Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, a veteran journalist and former Chairman of the National Media Commission has passed on in London.
He is said to have died on Monday. He was 74.
Nana Gyan-Apenteng, former editor and columnist of The Mirror weekly newspaper, was the Apagyahene of Tafo Eti in the Eastern Region.
He was deputy editor of the erstwhile London-based West Africa magazine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Returning to Ghana in the 1990s, Nana Gyan-Apenteng worked with the Third World Network as head of the non-governmental organization’s communication unit and editor of its monthly magazine, Africa Agenda.
He served as a media trainer and communication consultant for several corporate, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations including the telecoms giant MTN, some UN agencies, the Media Foundation for West Africa, STAR-Ghana, and others.
He was a graduate of Apam Secondary School and the University of Ghana, Legon. He is survived by six children.
The family will announce burial and funeral arrangements in due course.
