BBC Journalist Komla Dumor Dies

Dumor was a BBC TV presenter for the World News and its Focus on Africa programme.

Dumor featured in New African magazine's November 2013 list of 100 most influential Africans.

It said he had "established himself as one of the emerging African faces of global broadcasting", who had "considerable influence on how the continent is covered".

Dumor was born on 3 October 1972 in Accra, Ghana.

He graduated with a BA in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana, and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

He won the Ghana Journalist of the Year award in 2003 and joined the BBC four years later.

From then until 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service radio, before joining The World Today programme.

In 2009, Dumor became the first host of Africa Business Report on BBC World News.

He was a regular presenter of Focus on Africa and had fronted the programme the day before he died.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said on Twitter that his country had lost one of its finest ambassadors.

BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks called Dumor a leading light of African journalism who would be deeply missed.

He was "committed to telling the story of Africa as it really is," Mr Horrocks said in a statement.

By Beth Nyaga

Source: BBC News