The 36-year-old is the eighth recipient of the award and the first to come from Ghana, like the late Komla Dumor.
Asare is presently the head of business news at Ghana’s private TV3, where he previously served as one of the channel’s primary news anchors for seven years.
The award was established to remember Dumor, a BBC World News presenter who passed away unexpectedly in 2014 at the age of 41. He had put in a lot of effort to show the world a more complex African story that reflected the continent’s self-assurance, sophistication, and entrepreneurship.
The assessors were pleased by Asare’s solid journalism and his capacity to concisely and compellingly convey difficult subjects.
Asare will spend three months working with BBC News teams in London on TV, radio, and online. “This for me is a watershed moment in my career and an opportunity I’ll grab with both hands,” Asare said.
Leading BBC journalists will train and guide the Ghanaian broadcaster as well. He will go to an African nation as part of the placement to report on a story for the BBC’s international viewers.
Asare declared, “I am really happy to have won the BBC News Komla Dumor Award.
“This is possibly the most prestigious honour for a journalist in Africa. I had a great deal of respect for Komla’s talent, therefore it was an honour and a pleasure to be chosen to fill his shoes.
Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya, Victoria Rubadiri, Solomon Serwanjja, Waihiga Mwaura, Amina Yuguda, Didi Akinyelure, and Nancy Kacungira, the first recipient, are previous prize holders.
Source: BBC
