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Prince Henry (right) receiving the Nokia 7 plus from Emmanuel Ossai (left) Business Manager, West Africa, HMD Global Accra Men’s Fashion Week in partnership with Nokia Phones last week held its 3rd edition of the biggest gathering of menswear designers and models in Accra at the International Trade Fair Center. As part of the Runway Show was an awards Segment to acknowledge and recognize Models and Designers who have demonstrated creativity, talent and commitment to their profession.  On the night, Nokia Phones awarded Prince Henry who was adjudged the Discovery Model for 2018 with a Nokia 7 Plus phone from HMD Global, home of Nokia Phones. Other award winners included Yoni Ahafia who won Emerging Model and Samuel Clinton was adjudged the Established Model of the Year. Designers were also awarded for their outstanding collections on the runway. Larry Jay, who won the Discovery Designer last year was adjudged the Emerging Designer. Rysen Collections won Discovery Designer while...

Ghana’s top Fashion College, Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design (JACCD) has opened a Professional Development Centre in Osu, A Suburb Of Accra. The new learning centre just like the other one opened in Kumasi offers 2 weeks to 6 months training in Graphic and Fashion designs as well as short courses in fashion design production, textile design, and production, jewellery design, cosmetology and photography in local languages. Commenting on the rational for the JACCD Professional Development Centre, The President of JACCD, Joyce Ababio said: “With over twenty years of experience in training and producing award-winning fashion designers, JACCD remains committed to its objective of creating a platform for creative minds in the fashion industry to thrive and the newly built JACCD Professional Development Centre, is a reflection of that. Our courses are flexible and structured in English and in Twi or Ga to ensure that there is a level playing field for all students. You can learn a ...

The reality and interesting thing is everyone has a talent. The knowledge lacking in the minds and thoughts of people is how they define it and how to find or discover it. Talent is when you are exceptionally good at something, or have the natural ability to flow or do something deftly. Ordinarily when we mention talent what promptly comes to mind are singing, acting, dancing, rapping, sporting and drawing.  The mindset of most people is that, if you don't possess any of these then you aren't gifted or talented. Talent is actually that gift you possess that gives you the mastery to do things effortlessly where others find it difficult to apply the little knowledge they hold in those areas.The reason why most people think they don't have any talent or find it difficult to realize their talent is because their thoughts are narrowed to only a certain category of abilities they tag as talents. Talent in actuality extends over a wide area of which most people are eminentl...

Two MultiChoice Ghana dealers are set to join millions of FIFA World Cup fans in Kiev, Russia after winning the Special 2017 Multichoice Annual Trade Sales promotion. The two dealerships, Cadmus Electronics, in Osu, Accra with fourteen branches and fifty members of staff and Cash Ghana in Madina, Accra with three branches and twelve members of staff, were selected based on their excellent sales performance over the last operational year.  Making the announcement General Manager, MultiChoice Ghana, Cecil Sunkwa Mills said, “Our dealers form an important part of our value chain and key to our delivering excellent customers experience and therefore today’s announcement is a show of our recognition of rewarding our partners who have had the most significant impact our DStv and GOtv customer video entertainment experience and growth in Ghana.” “At MultiChoice, we acknowledge that, it is only by creating value for our trade partners, customers, employees and society that we build a su...

Ten companies were last Friday honoured at the second edition of the Ghana Beverage Awards (GBA) held at the Swiss Spirit (Alisa) Hotel in Accra. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (FES), was adjudged Product of the Year and Beer of the Year while Manufacturer of the year went to Coca Cola Bottling Company. Fruit Juice of the year went to Blue Skies and Energy Drink of the year was swept by Storm Energy. GBA is an awards scheme which aims at honouring excelling beverage stakeholders in Ghana for their contribution to the country’s economy. The CEO of Global Media Alliance, Mr. Ernest Boateng, revealed in his speech that, “It is evident that there are exciting times ahead for the Ghana Beverage industry and as a company, we see a very positive outlook in the coming year”.

Zylofon Cash on Friday June 22, 2018, gave a cash amount of $10,000 as the company’s contribution to sponsor the Drama and Debating Club of Akwamuman Senior High School (SHS), to represent Ghana at the South African National Arts Festival to be held in Grahams Town, South Africa from Thursday, June 28th 2018, to Sunday, July 8th, 2018. Akwamuman SHS qualified to represent Ghana at the international festival after its Drama Club emerged as overall winners at the Broadway Drama Festival held in November 2017 in November 2017 but has since not been able to raise the full amount to cater for the trip. Zylofon Cash received an official letter requesting for sponsorship for the trip and the company responded positively by giving the school the cash amount of $10,000. A brief presentation ceremony, held at the Zylofon Cash office in Accra Friday noon, was attended by the Chief of Akwamu Adumasa, Nana Ansah Kwao IV, who represented the Akwamuhene Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, Nana Akwafo Yenkyi,...

The broadcast industry in Ghana continues to battle with the issue of illegal broadcast of unauthorized content by many TV and Radio stations. One sector greatly hit by this menace is the sports industry where some local TV stations have been airing international sporting events without going through the process required to acquire the necessary rights for the territories they operate in. MultiChoice Ghana, operators of DStv and GOtv and agents of SuperSport International, has secured an injunction barring Nour Vision, operators of Fly TV from airing the FIFA World Cup in Ghana as they have not acquired the broadcast rights to the global soccer fiesta in Ghana neither on Pay-Tv nor Free to Air. Checks from the official list of authorized broadcasters for Ghana for the World Cup and some other properties do not list FLY TV or Nour Vison as rights holders not just in Ghana but across Sub-Saharan Africa. ( https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/tv/02/9...

Newly unveiled artiste, signed to U & I Music, Olakira; makes a debut into the Nigerian music scene with the release of two singles titled Hey Lover and Flirty Signal. Olakira whose real name is ‘Ade Ebenezer’ is an Afro-Pop and RnB artiste who hails from Ogun state in Nigeria. He is a producer, composer, songwriter, singer and also plays a number of musical instruments. The artiste says he is fixated on showcasing the very best, beginning with the two new singles; as he gradually takes the Nigerian music industry by storm. Speaking on his plans, Olakira commented: ‘Getting a platform to help develop and showcase my gifts had always been my major challenge till I got signed to the U & I Music label, one that truly understands me and treats me like family. With this opportunity I want to make a positive mark in the industry that will stand the test of time and for Olakira to become a household name, both home and abroad.’

Nominees for the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) will be announced via a televised broadcast on all Africa Magic channels on DStv and GOtv on Saturday, 30 June at 6pm GMT. The nominees for each category will be revealed by popular Ghanaian actress and TV host, Joselyn Dumas and Nigerian comedian and actor, Bovi. The 2018 AMVCAs is brought to viewers across the continent by Africa Magic in association with MultiChoice Africa and the sponsors, Airtel and Konga. Speaking on the milestone telecast, Channel Director, Africa Magic, Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu, revealed that close to 3000 entries were received across the continent.