Auguster Asantewa Boateng

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Auguster Asantewa Boateng
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Auguster Asantewa Boateng, media professional & social entrepreneur
OccupationNews anchor, Broadcaster, Journalist
Known forNews Anchor

Auguster Asantewa Boateng is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist, communication professional and social entrepreneur who currently works as director of SHE Media and chief editor of power house magazine. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Career

Auguster is a journalist and chief executive officer of SHE Media and also a social entrepreneur in Ghana. She is also a gender activist. [6] [7]

Awards and recognition

Auguster was awarded the 'Most Outstanding Female Personality in Education' award in 2018. [8] [9] In April 2021, She was appointed as The Federation of International Gender and Human Rights (FIGHR) Ambassador to Ghana [10]

Other works

Auguster is the founder of a nonprofit and human right advocacy group called The Butterfly Effect. This group aims at promoting education among the deprived regions in Ghana [11] [12] She is also a development counselor and life coach [13] [14] [15]

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