Owuraku Ampofo is a Ghanaian sports journalist and writer known for his use of data in journalism. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is former presenter of Prime Sport on Joy News and the current sports anchor at TV3 Ghana.
Owuraku Ampofo is a Ghanaian sports journalist and writer known for his use of data in journalism. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is former presenter of Prime Sport on Joy News and the current sports anchor at TV3 Ghana.
Owuraku Ampofo was born on October 9, 1996 [5] in Ghana. He is Akan and grew up in Koforidua, a city in the Eastern Region of Ghana. From 2009 to 2011, Ampofo attended Faith Montessori School for his general studies. He studied journalism at Ashesi University. [6] He earned a Computer Science bachelor's degree from the esteemed Ashesi University. He is also an alumnus of Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School where he had his high school education. [7]
During his time in college in 2018, Owuraku started out as a football player, competing for Koans FC in the Ashesi League's third division. Before interning and starting his full-time job as a sports journalist at Joy FM (Ghana), he started off writing for sports start-ups like the Ghana Fans blog, Sportskeeda, [8] and others. In 2017, he began working there full-time. Owuraku resigned from his role as host of Prime Sport at Joy News in 2022 [9] to join TV3 Ghana the same year. [10]
In 2019, he was one of 100 invitees to a conference supported by the British Council. [11] He was named the Ubora Sports Man of the Year during his time at Ashesi University. [12] In 2021, Owuraku was announced as one of Avance Media's 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians. [13]
In 2022, Owuraku Ampofo was named sports influencer of the year 2022 at the Pulse Influencer Awards. [14]
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