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The highly anticipated 2019 edition of the African Academy Movie Awards (AMAA) is set to hold on the 27th day of October.  AMAA is the leading, most glamorous films awards event recognizing and rewarding creativity in African filmmaking. AMAA has consistently for 14 years facilitated the convergence and celebration of African movie stars – actors, directors, cinematographers, Media personnels and other professionals invested in the art of filmmaking. The details of the 2019 edition of the award ceremony which has been held across locations in Africa throughout the years are as follows: Date: SUNDAY, 27TH OF OCTOBER, 2019.

The Federal Government has promised its full support for the successful hosting of the 2019 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), as the country prepares to host the glamorous event in Lagos 20-23 November 2019, with the theme: ''Feel Africa''. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the promise in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. ''When you look at the All Africa Music Awards, it's one of the biggest awards for the music industry in Africa, and what government has done in the past is to provide the enabling environment for the awards to take place. ''We provided support services for AFRIMA, we gave them the backing they need and I think it's on record that the AFRIMA editions that have been held in Nigeria have been among the most successful.

It is becoming obvious that no one can match top model, Victoria Michaels, when it also comes to runway mileage this season. She keeps doing amazingly well on major and international fashion platforms. One of such shows is the just ended spring and summer season of African Fashion International (AFI) Fashion Week in South Africa. She was among top fashion models that brought life to the AFI Fashion Week. She had the honor of showcasing designs by top designers including David Tlale, whose works for the night have been described as “meaningful”. The flamboyant designer paid homage to his biggest muse and late mother, Joyce Tlale, naming his SS20 collection “Joyce” Tlale’s. His presentation began with fun and colourful pieces, drawing inspiration from his ‘Heritage Month’ collaboration with Tastic Rice, as well as the rich and vibrant cultures found in South Africa. Visuals and images of Victoria on the runway during David Tlale’s showcase have been generating a lot of attention on so...

Young Ghanaian visual artist, Bright Komla Kpoha who is known for his unique style of putting pen and pencil to paper has earn a nomination in this year’s Ghana Arts and Culture Awards  in the ‘Ghanaian Visual Artist of the Year’ category. The artist who is artistically known as Realpen Pencil has a peculiar way of making arts appealing  unlike the conventional approach to drawing, Bright Kpoha ‘Realpen pencil’, dramatize his drawing process, displaying gymnastic, dancing, jumping and other skills to transform his subject onto paper. Currently, Realpen pencil is the World’s First Gymnastic Artist, this claim was recently endorsed by Google. In the Ghana Arts and Culture Awards category, Realpen Pencil is with five other great visual artists. To vote for Realpen Pencil click on https://eballot-web.anmgw.com/#/awards/nominees/UExBTl8wMDAwMDAwMDU%3D/SCAT_000000235 . Voting end on December 4, 2019.

People are passionate about customer service in Ghana. Overall, the feeling is that companies do not care. The focus is just on profits and nothing else.  Take a cursory glance on social media today – Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp – and you’ll probably understand what I mean. ‘Vodafone has stolen my credit,” screamed an angry customer the other day on Twitter. “Things are too complicated,” - said another customer to our Experience Centre agents. In the telecommunications sector, since what we do is at the very heart of everyday life, the major brunt is borne by us. To give feedback, no matter how painful it is to hear, is to care. Customers want the best of services at all times because it is a promise we make to them when they sign up with us. Our brand promise is a proposition to stand beside the customer at all times as they make the leap into the unknown digital future. Customer service is the first step in becoming a loved brand. It is also the reason why Vodafone is stepp...

The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Barbara Oteng-Gyasi has led some officials of the Tourism Ministry to inspects the site for the construction of one of the most iconic and ambitious projects in the history of Ghana’s Tourism sector, which is estimated at 1.2 billion U.S Dollars. This massive project is going to be a game-changer in turning the fortunes of Tourism in Ghana, thereby improving  on the country’s GDP. The project which is dubbed the “Marine Drive Tourism and Investment Project,” is under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) and the Ghana Tourism Development Company (GTDC) and is expected to create 36 thousand (36,000) jobs during the first phase of the project and subsequently engage about One Hundred and Fifty Thousand (150,000) both skills and unskilled personnel’s upon completion. Hon, Barbara Oteng Gyasi, made the inspection tour at the Marine Drive project site on the 6th...

