Jot Agyeman

John Osei Tutu Agyeman, also known as JOT Agyeman (born 28 June), is a Ghanaian actor, media practitioner and television anchor. He began his entertainment career on stage at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon.

He was host of TV3's breakfast show Start and was a judge of the reality show Hottest Host and host of political chat programme Hot Issues.

He spent a major part of his career as a book writer and editor with Eagle Media House, London, UK, where he held the position of Director of Publishing. JOT Agyeman has written and edited bestselling titles including War on Poverty and The Concept of Love in Relationships. He returned to Ghana in 2006 to pursue a career in the media. He is the author of two books: I Have the Power (Destiny Books, 2003) and The Concept of Love in Relationships (Temple Publishing, 2003).

John Osei Tutu Agyeman, is popularly called JOT. He has a long list of television credentials to his name. His television career started at Ghana Television GTV as a guest presenter on the Breakfast Show in the late 1990s. A year later he returned to the United Kingdom for further training returning to Ghana in 2006 and to the GTV Newsroom where he worked on the African Union Summit in 2007 and the State visit of President John Kufuor to the United Kingdom. He also worked as producer for the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. His rise to the top really took off when he was invited by one of his mentors Mr. Robert Kofi Nyantakyi to handle the morning programme Start on TV3 with Matilda Haynes and Ronald Walker. He credits Mr. Nyantakyi and Mr. Kofi Bucknor as the two people who guided his early career.

January 2010 began a new chapter in the television executive’s life. A call from the management of e.TV Ghana saw his move to the new station as Programmes Manager with responsibility to produce a competitive programming agenda that could see e.TV Ghana at the top of the ratings. He admits it was not an easy road but even before he rolled out his first programmes, Exposure and e Business Journal, he knew what could work and what could not. Other programmes rolled out under the e.TV Ghana Brand name include Breakfast TV, Awake, 100 Degrees, News Xtra, Week in Focus, The Late Nite Celebrity Show, Girl Talk and Big Screen. In September 2010, he was appointed General Manager for e.TV Ghana, a position he held till 31 October 2012. He was instrumental in the formation of the Ghana office of the Institute for Media Practice, a research-based institution that focuses on media training, surveys, monitoring and evaluation of the media in the West African sub-region. JOT was also Head of Media and Communications for the Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design. In November 2014, he returned to e.TV Ghana as a Managing Consultant to the Network. His passion is training and youth development.

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