Nana Akua

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Nana Akua
Born
Nana Akua Amotemaa-Appiah

July 1971 (age 50)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
OccupationTelevision presenter
Known forGB News

Nana Akua Amotemaa-Appiah (born July 1971[1]) is a British television presenter for GB News.

Early life[]

The child of Ghanaian immigrants, Akua was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her family moved to the United States when she was 11 years old.[2]

She studied business and finance at university.[2]

Career[]

Akua used to work for the radio stations Kiss 100, Capital Radio, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital radio station[2] and BBC Three Counties Radio.[3]

On television, Akua worked as a presenter for Bid-Up.TV and Price Drop,[2] later working for the BBC on Look East and Holiday. She also appeared as a panellist on Good Morning Britain on ITV and Jeremy Vine on Channel 5,[4] as well as being a contributor to a Panorama programme dealing with mortgage scammers. She later worked as a continuity announcer for the BBC.[2]

She formerly presented Tonight Live with Nana Akua on GB News.[5][6] She claimed that GB News was "striking a chord" with the British public when speaking to Sky News Australia.[7] On 19 July 2021 it was announced she would move to a new programme on Saturday and Sunday afternoons titled Nana Akua while continuing as a host of The Great British Breakfast.[6] Her show has since been extended to every Friday afternoon as well.

Personal views[]

Akua worked with the Department of Health and Social Care to encourage black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to be vaccinated against COVID-19,[4] and called GB News co-host a "hypocrite" live on-air for opposing compulsory vaccinations against COVID-19 for staff in care homes, despite him taking a vaccine against yellow fever when travelling abroad.[8]

Akua has criticised "taking the knee" against racism as an example of virtue signalling. Akua has linked it to Black Lives Matter (BLM), which she calls a "far-left Marxist pressure group and political organisation", and has supported England football fans who did not agree with the gesture of taking the knee, but said that booing is bad manners.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Akua, Nana". Showreel. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nana Akua". nanaakua.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "BBC Three Counties Radio - Nana Akua". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b Sherwin, Adam (29 April 2021). "GB News signs Nana Akua as another BBC presenter jumps ship to join Andrew Neil's channel". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ Collier, Hatty (21 May 2021). "GB News reveals line-up of shows with Andrew Neil to host primetime evening news programme". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b GB News [@GBNEWS] (19 July 2021). "Award-winning broadcaster, writer and comedian Mark Dolan is joining GB News, hosting Tonight Live on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 July 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "'Sick of the woke agenda': UK gets conservative news alternative". Sky News Australia. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ Adejobi, Alicia (16 June 2021). "GB News' Nana brands co-host Darren a 'hypocrite' in vaccine clash". Metro. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ Sherwin, Adam (10 June 2021). "England fans who boo taking the knee are not racist but protesting at gesture politics, says GB News presenter Nana Akua". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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