Featured Member for the Month of January: Jessica Acheampong

Jessica Acheampong is a Ghanaian journalist working with the Graphic Communications Group Limited. She has since 2011, been a business and financial journalist, reporting on the banking, housing and extractive sectors for Graphic Business.
In 2015, Jessica graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Marketing from the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA).

She also holds a Diploma certificate in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) where she graduated in 2011.

An alumni of the “Strengthening Media Oversight of the Extractive Sectors” Training program by Penplusbytes and the Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), Jessica Acheampong has always had a passion for reporting on Ghana’s nascent Oil and Gas sector.

She’s always maintained that deepening her understanding of extractive issues will broaden her knowledge and skills to effectively educate her readers about the sector. She’s hopeful that her informed reporting will help improve the sector and Ghana at large.