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Amadu Lamrana Bah Becomes News Director at AYV

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Last updated: 2023/01/28 at 9:30 AM

By Festus Conteh Published January 28, 2023 168 Views 1 Min Read

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Amadu Lamrana Bah Becomes News Director at AYV

Amadu Lamrana Bah Becomes News Director at AYV

Amadu Lamrana Bah, an award-winning multimedia journalist, has been promoted to Director of News and Current Affairs at the AYV Media Empire. He is well-known for hosting the informative and educational show ‘AYV Hot Seat’, which is a platform for political leaders, rights activists, administrators, and other governance players to discuss current issues. Additionally, Bah is currently serving as President of the Sierra Leone Reporters Union, advocating for improved working conditions for reporters.

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Before his promotion as Director of News and Current Affairs, Bah had previously held the position of Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs and Director of Digital Media. He first joined the AYV Media Empire in 2018 as a reporter and has since worked his way up to presenter, producer, Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs, and Director of Digital Media.

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Festus Conteh is an international youth that functions conveniently in all forms of writing including article writing, news, script, content writing, constitution and project/proposal writing. Writing is fun to Festus and has brought fame and recognition in his clime. In 2019, he was awarded best upcoming writer in an online writing completion that was organized by the Association of Sierra Leonean Authors (ASLA). After his impactful contribution to national development and cohesion through writing, he was nominated for the African Genius Award for the Best Writer in Africa Award Category an award he lost to one of the greatest African Writers - Chinua Achebe. In 2022, Festus was one of the applicants to the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) as Vice Chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) a process that met imperil feedback. As a freelancer, Festus has written articles for magazines, newspapers, and media houses and his articles have attracted big media houses including BBC, Aljazeera and Legit. Ng and is the Head of Programs at Salone Messenger a public relations firm based in Sierra Leone with the latest news and information. He is the founder of Africa’s Wakanda a platform that spotlight the beauty of Africa. Festus is also a perpetual volunteer in life-changing causes and has shown great commitment and dedication to being a catalyst and solution to the challenges faced by young people like himself. Festus currently serves as the Secretary General of the Africa Youth Leaders movement which is a network of youth between the ages of 20 – 30 years who have shown achievement, leadership potential and commitment to make a difference. Festus is also the Africa Focal Point of Youth for Change Initiative, which is a platform through which young people can access resources, be empowered and given the opportunity to grow to become useful members of society who will participate in the development of their communities and nation. Along with another Africa Youth platform, Festus has Co-Founded the Future of Africa initiative which is an advocate forum with the aim to bring together local and international socio-economic stakeholders to support innovative programs aimed at advancing the radical and practical progress of adoption awareness-vulnerable children and youth and youth leadership-through interlinking local, regional and international resources and opportunities.