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GAB Productions Limited

GAB Productions Company Limited is registered as a limited liability company with activities into Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations and Multi Media Productions. The company runs a newspaper and an online news platform.

GAB Productions Limited publishes The Statesman newspaper, and a related online portal, thestatesmanonline.com. According to the official documents at the Registrar General's Department, GAB Productions Limited is owned by Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko as the majority shareholder, and Nana Adjoa Hackman Otchere-Darko and ED Gerber as minority shareholders.

Gabby, a cousin of the current president, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo, founded the public policy think tank called Danquah Institute. He is one of the leading voices in the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). His wife, Nana Adjoa, a shareholder of the company, was recently appointed to the board of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as a board member. Little is known of ED Gerber except the information of being a shareholder of the company.

Though the company has not seen any change in ownership since its establishment, their flagship newspaper has seen a change of ownership over a period of time. The paper was first founded by Edward Akuffo and was later taken over by his son, Akuffo Addo , then by Ken Ofori Atta, his cousin. It is now presently by GAB Productions Limited with Otchere- Darko as majority shareholder who is also a cousin of the president.

Key facts

Business Form

Private

Legal Form

Limited Liability Company

Business Sectors

Publishing

Ownership

Individual Owner

The Otchere-Darko Family

Asare Otchere Darko is the majority shareholder of the company. He is a lawer by profession and serves as the Senior partner of Africa Legal Associates. Gabby is a cousin to the current president of the Rublic of Ghana and a member of the NPP.

60%

ED Gerber

10%
Media Outlets
Other Media Outlets

Other Print Outlets

The Statesman

Other Online Outlets

thestatesmanonline.com

Facts

General Information

Founding Year

2001, March 29

Founder

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Affiliated Interests Founder

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Employees

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Tax/ ID Number

524-V00-8772

Financial Information

Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)

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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

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Advertising (in % of total funding)

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Management

Executive Board

Asare Otchere-Darko - Director

Non-Executive Board

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Supervisory Board

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Further Information

Data Publicly Available

ownership data is easily available from other sources, e. g. public registries etc.

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Meta Data

Company information on shareholding based on data from the Registrar General's Department.

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