Aggor Yorm, Creative Director at Egli Studios, has called on Ghanaian content creators and broadcasters to produce more television and digital programmes made specifically for children.
She made the appeal during an interview at the live finale of The Best Girlfriends Podcast, a kids’ show produced by Egli Studios.
Yorm said the inspiration behind the show was to fill a growing gap in Ghana’s media landscape where children’s programming has become scarce.
Children deserve content made by them, for them,” she said. “When you look on TV, kids are missing what we had as kids. There used to be shows every Saturday morning and after school, but that’s gone. We need to bring that back gradually through making content for kids.”
The Best Girlfriends Podcast, produced by Egli Studios, features four ten-year-old girls, Viphine, Babette, Elaine, and Kelly Ann, who discuss everyday topics such as friendship, school life, and growing up in Ghana. The show, which airs weekly online and on television, aims to give children a platform to express themselves confidently.
“These girls are very confident and eloquent,” Yorm said. “A lot of people think they are scripted, but all we do is give them a topic, and they share their own opinions and experiences.”
Ghana’s television space has seen a sharp decline in children’s programming over the past decade, with most broadcasters focusing on adult-oriented entertainment. According to Yorm, this leaves many children consuming foreign or unsuitable content.
“Our children are watching adult content or foreign programmes that don’t reflect their realities,” she explained. “We want to change that by producing local, relatable stories that also teach and entertain.”
Media analysts have also praised Best Girlfriends for addressing this gap. Reports from Graphic Online and Starr FM Online describe it as one of Ghana’s first locally produced children’s podcasts designed to encourage positive self-expression among young people.
Yorm revealed that the first season of Best Girlfriends was largely self-funded with the help of a few partners, including Timeline Creative Studios, Be Favoured, Indomie, Publiciti Africa, Ameyaw Debrah, and Carefront. Travels She said the team hopes to attract more sponsors to sustain and expand the project.
“We’re grateful to our partners who believed in this dream,” she said. “In the next season, we hope to get more support so we can do even more for Ghanaian children.”
Yorm urged filmmakers, animators, and digital storytellers across Africa to consider children as part of their creative planning.
All creators, whether through animation, live action, or podcasting, should make room for children in their storytelling,” she said. “Let’s stop forcing kids to watch telenovelas or adult content. Let’s create content that helps them learn, grow, and have fun.”
As Ghana continues to embrace digital media, Egli Studios plans to develop more children-focused shows. Yorm believes that nurturing young voices now will shape the country’s creative future.
“Our kids have voices too,” she concluded. “It’s about time we gave them a microphone.
Source: ameyawdebrah.com/
