It is with this belief in mind that Amy Banda, a Cameroonian journalist, chose to study her lifetime passion, journalism at Esg-Ista, now the Institut de Golf de Guinea in Douala, Cameroon.
Born in 1985, Amy Ngwangunu Banda epse Youmbi is a popular name to almost every Cameroonian.
The talented lady has produced and presented renown TV programmes including “Voice of the Voiceless”, “Cameroon’s Crow”, “Views, Voices and Visions” and “Monuments” and “Holidays”, amongst others.
Amy Banda began her rich professional experience in 2008 at LTM in Douala.
She later moved to Spectrum TV (STV) in 2012 where she was host of the daily breakfast show, “Goodmorning Cameroon”.
In 2014, Amy left STV and then returned to LTM in 2015.
She however left LTM in 2016 and spent the end of year in the U.S. as one of the nominees for the Edward Murray Fellowship.
After the U.S. experience, Amy Banda was recruited at the Cameroon Radio Television, CRTV, Cameroon’s state broadcasting house in 2017.
Since her recruitment at the CRTV, Amy Banda has been doing radio reports and slots for radio programmes. She is also presenter of a TV show, “The Artist”.
About her driving force, Amy says she has an energy within, to execute. This, she says, has enabled her overcome many challenges especially in her professional milieu.
Her faith in GOD, as a stunch Baptist Christian has been her overall drive.
She is also happy about the existence of two role models who have inspired her to success: her father, one time journalist, Ephraim Banda Ghogomo and late Anne Nkwain Nsang, another journalist.
Amy is also a Blogger and a Peace Advocate through an online campaign aimed at promoting peace, “Target Peace”.
She is also the Vice Chair of Phenomenal African Women (PAW) – Cameroon. Women, she explains are ICEd (Inspired, Celebrated and Empowered) at PAW to do greater exploits.
Talking about favourite quotes, the 32-year old Cameroonian lady says when she lost her in Mum in 2002, she felt her world was crumbling but a friend told her, “Tough times don’t last; tough people do.”
Another quote which has spurred Amy Banda on is, “Out of every bitter situation, come out better.”
The open-minded journalist who hails from Ndop in the North West Region of Cameroon is passionate about making the world a better place and giving the voiceless, a voice. This was the major inspiration behind her “Voice of the Voiceless” programme which has recently earned her many awards.
She just received the Regional and Country Most Influential Women in Business and Government award in the Media Category, the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Awards by Lifetime Newspaper for the Female Rising Journalism Icon and the Best TV Social Programme Award by The Scoop Newspaper in 2015…yes, so many awards in three years!
Throughout her professional circuit so far, Amy Banda thinks she most impacted her audience on the programme, “Voice of the Voiceless.”
About women working in the media…Amy says the challenges are many and sometimes the women are not allowed to be where they ought to be. Thatnotwithstanding, the go-getter will keep pressing on with so much Faith.
Go Amy!
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