Nana Akua

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Nana Akua
Born
Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah

(1971-07-19) 19 July 1971 (age 53)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • journalist
Known for GB News

Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah (born 19 July 1971) is a British television presenter and journalist working for GB News.

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Early life

Akua was born on 19 July 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [1] [2] The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, she and her family moved to the United States when she was 11 years old. [2] Akua studied business and finance at university. [2]

Career

During her career, Akua has worked for various radio stations including Kiss 100, Capital Radio, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital radio station [2] and BBC Three Counties Radio. [3]

On television, Akua worked as a presenter for Bid-Up.TV and Price Drop, [2] later working for the BBC on Look East and Holiday . She also appeared as a panellist on Good Morning Britain on ITV and Jeremy Vine on Channel 5, [4] as well as being a contributor to a Panorama programme dealing with mortgage scammers. She later worked as a continuity announcer for the BBC. [5] [2]

She formerly presented Tonight Live with Nana Akua on GB News [6] and said that GB News was "striking a chord" with the British public when speaking to Sky News Australia. [7]

In December 2023, Akua was awarded a Commonwealth Business Award in recognition for her contribution in the media and was nominated for a Charles Gordon Trust Award for Best Presenter. [8]

Personal views

Akua worked with the Department of Health and Social Care to encourage black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, [4] and called GB News co-host Darren McCaffrey a "hypocrite" live on-air for opposing compulsory vaccinations against COVID-19 for staff in care homes. [9]

Akua has criticised "taking the knee" against racism as an example of virtue signalling. Akua has linked it to Black Lives Matter (BLM), which she calls a "far-left Marxist pressure group and political organisation" and has supported England football fans who did not agree with the gesture of taking the knee, but said that booing is bad manners. [10]

Akua supports the death penalty. [11]

On the Jeremy Vine show on 15 October 2021, Akua claimed that letting refugees drown when crossing the Channel would “stop people trafficking”

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nana Akua". nanaakua.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "BBC Three Counties Radio - Nana Akua". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 Sherwin, Adam (29 April 2021). "GB News signs Nana Akua as another BBC presenter jumps ship to join Andrew Neil's channel". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Mulderrig, Amie (11 May 2011). "Mother's bid to become 'Mrs Motivator'". Watford Observer. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Collier, Hatty (21 May 2021). "GB News reveals line-up of shows with Andrew Neil to host primetime evening news programme". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "'Sick of the woke agenda': UK gets conservative news alternative". Sky News Australia. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Submit a Nomination for 2023 CGTAwards". Golden Lion Awards. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  9. ↑ Adejobi, Alicia (16 June 2021). "GB News' Nana brands co-host Darren a 'hypocrite' in vaccine clash". Metro. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (10 June 2021). "England fans who boo taking the knee are not racist but protesting at gesture politics, says GB News presenter Nana Akua". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "American Lawyer shuts down calls for capital punishment to return to UK: 'NOT a deterrent!'". Siapan Tribune. 28 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.


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