Ghanaian combative enforcer, James Agyekum Kotei has been voted the best midfielder in the 2019 MO Simba Awards. The midfield dynamo beats competition from colleagues Jonas Mkude and Mzamiru Yasin for the award. Kotei enjoyed a spectacular season with the Msimbadzi Reds, featuring in all the CAF Champions League matches and played a vital role to the team’s success this season. He helped Simba Sporting Club to defend the Tanzania Premier League as well as to reach the quarterfinal stage of the CAF Champions League for the very first time in the club’s history. The MO Simba Awards is an…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Ghanaian trio comprising of Nicholas Gyan, James Kotei and Akwasi Asante are ready for the 2019 edition of the Mo Simba Awards which comes off later tonight in Dar es Salaam. The Mo Simba Awards was initiated by the majority shareholder of the club, Mohammed Dewji in appreciation of players who performed extremely wonderful in a particular season. The trio combined contributed immensely to the success of the team as they defended gallantly the Tanzania Premier League and also made it to the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League for the very first time in the club’s history. James Agyekum…
Business mogul Alhaji Salamu Adamu has throwned his support for former U-20 world Cup Winner Bright Addae and his Foundation for the good works being done by the Bright Addae Foundation. Bright Addae Foundation was founded in 2016 by the former Black satellites player who now plies his football trade with Italian Serie B side Ascoli Calcio FC. The aim of the foundation among other things is to assist street children,the aged,widows & widowers and Brilliant but needy students. Addae also mentors football talents who are facing difficulties to realise their potential towards achieving their dreams as footballers. The…
Ghanaian trio James Agyekum Kotei, Nicholas Gyan and Akwasi Asante have won back-to-back Premier League trophy with Simba Sporting Club in Tanzania. The team were presented the trophy today after a goalless game against Mtibwa Sugar with James Kotei lasting full throttle whiles Nicholas Gyan was an unused sub with Akwasi Asante nursing an injury. Below are photos from the official trophy presentation:
Simba Sporting Club coach Patrick Aussem has extended contract with the team. The 54-year old penned down a year extension with the Msimbadzi Reds after a successful season. He joined the defending champions of the Tanzania Premier League in 2018 after Pierre Luchantre abrogated his marriage to continue his coaching career elsewhere. Aussem as the head coach for the Dar es Salaam based team, managed to qualify the team to the quarterfinals of the CAF Champions League and has defended the domestic league at the expense of rivals Young Africans who showed glimpses to clinch the ultimate.
Kenyan giant Kariobanji Sharks will play Everton in the SportPesa Trophy match in Nairobi. Everton for the second time will travel to Africa (Nairobi) to take on Kariobanji Sharks in a first 2019-preseason friendly. The game, scheduled for Sunday, June 7, 2019 at the Kasarani Stadium will be the second time the London based team take on an African opponent on the African soil after last meeting Gor Manhia at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last year. Kariobanji Sharks beat Bandari 1:0 to lift the SportPesa Cup- an eighteen-team tournament which featured clubs from Kenya and Tanzania,…
Simba Sporting Club captain, John Raphael Bocco has been named the Man of the Match despite defeat to Sevilla FC in the SportPesa Laliga World Challenge in Tanzania. The Tanzania Premier League champions were shockingly beaten 4:5 by the Laliga giant at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam after a fascinating showdown. The sensational goal poacher had a brace in the wary encounter (8, 32) with Meddie Kagere and Clatous Chama getting the third and fourth goals respectfully. Bocco’s spectacular display was not enough as Nolito, Escudero, Gil and Promes brilliantly secured victory for the visitors at the expense…
Ghana international Nicholas Gyan has been handed a starting role in Simba Sporting Club clash against Biashara United in the Tanzania Premier League. The former goal poacher turned right-back returned to the starting line up after missing out in their last league game against Singida United. The Msimbadzi Reds have already defended the league title and the official trophy presentation would be done today after the game at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. Meanwhile, fellow countrymen James Agyekum Kotei starts from bench with Akwasi Asante still nursing an injury.
The Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr. Dominic Kwesi Eduah, has called on Corporate Organisations in Ghana to pick lessons from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPCGhana) in building development-oriented Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies that uplift the socio-economic statuses of people and communities. Speaking at a ceremony in Bawku in the Upper West region to Commission 10 newly constructed Boreholes funded by the Foundation, the head of GNPC’s CSR Unit encouraged Ghanaian entities with the requisite resources to place greater emphasis on CSR goals that promote social change and alleviate poverty in society. Though simply ethical and non-forcing,…
Inhabitants of the Upper East region have had their share of the GNPC Foundation’s 100 boreholes water projects across the country. The Foundation led by its Executive Director, Dr. Dominic Kwesi Eduah on Thursday, May 23, 2019, commissioned a ten boreholes with pumps in the capital of the Upper East region, Bawku. Out of the 100 boreholes water projects, the Upper East and Upper West regions alone were handed 10 each with the Northern region given 40, Western region had 20 with the remaining 20 sited in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and the Central regions. The project forms part of…