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Ghana: Mobile Entrepreneurship Training starts in Accra

By Peterking Quaye, Shout-africa.com Correspondent, Accra,Ghana – Mobile Web Ghana is a community of Ghanaian mobile entrepreneurs, and people interested in the Mobile Web. The training will provide participants skills in mobile technology and business, to help local talent build applications for local communities as well as serve as a discussion forums, networking events and links between application developers, mobile network operators and established businesses. This is the first training program started on the  24 February 2011 and the training According to the Dr.Max Froumentin  Program Manager will provide tuition covering subjects ranging from creating mobile applications to putting it... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 26th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana: Taking stage performance in Ghana to the next level? – ‘Famous 5’

By Peterking Quaye – ‘FAMOUS 5’ Produced by E-Volution International, and organized by Events and More in collaboration with Peace FM, is an event bringing together 5 of the greatest stage performers in Ghana to perform on one stage on the same night. The event, aims at increasing the standards in stage performance in Ghana by artistes and also afford the various artiste a unique opportunity as well a platform to perform and interact with their fans. The Ghanaian music industry has face staggering stage performances from good musician in recent times, let alone talk about the time spent performing.... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 26th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana: Event to celebrate motherhood and parenting launched

Morkporkpor Anku (Accra, Ghana) – The first ever event to showcase and celebrate the beauty of motherhood and the art of parenting in the country was launched in Accra on Thursday. Dubbed BabyFEST Ghana 2011, it is scheduled for June 3-5, 2011 and would consist of three categories – “PUSH” pageant for pregnant women, ”Baby Summit” and “BabyFair”. It is being organised by Ticklz N’ Gigglz, an event and consultancy firm. Ms Esi Yankah, Chief Executive Officer of Ticklz N’ Gigglz, who launched the event in Accra, said it would offer advice and engage prospective parents, new parents and baby... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Friday, February 25th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana: Energy Bank – Ghana launched

By Peterking Quaye ,Shout-Africa.com from Accra,Ghana – There are  27 Ghanaian banks having over $1 billion shareholders’ fund spreading across all aspects of banking in a population of 25 million people, compared with 23 Nigerian banks with shareholders’ fund of $1.9 billion for 150 million population. Commending the Bank of Ghana for setting regulations which he called “corrective rather than destructive”. Barrister Ibrahim described Ghana as the fastest growing economy in the world, and announced that Energy Bank- Ghana was one of the five banks earmarked to be set up by his group before the end of the second quarter... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Friday, February 25th 2011 | Read Comments