Manasseh Azure Awuni | |
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Born | 1985 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Alma mater | University of Ghana, GIJ |
Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Organization | The Fourth Estate |
Manasseh Azure Awuni, is Ghanaian investigative journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate. [1] [2] He previously worked with Multimedia Group Limited in Accra, Ghana. [3]
His investigative and anti-corruption reports have caused national uproar and resulted in some government officials going to prison. [4] He spends his leisure time speaking at youth programmes and anti-corruption seminars.
Azure has won various awards for his works including the journalist of the year at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards in 2019 and 2020. [5] [6]
Born in Bongo in the Upper East Region, Azure moved to Kete-Krachi in the Volta Region where he completed his secondary education at Krachi Senior High School. He proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and, later, a Master of Arts degree in communication studies at the University of Ghana. [7]
Manasseh Azure Awuni is currently the Editor-in-Chief, The Fourth Estate which is a non-profit, public-interest journalism project founded by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
Azure began his career as a freelance journalist before joining the Multimedia Group Limited in 2012. [7] where he was the head of investigation at Joy FM and Joy News, subsidiaries of MGL.
Azure's work has always stirred national controversy, notably concerning the Mahama Ford saga. [8] He broke a story in 2016 when the then president, John Mahama, received a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabé contractor. Many groups called for an investigation into the saga. [9] The gift was believed to be a return favour for a contract given to the businessman. The story damaged Mahama's second term bid.
In 2019, Azure and Joy FM broadcast a documentary titled "Militia in the heart of the nation" [10] which detailed how a private and unlicensed security group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party operated from the seat of a government annexe, the Osu Castle. The government denied the story, as expected, but various government spokespersons contradicted one another. [11]
The De-Eye group also sued Azure and the media house. [12] The group abandoned the suit when Azure and the Multimedia Group filed their defence. The journalist has however, won similar defamation suits against those he has investigated. [13]
Manasseh is a recipient of several awards: [5] [7] [18]
Manasseh Azure Awuni | |
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Born | 1985 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Alma mater | University of Ghana, GIJ |
Occupation | Investigative journalist |
Organization | The Fourth Estate |
Manasseh Azure Awuni, is Ghanaian investigative journalist and the Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate. [1] [2] He previously worked with Multimedia Group Limited in Accra, Ghana. [3]
His investigative and anti-corruption reports have caused national uproar and resulted in some government officials going to prison. [4] He spends his leisure time speaking at youth programmes and anti-corruption seminars.
Azure has won various awards for his works including the journalist of the year at the West Africa Media Excellence Awards in 2019 and 2020. [5] [6]
Born in Bongo in the Upper East Region, Azure moved to Kete-Krachi in the Volta Region where he completed his secondary education at Krachi Senior High School. He proceeded to the Ghana Institute of Journalism where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and, later, a Master of Arts degree in communication studies at the University of Ghana. [7]
Manasseh Azure Awuni is currently the Editor-in-Chief, The Fourth Estate which is a non-profit, public-interest journalism project founded by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).
Azure began his career as a freelance journalist before joining the Multimedia Group Limited in 2012. [7] where he was the head of investigation at Joy FM and Joy News, subsidiaries of MGL.
Azure's work has always stirred national controversy, notably concerning the Mahama Ford saga. [8] He broke a story in 2016 when the then president, John Mahama, received a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabé contractor. Many groups called for an investigation into the saga. [9] The gift was believed to be a return favour for a contract given to the businessman. The story damaged Mahama's second term bid.
In 2019, Azure and Joy FM broadcast a documentary titled "Militia in the heart of the nation" [10] which detailed how a private and unlicensed security group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party operated from the seat of a government annexe, the Osu Castle. The government denied the story, as expected, but various government spokespersons contradicted one another. [11]
The De-Eye group also sued Azure and the media house. [12] The group abandoned the suit when Azure and the Multimedia Group filed their defence. The journalist has however, won similar defamation suits against those he has investigated. [13]
Manasseh is a recipient of several awards: [5] [7] [18]