Ghana

Ghana: Lakeside Marina – Happy Sports ‘5km run’ Launched

By Peterking Quaye – The Lakeside Marina – Happy Sports 5 km Run event has been launched for the second time after successful run last .At a short launching ceremony in Accra during the week, organizers of the event explained the rationale behind the run and the process for individuals and corporate organizations to be part of it . The ‘ 5 KM Run’ is slated for Independence Day, Sunday 6th March,2010 at  ,this year’s event  has been describe as a ‘celebration of life by the event organizers will mark the second in the series runs for the organizers. Speaking... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Sunday, February 6th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana vs Togo on 8th February

By Peterking Quaye – The first test for Ghana’s new coach and proof that the heavy sums of money dished out for him is worth it comes off this next week with a friendly match with Adebayor’s Togo . Goran Stevanovic’s squad to face Togo in an international friendly next week Tuesday has been announced. A 19-man squad would represent the Black Stars in the game in Antwerp, Belgium on 8 February as Ghana plays the Hawks in their first fixture of the New Year which would also be Stevanovic’s debut as head coach. Sulley Muntari and Derek Boateng both... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 5th 2011 | Read Comments

Nigeria: Yvonne Nelson Ban in Nigeria?

By Peterking Quaye – For the past six years, the duo of Jackie Appiah and Yvonne Nelson has been the major faces of the nascent Ghana movie industry and Nollywood. They have through their star power, looks and charms, elevated the evolving Ghallywood from the curiosity it once was, to a top brand it currently enjoys. The two super stars have alternated between them hundreds of leading roles in many commercially viable and critically acclaimed movies. On screen, the two usually project a chemistry of amity and harmony, which in real live rings false. To assert that Jackie Appiah and... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 5th 2011 | Read Comments

Kenya: AMAA 2011 Nomination party set for Kenya

By Peterking Quaye – After a successful party in Ghana last year,the organizers of Africa biggest film industry event are set to unleash another star stubbed event in the Kenyean capital, Nairobi. Nairobi will dazzle with stars, glitz and glam from February 25-26, as the biggest stars and practitioners in the African movie industry storm Kenya for this year edition of Africa Movie Academy Awards nominations party. Practitioners from all the participating countries of the awards scheme are expected to converge on the East Africa nation for the announcement who gets nominated for what. The event will take place on... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 5th 2011 | Read Comments

Ghana: Indian based Credent Organics introduce innovative bio technology

A leading Indian organic agricultural input manufacturer is exploring the Ghanaian market as a gateway to reaching the entire African continent. Credent Organics is the only company in the world which produces liquid organic fertilizer and other inputs. The company hopes to assist Ghanaian farmers increase production and reduce the health risk associated with chemical fertilizers. Officials of the company are currently in Ghana to introduce local farmers to its range of zero residue products for agricultural sustainability and environmental impact reduction. The Credent Organics delegation is in the country at the invitation of the Afigya Kwabre District Assembly in... Continue Reading

Publish Date: Saturday, February 5th 2011 | Read Comments