Ameyaw Debrah
Ameyaw Debrah is a young freelance journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He holds a B.A Publishing Studies degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), where he was voted the Best Publishing Student of 2005. During his university education he had a three-month internship programme with the Ghana Universities Press (GUP) where he worked on proposed science and mathematics text books for the Ghana Education Service (GES).
After university, Ameyaw did his National Service at Ovation International (Ghana) Limited and stayed on after completing his service. At Ovation, he became the Research/Web-Editor. Through his work, he has interviewed and met many international personalities such Kofi Annan, Rev Jesse Jackson, President Obasanjo, John Legend, Damon Dash, Ozwald Boateng, Jay Z, Akon, Ade Bantu and many others.
Ameyaw has developed a keen interest in African entertainment and his works are amongst the most celebrated and enjoyed across West Africa. He created the critically acclaimed column, “The Awful Truth with Ameyaw” for Star Newspaper, a weekly entertainment and lifestyle broadsheet published by African Communications Ltd. He won the hearts of many readers with his sharp and often very accurate critique on Ghana’s emerging entertainment industry. His entertainment works can currently be enjoyed across the globe on the worldwide web through his on-line column on www.jamati.com and contributions to www.orijin-ent.com.
Ameyaw is very versatile with his style of writing and his scope is wide and diverse, cutting across entertainment, politics, business and social issues. His current correspondence with the voices of Africa project under www.africanews.com has seen him tackle relevant topics on: access to clean drinking water; disposal of waste in Ghana; impact of pollution on the environment; Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP); road construction networks; China/India influence on Ghana, and many others. Ameyaw has also worked with Nike by providing content for www.nike5showdown.com during a youth football tournament held in Accra between January and February 2008.
