Afua Hagan

Afua Hagan is one of the leading voices on diversity in Britain

Afua Hagan is one of the leading voices on diversity in Britain, regularly appearing on ITV’s This Morning, Good Morning Britain, Jeremy Vine on Channel 5, the BBC, Sky and CNN, in particular participating in thought-provoking discussions about diversity and equality for women.

A passionate and experienced journalist, she hosted the TV show “Sustainable Energy” for CNBC, wrote a column for The Voice Newspaper and was Editor-in-Chief for Glam Africa Magazine.

Afua moved to London from Glasgow aged 17 to study journalism at City University. After specialising in broadcast and music, Afua found herself working at T4 and PopWorld before moving on to the dizzy heights of 60 Minute Makeover on ITV. She grew bored of decorating strangers’ homes in an hour or under and made the leap to music publishing where she worked for Blue Mountain Music under the watchful and legendary eye of Chris Blackwell.

Following her passion as a writer, Afua landed a job at Blackhair as Editorial Assistant, rising to be Editor after only a year. She became the Features Editor for Pride magazine and a Producer and Anchor for Arise News. After switching to ABN TV, she produced and presented the popular show Young & Rising and launched Entertainment Weekly. Afua is a great supporter of the UK and international music scene, especially in the world of Afrobeats and was the host of The A-List on The Beat 103.6FM.

Sessions

Afua Hagan appears in the following sessions. Select a session to find out more:
On REAL equality and inclusion
Sat 4th March 2023

Want to hear Afua Hagan?

If you’d like to see Afua Hagan speak at this year’s Malvern Festival of Ideas, you can book onto their session(s), or get tickets to a wide range of talks.