Dan Dzide

Born at Kpando in the Volta Region of Ghana, Mr. Dan Dzide was educated at Bishop Herman College, Kpando (BIHECO) and the University of Ghana, Legon, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Modern Languages (Spanish and French). He also studied for a post graduate diploma in Communication Studies in the same university. He later obtained a Master's degree in Development Management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

He was a teacher at St. Paul's Higher Technical College, Bonjongo, Cameroon, College Libermann and Seminaire St. Paul de Nylon, Douala, Cameroon. He later worked for a number of years as the correspondent in Cameroon of West Africa Magazine. He also has considerable years of experience working in development communication for the United Nations (UNESCO and UNICEF). His mass media expertise spans well over three decades. Between 2008 and 2016 he was the Executive Secretary of the Deparment of Social Communications of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (GCBC).