Accra, May 27,GNA-Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, distinguished journalist and Board Chairman of the Ghana News Agency, passed away in London yesterday after a short illness with cancer.
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 also a former member and Chairman of the National Media Commission.
He also served as president of the Ghana Association of Writers(GAW).
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 media trainer and communication consultant for several corporate, iintergovernmental and non-governmental organizations including: the telecoms giant MTN, some UN agencies, the Media Foundation for West Africa, STAR Ghana and others.
He wad a graduate of Apam Secondary School and the University of Ghana, Legon.
He is survived by six children.
Burial and funeral arrangements will be announced by the family in due course.
GNA
Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong