Albert Don-Chebe is a Ghanaian lawyer, retired soldier, and public servant. He was the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 2013 to 2016 Appointed by Former President John Dramani Mahama. He is a Native of Takpo in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of Upper West Region.

15th Director-General of the GBC Preceded by Berifi Afari Apenteng he was Succeeded by Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow.

Prof Amin Alhassan, A Former Principal of UDS, Wa Campus is Currently the Director General of GBC.

Education, He Attended St. Augustine’s College, Tamale Senior High School

University Education

University of Ghana, University of Manchester, Defense Information School, Ghana School of Law.

Don-Chebe worked as a lecturer in English language at the University of Ghana. For 15 years, he had worked at the Directorate of Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces.Prior to his voluntary retirement from the Ghana Armed Forces in 1999, he had been involved in five peace-keeping operations under the supervision of the United Nations.He began as a Lieutenant and retired as a Major.Following his retirement from the Ghana Armed Forces, he joined the Ghana Breweries Limited as the Corporate Affairs Manager. In 2005, he was employed by the Ministry of Public Sector Reforms as a Communications Consultant. He was later appointed Head of Corporate Communication and Customer Care at Ghana Telecom (which later became Vodafone Ghana). Don-Chebe gained employment at the Millennium Development Authority in 2009 as the Director of Community and Public Outreach. Prior to his appointment as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, he was the Director of Corporate Planning and Communication at the Export Development and Agricultural Investment Fund (EDAIF).He is a member of the Institute of Public Relations and once served as its president.

Don-Chebe was appointed Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation on 14 May 2013 by the National Media Commission.His three-year contract ended on 16 May 2016. He however proceeded on his accumulated leave in February 2016, and refused to return to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation due to worker agitations at the corporation. He was succeeded by Kwame Akuffo Annof-Ntow. While serving as Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, he was elected president of the African Union of Broadcasting. He is the chairman of the Northern Development Forum.

Source: Upper West Media App