William Frank Kobina Coleman

In 1941, Coleman gained employment at the Nigerian Railways but left for the Gold Coast after a year of service.^[4] He took up a teaching job in 1942 at St. Edward's Seminary, a school which was then located at Adabraka, a suburb of Accra.^[4] He later joined the Treasury as a second Decision Clerk prior to entering Achimota College to pursue an Intermediate bachelor's degree in engineering.^[4][5] Upon passing his External Degree Examinations, Coleman was attached to the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service (now the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) for a brief period of time after which he joined the Achimota College teaching staff.^[4] In 1948, he won a scholarship to study a post graduate course in the United Kingdom.^[4] He studied at the University of Southampton (where he obtained a diploma in Electronics),^[1] the University of London (where he obtained his bachelor's degree in engineering),^[5] and also had an attachment course with the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Messrs Marconi, a radio company then in the United Kingdom.^[4] Coleman returned to the Gold Coast after his studies abroad to join the Gold Coast Broadcasting Service once again.^[4] He began as an engineer, and was later promoted to the post of a Deputy Chief Engineer in 1955.^[1][4] In 1958, he became the Chief Engineer and later the deputy director when the position was regraded.^[1][4][6] In August 1960, Coleman was appointed Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation,^[7] succeeding J. B. Millar.^[4][6] Coleman served in this capacity from 1960 to 1970.^[4] He was succeeded by Stephen Bekoe Mfodwo in August 1970.^[8] Coleman remains the longest serving Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation.^[4] He once served as the vice president of the Ghana Institution of Engineers.^[1]

• Ghana Broadcasting Corporation