Veteran journalist Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng passes on

Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, a notable veteran journalist and former Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), is dead.

He died on Monday, May 26, 2025, in London at the age of 74 following months of ill health.

Nana Gyan-Apenteng served as the Chairman of the 8th NMC from November 2015 to November 2018.

He was a Consultant in Communication, Media and Culture and was also the President of the Ghana Association of Writers (GAW).

He had an in-depth knowledge of media, having practised for over 45 years as a reporter, editor, writer, teacher and trainer and mentored many. He was a former editor and columnist for The Mirror weekly newspaper.

Before his demise, Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng 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 organisation’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 organisations, 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 began work formally as a journalist at the Daily Graphic in 1982 as a Staff Writer. He subsequently became Foreign News Editor and later had a stint as acting Editor.

He was subsequently appointed editor of the Mirror, where he introduced news features, which have endured till today.

He left behind six children.