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.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Limited Liability Company
Business Sectors
Publishing
Individual Owner
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.
Nana Adjo Otchere Darko is the wife of Asare Otchere Darko. Beyond owning shares in GAB Productions Limited, she is also the managing partner in the Africal Legal Associates firm
ED Gerber
Other Print Outlets
The Statesman
Other Online Outlets
thestatesmanonline.com
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
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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
ED Gerber - Director
Nana Adjoa Otchere-Darko - Director
Non-Executive Board
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Supervisory Board
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Further Information
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Company information on shareholding based on data from the Registrar General's Department.
Registrar General’s Department. Date of Registration 2001-03-25. GAB Productions Limited – CA-10,636. Accessed in May 2017.
