Saddick Adams | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | Saddick Baba Adams |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Other names | Sports Obama |
| Education | Asanteman Senior High School; Sunyani Technical University |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Awards | GJA award for sports Journalism, 2018 |
Saddick Adams, also known as Sports Obama, is a Ghanaian sports journalist and winner of the GJA awards in 2018 for his work in sports journalism. [1] [2]
He started his basic education at Adrobaa Roman Catholic school around Duayaw Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region. He moved to Kumasi at age nine to continue his basic education from St. Peters Basic, Bantama M/A school and finally completed his basic education at Islamic Educational Complex in Kumasi. He then attended Asanteman Senior High School and had his tertiary education at Sunyani Technical University. [1] When he was on campus, he goes to the stadium when there is a game at hand and reports what happens on the field to his colleagues. [2]
He started his early career in sport journalism as an intern at Radio Parrot which was a campus base radio station at Sunyani Technical University. He was in 2018 upgraded to the Head of Sports at Atinka FM. [3] He was appointed manager of Angel TV in Accra where he doubles as a presenter. He has also written for several sports platforms including Ghana Sports Newspaper, Ghanasportsonline.com and the BBC, SuperSport, BeIN Sport and China Global Television Network (CGTN) covering the West Africa sports sub-region. [4] [2]
His pseudonym was given to him by his audience in Sunyani who saw the changes he was bringing into the field of sports journalism as at the time when Barack Obama was campaigning for change earned him the name Sports Obama.
He is a specialist when it comes to football in Africa. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
He won the 2018 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) sports journalist Awards of the year. [12]
Berekum Arsenal Football Club is a Ghanaian football club based in Berekum in the Bono region of Ghana, about 30 minutes drive west from Sunyani. Founded in 1995, They are currently members of the Division One League.
Anas Aremeyaw Anas, better known as Anas, is a Ghanaian journalist born in the late 1970s. He utilizes his anonymity as a tool in his investigative journalism work. Anas is a politically non-aligned multimedia journalist who specializes in print media and documentaries. He focuses on issues of human rights and anti-corruption in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa. In December 2015 Foreign Policy magazine named Anas one of 2015's leading global thinkers. In 2016 Anas had a "Best Journalist" award named after him by the Press Foundation in Ghana.
Citi FM is a privately owned radio station in Accra, the capital of Ghana. Omni Media Limited owns and runs the station. The station was adjudged the best English-speaking Radio Station in Ghana, at the 25th Ghana Journalists Associations' (GJA) Awards ceremony.
Freda Akosua Oheneafrewo Prempeh is a Ghanaian politician, and Member of Parliament in the Seventh Parliament and Eighth Parliament of the fourth republic of Ghana representing Tano North Constituency in the Ahafo Region, Ghana. She was the Minister of State, for the Ministry of works and housing, Ghana and previously served as the Deputy Gender Minister and also Assembly member – "Assembly Woman" from 2002 to 2010 for the Lakoo Electoral Area of the La-Dadekotopo Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.
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.
Isaac Kaledzi is a Ghanaian entrepreneur, broadcast journalist, radio personality, and blogger who is the founder and CEO of Africa Feeds Media Limited, a Pan-African media brand. He currently works for Deutsche Welle as their African correspondent while being based in Ghana. He previously worked for the Ghanaian radio station Starr FM Ghana as an editor.
Mustapha Nii-Okai Inusah, known professionally as Attractive Mustapha is a Ghanaian celebrity journalist and Blogger, CEO of Attractive Media, Attractive Productions, and a communications and IT expert. Attractive Mustapha was the 2017 Entertainment Journalist of the Year and national organizer for the Arts and Tourism Writers Association of Ghana.
Number 12: When Greed and Corruption Become the Norm is an investigative documentary by Ghanaian award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his investigative group, Tiger Eye P. I.
Samuel Atuobi Baah known professionally as Sammy Flex is a Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster and PR. He is the CEO and Chief editor of award-winning Ghanaian Entertainment newspaper Flex Newspaper. He was the communication manager for Zylofon Media and also the manager for highlife singer Kumi Guitar and Zylofon Media as well. Sammy Flex currently is the Ceo of Flex Entertainment Ltd, managers of Sammy Flex TV on YouTube and www.sammyflextv.com and he doubles as the manager of Ghanaian Dancehall musician Shatta Wale.
Juliet Bawuah is a Ghanaian sports journalist who has written for top media houses. She has interviewed FIFA President, Gianni Infantino as well as the former World Player of the Year and former Liberia President George Weah. She became well known as a result of her interview with Gianni Infantino, on the sidelines of a FIFA Summit in the North-Western African country, Mauritania. She also founded the Africa Women's Sports Summit, a program that brings together Africa's leading female sports names and aspiring ones.
Clara Amoateng Benson popularly known as Maame Serwaa is a young Ghanaian actress and brand ambassador. In April 2018, she was featured in BBC Africa’s documentary on the ThrivingGhanaian Movie Industry. She has also won several awards including Kumawood Best Actress of the Year 2015 and Ghana Tertiary Awards Best Actress of the Year 2018.
Kurt Edwin Simon Okraku is a Ghanaian football administrator who has served as the President of the Ghana Football Association since October 2019. He is a former sports journalist and past Executive Chairman of Dreams. He also served on various executive committees of the Ghana Football Association as well as the national team, the Ghana Black Stars.
Daniel Okyere Donkor popularly known with his stage name Mizter Okyere is a Ghanaian saxophonist and producer. In 2019, he was awarded the Best Instrumentalist of the Year at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Dan Kwaku Yeboah is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association during the period of the FIFA Normalisation Committee. He is also the Head of Sports for Despite Media Group who owns Ghanaian media giants Peace FM.
Frederick Owusu AmankwahAcheampong also known as Fred Achee is a Ghanaian football administrator and media personality who is currently a member of the Ghana Football Association's Executive Council. He is currently a General Coordinator for the Confederation of African Football.
Samson Lardy Anyenini is a Ghanaian legal practitioner and broadcast journalist with Multimedia Group Limited. In September 2020, he was crowned the 25th P.V. Ansah Journalist of the Year 2019 at the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards.
Ophelia Ofori Amankwaah known widely as Afia Amankwaah Tamakloe is a Ghanaian TV and radio personality, journalist and a health advocate. She was adjourned the Best Health Reporter at the 25th GJA Awards. She is the host of Nkwa Hia, Nyinsen Ne Awo and M'ahyɛaseɛ on Adom FM/TV.
Kojo Bonsu is a Ghanaian businessman, sports administrator, and politician, who served as the Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly from 2013 to 2016. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress.
Erastus Asare Donkor is a Ghanaian broadcast, investigative, and environmental journalist known for his reporting on the impacts of illegal mining and climate change in Ghana. He is an assisting editor with JoyFM, JoyNews, and Luv FM, subsidiaries of Multimedia Group Limited. Donkor has received awards for his journalism, including the Journalist of the Year award from the Ghana Journalists Association at the PAV Ansah GJA awards.
Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo is a Ghanaian sports broadcast journalist and writer who serves as the Lead Sports Editor for the Multimedia Group Limited, based in Accra, Ghana.
  | This Ghanaian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |