Berla Mundi

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Berla Mundi
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Mundi in 2020
Born
Berlinda Addardey

(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36)
Alma materAchimota School
University of Ghana
Ghana Institute of Journalism
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, Journalist
Years active2013–present
Known forMiss Malaika , VGMA

Berlinda Addardey, popularly known as Berla Mundi, (born 1 April 1988) is a Ghanaian media personality, [1] [2] women's advocate and voice artist. [3] [4] In 2019, she co-hosted the 20th VGMA [5] with Kwami Sefa Kayi. [6] [7] She has co-hosted the VGMA for six consecutive times.

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Education

Berla is an alumna of St. Theresa's School, Achimota School and the University of Ghana where she studied linguistics and psychology for her first degree. [2]

She studied French at Alliance Franҫaise. [2] She also studied at the Ghana Institute of Journalism. [8] She also holds a certification from Harvard Business School Executive Education on Developing Yourself as a Leader.

Career

Mundi began her media career after becoming the second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Maliaka beauty pageant. [1] [9] After which she proceeded to co-host the event and later became a judge in the same pageant [10] which birthed her career in the media space. She also worked with GHOne TV a subsidiary of the EIB Network for five years. She is currently with TV3 Ghana a subsidiary of Media General Ghana Limited. [11] [12] Berla hosted reality shows and corporate events. [13] [14] [15] She hosted Africa's first syndicated show on DSTV, Moment with MO. She was recognized as the most influential Ghanaian in 2017 by Avance Media. [2] [16] [17] In 2017 She won The Most Stylish Media Personality at the Glitz Style Awards Founded by Claudia Lumor. [18]

Mundi is known for her advocacy for girls and women's rights. [19] [20] She launched a mentoring and career guidance project in 2018. [19] It aims to offer skills training to young women. [3]

She established the Berla Mundi foundation in 2015. [21] In June 2019, Mundi was featured in the Visual Collaborative electronic catalog, under the Polaris series. [22] She is also the founder of the B.You project. [23]

She's worked with international organisations such as Samsung, Global citizen festival and others.

She is an astute MC and event hostess co-hosting big events in Ghana and abroad such as Miss Malaika, MTN Hitmaker, Global Citizen Festival, VGMA's, Grammy Africa Nominee Brunch, Gitex Africa and many others [4]

Personal life

Mundi married David Tabi in a private ceremony on 5 January 2024 in Accra. [24]

Shows hosted

YearTitleNetwork
2013

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2016

Rhythmz LiveGHone
2017Glitterati [25] GHone
2018The Late Afternoon ShowGHone
2014

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2018

Miss MalaikaGHone
2017

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present

MTN HitmakerGHone, TV3
2018

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2020

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA)GHone, DSTV, TV3...
2019

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present

 New Day- Morning show TV3
2019

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present

The Day ShowTV3
2020

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present

COVID-19 360TV3
2022Global Citizen festival - AccraGlobal Citizen

Awards and recognition

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