Komla Dumor is a Ghanaian journalist

Journalist

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. He was born in Accra

Accra

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, Ghana

Ghana

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 in 1972. Dumor is currently a television news presenter

News presenter

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 for the BBC

BBC

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's international news channel, BBC World

BBC World

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, presenting BBC World News and Africa Business Report. Prior to joining the BBC he worked for JOY FM in Accra, Ghana, and was the
2003 winner of Journalist of the Year award given by the Ghana Journalist Association. Dumor is the only West African news reader on BBC World
News.

Initially, Dumor studied medicine, but changed course and graduated from the University of Ghana

University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It is one of the best universities in Africa and by far the most prestigious in West Africa...

 with a BSc in Sociology and Psychology
and from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 with an MA in Public Administration; he is married to Kwansema with whom he has two children.

External links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlk93FqfXSE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2009/03/000000_komla_dumor.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/focusonafrica/presenters/story/2006/09/060911_komla_dumor.shtml

http://www.superghana.com/lastest_news/10_komladumor.htm

http://allafrica.com/stories/200908210845.html