Kayode Akintemi

Kayode Akintemi
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigeria
Occupation(s)broadcast journalist and television host
Years active1980–present
EmployerNews Central TV
OrganizationBroadcasting Organization
TelevisionSunrise Saturday

Kayode Akintemi (born June 26, 1965) is a Nigerian Broadcast Journalist, TV Presenter, Subject Matter Expert, Project Management and ICT Consultant. He worked as the General manager of Channels TV, as well as an ICT and Project Manager Consultant to London Borough of Hillingdon.[1][2] Kayode left Channels TV in 2016 to set up Plus TV Africa, where he occupied the post of managing director and Editor-In-Chief of News Channel.[3][4][5] As of 2021, Kayode is the MD, Ignite Media in the Republic of Ghana.[6] In 2016, he featured as a speaker on the International Programme for the Development of Communication where President John Dramani Mahama was one of the panelists. On different occasions, Kayode anchored Nigerian presidential media chats with President Goodluck Jonathan and his successor, Mohammadu Buhari which is the incumbent president of Nigeria.

He was the host of Sunrise Saturday, which aired on Channels TV. He formerly hosted "Wake Up Africa", a show that aired every Friday between 6.am and 9.am, on 94.3 FM.[7]

  1. ^ Anozim (20 July 2015). "Channels TV, Deutsche Welle partner for better, balanced reporting on Africa". The Guardian Nigeria. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Group Tasks Journalists On Social Networking - :::…The Tide News Online:::…". thetidenewsonline.com. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ Editorial. "Kayode Akintemi leaves Channels TV". THE KIGHT. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ Editorial. "Kayode Akintemi Biography / Profile". The ManPower. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Quota system denied me dream of becoming air force officer –Akintemi, Plus TV MD". Punch Newspapers. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  6. ^ "Kayode Akintemi, Ignite media MD, meets Ghana's minister to 'promote pan-African agenda'". TheCable Lifestyle. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  7. ^ "Sunrise". Channel TV. Retrieved 21 August 2015.