Akosua Addai Amoo


Akosua Addai Amoo is a Ghanaian sports presenter, reporter and producer and formerly of . She is one of the few sports female journalist in Ghana. Akosua Addai Amoo was also the host of a sport show on Metro TV's Sports World.

Early life and education

Akosua was born on the 4 December 1990 in Accra the capital of Ghana. She attended Kiddy Gram Montessori and for primary and junior secondary school Alsyd Academy. After her Basic Education Certificate Examination exam she gained admission to Wesley Girls’ High School. Akosua has a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghana.

Career

Akosua's career as a sports broadcaster started when she was 19 years old in 2010 before gaining admission to University of Ghana. She interned at Metro TV and was production assistant for the TV's 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage. Akosua had her first appearance on television as a pundit for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in July. On completing University of Ghana in 2014, Akosua worked at Metro TV for a year as a national service personnel in the Sports department. Her roles at work entailed presenting the sports News on daily basis, producing sports shows and covering Women's football in Ghana. After her service Akosua was employed by Metro TV. She hosted Metro TV's Sports World a show that recaps the daily sports stories and highlights the stories of Women in Sports. Akosua has worked to develop women's football in Ghana and does a weekly feature to cover the poorly publicized women's league there. She is a sports writer with articles published in various online outlets including goal.com. In 2017 Amoo resigned from the Labone-based station.
In 2019, she was one of the seven journalists selected by the International Sports Press Association,to be trained and cover the 2019 Africa Games in Rabat.