Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, distinguished journalist, passes on

Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, distinguished journalist, passed away in London yesterday after a short illness with cancer. He was 74. Nana Gyan-Apenteng, former editor and columnist of The Mirror weekly newspaper, 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 organization’s communication unit and editor of its monthly magazine, Africa Agenda. He served as media trainer and communication consultant for several corporate, iintergovernmental and non-governmental organizations including: the telecoms giant MTN, some UN agencies, the Media Foundation for West Africa, STAR Ghana and others. He wad a graduate of Apam Secondary School and the University of Ghana, Legon. He is survived by six children. Burial and funeral arrangements will be announced by the family in due course.