Acting in Ghana is not paying today; it won’t pay tomorrow – Kwami Sefa Kayi

• Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Host of ‘Kokrokoo’ on Peace FM, Kwami Sefa Kayi, has once again cited low wages in acting business in Ghana as the reason he abandoned acting.

Currently one of Ghana’s most celebrated broadcast journalists around, Sefa has not only won several awards over the years but is considered affluent.

Speaking with Kwasi Aboagye on ‘Entertainment Review’ on Peace FM on Saturday, he insisted that abandoning acting was a business decision, reiterating his earlier views that “acting doesn’t pay in Ghana.”

According to him, he ”stopped acting because radio gave me a better platform and made me more money and gave me more recognition. When I started the radio work, I saw improvement in my life. I could create a large network. I made good income. I saw a sense of direction in my life.”
He revealed that he ”saw no future as an actor” and indicated, ”acting in this country, it doesn’t pay. It didn’t pay from when I was much younger. It is not paying today; it won’t pay tomorrow.”

Sefa Kayi used to be one of the best actors in the 90s. He starred in a number of films and was last seen in Shirley Frimpong Manso directed film titled ‘Scorned’.Many had thought that ‘Scorned’ was a comeback project for him, unfortunately he never returned to motion picture screens since then.