Jefferson Kwamina Sackey (born 9 September 1978) is a Ghanaian journalist, media consultant, filmmaker, and PR strategist. Early life and career Sackey was born at Senya Beraku in the Awutu Senya District of Ghana but moved to Accra at a young age with his parents. He attended the Riis Memorial School for his Elementary and Junior High School Education. Jefferson's media talent was uncovered at the age of 9 when he was featured on the popular kids' programmes 'Children's Own’ and ‘By the Fire Side’ on Ghana Television. While in Secondary school, he hosted the teenage magazine programme, ‘Teen Beat’ in the late nineties. In 1994, he continued his high school education at Accra High School. He later enrolled at the Ghana Institute of Journalism where he offered journalism and the Deutsche Welle TV Training Institute in Berlin, Germany. Career Sackey started in 2005 with Television Africa as a lead news anchor. He later hosted his global affairs show "JS International Assignment" which later became "Jefferson Sackey Reports", a news documentary production going beyond the headlines to tell stories in-depth and from many points of view. The show which started on TV Africa got syndicated on Joy News, Ghana and other global news channels including Afroglobal Television in Canada. He served as the Public Relations Officer for Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2007 working closely with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, then the Foreign Minister under the JA Kufuor administration. During the 2007 NPP Primaries, Jefferson released the documentary, "Pushing the Ghanaian and African Agenda" a feature that highlights the diplomatic and international strength of the then-candidate Nana Akuffo-Addo. Jefferson has also worked and reported for global news firms such as CNN International as a contributor of "World View" and Deutsche Welle Television as a West African Correspondent and contributor of its international affairs programme "Quadriga". His previous media career can be traced to Multimedia Group as a News Anchor for the “Midday News”. He also assisted the News editor until his relocation to Canada in 2015 and got appointed as the Vice President of Afroglobal Television in Canada. He has also worked for CNN International and contributed to the “World View” and Deutsche Welle Television as a West African Correspondent. Awards |- || 2012 ||| Radio and Television Personality Awards || Best Correspondent of the Year || |- || 2015 ||| African Entertainment Awards || The