Ohemeng Tawiah

Ohemeng Tawiah is a journalist since 2002, currently works with Multimedia Group Ltd for for radio, television and online for Ghana's leading media conglomerate.
He is one of few Investigative Journalists in Ghana who reports on human rights, health, environment, corruption, etc. As a fellow of National Press Foundation, Ohemeng was among 21 journalists selected worldwide for the prestigious AIDS Vaccine Conference 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. Attended, spoke at the African Investigative Journalism Conference(AIJC) since 2010 in South Africa.His investigations on health and human right issues in Ghana have brought relief to many families in Ghana. For instance in 2012, he spent 4-months working as undercover doctor at Ghana's second biggest hospital, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and reported on avoidable deaths amid equipment breakdown and systematic failures at the only accident and emergency center. Several lives until then had been lost at the facility. Ohemeng investigated a community in rural Ghana where more than 70 percent of about 3000 residents were infested with river blindness. He spent several days on hospital bed after being involved in road accident whilst covering the story. Despite the risks involved including widespread black flies which carries onchocirchiasis, he brought to light the plight of people of Asuboi, located inside a thick forest in the Ashanti region.
The people received treatment; poor road network to the area was improved whilst government spent 6-months to build a clinic for the predominantly farmers.
His investigations into the state owned Metro Mass Transit in Ghana saw the sacking of managing director and his deputy whilst the governing board of the company was also dissolved by President John Dramani Mahama and new ones constituted.
He worked with a team of investigated journalists in Africa in a trans-border investigations on how donor support meant to help fight malaria were misused in Ghana.

His 7-month investigations into farmer-herdsmen clashes, an age-long security issue in Agogo, Kwahu and Kintampo received government of Ghana's attention.
A police-military team equipped with helicopter flashed out the violent shepherds who maimed and killed local farmers and vice versa. He attenyded the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, 2015 in Norway.He belongs to Forum for African Investigative Reporters, Africa Publishing Collective, Ghana Journalists Association