Francisca Ashietey-Odunton

Francisca Ashietey-Odunton is a Ghanaian journalist and broadcaster. She is married with two kids. She is currently the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

Early Life / Career

Francisca Ashietey-Odunton attended Aburi Girls Senior High School for her Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates. She later went to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology for her university education where she obtained a Bachelors of Arts degree in Social Sciences with a major in English. Francisca is a barrister at law with 16 years experience, having been called to Ghana Bar after obtaining her LLB from the Ghana School of Law in 1997. Francisca holds a master's degree from the London School of Economics. She is also a graduate from the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

Career

Francisca Ashietey-Odunton has over 20 years experience as a broadcaster with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. She joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in 1990 as a senior production assistant attached to the Production Division where she worked on various programmes including (Kyekyekule), Children's Own, Adult Education and Country Music as well as a TV presenter. She later rose through the ranks as producer, director after which she was transferred to the TV Newsroom in 1994. She served in various capacities there as news reader, editor and also a presidential correspondent for 8 years. She later became Chief Editor and was transferred to the legal division as Senior Legal Officer. Francisca has covered international conferences, including the African Union Summit, Ecowas Summit and World Food Summit.^[3][4] She was first appointed Deputy Director-General General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in November 2013.^[5] And was subsequently made the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in May, 2016.^[6]

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