Distinguished veteran journalist and renowned media trainer Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng is reported dead after months of ill health.

He died in London on Monday, May 26, where he had been seeking treatment since February.

A close friend and colleague, Media and Communication expert, Prof. Kwame Karikari, confirmed his death to MyJoyOnline.

Nana Gyan-Apenteng, a former editor and columnist of The Mirror weekly newspaper, was the Apagyahene of Tafo Eti in the Eastern Region.

He was deputy editor of the erstwhile London-based West Africa magazine in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Returning to Ghana in the 1990s, Nana Gyan-Apenteng worked with the Third World Network as head of the non-governmental organisation's communication unit and editor of its monthly magazine, Africa Agenda. 

He served as a media trainer and communication consultant for several corporate, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, including the telecoms giant MTN, some UN agencies, the Media Foundation for West Africa, and STAR Ghana.

He was a graduate of Apam Secondary School and the University of Ghana, Legon.

Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng was a member and chairman of the National Media Commission from 2013 to 2018. He also served as president of the Ghana Association of Writers. He spent a part of his secondary schooling at Okuapeman.

He is survived by six children.

Burial and funeral arrangements will be announced by the family in due course.