Before assuming the role of Deputy Editor, Mr Amponsah was the Business Editor of the Ghanaian Times, where his job responsibilities involved selecting and analysing business and finance news for publication in the newspaper.
Prior to that, he was in charge of the Sports Desk of the Ghanaian Times and doubled as a columnist (The Watchdog) for the erstwhile Evening News.
In 1999, the Board of Directors of the Corporation appointed Mr. Amponsah as the Deputy Editor of the Sporting Times, which was a weekly sports newspaper of the Corporation. He acted as the Editor of the newspaper also.
A product of GIJ and Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, both in Accra, Mr Amponsah’s areas of interest include sports, business/finance and environment.
He has attended a number of national and international conferences and tournaments, and written extensively on global and local events bordering on various fields of human endeavour.
Mr. Amponsah was appointed the Editor of The Spectator, the weekly newspaper of the New Times Corporation (NTC), on Monday, November 2, 2020.
Until his appointment, Mr Amponsah, who is a Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) graduate with more than 32 years experience in journalism, was the Deputy Editor of the Ghanaian Times, the flagship newspaper of the NTC.