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Ghana: George Darko in good condition … Ready for Charity project

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By Petering Quaye – Contrary to public rumors which sought to suggest that King of Burger highlife George Darko might not stage any other public performance, his handlers Mirror Image Promotions have said the artiste is in high spirits, all ready for a charity project. George Darko continues to woo the highlife community with back-to-back stupendous performances at various public and private shows. His George Darko @ 60 Concert recently organized at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra, was a huge success. Son of a paramount chief, he was educated at the Presbyterian School at Akropong. After playing for an... Continue Reading

Zimbabwe’s emerging filmmakers, Ivory Pictures hits 70000 DVD copies in two months.

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HARARE – Locally produced feature film, LOBOLA, has successfully reached over 70000 DVD sales at the close of a second month direct public sales, thereby establishing the film as one of the topselling motion pictures in the country, and positioning the youthful filmmakers as an unrivalled forces to reckon with in the Zimbabwean film industry. “The release of LOBOLA and our subsequent direct public sales has empowered us to clearly define our goals for future productions. We are pushing almost a thousand copies a day, and right now we have sold slightly above 70000 copies in two months.” “We had... Continue Reading

Zimbabwe start up launches Dariro.com, a local pages platform

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Zimbabwe Internet entrepreneur, Richwell Phinias and friends recently launched a platform on the internet where Zimbabwean business organizations, educational institutions and various sectors from the country can interface first among themselves and then with the world. The internet is becoming a major part of communication for people considering how infrastructure, access and skills in the field are generally improving. Only two years ago people in Zimbabwe could not access the internet from their mobile devices but in recent months two of the giant mobile networks in the country have introduced data services to their subscribers with smart phones, gprs and... Continue Reading

South Africa: Memorial Service For Late South African Jazz Maestro Set For This Friday

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By Novell Zwange – Johannesburg – A memorial service for the late Zim Ngqawana (25 December 1959 – 10 May 2011[1]) is set for this Friday, June 3 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm at the Bassline, in Newtown, Johannesburg. Zim died in the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Hospital after suffering a stroke, he had been rehearsing at his home in Troyeville for a show at Wits on that weekend when he had the stroke. the late Zim Ngqawana Later known as Zimology, was one of South African leading flautist and saxophonist. The youngest of five children, Ngqawana started playing flute at the age of 21. He dropped... Continue Reading