Seasoned voice over artist, award winning radio presenter, TV host and motivational speaker, Carol Ofori, is not only the voice to many of South Africa’s most loved brands but is also the voice to some of the most important conversations currently; from her national weekday radio show called #CarolOforiOnECR on East Coast Radio, to parenting with her talk series on SABC 2, Raising Babies 101.

Over the years Carol Ofori has had the privilege of interviewing some of the most distinguished public figures and renowned personalities globally such as the late President Nelson Mandela, international news anchor Lukwesa Burak, Lil Kim, Hollywood actors Antonio Banderas and Morris Chestnut, Dr 90210, and Black Coffee.

You can catch Carol Ofori on:

#CarolOforiOnECR – Monday to Friday 9am – 1PM on East Coast Radio

Raising Babies 101 – on SABC 2

“Invest in anything you value…whether it’s your family, relationship, career or even a hobby!” – Carol Ofori

Over the past 10 years Carol Ofori has become a seasoned voice over artist and a well-respected Radio & TV personality. The radio bug bit her whilst on campus at RAU (Rand Afrikaans University – now UJ) studying towards a BA Journalism Degree majoring in Politics. She joined the campus radio station where she was an on-air presenter and became the DJ Manager. She then moved on and worked for a month at Kaya FM on a learnership programme in the newsroom.

In 2004 Carol Ofori joined 947 as an intern journalist before she became a reporter for both 947 and sister station 702. Whilst at 947 Carol Ofori was a News Anchor and also worked in the marketing department doing direct marketing as part of the Ground Patrol team and soon found herself on the airwaves full-time as a radio presenter. Carol Ofori hosted various shows from weekdays 7pm to 10pm to weekdays pre-breakfast show 4am – 6am and spent a total of 7 years with 947.

In 2010 Carol Ofori was offered a wonderful opportunity to join South Africa’s largest Urban Commercial radio station, Metro FM, where she hosted “The Divine Edge” on Saturdays from 12pm to 3pm and “The Divine Edge Sunday Edition” from 10pm till midnight. Carol Ofori left Metro FM at the end of March 2014 to join Kagiso Media at East Coast Radio where she spent 5 amazing years hosting various shows, from Weekend Breakfast to the Top 40 chart show. Carol then left East Coast Radio in April 2019 to join national SABC radio station Radio 2000 to host her weekend breakfast show called The Weekend Favour. The show went on to win a Radio award for best Weekend show in April 2020 at the South African Radio Awards. Carol then hosted a national weekday show called #QueensOfGrace on Radio 2000 from 9am till midday. Carol now host 9am to 1pm on KZN’s number 1 hit Music Station East Coast Radio. Her show is called #CarolOforiOnECR and you can catch her Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm weekdays.

Along the way, Carol Ofori found time to fulfil her journalistic flair by writing as a freelancer for various publications such as Soul Magazine, Oprah Magazine and ZAlebs.co.za.

In 2014 Carol Ofori graduated from Vega School of Brand Leadership with an Honours degree in Brand Management.
Today Carol Ofori does professional voice work for clients such as DStv, Game, Revlon, Sechaba Medical and many others. When Carol Ofori is not doing voice overs , on the airways, or on TV, you’ll find her MCing, being a Motivational Speaker, having fun with make-up artistry and being a wife and mother to her 3 year old son.

Some of Carol’s Notable Milestones / Achievements / Career Highlights

• 2020: Host of #CarolOforiOnECR on East Coast Radio
• 2020: Winner of Best Weekend show at the South African Radio Awards for The Weekend Favour
• 2020: Host of National Weekday show #QueensOfGrace which airs Monday to Friday 9am to 12
• 2019: Nominated for a Liberty Radio award for best Weekend Show
• 2019: Host of national weekend radio show #TheWeekendFavour on Radio 2000
• 2018:Booked as the live voice for the South African Music Awards (SAMA24)
• 2018: Host of SABC 2’s talk series, Raising Babies 101
• 2017 – 2018: The station voice of 2 commercial radio stations in South Africa
• 2016: Motivational Speaker at Essence Festival, Durban, South Africa
• 2014: Wrote weekly column for the Witness Newspaper in KwaZulu Natal
• 2014: Booked as the live voice for the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs)
• 2014: Booked as the voice for the South African Music Awards (SAMA20)
• 2014 – 2018: East Coast Radio presenter
• 2013: Graduated from Vega School of Brand Leadership with an Honours Degree in Brand Management
• 2012 – 2013: Had a monthly feature in SOUL Magazine called “Lunch Date with Carol Ralefeta”
• 2011: Voice of MNET East and West Africa
• 2011: Qualified as a make-up artist from LISOF in Rosebank, Johannesburg
• 2010 – 2014: Metro FM presenter
• 2008 – 2010: Taught a news workshop at Oncue Communications
• 2008: Lectured Communication and Radio at Boston Media House to a class of over 1500 students
• 2004 – 2010: 947 presenter
• 2004 – 2005: Jet FM and Edgars Music Radio presenter
• 2003: Graduated from RAU (now UJ) with a BA Journalism