Berlinda Addardey, popularly known as Berla Mundi, (born 1 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. [8]
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. [9] She also holds a certification from Harvard Business School Executive Education on Developing Yourself as a Leader.
Berla Mundi began her media career after becoming the second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Maliaka beauty pageant. [1] [10] After which she proceeded to co-host the event and later became a judge in the same pageant [11] 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. [12] [13] Berla hosted reality shows and corporate events. [14] [15] [16] 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] [17] [18] In 2017 she won The Most Stylish Media Personality at the Glitz Style Awards Founded by Claudia Lumor. [19]
Mundi is known for her advocacy for girls and women's rights. [20] [21] She launched a mentoring and career guidance project in 2018 [20] 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. [22]
She established the Berla Mundi foundation in 2015 to impact young women. [23] In June 2019, Mundi was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog, under the Polaris series. [24] She is also the founder of the B.You project. [25]
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]
Berla Mundi is married to David Tabi where they had their wedding on 5 January 2024 in a private ceremony in Accra. [26] [27]
| Year | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2016 | Rhythmz Live | GHone |
| 2017 | Glitterati [28] | GHone |
| 2018 | The Late Afternoon Show | GHone |
| 2014 - 2018 | Miss Malaika | GHone |
| 2017 - present | MTN Hitmaker | GHone, TV3 |
| 2018 - 2020 | Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) | GHone, DSTV, TV3... |
| 2019 - present | New Day- Morning show | TV3 |
| 2019 - present | The Day Show | TV3 |
| 2020 - present | COVID-19 360 | TV3 |
| 2022 | Global Citizen festival - Accra | Global Citizen |
| 2024 | 66th Grammy's African Nominee Brunch | Grammy |