Berifi Afari Apenteng

Apenteng had his secondary education at Mfantsipim School and Labone Senior High School.[2][3] He then proceeded to the University of Ghana to study Modern History and Archeology, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree (combined honours) in 1974.[2][3] In 1976, he obtained a graduate diploma from the School of Journalism and Communications, University of Ghana.[2][3] He later enrolled at the Ghana School of Law where he was called to the bar in 1981.[2][3] Apenteng holds Executive MBA degree from the University of Ghana Business School, he was also a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.[2]

Apenteng joined the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation as a Senior Reporter for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation Television News department in November 1976.[4] He was later made an editor, and in 1981, he was appointed head of Television News, succeeding E. A. Dentu who had retired in May that year.[4]

Prior to his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, he had served as Director of Radio and Deputy Director of Television at the Ghana Broadcast Corporation.[2] He was also General Manager of TV3 Network Limited, and Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited.[2][5] He worked as the Managing Director of TV Africa on a part-time basis.[2]

Apenteng is married with children.[2]