Ghanaian based Lebanese DJ and Electronic Dance Music Designer DJSky in an exclusive interview with WatsUp TV yesterday disclosed of his introducing of Electronic Dance Music into the Ghanaian music market. In talks with the host Champagnee Lee aka Faisal Carter, he said: "I started this kind of music in Ghana since 5 years ago". He continued by saying "It was hard for me for the first time, people were seeing everything as strange, but I didn't give up!"  Electronic Dance Music mostly called EDM is something new for African but it’s going far now because we started with some small shows and for now, I think the people like it and listens to it. We can take the love of EDM music from Africa far to the world because currently, there is no one doing this.

Tickets for Sarkodie’s Rapperholic concert for this year will be released on Monday, October 14th, 2019. Sarkodie and his Team Sarknation, are doing a 5-day countdown for the highly anticipated event slated for December 25th. The event which stages annually (on the same day, December 25), moves to the Grand Arena, the newly built dome at the Conference Centre in Accra. Details on ticket prices/packages and outlets will be out for public on the said day — Monday, October 14, 2019. Rapperholic 2019 was launched few weeks ago at a press soirée in Accra. Sarkodie had a big win at BETs last weekend as “International Act For Best Flow”, a newly created category of which he’s the first ever to win from Africa.

Discovery Inc., global leader in real life entertainment, today announced that one of its flagship channels, Discovery Channel (DStv 121), will be open to all active DStv Compact Plus and Compact customers, from 11 October 2019 – 18 November 2019. Discovery Channel is committed to delivering content that inspires, informs and entertains the next generation of passionate fans, as it has been for the past two decades throughout Africa.  As part of the promise, the channel will partner with MultiChoice to deliver an open window viewing period which will allow even more DStv customers on other packages to enjoy some of its Premium, popular content such as Gold Rush and Street Outlaws, and a special premiere of the Alex Gibney and Steven Spielberg six-part series, Why We Hate, which premieres on DStv this Sunday, 13 October 2019. “We believe that the success of Discovery Channel is due to the variety of programming offered, combining real-life entertainment content that speaks to bot...

The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, has expressed delight in awards won over the weekend by several Ghanaians musicians. In a statement issued by the Public Relations Department of the Ministry and sighted by Cypress Ghana , congratulatory message was sent to Sarkodie and Shatta Wale for exceeding in 2019 BET Hip Hop and Ghana Music Awards UK held in Atlanta and London respectively. Find Attached The Full Statement Below: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO AWARD-WINNING ARTISTES – BEST HIP HOP AWARDS, ATLANTA AND GHANA MUSIC AWARDS, UK, LONDON The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, would like to congratulate all Ghanaian artistes who participated and won awards in the 2019 BET Hip Hop and Ghana Music Awards UK held in Atlanta and London respectively on Saturday, 5th October, 2019.  Particular reference is being made to Sarkodie and Shatta Wale, for excelling in these events.  You have indeed made your beloved country, Ghana, proud at the just ended awards programm...

The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Dr Ziblim Iddi Barri. Has expressed his utmost satisfaction to the work of the eminent committee under the able chairmanship of Prof, Panyin Hagan which set out to review the Ghana Cultural Policy under the current NPP administration. Hon. Dr Ziblim indicated that he was also encouraged by the fact that the committee has put in place a Road Map or a Methodology that would serve as a framework to review the Ghana Cultural Policy. Dr. Ziblim Iddi Bari, further emphasized that given his academic experience once you have a methodology spelt out, the main objective of any task becomes easier to accomplish. Hon.Dr. Ziblim Iddi Barri, made this remarks on the occasion of the UNESCO’s 2018 Global outlook Report presentation on the Re-Shaping Cultural Policies with the Ghana Committee reviewing the country Cultural Policy, which took place on the 5th of Sep, 2019, In Accra. He further assured the Ministry’s commitment under...

Kwabena Addae Antwi (born 23rd January), popularly known by his stage name as Mandem is an afro dancehall/afrobeat artist from Ghana. Mandem was born in Tema and attended Tema Technical Institute where he studied electricals. Mandem’s passion for music started when he was only fourteen (14) years and in junior high school. He used to listen to musical legends both locally and internationally from whom he learnt how to rap and sing to beats and eventually began to write his own songs. He started as rapper and later found love for Afro dancehall and afrobeat when he met Vybrant Faya in 2014 (a nominee for best new Artist and reggae/dancehall song) for the first time inside Rekx Studio, Tema. Vybrant fell in love with his voice and advised him to try more dancehall songs. He has two singles and one music video to his credit and is currently working on his first EP. On the 18th of October at Bourbon house Cafe in Labone, Mandem is doing his first Press listening an...

