Nana Akua
Born
Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah

(1971-07-19) July 19, 1971
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Occupation(s)Television presenter and Journalist
Known forGB News

Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah (born 19 July 1971[1]) is a British television presenter on GB News.[2]

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.[3]

She studied business and finance at university.[3]

Career

Akua used to work for the radio stations Kiss 100, Capital Radio, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital radio station[3] and BBC Three Counties Radio.[4]

On television, Akua worked as a presenter for Bid-Up.TV and Price Drop,[3] 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,[5] as well as being a contributor to a Panorama programme dealing with mortgage scammers. She later worked as a continuity announcer for the BBC.[6][3]

She formerly presented Tonight Live with Nana Akua on GB News[7] and said that GB News was "striking a chord" with the British public when speaking to Sky News Australia.[8]

When reporting the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict a number of pro-Hamas terrorist group messages were read out on air by Nana Akua. GB News apologised for the broadcast and confirmed that counter terrorism police were reviewing the footage.[9]

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,[5] and called GB News co-host Darren McCaffrey a "hypocrite" live on-air for opposing compulsory vaccinations against COVID-19 for staff in care homes.[10]

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.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Akua, Nana". Showreel. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "The full list of presenters that have signed up to GB News so far". 26 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nana Akua". nanaakua.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "BBC Three Counties Radio - Nana Akua". BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 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. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mother's bid to become 'Mrs Motivator'". Watford Observer. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "'Sick of the woke agenda': UK gets conservative news alternative". Sky News Australia. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ↑ Rosenberg, Michelle. "GB News sorry for reading out pro-Hamas emails live on air". www.jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Adejobi, Alicia (16 June 2021). "GB News' Nana brands co-host Darren a 'hypocrite' in vaccine clash". Metro. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ↑ 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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