Radio presenter Philip Osei Bonsu of Asempa FM has been crowned the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) P.A.V. Ansah Journalist of the Year at the association’s 30th Media Awards held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on Saturday. Popularly known as O.B., he clinched the top individual honour for his outstanding work as host of Ekosiisen, Asempa FM’s flagship Current Affairs Programme in Akan, which also won Best Radio Programme in a Ghanaian Language, cementing his place as one of the most influential voices in Ghanaian broadcasting.
The night belonged to excellence across the media landscape, with the Daily Graphic’s Timothy Ngnenbe emerging as the most decorated winner, taking home three prestigious awards for Online News Reporting, Environment and Science Reporting, and Illegal Mining Reporting. His powerful story, Unguarded Guards, which exposed the challenges and experiences of Ghana’s forest guards, won the Online News Reporting award, while his colleague Mohammed Fugu, who covers the Northern, Savannah and North East regions, won Best in Print News Reporting. In total, 27 individuals were honoured in competitive categories.
Other standout winners included freelance journalist Nabil Ahmed Rufai, who won Best in Television News Reporting for Stolen Childhood, a gripping report on child labour in Ghana’s fishing industry. Redwan Karim Dini-Osman of the EIB Network and Moses Apiah of A1 Radio also won two awards each, with Dini-Osman triumphing in Radio News Reporting and Business Reporting, and Apiah winning Best in Health Reporting and the GJA/Komla Dumor Most Promising Journalist of the Year, in a night that celebrated courage, creativity and the enduring power of Ghanaian journalism.
