MTN’s Next Bright Conversation To Host Prof. Kwame Karikari
MTN Ghana has initiated the Bright Conversations series to host and celebrate distinguished personalities whose ideas, thoughts, and services have helped influenced our society positively.
Nana Gyan Apenteng
The first of the series hosted Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng, the immediate past chairperson of the National Media Commission under the theme Nana Kwasi Gyan Apenteng @ 70; Reflections on the media as a lived experience’.Speaking on a wide range of issues, the former NMC chairperson shared a lot of his life’s experiences and said the time had come for Ghana to have a holistic discussion on what the media space, especially broadcasting, needed
The event was chaired by Prof. Kwame Karikari; a communications professor. The discussion was moderated by Miriam Osei Agyeman of 3FM.
Key Messages by Rev. Dr.Joyce Aryee
A renowned stateswoman and the Executive Director of the Salt and Light Ministries, Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee took her turn for the Bright Conversations series on the 16th of June 2021 at MTN house. The conversation was under the theme in Rev. Dr. Joyce Aryee shares her life in Public
Service: Defines parameters. Sharing her experience and views on the current state of affairs, Mad. Joyce Aryee encouraged citizens to engage their leaders at different levels and provide suggestions on how things can be done to improve conditions in the country. The discussion was moderated by Dzifa Bampoh of Media General.
“Public service is self-explanatory… However, as a people, we have always placed
people at the top on too high a pedestal. You go to a community
and the chief is held in such high esteem, plus his officials, and everyone is angling to get the chief to be a friend and I think we have carried that into our political life, without recognizing that the politician is our representative. We have said, through our ballot, that he is capable of representing us, where the laws are made and where public policy is implemented.”We must move away from demanding solely for our rights
without accepting to uphold our responsibilities,”‘’Accepting envelopes to do the work for which you are being paid is not a good thing”‘’ I think there is a sense of
nationhood, a sense of loving the country that the youth need to
acquire because you know, you go out to somebody’s country and you are always referred to us a Ghanaian American…..…… you can never get rid of your “Ghanaians”. I think it is important to first instill pride in ourselves and then our
country’’.
“Let’s have a sense of urgency in the public service. Within the seven hours spent in the office, you should be able to achieve a lot. Set personal goals. Do not sit
on things or delay things unnecessarily” People have become cynical about what public service entails, and we must educate young people to have a positive attitude and changed mindset about this,”
The next Bright Conversation will host Prof. Kwame Karikari who
will speak on the topic: Promoting professionalism in the era of
social media and citizen journalism.
Details will be shared on MTN Ghana’s social media channels. Published by: MTN Ghana Corporate Communications Department Please send your feedback/suggestions/comments to the Editor,[email protected]
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“The time has come to conduct a major comprehensive national conversation and to take a look at how best we can resource the NMC and make the constitutional provisions of media freedom and independence work for us, “‘’The state-owned media for me is a vitally important part of the media mix. We need it because
that is what belongs to all of us on the use of technology by older people he had this to say:
‘’Technology is creating communities and these communities are supposed to be inclusionary, but if you are not within it, then at some point you find yourself left out. My advice to the people of my age is they should keep up with technology’’.“Our journalists must be a bit more adventurous, they must be a bit more curious to think outside the box. Look for new angles and these are the things that I think can happen now but are not happening,” One of the shocking revelations he made about the challenges of being Editor is captured below ‘’ I was an editor for about six hours. I went to work in the morning and by noon, I was fired’’
Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng is a consultant in media, culture, and communication. He is the immediate past Chairman of the National Media Commission of Ghana. He is also the immediate past President of the African Communication Regulators Network and the former President of the Ghana Association of Writers.
Key Messages
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Rev. Dr. Joyce Rosalind Aryee is the Founder and Executive Director of Salt and Light Ministries. A Management and Communication Consultant, she serves on the boards of diverse organizations including Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and Newmont Golden Ridge Limited. She has also received many prestigious awards including Ghana’s second-highest
the national award, the Companion of the Order of the Volta in 2006. She was recently
conferred a Doctor of Communication Arts degree (Honoris Causa) by Central University
(May 2021).