The Ministry of Youth and Sports have congratulated the senior national women’s team, Black Queens for clinching a bronze medal in the just ended WAFU Zone B Championship. Ghana beat counterpart from Mali via 8:7 on penalty shootouts to clinch the bronze medal in the eight teams competition after 0:0 in the regulation. Even though, the aim of the team was to defend the trophy after winning the maiden edition, the ministry believe many positives can be derived from the team as the squad is currently a blend of experience and young ones and will help the country in the…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
Kwidex, a start-up based in Accra emerged as the winner of the first Betway Fintech Challenge. The final round of the Betway Fintech Challenge was held at the Accra Digital Centre with ten (10) finalists competing across two (2) rounds. During each round, teams pitched their proposals to a three-person expert panel. The three-person team from Kwidex led by Seyram Kofi Mantey impressed the panel who awarded the company the GHC 20,000 grand prize. Nocofio and Pennysmart were the first and second runners-up and received cash prizes of GHC 15,000 and GHC 10,000 respectively. Kwidex is a crowd-funding platform. Product…
Ghanaian midfielder James Agyekum Kotei says he feel honored for getting a nomination in the 2019 edition of the Mo Simba Awards. The Mo Simba Awards was introduced by the majority shareholder of Simba Sporting Club, Mohammed Dewji in appreciation of players who performed extremely wonderful in a particular season. The former Liberty Professionals enforcer was nominated in the best midfielder of the year category after helping Simba SC reach the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League and also winning the Tanzania Premier League last season. Expressing his gratitude after the nomination, Kotei stated that “I’m honored to be nominated…
As part of it corporate responsibilities and quota to the development of education in the Western region, the executive director of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah embarked on a needs assessment visit to the wretched Beposo MA Basic School located in the Shama district, Western region. The school that houses over 700 students is current worthy of compassion as classes are held under shed and at times students had to ask to go home whenever it rains either partially or a heavy downpour. The atrocious state of the government owned property was brought before the leadership…
Ghanaian enterprising midfielder, James Kotei has been nominated in Simba Sporting Club” Mo Simba Awards best midfielder of the year category. The midfield sensation was shortlisted in the final three and will battle with Mzamiru Yassin and Jonas Mkude for the accolade. The 26-year old has been an instrumental figure for the Msimbadzi Reds, helping the team to reach the quarter-finals stage of the CAF Champions League, a stage that no club from the Eastern part of Africa has reach over 50 years. The former Liberty Professionals midfield dynamo has been an integral member of the defending champions of the…
The Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Curtis Perry Okudzeto on Thursday, May 16, 2019 paid a courtesy call on the Hungarian Deputy State Secretary for Sports Facilities and Sports Relations, Mr. Peter Sarfalvi in Budapest, Hungary. The courtesy call by the Deputy Minister forms part of series of programmes outlined by the Ministry of Youth and Sports to seek international collaborations as the nation prepares to host the 2023 African games. Deliberations were held on issues of mutual interest particular matters of sports development for among both countries. According to the Deputy Minister, the Ghana’s sport ecosystem is…
The wait is over and finally all is set for the Club Beer’s 5 on 5 regional championship which kick start this weekend, May 19,2019 at the famous Zuka Park in Dansoman, Accra. Twenty-three teams across the country have secured a qualification to the semi-finals of the competition which has Ghana’s leading beer brand, Club Beer, as it headline sponsor. The amateur football competition which is for both male and female clubs, is to unearth aspiring professional footballers in the African continent. Erma FC, Beach Stars, Lucky Stars, Boys Boys and Addy FC were the male teams to have qualified…
Accra Hearts of Oak showed enough muscles today as they whipped Karela United 1:0 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Christopher Bonney’s penalty won the game for the Continental Club Masters to secure next round qualification. The Phobians are the very first team in the NC Special Competition to secure next round qualification after the narrow victory today against the Ayinase based team. Hearts of Oak after the victory today lead the tier 1 Zone B table with 25 points after twelve matches.
Portuguese soccer giant, Benfica is set to build a soccer academy in Ghana to unearth talents. The project will be spearheaded by Ghanaian licensed FIFA agent, Seedorf Asante, who is partnering the club to undertake its first major work on the continent. This came to light when Asante led a delegation which included the CEO of Global Football, Fernando Mendes; Benfica youth team Coach David Manuel and one of the club’s directors, Luis Miguel to meet the Minister of Youth and Sports (MoYS) Mr. Isaac Asiamah for a formal introduction and a briefing on the project. He said the Academy…
Ghana’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Hungarian Olympic Committee on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 held deliberations in Budapest, Hungary, on the sidelines of the Ministry’s international engagements towards ensuring that the 2023 African games to be held in Ghana is a success. The Ghanaian delegation held series of meetings including one with the President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Mr. Krisztián Kulcsár as both parties explored best practices, partnerships and activities that can be deployed towards the organization of the African Games. The Deputy Sports Minister, Hon. Perry Curtis Okudzato who led the delegates thanked the Hungarian Olympic…