What You Need To Know About JOT Agyeman For Ayawaso Central
Born in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, JOT Agyeman is the youngest of 10 children from his mother's side and the 16th from his father.
His father was a traditional ruler (chief and clan head), the first-ever Nkosuohene (Development Chief) to be installed in Ghana by the Late Asantehene Otumfuo Opoku Ware II of the Ashanti Kingdom.
He attended Prempeh College for high school, Wesley College for Teacher Training and continued to the University of Ghana, Legon, where he studied Theater Arts for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
He specialized in playwriting with a focus on Asante history and culture.
John Osei Tutu Agyeman, also known as JOT Agyeman (born 28 June), is a Ghanaian actor, media practitioner and television anchor.
He began his entertainment career on stage at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon.
In January 2010, Mr. Agyeman began a new chapter in the television executive’s life.
A call from the management of e.TV Ghana saw his move to the new station as Programmes Manager with the responsibility to produce a competitive programming agenda that could see e.TV Ghana at the top of the ratings.
He admits it was not an easy road but even before he rolled out his first programmes, Exposure and e-Business Journal, he knew what could work and what could not.
Other programmes rolled out under the e.TV Ghana Brand name include Breakfast TV, Awake, 100 Degrees, News Xtra, Week in Focus, The Late Nite Celebrity Show, Girl Talk and Big Screen.
In September 2010, he was appointed General Manager for e.TV Ghana, a position he held till 31 October 2012.
He was instrumental in the formation of the Ghana office of the Institute for Media Practice, a research-based institution that focuses on media training, surveys, monitoring and evaluation of the media in the West African sub-region.
He was the host of TV3's breakfast show Start and was a judge of the reality show Hottest Host and host of political chat program Hot Issues.
He is currently the host of the longest aired television think tank show TALKING POINT on GTV, the nation's widest coverage.
Mr. Agyeman was also Head of Media and Communications for the Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design.
In November 2014, he returned to e.TV Ghana as a Managing Consultant to the Network.
His Passion is Training and Youth Development.
In 2012, he set up the Media Academy Training Program, a training program for young media practitioners to help them enhance their intellectual capacity as Media practitioners.
The Academy concept is widely used by some Media Houses in Ghana.
In January 2018, JOT was appointed General manager and Head of Programs for Atinka Television, a Ghanaian owned Television network.
John Osei Tutu Agyeman, is popularly called JOT.
He has a long list of television credentials to his name.
His television career started at Ghana Television GTV as a guest presenter on the Breakfast Show in the late 1990s.
A year later he returned to the United Kingdom for further training returning to Ghana in 2006 and to the GTV Newsroom where he worked on the African Union Summit in 2007 and the State visit of President John Kufuor to the United Kingdom.
He also worked as producer for the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.
JOHN OSEI TUTU AGYEMAN'S track-record as a director of stage and a playwright is well documented with a string of awards and work.
He has performed in several roles on stage including Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution and Shakespeare's Othello.
His other written works include Days of Thunder (2004), I Am My Father's Baby (2007), and Sons of Destiny (2007).
In 2009, he wrote and directed one of the most elaborate plays in the history of Ghanaian stage culture, Asanteman, the history of the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana, West Africa.
As a writer, he has written several plays and movie scripts including the much-acclaimed satire A Penny For Your Wife, which was showcased at the Efua Sutherland Drama Studio in 2009.
Source:checkoutghana.com
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