Running time | 30 minutes (7:00 pm – 7:30 pm) |
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Country of origin | Ghana |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | Citi FM 97.3 |
Hosted by | Philip Ashon |
Original release | February 24, 2015 |
Website | citifmonline.com |
Podcast | cititrending.tumblr.com |
CitiTrends also known as #CitiTrends is a 30-minute radio show which airs on Citi FM and focuses on technology solutions available in Ghana especially new media in Ghana. [1] [2] It is one of the few radio shows dedicated to technology in Ghana.
Featured on the show so far are award-winning Fast Company-listed Leti Arts, Wikipedians in Ghana, Facebook's Konstantinos Papamiltiadis, [3] Worldreader, [4] TEDx Accra among others.
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Bernard Koku Avle also known as Bernardino Koku Avle is a Ghanaian media personality, broadcast journalist, public speaker. He is the current host of Citi FM's morning show TheCiti Breakfast Show and the host of the Point Of View Show on ChannelOne. He also moderates and facilitates local and international conferences occasionally.
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Umaru Sanda Amadu is a Ghanaian media personality and broadcast journalist on Citi FM and Citi TV conglomerate. He anchors news bulletins including Eyewitness News on radio and CitiNewsroom on TV. He also hosts the weekly FaceToFace personality-driven discussion show on Citi TV. Umaru Sanda is known in the media fraternity as the 'cowboy journalist'; taking inspiration from his days as a herdsman before joining the media profession. He is the youngest of seven children – three brothers and four sisters – who did not have formal education.