Francisca Kakra Forson
Francisca Kakra Forson is a Ghanaian lawyer and leading female journalist. She currently practices with Taylor Crabbe Barristers & Solicitors, a law firm specializing in estate and family law, commercial practice and litigation.
Kakra is also a co-host of Ghana’s leading morning radio show, the Citi Breakfast Show on 97.3fm.
Forson’s estimated seventeen years journalism career began with major news media in Ghana, The Multi Media Group where she anchored news bulletins including the Joy Midday News on radio and JoynewsToday on TV. She also contributed to articles on myjoyonline.com.
Francisca while at Metro TV hosted major news and current affairs shows "Good Afternoon Ghana", "Inside Pages" and "The Verdict". She also managed the Metro newsroom as ag. news editor.
Ms Forson has since 2015 worked as an international freelance journalist for West Africa Democracy Radio in Dakar, VOAnews and TRT World.
She branched into public relations working as a communications contractor for the Institute for Statistical Social and Economic Research. Francisca also worked with the Chamber for Bulk Oil Distributors as corporate affairs manager. She is a lead communications strategist with Platinum PR.
Francisca obtained her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Communications from the University of Ghana, Legon.
She is also a past student of Holy Child School, CapeCoast.
Career
She has worked with notable media organizations like Joy FM, BBC, VOA & Metro TV.In May 2017, she was named alongside Ameyaw Debrah, Manifest, Gary Al-Smith and MzVee as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund influencers for Ghana's Equality Campaign, "Let's Be Fair which threw light on the plight of about 3,600,000 million people lacking basic opportunities across the country.