MEET GHANAIAN MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR & MENTOR, NANA CHURCHER

She has one of the best produced talk shows currently on television and discusses with her guests a variety of exciting and intriguing subjects. Her guests are usually global superstars, seasoned business owners and revered personalities around the globe. The likes of BET’s Chief Executive Officer, Debra Lee, former Ghanaian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Professor Kweku Danso-Boafo, Hollywood singer and actress Brandy Norwood and teen sensation Kwesi Boakye, the voice behind Cartoon Network 'The Amazing World of Gumball' have all been on her show.

Her show is a thirty (30) minute inspirational chat show which is very popular across the African continent, the United Kingdom and beyond. Until recently, The Nana Churcher Show, aired weekly in over twenty African countries on the Vox Africa channel which is available to millions of DStv subscribers on the continent. Currently, the show airs on the lifestyle brand, ABN TV, available on the Sky TV bouquet across the United Kingdom.

Nana Churcher is a Beauty and Image Consultant and consults for some of the world's largest cosmetic companies. She is also a Director of BodyByVi, a weight-loss and fitness Challenge platform dedicated to fighting obesity round the world. The multitalented Ghanaian doubles as a broadcaster and serves as the host and executive producer of The Nana Churcher Show, which she is the owner and founder.

After months of promoting The Nana Churcher Show weekly on various Ghanaian media platforms as part of my duties then as the Public Relations and Publicity Executive of MultiChoice Ghana (DStv & GOtv), I met up with Nana in the summer of 2013 at one of the finest restaurants in London.

She was exactly the character I had perceived through our series of email correspondence, facebook messages and skype calls; she is calm and collected, accommodating, supportive, open to new ideas, a pragmatist and progressive thinker and above all, very passionate about what she does. 

Nana's unique style of interviewing her guests has won her numerous admirers and more followers of the show. Aware of her place in the society, the mother of four has committed herself to impact on lives and the careers of young Africans and other minorities across the United Kingdom with her platform.

“After moving to the United Kingdom, I realized some of the challenges our people were facing and I thought of an appropriate way to become a change agent and that saw the introduction of The Nana Churcher Show. It is an inspirational and motivational show which gives insight into the lives of extraordinary personalities around the world. On the show, these individuals share their stories and reveal how they beat the odds to excel in their various professions. You have no idea how this has motivated several young people not to give up in life and keep pushing the limits”, Nana stated.       

Apart from investing her time and energy into building her media empire, Nana has also devoted her show on Voice of Africa Radio (94 FM) to focus on promoting development and business within the African community across the United Kingdom. She presents business owners with the platform to network and share ideas on ways of overcoming their challenges. 

In addition, Nana Churcher has been very involved with the youth and has actively participated in several initiatives by youth organizations across the United Kingdom, usually serving as a mentor and counselor to younger people together with her husband, Mr. Alfred Ato Churcher, who happens to be a Life Coach by profession.  

According to Nana Churcher, “it is very important to develop the capacities of the younger ones so that they can take over from us when we are no more at the top, especially those aspiring to take up key roles in the Arts and Entertainment industry. This can be achieved through several ways which includes mentoring. That is something I have been very passionate about to ensure the younger ones become successful and excel in whatever they are doing. I have been blessed to have an understanding husband who supports in everything I do and has been part of the mentorship project. His expertise as a professional life coach comes in handy as he has a lot to offer”. 

Nana’s philosophy in life is to remain relevant within her community and use her God-given talents to make a change in the lives of several millions of people across the world. She shares in the theory of the Tibetan religious leader, Dalai Lama, who believes that our prime purpose in this life is to help others so we you can't help them, at least we shouldn’t hurt them.