Paul Adom Otchere

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Paul Adom Otchere
Born
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Education Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School
University of Ghana
University of London
OccupationBroadcast journalist
Years active1999–present
Notable credit(s)Good Evening Ghana, Metro TV (Ghana)

Paul Adom Otchere is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and the host of Good Evening Ghana - a current affairs TV program in Ghana. [1] He served as a board member of the National Communications Authority [2] [3] before he was appointed as chairperson of board of Ghana Airports Company Limited. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Otchere grew up in Burma Camp (Accra, Ghana) where his father served, first as an infantry lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion and later as a finance officer with the army's pay corps. His early education was at Garrison Primary School in Burma Camp; his secondary education was at Presbyterian Boys' Senior High School. He later gained admission to the University of Ghana where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Classics. He then studied law, obtaining an LLB from the same university. He also studied at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies where he was awarded a Master of Science in Development Economics. [1]

Broadcast career

Otchere worked as a news reporter in the late 1990s and was awarded 'Best News Reporter' in 2001 by the Ghana Journalists Association. He covered the 2001 United Kingdom general election working as a news reporter for the BBC. [6]

He is the producer and the host of one of Ghana's longest political talk show Good Evening Ghana [1] [7] where he has interviewed notable Ghanaians. [8] [9] [10]

Award

He won Best News Reporter in 2021 organized by Ghana Journalist Association [11]

Personal life

He married Rosemary Adom Otchere on 30 December 2005. [12] His wife received appointment from President Akufo-Addo as the new Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Paul Adom-Otchere appointed NCA board member". GhanaWeb. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ablakwa: NDC will be vigilant with Akufo-Addo appointee Adom-Otchere". Kweku Zurek. Graphic Online. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Akufo-Addo appoints Paul Adom-Otchere as Board Chair of GACL". GhanaWeb. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Prez Akufo-Addo appoints Paul Adom-Otchere Ghana Airports Chair". Graphic Online. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Straight Talk Journal: A conversation with Paul Adom-Otchere". GhanaWeb. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Tony Aidoo walks out on Good Evening Ghana". Myjoyonline. 21 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "PLAYBACK: Akufo-Addo speaks on Good Evening Ghana". No. 29 October 2020. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "President Mahama dazzles on Good Evening Ghana". GhanaWeb. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Okudzeto Ablakwa 'exposed' again over NPP's 'One District, One Factory' claim". GhanaWeb. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Ghana Journalists Association
  12. ↑ "Adom-Otchere Takes a Wife". GhanaWeb. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Adom-Otchere Wife Appointment". citinewsroom. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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