Programming
On Air This Week
All times Ghana Standard Time (GMT+0). Click any show for full details.
06:00 – 09:00
Sankofa Sessions
Highlife roots, morning energy
Start your day grounded in the roots of Ghanaian music. Sankofa Sessions celebrates the golden era of highlife — Ebo Taylor, Pat Thomas, Amakye Dede — and the living tradition that flows from them into the streets of Accra today.
Highlife
Nana Kwame
09:00 – 12:00
Accra Mornings
Contemporary Ghana, daytime energy
The pulse of modern Accra. Afrobeats, afro-pop, and the freshest from Ghanaian artists making waves at home and abroad. A bridge between the streets of Osu and the world.
Afrobeats / Afro-Pop
DJ Abena
12:00 – 15:00
West African Crossroads
Pan-African, every day at noon
Music has no borders. Crossroads takes you from Lagos to Dakar, Nairobi to Abidjan — celebrating the full breadth of West African sound. Afrobeat, Mbalax, Coupé-Décalé, Fuji, and everything in between.
Pan-African
Yaa Asantewaa
15:00 – 18:00
The 233 Show
Talk, culture & contemporary sound
Named for Ghana's country code. Culture, conversation, and the contemporary sounds shaping a nation. Interviews with artists, producers, and the creatives defining what Ghana sounds like right now.
Talk / Contemporary
Kofi Mensah
20:00 – 22:00
Jazz × Accra
Where jazz meets the Gold Coast
The meeting point of jazz and West African rhythm. From Afro-jazz pioneers like Hugh Masekela and Fela Kuti's jazz-inflected work, to the new wave of Accra-based jazz artists pushing the form into new territory.
Afro-Jazz
Ama Owusu
20:00 – 22:00
Fela's Neighbors
Afrobeat deep cuts & the diaspora
Deep in the Afrobeat tradition. We go beyond the canon — the musicians who played alongside Fela, the African diaspora artists who carried the flame, and the contemporary producers keeping the fire burning.
Afrobeat
Kweku Darko
10:00 – 13:00
The Griot Hour
Storytelling through music, every Saturday
The griot is the keeper of memory. Every Saturday, we tell stories — through the music, the artists, and the oral traditions that hold West African culture together. Spoken word, live performance, and the songs that carry history.
World / Spoken Word
Adwoa Serwaa
14:00 – 18:00
Heritage Sunday
Four hours of pure Ghanaian heritage
Sunday is for roots. Four uninterrupted hours of Ghana's musical heritage — from traditional Kpanlogo and Adowa drumming to the golden era of highlife and the artists who built the foundation everything else stands on.
Heritage / Traditional
Professor Kwabena Asante
22:00 – 06:00
Overnight Waves
The station never sleeps
From 10pm to 6am, Akwaaba Radio keeps the signal strong. A curated flow of all genres — jazz, highlife, afrobeats, world — for night owls, shift workers, and listeners around the globe in different time zones.
Mixed