Makaziwe Mandela, who the late Komla Dumor interviewed after her father’s death has paid tribute to Komla, saying he was “a shining star of Africa”.
Komla Dumor died on Saturday, 18 January, 2014 at the age of 41 from a cardiopulmonary arrest.
Komla joined the BBC in 2007 after a decade of broadcast journalism in his native Ghana where he won the Ghana Journalist of the Year award.
Between 2007 and 2009 he hosted Network Africa for BBC World Service, before joining The World Today programme.
In 2009 Komla became the first host of the African business news programme on BBC World News, Africa Business Report.
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