User talk:Akosuag

Rhoda Onyinah, mostly called Akos or Akosua by family and friends is a Ghanaian Journalist and Creative Writer. Born in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on June 29th in the 1980s, Rhoda started her education at Modern Inernational School at Asokwa in Kumasi and continued her primary education at St. Paul's Preparatory School also in Kumasi. She completed her Primary and Juniour Secondary school at St. Anthony's Primary and JSS after her family moved to Accra in the early 1990s. Rhoda had her secondary education at Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Secondary School in Kumasin from 1997 to 1999. While in her third term of her first year at Yaa Asantewaa Girls', Rhoda came first in a national competetion, AFS/IEP Exchange Programme exams which had both seniors and graduates competing. She subsequently won a year's schorlarship for an exchange programme in the United States to study science but declined to take up the opportunity for personal reasons.Upon completion of Senior Secondary school, Rhoda took up a marketing course(CIM-UK) and later, Diploma in Communication Studies at the Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra. While at the Institute, Rhoda became a member of the Editorial Board of the Institute's newspaper, GIJ News. She completed GIJ in 2003 and won an award as the overall Best Student in Population Communication. Rhoda did her national service at the National Development Planning Commission and was retained the following year as a Planning Assistant to the Communication Coordinator. A year later, she got a job offer from one of the popular television stations in Ghana, TV3 Network as a Broadcast Journalist and Researcher for the Current Affairs Department. She worked on major programmes such as Business Today, Hot Issues, MPs Agenda and the hugely popular morning show, START! The highly intelligent and creative Rhoda was snapped up by Metropolitan Television (Metro TV) as a News Producer in 2006. Rhoda was a key member of the team that reformed Metro TV news and made it a must watch in Ghana. The challenge seeking Rhoda left her envious job as News Producer at Metro TV for the Ghana@50 Secretariat in 2007 to become part of the team that organized Ghana's Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary. She worked with the Public Affairs and Broadcasting Unit.She is still on contract with the secretariat for the organization of conferences which includes the AU Summit, AGOA Conference and UNCTAD XII Conference in Ghana. She is also a part time student. Rhoda went back to the Ghana Institute of Journalism for a degree in Communication Studies which she will complete in June 2009. Rhoda has experience in Television Production, Media Research, Event Planning and Management, Public Relations and Creative Writing. She loves to write poetry, short romantic stories, make beads accessories, listen to music, cook or relax at the beach with family and friends when she has time to spare. She comes from a very close family of 7 which includes her Parents, 2 older sisters who live in London and 2 brothers, one older, one younger. She is a practicing Catholic.14:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)~