Beatrice Agyeman Abbey

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Beatrice Agyemang
OccupationCEO/ General Manager
Years active2000-present

Beatrice Agyeman Abbey is a Ghanaian Chief Executive Officer and General manager of Media General, a large Ghanaian media organization that owns and operates TV3, Onua FM, 3FM, Connect FM, Akoma FM, and MG Digital, among others. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2021, she was awarded as the Outstanding Broadcast Media CEO of the Year in the Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive Awards. [9]

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Education

She obtained both her bachelor's degree and master's degree from GIMPA. [10]

Career

Beatrice started her career in 2000 as a reporter, then a Broadcast Journalist and News Anchor. [11] In 2017, she became the General Manager for the Media General. She was the Head of the Media General Digital for over a year and General Manager of Media General Radio for sometime. [12] She has interviewed notable persons such as John Agyekum Kufuor, John Mahama, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. She has worked with major news houses such as BBC, Sky TV, Citizen TV, CNN, VOA, and Kiss TV in Kenya. [10]

Beatrice Agyeman Abbey has been recognized on Avance Media's 2023 list of the 100 Most Influential African Women. Leading one of Ghana's foremost media organizations. [8] Beatrice Agyeman Abbey, a distinguished alumna of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), leveraged her bachelor's and master's degrees from the institution as the cornerstone of her illustrious career in the media industry. [8]

Awards

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References

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