Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie

Gifty Afenyi Dadzie (born 7 June 1957) is a Ghanaian journalist, media practitioner, businesswoman and was the longest serving president of the Ghana Journalists Association. She is also a member of the COVID-19 Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

Early life Afenyi Dadzie was born to Mr. J. K. Affenyi, a health inspector and later became the director of the Takoradi Port. Her mother Mrs Charity Affenyi, a trader. She holds a master's degree in Governance and Leadership from Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). She also has a Chartered Institute of Administrators fellowship. WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. She is currently a Council of State member under President Akuffo - Addo's administration and also a Council of State member with ECOWAS.

She was first woman Vice President and subsequently the President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). She was also the longest serving president after serving for a period of seven years as President(1996 - 2003).

She was appointed a member Council of State in 2005 by the then President John Kufour. She was the youngest person as at then to be appointed to serve on the Council which happens to be the advisory body to the President of Ghana.

She is the National Prayer Director for the Women's Aglow Ministry and interdenominational Christian women's fellowship.

Awards and recognition She is a recipient of the National Award the Order of Volta. Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie was awarded Personality for the Year 2018 at the Harvest Praise annual gospel music concert organized by Harvest International Ministries (HIM).

Personal life She is married to Mr. Kwesi Tetteh Dadzie.