Berla Mundi

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Berla Mundi
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Mundi in 2020
Born
Berlinda Addardey

(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36)
Alma materAchimota School
University of Ghana
Ghana Institute of Journalism
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, Journalist
Years active2013–present
Known forMiss Malaika, VGMA

Berlinda Addardey, popularly known as Berla Mundi, (born 1st April 1988) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana to the parent Mama Ruby Mundi of Accra. She is a Ghanaian media personality, [1] [2] women's advocate and voice artist. [3] [4] In 2019, she co-hosted the 20th VGMA [5] with Kwami Sefa Kayi. [6] [7] She has co-hosted the VGMA for six consecutive times.

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Education

Berla is an alumna of St. Theresa's School, Achimota School and the University of Ghana where she studied linguistics and psychology for her first degree. [2]

She studied French at Alliance Franҫaise. [2] She also studied at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. [8] She also holds a certification from Harvard Business School Executive Education on Developing Yourself as a Leader.

Career

Berla Mundi began her media career after becoming the second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Maliaka beauty pageant. [1] [9] After which she proceeded to co-host the event and later became a judge in the same pageant [10] which birthed her career in the media space. She also worked with GHOne TV a subsidiary of the EIB Network for five years. She is currently with TV3 Ghana a subsidiary of Media General Ghana Limited. [11] [12] Berla hosted reality shows and corporate events. [13] [14] [15] She hosted Africa's first syndicated show on DSTV, Moment with MO. She was recognized as the most influential Ghanaian in 2017 by Avance Media. [2] [16] [17] In 2017 she won The Most Stylish Media Personality at the Glitz Style Awards Founded by Claudia Lumor. [18]

Mundi is known for her advocacy for girls and women's rights. [19] [20] She launched a mentoring and career guidance project in 2018 [19] which aims to offer knowledge, guidance, and skills training to young women. [3] Her mission is to inspire girls to reach their full potential by cultivating confidence, drive and a growth mindset. [21]

She established the Berla Mundi foundation in 2015 to impact young women. [22] In June 2019, Mundi was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog, under the Polaris series. [23] She is also the founder of the B.You project. [24]

She's worked with international organisations such as Samsung, Global citizen festival and others.

She is an astute MC and event hostess co-hosting big events in Ghana and abroad such as Miss Malaika, MTN Hitmaker, Global Citizen Festival, VGMA's, Grammy Africa Nominee Brunch, Gitex Africa and many others [4]

Personal life

Berla Mundi is married to David Tabi where they had their wedding on 5 January 2024 in a private ceremony in Accra. [25] [26]

Shows hosted

YearTitleNetwork
2013

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2016

Rhythmz LiveGHone
2017Glitterati [27] GHone
2018The Late Afternoon ShowGHone
2014

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2018

Miss MalaikaGHone
2017

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present

MTN HitmakerGHone, TV3
2018

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2020

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA)GHone, DSTV, TV3...
2019

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present

 New Day- Morning show TV3
2019

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present

The Day ShowTV3
2020

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present

COVID-19 360TV3
2022Global Citizen festival - AccraGlobal Citizen
202466th Grammy's African Nominee BrunchGrammy

Awards and recognition

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