[ads1] The MTN SWAG Awards, organized by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, which seeks to recognise and appreciate athletes for a job well done in the year under review have presented weight lifters Winifred Ntumi and Christian Amoah athletes of the year in their federation. The SWAG Awards, whose headline sponsor is telcos giants MTN is the longest-reigning award scheme in Ghana.[ads2] An innovation by SWAG to properly celebrated individual athletes, SWAG through a special presentation has honoured deserving athletes for their tremendous performance in 2019. Captain of Black Cranes Christian Amoah, decorated with the 2019 SWAG Weightlifter of…
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[ads1] The President and Board Chairman of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Mr. Herbert Mensah has said the federation welcomes the return of contact sports in the country. A ban was placed on all contact sports at the onset of the Coronavirus but after six months after, the government has lifted the ban as figures of the virus in the country keep falling. This was communicated by President Akufo-Addo in his seventieth address to the nation on Sunday 20th September 2020.[ads2] Speaking after President Akufo-Addo’s seventieth nationwide address yesterday, the renowned sports administrator cum businessman believes per the figures…
[ads1]The Sports Writers Association of Ghana have awarded Taekwondo duo Henrietta Armah(Female) and Benson Addo ( Male) Taekwondo Athlete of the year respectively. Henrietta Armah, a level 400 University of Professional studies Accra (UPSA) student offering Bsc Accounting was given the accolade for her outstanding performance in the year under review. The Black Belt athlete won gold and silver at 2019 Korea Ambassadors Cup, Taekwondo World Championship in Muju Korea and Nigeria Open respectively.[ads2] Henrietta Armah followed these performances by reaching the Quarter finals at the African Games in Rabat. Male counterpart, Benson Addo, a graduate of Accra Technical University…
[ads1]The Teqball Federation Ghana has inaugurated its Ashanti Regional branch in Asante Akyem Agogo. The Ashanti Regional Branch is the second to be inaugurated after the inception of the Greater Accra Regional branch. The move satisfies calls by active players of the sport to get Regional Representatives in place to promote and develop the game across the country. Speaking at the inauguration which was sponsored by new Radio station based in Asante Akyem Agogo, Adanseɛ 98.9 fm. The President of the Teqball Federation Ghana, Mr Seth Kofi Poku Osei, chronicled how the federation started as a fun game and now…
[ads1]President Akufo-Addo has been hugely backed for another four-year term ahead of the forthcoming elections. The NPP flagbearer has been endorsed by many Ghanaians for another four-year term in office following his massive policies since assuming office as President in 2017.[ads2] President Akufo-Addo is receiving the backings following his major policies like NABCO, Free SHS, Planting for Food and Jobs and One village one dam and host of others. A video available to this web portal shows the beneficiaries of these major policies by President Akufo-Addo praising and endorsing the ECOWAS chairman for another four-year term as President of Ghana.[ads3]…
[ads1]Honorable Issifu Pangabu Mohammed, a former member of Parliament for Ejura on the ticket of the NDC has lauded President Akufo-Addo over the planting for food and jobs initiative. Honorable Pangabu Mohammed who has greatly benefitted from the initiative believes Ghanaians should embrace it particularly his party members.[ads2] In a video, the former legislator who is now a successful farmer kind courtesy the planting for food and jobs initiative by President Akufo-Addo has recounted how he went bankrupt after losing the Ejura parliamentary seat. According to him, he spent his assets in the campaign but unfortunately lost the seat and…
[ads1]Mr. Mukesh Thakwani, the Chief Executive Officer of B5 Plus Limited, a fast-rising steel and iron company situated in Tema has been awarded for his contributions to the growth and development of the manufacturing sector. Mr. Mukesh and his company was recognized for the massive contributions to the growth in the manufacturing sector in Ghana. Mr. Mukesh and the B5 Plus Limited company were conveyed with the awards at the Ghana Development Awards held at the Marriott Hotel in Accra. The awards held every four years is organized by The Business Executive Limited in Accra. The award is organised with…
[ads1] In her world, ‘I can’ certainly sounds better than ‘I can’t’. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary. It was late in the day, exactly a year ago, as she prepared to go home after a normal working day in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, when Gonzalez’s boss brusquely asked her to arrange a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni. The Ugandan president was in town for the Uganda-Tanzania Business Summit, looking to crunch numbers with captains of industry and look for opportunity in the neighbouring East…
[ads1]The member of Parliament for Effia constituency in the Western Region, Honorable Joseph Cudjoe has inaugurated campaign team for the 2020 general elections. The event held in Effia, a suburb in Takoradi also saw the 2020 campaign also launched. Hon. Joseph Cudjoe who is the deputy Energy Minister is seeking for a third time to represent the people of Effia as their legislator. The event saw the bigwigs of the party in the Western Region such as Hon. Kobby Okyere-Darko Mensah; the MP for Takoradi and Western Regional Minister, Hon. Andrew Agyapa Mercer; MP for Sekondi Constituency, Hon Kojo Acquah;…
[ads1]The GNPC Foundation has today premiered a video documentary highlighting the organization’s corporate social investment efforts since its establishment in 2017. The documentary was launched during a short ceremony at the Western Regional House of Chiefs in Sekondi during a visit by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. In attendance were the Foundation’s Executive Director, Dr. Dominic Eduah, the president of the Western Regional House of Chiefs and Chairman for the Board of Trustees for the Foundation, Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi ll, as well as members of staff for the Foundation, members of the community and other dignitaries. In the 30-minute…