Philip Teye Agbove is an award-winning investigative journalist focused on Indigenous peoples’ rights, accountability and human rights reporting. He uses investigative reporting and fact-checking as tools to drive justice and institutional accountability.
He works with The Fourth Estate, the public interest, non-profit investigative journalism project of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), where his reporting has exposed corruption, abuse of power, environmental injustice, and threats to press freedom. His work has triggered audits, prosecutions, and, in several cases, direct relief for affected victims and communities.
Before joining MFWA as a fellow in 2022, Philip worked with the Ghana News Agency and served as a correspondent for UK-based SheHub.tv, a platform dedicated to women-focused stories. He also had a stint with Radio Ada, Ghana’s premier community radio station, where he developed a strong foundation in community-centered journalism.
A native of Ghana’s coastal communities in the Greater Accra Region, Philip has dedicated part of his early career to reporting on human trafficking on the Volta Lake, with a focus on amplifying the experiences of vulnerable children and marginalized groups.
His work has earned him significant recognition. He is a recipient of the 2025 Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Media Award for Local Journalism and won the Best Community Reporter in West Africa at the CJID Excellence Awards 2025. Philip is also the 2023 Ghana Journalists Association Best News Journalist (Online) of the Year. He was among four journalists celebrated by the TRACE Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2025 and was shortlisted for the 2025 Amnesty International Media Awards. In 2022, he received the Most Outstanding Justice Advocate Award from International Justice Mission Ghana and was named MFWA’s Most Promising Young Investigative Journalist. He was crowned Ghana’s Outstanding Student Journalist of the Year in 2021 by the National Students Achievement Awards Ghana (NASAAG) and Ghana’s Best Student Radio Presenter in 2020 by the Ghana Student Awards, among other recognitions.
Philip has reported for international outlets including BBC, CBC, IWPR, and SheHub.tv. He believes in journalism that challenges power, amplifies unheard voices, and drives meaningful social change. Beyond reporting, he mentors young journalists and holds a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies from the Ghana Media School and a Bachelor of Arts in Development Communication.