Michael K Katahena

Michael K Katahena

Broadcaster || Actor || Voice Artist || Broadcast Venue Manager [BVM] HBS

Ghana
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About

I am a sport biased broadcast professional, actor and voice artist. I am passionate about using the medium of film and television to tell impactful stories. I love everything media.


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Michael Katahena is a broadcaster, actor and voice artist with several years of experience in the media space. He worked as a presenter and voice talent for Ghana's Metro TV for a combined period of 9 years. During that period he was the face of a variety of programmes with content on politics, business & finance and sport.

Michael also worked as guest presenter for the state broadcaster Ghana Televison for a period of about four years on their premium award winning morning show programme 'The Breakfast Show.'

He has been a presenter with international pay tv broadcaster, Supersport as a presenter since 2013.

Some  highpoints of his career include working on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, AFCON 2008, and AFCON 2017.

Michael has worked as a voice artist on top brands on the continent for a period spanning well over two decades such as, MTN, Glo, TIGO, Cadbury, Cargill, Unilever, ABSA, Stanchart, Stanbic Bank, UBA, Zenith Bank etc as well as almost every notable advertising agency in the country and on the continent. He is versatile and can deliver on documentaries, promos, corporate jingles and trailers.

An award winning broadcaster, winning the prestigious nation's RTP awards as best male television sportscaster for 2012, you can count on him as your smooth operator as master of ceremonies for corporate and sport events.

In 2021, he waded into the arena of film acting and then Reality TV hosting as the presenter of Showmax Ghana's love and relationships show 'Sankofa' on Akwaaba Magic, a Multichoice offering on their Dstv platform. For acting he has played lead roles in Sparrow Studios/Sparrow Pictures' 21 DAYS INSIDE, streaming on Sparrow Station, ENO (another Shirley Frimpong Manso production), MADAM series streaming on Showmax and counting.

He also acts as a Broadcast Venue Manager for HBS Paris in the West Africa region, overseeing the live broadcast of FIFA sanctioned football matches in Ghana.

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Experience

  • SuperSport Graphic

    Broadcaster

    SuperSport

    - Present 11 years

    Accra, Ghana

    A presenter on match days in the Ghana Premier League 2013-2016. Voice over roles. 2017 AFCON tv reporter in Gabon with the high point being the Cameroon-Egypt final.

    2014 FIFA World Cup - Correspondent in Ghana reporting on Ghana's games in live studio crossovers during panel discussions in Supersport studios: Randburg, Johannesburg South Africa.

    2022 FIFA World Cup - Correspondent in Ghana reporting on Ghana's games in live studio crossovers during panel discussions in…

    A presenter on match days in the Ghana Premier League 2013-2016. Voice over roles. 2017 AFCON tv reporter in Gabon with the high point being the Cameroon-Egypt final.

    2014 FIFA World Cup - Correspondent in Ghana reporting on Ghana's games in live studio crossovers during panel discussions in Supersport studios: Randburg, Johannesburg South Africa.

    2022 FIFA World Cup - Correspondent in Ghana reporting on Ghana's games in live studio crossovers during panel discussions in Supersport studios: Randburg, Johannesburg South Africa.

    Voice over duties for Supersport Blitz on Dstv Africa for the Blitz Africa Project beginning November 2022.

  • HBS Graphic

    Broadcast Venue Manager (BVM)

    HBS

    - Present 3 years

    FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 African qualifiers


    Ghana vs Ethiopia
    Liberia vs Cape Verde
    Ghana vs Zimbabwe
    Ghana vs South Africa
    Ghana vs Nigeria

    Fifa World Cup 2026 Africa Qualifiers

    Ghana v Madagascar
    Ghana v Central Africa Republic

  • Metro TV Graphic

    Television Presenter

    Metro TV

    - 5 years 9 months

    Accra, Ghana

    Worked initially as the host of 'Good Morning Ghana' (a newspaper review programme with a political slant), and later as a sports presenter, with the major highlight being the coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as tv reporter and anchor of the Blackstars Diaries. Also consistently did voice overs in promos, documentaries and for animations.

  • Television Presenter

    GTV Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

    - 3 years

    Accra, Ghana

    Worked here as a guest presenter on the state broadcaster's flagship social magazine programme 'Breakfast Show'

  • Graphic artist, tv presenter, voice over artiste

    Metro tv

    - 3 years

    Accra, Ghana

    Worked here as a graphic artist, voice over artiste and later as a tv presenter for 'Accra Backside' , a social magazine programme, 'TV Market', a market place platform for companies and 'Business News', a market report, stock market and business programme

Education

Honors & Awards

  • Television Sports Show Host of the year 2012

    RTP Awards GHANA

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