The Ghanaian Minaret

Accra: President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Shamima Muslim, a former broadcast journalist to serve as a deputy presidential spokesperson at the office of the president.

She was among 10 people whose appointments were announced in a statement released on January 21, 2025, and signed by the acting spokesperson to the government, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.

Shamima, a devout Muslim is the founder and convener of the Alliance for Women in Media Africa (AWMA), a non-governmental advocacy and welfare group dedicated to improving the visibility and impact of women in media.

She is a distinguished, award-winning broadcast journalist formerly with Citi FM and Metro TV.

The highlight of her career culminated in being selected with two others to host the 2012 Vice-Presidential debate for Ghana’s 2012 elections and being among the first three representatives of Ghana at the President Obama Young African Leaders Initiative in 2010.

The law student is a development communications specialist, a trained facilitator with special strengths in process input, advocacy, negotiations, gender, leadership, presentation skills, and media and communications skills.

Shamima is also a member and ambassador of coalitions and campaigns such as the African Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA); the Investigative Journalism Fund Committee; the Ghana Right to Information Coalition; and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition.

She is also a member of the Ghana Network of Women’s Rights Groups (NETRIGHT) Women Land Rights Advocacy; a member of UN-Youth Ghana; and an ambassador for SDG 5 and the Menstrual Hygiene Management ambassador, with appearances on BBC Radio and Television.

Shamima Muslim has also been a beneficiary of several awards and leadership and facilitation training programs under the auspices of institutions like the Fredriech Ebert Foundation, Institute of Economic Affairs, Ghana; British Council, Ghana; and US Embassy, Ghana.

She has worked on projects funded by the EU, Commonwealth Foundation, British Council, USAID, DFID, Office of African First Ladies (OAFLA), Newmont Ghana Limited, among others.