, but we persevered to make a difference in the profession\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>He described Komla\u2019s style of journalism as authentic, charming, coupled with his towering figure. \u201cI will try and hold on to the values he espoused while striving to be the best of myself\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-914\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span data-ez-ph-id=\"914\" style=\"margin-top:15px!important;margin-bottom:15px!important;margin-left:auto!important;display:block!important;text-align:center!important;min-width:300px;min-height:250px;padding:0;float:none!important;margin-right:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;line-height:0\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paa Kwesi Asare of TV3 has been named the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award winner. Paa Kwesi oversees the business desk at Media General, the top media organization in Ghana. He serves as an anchor for TV3\u2019s main newscast at 7 o\u2019clock each evening and is the host of the weekly business and economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TV3&#039;s Paa Kwesi Asare Becomes First Ghanaian To Win The BBC Komla Dumor Award - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/21\/tv3s-paa-kwesi-asare-becomes-first-ghanaian-to-win-the-bbc-komla-dumor-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TV3&#039;s Paa Kwesi Asare Becomes First Ghanaian To Win The BBC Komla Dumor Award - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paa Kwesi Asare of TV3 has been named the 2023 BBC News Komla Dumor Award winner. 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