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Vodafone is donating a sum close to GHS50,000 to five traditional councils in Greater Accra as they prepare to celebrate the Homowo festival. The donation forms part of the company’s continuous support of key festivals in the country; a reflection of its deep ties with the communities in which it operates. The five traditional councils are Teshie, Nungua, Osu, La and Ga Mashie. Already two of the five, Teshie and Nungua, have received their sums with the rest scheduled to take place within the coming weeks. Commenting on the donation, Acting Sales and Marketing Director, Patricia Obo-Nai said: “Ghana is a very strategic part of our outlook as a technologically relevant company. Over the years, our presence as a key partner in key traditional celebrations such as Odwira, Asafotufiam and Kundum, has elevated us in the eyes of Ghanaians and this is something we want to continue doing.”

Model United Nations serves as a system which enables students typically play the role of delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees as an extra-curricular activity as part of their education. These activities take place at MUN conferences, which is usually organized by a high school or college MUN club. Model UN can be an activity that provides the avenue for challenges and experiences at the next level for students, thus one can say it nurture participants for the life ahead of them. Model United Nations gives a ton of diverse experiences to individuals who get involved. These experiences range from aiding students practice their critical thinking and analytical skills, communication skills with public speaking spearheading the activity, research skills, and leadership skills and most importantly MUN gives students a global perspective. Students will be exposed to historical and current international political issues.

TV producer and co-host of Celebrity Fanzone on GH One TV, Chantelle Asante has argued that the 10-year period it took for Sarkodie to marry his girlfriend Tracy Sarkcess from when they first began dating shouldn’t be the new standard for every woman in Ghana. Certain comments on social media after Sarkodie’s marriage ceremony last week seemed to ridicule impatient women who wanted to marry after few months of dating pointing to Tracy Sarkcess’ patience in waiting for 10 years. “I don’t know her age but I think she is under 30. Not everybody wants to get married early. Maybe she was in no rush to get married. I know she went to school abroad so she left for a while. They could have broken up at a point in time, we didn’t know whether they were on and off,” Chantelle argued.

Very few things can win the hearts and minds of many in the way that film in West Africa has. What sets this particular film industry apart from those in other African countries is that storylines are deeply rooted in everyday life, which is why industries such as Nigeria’s Nollywood and Ghana’s equivalent have managed to be fan favourites from as far as Rwanda to all the way in South Africa. West Africa’s film industry, however, like many others, didn’t bloom in isolation. For renowned filmmakers and film industry leaders like Nigeria’s Femi Odugbemi, his journey into filmmaking was through photography. “[Where I] grew up I lived near a photographer. He was the one that all the kids went to look at when he took photographs because we all had never really seen a camera. Maybe that was my beginning,” says Odugbemi. “I really remember very clearly the joy I felt watching him tell stories with his camera. And I loved the idea that he was shaping how people looked. I’m talk...

The Africa Film Academy, organizers of the 2018 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) will announce the list of nominations on August 3,2018, in Lagos, Nigeria. The event will be held at WheatBeaker Hotel, partners for this year's event. Actors, Diplomats and Industry Stake holders in the African movie industry will attend the invite-only nominations announcement event. Dorothee Wenner, German Filmmaker and Berlin Film Festival Curator who is also the president of the jury and Chairman of the screen committee, Shaibu Husseini will announce the nominees for this year's edition. Munachi Abii and Enyinnaya Nwigwe will be comperes for the evening. Moet & Chandon champagnes are also partners for this year's event. The 14th edition of the prestigious awards scheme will be held on September 22, 2018 at Radisson Blu Hotel & Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

The countdown has begun to the August 1, 2018 deadline for submission of songs and videos to be nominated for the 5th annual All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), the biggest music event in Africa that celebrates and rewards the music talents of the continent while showcasing the African cultural heritage to a global audience for a positive narrative. Organised by the African Union Commission in partnership with the International Committee of AFRIMA, announced its call for entries for the 2018 edition of the awards on May 25 and thereby opened its online portal- www.afrima.org to receive songs and videos recorded or produced by African music professionals either living on the continent or in the diaspora within the eligibility period of August 1, 2017 to August 1, 2018. Established and emerging African music stars have been sending in their songs and videos to compete in the 36 regional and continental award categories to participate in the process, with the expectation of emerging nom...

The ladies scream his name when he is on stage. They call him the ‘girls dem sugar’ and he is currently one of the hottest male vocalists in the country. With hit songs like ‘Say you love me’, ‘Odo’, ‘Adiepena’ and others, very few would say they haven’t heard the name Kidi before. Crossing borders into neighboring Nigeria, the lad recently had Naija’s top cat, Davido jump on the remix of his award winning track, “Odo”. Dennis Nana Dwamena, known by performing name KiDi has revealed recently that he owes his success and rise to the music reality show, MTN Hitmaker. “…it’s strange eh….i was just that guy who used to hangout in Riche’s studio watching other artistes come in and record their songs and then one day Richie just thought I should give this Hitmaker thing a shot’.  The young talented vocalist mentioned how his fear for large crowds held him back until Richie’s push got him to audition.  Ahead of that final decision however, the thought of making an im...