Harriet Nartey
In the journalism circle, names abound when specialised fields like human rights, investigative, politics, sports activities, and enterprise are talked about. But the host of the Diplomatic Affairs present, Harriet Nartey determined to do a detour and now she is on an uncharted path not utilized by many-Ghana’s solely journalist solely centered on Diplomacy and International Relations. That lonely monitor means has set her on a path to greatness as she has graduated with a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from GIMPA.
Many study from the classroom earlier than making use of what they’ve studied on the planet of labor however Harriet’s story is the reverse. Life outdoors the classroom and her interviews with the movers and shakers within the diplomacy and worldwide relations area taught her useful classes in Regionalism, African Integration, the Foreign Policy of Ghana, and Diplomatic Practice even earlier than she stepped foot within the lecture corridor at GIMPA
“I have always been intrigued by the work of diplomats. How they work around the clock to ensure cordial relations among nations, promote peace and security, support important initiatives like the Sustainable Development Goals, how they give their unflinching support to all of these yet knowing they are just birds of passage in their host countries is amazing”. She mentioned as she grinned from ear to ear with a deep stare into the skies as if her future was being solely premiered to her on a projector display screen on the GIMPA campus the place her commencement was happening.
After that transient trance, she remarked “people say nobody knows tomorrow, but I think we are all sculptors with the ability to mould what we want our future to look like. I just finished moulding mine by getting a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. It’s the starting point and there is more to come”
“Hello Good evening, welcome to the only show that brings you all the insights in the world of diplomacy and international relations. My name is Harriet Nartey”. That is what you might be prone to hear each Saturday at 4 pm once you tune your TV to Pan-African Television for the Diplomatic Affairs Show. The one-hour hour program has turn out to be a key cog within the diplomacy wheel, offering a platform for the worldwide group to change concepts, and in addition mission what their international locations are doing within the comity of countries. On this present, she has interviewed notable personalities just like the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Ghana, H.E Charles Abani, the European Union Ambassador to Ghana, Irchad Razaaly, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Ghana, Benin and Togo, Philipp Stalder, and extra.
Harriet Nartey topped 2022 with one of many episodes of her present, Diplomatic Affairs filmed on the seat of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. In May 2022, she was on the Young African Women Congress held in Naroibi, Kenya the place she had interactions with a few of Kenya’s political bigwigs.
All seems to be easy crusing for the bubbly, and vivacious presenter now however she needed to climate the storm to achieve her purpose. Early childbirth practically derailed her pursuit of educational laurels however she saved her eyes on the prize. Two prizes now on the finish of the race- a Master’s Degree and a stunning son who will full Senior High School subsequent 12 months. She mentioned “many ladies typically get slowed down by marriage, childbirth, and different hurdles that come alongside the way in which however I’m right here to inform them they’ll make it. I gave delivery to my bundle of pleasure in my early twenties, across the identical interval I used to be getting ready to go to the college. So there was an extended wait on the academic ladder earlier than I enrolled on the African University College of Communications in 2018 the place I had my first diploma and now GIMPA for my second diploma. Indeed delay just isn’t denial, she concluded.
As a part of her plans for 2023, Harriet Nartey shall be visiting some chosen Senior High Schools in Accra to encourage them together with her story. People say when life throws lemons at you, make lemonades out of them. Harriet Nartey made a cocktail out of what life threw at her and now she is sipping with glee the fruit of her labour.