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2015 Ghana Journalist Awards: Full Winners List

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The 20th edition of the Ghana Journalist Awards was held at the banquet Hall of the state house in Accra on Saturday; under the theme, “Ghana in Search of Reliable Energy to Power Development: The Role of the Media.”

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama was the special guest of honour–Rt. Rev Prof Emmanuel Asante, chairman of the National Peace Council and Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana was the chairperson for the programme with Mr Kweku Andoh Awotwi, Principal at Africa Power System as guest speaker.

Twenty-six Ghanaian journalists were awarded at the 2015 GJA Awards.

Winners List Below;

Seth Kwame Boateng – Ghana Journalist of the Year Award

Seth J. Bokpe – GJA Komla Dumor Most Promising Young Journalist Award

Seth Kwame Boateng (Joy FM) Features on Radio – (Bloody land)

Seth Kwame Boateng – Features on Television (I shake I walk)

Gabriel Ahiabor (Daily Graphic) – (Energy self-sufficiency; village of Dadekopke)

Gabriel Ahiabor (Daily Graphic) – Agriculture – (Water melon not just water and sugar)

Joseph Opoku Gakpo (Joy FM) – Poverty alleviation (Millennium)

Joseph Opoku Gakpo – Human rights – (

Wendy Laryea (TV3) – Education – (The waiting is over)

Wendy Laryea (TV3) – Digital journalism – (From floor to desk)

Rebecca Awuah (GBC) – Arts and Tourism

Elvis Darko (Finder) – Courts and crime (One woman, two husbands)

Mabel Aku Baneseh (Daily Graphic) – Anti corruption – (Rot at National Service Scheme)

Daniel Nanor (Chronicle) – Environment – (Galamsey)

Kwetey Nartey(Joy FM) – Investigative Reporting – (Red light beats)

Kwetey Nartey (Joy FM) – Narcotics – (Narcotic school boys)

Jamila Akweley (Daily Guide) Liquid gold best food ever

Zadok K. Gyesi (Daily Graphic) Small and Medium Enterprise (Unnoticed gold mining)

Samuel Adade (GNA)

Della Rusell Ocloo – Sanitation – (Ongoing battle with Zinginshor)

David Andoh (Myjoyonline) – Photography – (Two motorbikes in head-on collision)

Kafui Kaney (GNA) – Rural reporting; Child labour – (Kids abandon school)

Alberto Mario Noretti (Ghanaian Times) – Rural reporting – (Dabi dabi where no one dies)

Ayele Ayittey – Disability Reporting – (Who Learns Sign Language)

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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