By Peterking Quaye – Milo, a brand of Nestle, has launched the 1st edition of the annual youth football tournament – dubbed ‘Milo U-13 Football Tournament 2012 –Liberia to select Liberia’s representative for this year’s Milo Africa U-13 Football Tournament in Ghana. The 2012 African U-13 championship will be hosted by Ghana have 8 teams representing Nestle –Milo brands in these countries. Liberia’s inclusion this year is an indication of Liberia joining the bigger youth soccer development program of Nestle in Africa ,as well huge winning prizes for the winning teams According to Mr. Aboubacar Camara ,Business Development Manager –Nestle (Liberia... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – Ghana’s music industry have received praise for the level of production to the entertainment industry as well as contribution to the creative industry in Africa. The quest to make a mark over the year is receiving a lot of support from corperate institutions like Vodafone. Ghana’s rapper super heavyweight no doubt, Sarkodie is in the lead with more nomination in this year’s event. The nominees for the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards were announced this week at the studios of GH One Entertainment Television, in Accra. Sarkodie has a total of 12 nominations which includes 3... Continue Reading
Zimbabwe based beauty, Gamu Maziva has been crowned Miss February winner in a fiercely contested round in the ongoing online pageant, Face of Zimbabwe. The February contest, probably one of the most competitive in the history of the pageant saw a fierce light-hearted battle between crowd favourite Gamu and another front-runner, Shamiso Chifokoyo on why they deserved to win the coveted spot. In a bid to win public affection, contestants shared details of their charity engagements, received corporate endorsements and ‘spiritual encouragement’ whilst others established a network of fans lobbying for votes to support their campaigns on the group’s facebook... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye – A team of FIFA Auditors and a local collaborating firm are in town to audit the Liberia Football Association with respect to funds made available to support Liberia football development. The Federation for International Football Association (FIFA) auditor is in the country to audit the LFA for the usage of the Financial Assistance Program (FAP).According to an official of the local football house. The fund was intended for women football, youth football and gross root football development. According to FIFA website the Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) was designed to motivate and empower the associations and confederations... Continue Reading
February 2012 – Senior Vice President Lars Reno Jakobsen has been appointed as promoter and coordinator of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group’s business expansion on the African continent with particular focus on the Sub-Sahara. The position is new and part of the Group’s efforts to expand business in growth markets in Africa. Lars Reno Jakobsen will take up the position from 1 March 2012. He has until now headed the Network and Product division in Maersk Line, the Group’s container shipping business. Jakobsen has long-time experience with international trade, having worked on four continents including Africa. “We already have... Continue Reading
