Nana Akua

Nana Akua Amoatemaa-Appiah (born 19 July 1971) is a British television presenter and journalist working for GB News.

Early life Akua was born on 19 July 1971 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Akua studied business and finance at university.

On television, Akua worked as a presenter for Bid-Up.TV and Price Drop, as well as being a contributor to a Panorama programme on mortgage scammers. She later worked as a continuity announcer for the BBC.

In December 2023, Akua was nominated for a Charles Gordon Trust Award for Best Presenter.

Personal views Akua worked with the Department of Health and Social Care to encourage black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people to be vaccinated against COVID-19,

Akua has criticised "taking the knee" against racism as an example of virtue signalling. Akua has linked it to Black Lives Matter (BLM), which she calls a "far-left Marxist pressure group and political organisation" and has supported England football fans who did not agree with the gesture of taking the knee, but said that booing is bad manners.