Kokui Selormey

Kokui Selormey has forged a distinctive niche as a creative arts professional and seasoned media practitioner. As a leading television and radio presenter known for her dexterity in handling topics ranging from current affairs to sports, Kokui has served as an award-winning media personality on such platforms as Viasat 1 TV, Citi FM and Citi TV (now Channel 1 TV)

As a professional event consultant, Kokui has had the privilege of steering conferences, seminars, workshops and other gatherings for entities including but not limited to the GhanaStock Exchange, GIZ, World University Service of Canada, British High Commission, Ecobank, French Embassy, Nestle Ghana Ltd, Unilever Ghana, Access Bank, UMB, Ministry of Finance, Tech in Ghana Conference, Ghana Pharmacy Council, Ministry of Communications, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, National Youth Authority, Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana Standards Authority and the Centre for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training. She has also played a consultancy role for corporations such as IT Consortium, embarking on visits to France, Germany, Spain and Belgium to promote their innovative, indigenous crowdfunding and group contribution app, Chango.

Kokui is a co-founder and Executive Director of The Band Kokui Foundation, an NGO that targets music education outreach and social impact through creative arts. She has a passion for arts education and has taught vocal music to students of varying ages, levels and musical backgrounds. She also served as an adjudicator for the 2022 African Choral and Gospel Championship held in Kigali, Rwanda and as lead vocal coach for The globally renowned Harmonious Chorale during the 2023 Choral Events Music Festival in Provence, France.

Her musical projects include Nubian Noel, an album of popular Christmas songs with the late, legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela and an annual concert bearing the same name. She has organised and featured in several concerts in Accra, Ghana to support various charitable entities including the Citi FM Easter Orphan Fund, the AVA Foundation for Street Children, the St. Joseph’s Basic School and the Infanta Malaria Foundation in their goal of acquiring a mobile clinic to be used in rural areas of Ghana.

A product of The Accra Ridge Church School and Holy Child Secondary School in Cape Coast, Kokui received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Theatre from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and a Masters degree in Music from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra. As an emerging International Relations professional, Kokui is a member of the International Relations and Diplomacy Network, Ghana (IRDN Ghana), and the GIMPA International Relations, Diplomacy and Public Administration Forum (GIRDAPAF). She is also a member of the Executive Women Network (EWN) and Alliance for Women in Media (AWMA).

Kokui is the proud mother of four children.