It’s Official! Your red carpet host for the 9th edition of the Radio & Television Personality (RTP) Awards, is confirmed to be Kleff Maxwell Justice. He’s popularly known as KMJ and works with the Multi-media group as host of daily entertainment television programme, Showbiz now, on the Joy Prime Channel.  A very significant segment of this prestigious awards is the Red Carpet experience that actually sets the agenda for fashion trends for all the people who matter and also desire to make statements with their clothing and accessories. KMJ, will have Jackie Acquaye as co-host on the red carpet and are both geared up to hold the night down as they bring a toast of excitement to the red carpet experience on the RTP Awards platform. KMJ, comes on board with suave and a level of unique flair in his line of delivery. Having steered the affairs of such similar opportunities, KMJ will bring to bear his number of years of experience as a television and radio host who’...

When you have only one gospel artist nominated along with several heavy weight secular artistes, whom do you vote for?  Can Liberian singer Kanvee Adams become the first gospel artist to win AFRIMA Best Female Artiste in Western Africa? 2019 has been an amazing year for music ministry and for our gospel music industry, because one of our very own, in the person of KANVEE ADAMS (@kanveeadamsofficial), has been nominated severally at the AFRIMA Awards, a reputable All Africa music awards platform, for her exceptional works in her latest album titled ‘HOSANNA’. A multiple award winning artist, and a veteran of 16 gospel music albums, Kanvee Adamshas been rightly recognized by nominations in the following categories below, and voting for her is still open in all categories via www.afrima.org : –      BEST FEMALE ARTISTE IN WESTERN AFRICA –      SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR IN AFRICA –      BEST FEMALE A...

Vodafone Ghana has launched October as Care Month with a host of activities to engage its customer base. The telecommunications company is determined to lead by example in highlighting the importance of the customer to their business. With a brand promise of providing an exciting future for its customers, Vodafone says it is on course to becoming the digital telco of choice in Ghana. Chief Executive, Patricia Obo-Nai, led by example on Monday when she interacted with customers from various walks of life at the company’s Cantonments Retail shop. Her presence meant a great deal to these customers, who enthusiastically engaged her for close to two hours. She also had gifts in the form of e-top ups for all the customers she met that day. Commenting afterwards, Patricia said: "It was exciting to engage the people who guarantee the sustainability of our business. Our customers are the reason we exist and we should never take them for granted. We have a well packaged line up of activi...

The season finale of Africa’s biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Naija is set to hold on Sunday, 6 October at 7pm WAT. The Pepper Dem season will end in grand style with thrilling performances from top Nigerian music artistes: superstar afro-pop sensation, Tiwa Savage, hip-hop artiste and rapper, M.I Abaga and reggae dancehall singer, Patoranking. Voting for this season’s winner closed on Friday night leaving the top five – Mercy, Mike, Seyi, Frodd and Omashola – at the finish line for the grand prize worth N60 million. Viewers from across Africa can tune in to catch the two-hour finale show LIVE on Africa Magic Showcase (DStv channel 151), Africa Magic Urban (DStv channel 153) and Africa Magic Family (DStv channel 154 and GOtv channel 2). 

His Royal Highness, Charles, Prince of Wales, has congratulated the organisers of the Ghana-UK Based Achievement (GUBA) Awards on celebrating their 10th anniversary. Prince Charles, in his congratulatory letter to GUBA Awards, applauded their objective to continuously build and maintain the connection and relationship between Africa and the diaspora. He also commended the GUBA Awards for their continuous efforts in highlighting the amazing talents displayed across Africa and the diaspora. GUBA facilitated the iconic visit of HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s visit to Ghana including organising the most spectacular fashion show ever at a state banquet. The scheme which celebrates the efforts of the game-changers in the society has evolved into GUBA Enterprise with enterprise branches: GUBA Awards UK, GUBA Awards USA, GUBA Expo, GUBA Foundation, GUBA Careers and GUBA Diaspora Card.

It is that time of the year again as Ghana’s largest and most reliable mobile telecommunications service providers, MTN and the nation’s biggest event hub, Charterhouse brings to you yet another exciting edition of the MTN Hitmaker. The music tv reality show, through the span of 7 years has transformed the lives of some past contestants like Kidi, Kuami Eugene, OB’KAY, Freda Rhymz and the current winner, OV. Series one of this year’s auditions had a little over three thousand entries from hopefuls from all over Ghana through the MTN APP. The seasons beatmakers, Mix Master Garzy, MOG and DJ Breezy had the rather arduous task of cutting down the numbers to go into the next phase of the competition. The search team made up of award-winning sound engineer, Kaywa, award winning musician, Eazzy and CEO of Lynx Entertainment, Richie Mensah on Wednesday 25th September, made a stop in Kumasi for the first time in over 4 years to kickstart the auditions processes. With over 200 hopefuls audit...

