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RTP Awards Announces New PRO’s For 7th Edition

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The organisers of the Radio and Television Personality Awards (RTP) have chosen new officers to handle their communications.
This announcement was made on 27th July, 2017 at the official launch of the 2017 edition of the awards.
Speaking at the launch held at the RTP House at North Kanashie in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer of the award scheme, Prince Emmanuel Mackay mentioned Rifkin Dodoo and Isaac Andoh as the PR personnel for the scheme.

“We’ve actually signed on certain personalities who will be helping pull RTP together to the next levels. We have plans to make RTP a global brand. So Mr. Rifkin Dodoo is going to head our communications team,” he said.

He also added that Mr. Isaac Andoh would be assisting Rifkin in discharge of the communication duties. This means that these are the people who will be speaking to the media and the general public for the awards.

Last year, Arnold Asamoah Baidoo who had served in the same capacity the previous year, withdrew from his post for personal reasons.

Rifkin is a UK trained Management Consultant who was the head of the team of business coaches for McDonald’s UK training in Survey other parts of Greater London.

He planned, structured and implemented the setup of the HR division for the largest local business. He is a recurring speaker at BostonSpeaks in Massachusetts, USA since 2016 and currently the Communications Strategist for RTP awards.

Before taking a career in journalism, Isaac Kyei Andoh was the Communication Director of Tomorrow Pioneers Foundation and the Focal Person for SEND- Ghana to Ga South Municipality Assembly between 2007 and 2009.

He led a detailed research into all government pro-poor policies between that period In 2009, he decided to start working as a full time journalism and got a job with the Citizens Newspaper.
He rose to become the deputy editor of the paper. Uncomfortable operating within the editorial policy space of the newspaper and to a large extent most Newspapers, Isaac decided to go into Freelancing whilst providing Media Support Service for Organization and individuals.

He got to work for Jerry Akaminko, managed Kweku Manu and provided media related services for a number of companies that include: Koans Building Solutions, Yutees services, Wileb Mining and more.

Prince Mackay in his address also mentioned former Marketing Director of Tigo and morning show host of Radio XYZ, Jesse Agyepong as the Chief Operations Officer of the RTP Awards.

According to Prince Mackay,from next week, radio and TV presenters across the country will be given the opportunity to file for nomination via www.rtpawards.org.

Organised by Big Events Ghana, RTP Awards was founded in 2011 to award excellence in broadcasting.

By: Kwame Dadzie