109:, Akumaa stated that Rosemary, a very good friend of hers, encouraged her to visit Joy FM, the Tema branch, in the year 2000 to discuss her interest in working with this popular Ghanaian radio station as a radio presenter. Although Akumaa possessed very little to zero background in broadcast journalism, her popularity as an actress together with her acumen as an eloquent speaker allowed Joy FM to offer her an opportunity to learn on the job. Looking up to radio and TV personalities such as Father Bosco, Akumaa applied her personal principles of hard work, discipline, and humility at her workplace and over a period of about eighteen years, rose through the ranks. Presently, she is a host for the
141:, and children in Ghana and reviving marriages. Through this foundation, Akumaa is able to reach out to widows and their needy children while educating adolescents and the youth on their sexual and reproductive health. In 2007 Mama Zimbi's Foundation launched the Widows Alliance Network (WANE) integrates economic, social, sustainable and cultural transformation tools into an educational package to alleviate the untold hardships widows experience in Ghana.
77:. Akumaa is known for her fascinating, yet sexually stimulating, ways of expressing "Medaase" (Thank you). Her exceptional ways of wearing her headgear also comes off as a distinct Akumaa brand. Little is known about Akumaa's early life as well as her family and educational background. However, it is known that her father is a policeman and her husband is a businessman to whom she has been married for over twenty-four years.
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