The world’s biggest soccer leagues the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga are underway along with the Champions League and the IAAF World Championship in Doha. For some sports fans a simple alternative is turning to illegal streams online of whatever sport they like. It’s less expensive and at times the quality rivals that of DStv and other pay-TV services without the convenience of course. It was distorted pictures, constant buffering and malware that convinced even the cheapest, poorest fans to pay up for sports if at all possible. Today the unnavigable websites have given way to amateurish but clean interfaces. Fuzzy feeds have given way to crystal clear ones. The pornographic anime ads haven’t entirely disappeared, nor have malicious pop-ups and untimely lags. But the quality and availability is remarkable. If a broadcast exists, anywhere from around the world, it likely exists on the dark web. According to piracy data company MUSO, there 362.7 million visits to sports piracy w...

Global Media Alliance (GMA), a leading marketing communications company in Ghana, has won the International Public Relations Association’s (IPRA) Golden World Award. African Legends Night, an event organized by Global Media Alliance was awarded in the category in Events Management; for the planning and delivery of a successful event with a PR dimension. The award scheme, held in Yerevan, Armenia this year, recognized and awarded the most exceptional PR campaigns across the globe. Programmes Manager of Y107.9FM, Eddy Blay Jr., who picked up the award on behalf of the GMA expressed his gratitude to the organizers of the Golden World Awards for the award. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GMA, Mr. Ernest Boateng, was grateful to IPRA for recognizing and awarding outstanding PR campaigns from Ghana and Africa among the winners of the Golden World Awards over the years. “GMA’s award was based on the astounding planning and implementation of the African Legends Night, an annual event which...

Golden Movie Awards Supporting Actress for 2019 Jasmine Baroudi will be spending the next few weeks following a routine of getting chained up and staying in a single spot for hours. The actress will spend an entire film shoot going through varying levels of torture while immobilized. This is what new movie ‘The Cell’ is about. ‘The Cell’ takes place primarily in a claustrophobic cell structure. An almost unrecognizable Baroudi stars as a medical doctor caught up at the end of a revenge scheme. The story focuses on how easily it is to tip from sanity to insanity as a result of turning of one’s lives circumstances. ‘The Cell’ sets itself as an intense, gripping psychological thriller with female lead determined to shine despite being restricted from moving with supporting performances from actor Anthony Woode. Jasmine Baroudi is no stranger to being stuck in single locations for shoots  after recently appearing in ‘The Bridges and The Gabs’.

Guinness Ghana has once again thrilled consumers to a night of amazing fun and music at a Guinness Smooth Experience party at the Gold Coast Restaurant in Accra. Guinness Smooth is the latest addition to the Guinness Ghana portfolio of beverages. It is a new expression of Guinness with so much character. It is distinctive and has the perfect balance of sweet and bitter resulting in a smooth, refreshing liquid that everyone can enjoy. The Guinness Smooth Experience gave revelers the opportunity to enjoy the true character of the new Guinness Smooth. Before patrons could enter the event ground, they had the Maze experience where each maze gave them an understanding of Guinness Smooth including answering questions to determine their smoothness level by on a Smooth Barometer.

Ghanaian Afrobeats artistes Kelvin Boy and Tonga hit maker, Joey B, took turns to give thrilling performances at the Guinness Smooth Consumer launch at the new Gold Coast Restaurant in Cantonments, Accra, last Saturday. The event started with Kelvyn Boy dropping his hit song ‘Mea’ and other songs as he engaged his audience from the start of his performance until he left the stage. There was no dull moment with Joey B as he performed his hit songs such as Tonga, UxMe, among other hit songs. The audience vibed with him from the start of his performance until he left the stage. Award winning DJ Vyrusky and iPhone DJ was also in their element at the turn tables as they jammed patrons for three hours with hit songs. TV presenter and socialite Efia Odo and Kojo Manuel, the MC for the evening, also light up the evening and interacted with guest.

If you’re paying attention to World Map Records who know what’s good in the Ghanaian music industry, you would have heard the name ShotKode by now.  And if you’re not, at least take label's headliner act KK Fosu’s word for it that ShotKode is next up from the label to blow. Things started to pop off for ShotKode with “Lizard” single that exploded in 2018, and he’s carried the momentum all the way into 2019. ShotKode has been making a name for himself by performing, networking and, not surprisingly, created a large fanbase. He is back again with his latest single ‘Heavy’. ShotKode’s ‘Heavy’ song is an upbeat and catchy Afrobeats track that’s bound to be the song for Christmas! It features a sizzling and seductive background layered with a contagious hook. ‘Heavy’ single is catchy and easy to vibe and dance to. Stay on the lookout for what ShotKode delivers next.