The much anticipated K-Balm National Armwrestling Open Championship scheduled for Saturday in Accra has received timely boast from Verna Mineral Water from Twellium Industries, Charcoal Tootpaste from Royal Dach, Swaggers Restaurant, and WADADA Ventures. The Ghana Armwrestlimg Federation (GAF) has called on all Ghanaian athletes and persons interested in armwrestling to present themselves to represent Ghana at local and international competitions. The K-Balm National Armwrestling championship will held on Saturday, May 20 at the Wesley Grammar School located at Dansoman in Accra. The competition will be used as an avenue to select athletes for the National Armwrestling Team, Golden Arms,…
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The Chief Executive Officer for Goldstar Air, a private Ghanaian airline, Mr. Eric Bannerman has urged the youth in Ghana to embrace the employment opportunities available within the aviation sector in Ghana. He says as a country, there is a need to build the technical know-how of more Ghanaians willing to venture into the sector to take advantage of the opportunities available, because the airline is coming up with Goldstar City project which comprises Maintenance Repair Organization and Training facilities at Tamale for Pilots, Ground service crew, Cabin crew, Service person in maintenance, Counter agents, Travel agents, Tour operators, Country…
Morocco’s Youth Minister, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, has highlighted the efforts made by his country towards the implementation of the African Youth Charter. Mr Bensaid spoke at the just-ended African Ministerial Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco this week. The Ministerial Conference was attended by 100 young leaders, representatives of National Youth Councils, civil society and African youth platforms. In attendance were several African Ministers of Youth from Burkina Faso, Botswana, Niger, Namibia, Mali, Somalia, Malawi, Ghana, and Senegal, as well as officials from Cameroon and Togo, among others. The Charter is meant to provide young people with a political…
A Chinese company operating in Ghana Sunda International has donated cash and household consumables, toiletries and T-shirts through the May 9 foundation for families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster as well as other needy groups. The donations coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the tragic stampede which occurred during a soccer game between soccer rivals Accra hearts and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on May 9 2001. The tragic stampede claimed at least 126 lives and left many football supporters injured and their families in despair. The May 9 2001 Accra stadium disaster remains the number one sports tragedy…
GBfoods, distributors of the Gino brand of food products in Ghana have donated assorted food items and cash through the May 9 foundation for families of the victims of the May 9 Accra stadium disaster. The donations coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the tragic stampede which occurred during a soccer game between soccer rivals Accra hearts and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on May 9 2001. The tragic stampede claimed at least 126 lives and left many football supporters injured and their families in despair. The May 9 2001 Accra stadium disaster remains the number one sports tragedy in Ghana’s history.…
Red Eagle Rice, an Indian food distribution company in Ghana has donated food items including several 50kg bags of their brand of rice through the May 9 foundation for families of the victims of the May 9 Accra stadium disaster. The donations coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the tragic stampede which occurred during a soccer game between soccer rivals Accra hearts and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on May 9 2001. The tragic stampede claimed at least 126 lives and left many football supporters injured and their families in despair. The May 9 2001 Accra stadium disaster remains the number one…
Interplast, Ltd, Ghana’s leading producer of plastic pipe systems has donated cash and T-shirts through the May 9 foundation for families of the victims of the May 9 Accra stadium disaster to mark the 22nd anniversary of the historic sports disaster. The tragic stampede occurred during a soccer game between soccer rivals Accra hearts and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on May 9 2001. The incident claimed at least 126 lives and left many football supporters injured and their families in despair. The May 9 2001 Accra stadium disaster remains the number one sports tragedy in Ghana’s history. Even though the government…
Ghana’s Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye, has emphasized the need for African countries to increase their investment in the housing sector as a means of driving economic growth on the continent. Speaking at a Ministerial Roundtable during the 42nd Annual General Meeting of Shelter Afrique in Abuja, Nigeria, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the Minister pointed out that the housing sector has significant potential to help Africa emerge from the current global economic slowdown, provided that leaders prioritize and refocus resources on housing development. “Housing can serve as a powerful tool for economic alleviation, especially in Africa,…
A massive crowd of people in their thousands came out on the streets of Kumasi, capital of the Ashanti region of Ghana last Saturday to march in remembrance of over 126 people who died in a stampede at the Ohene Djan sports stadium in Accra on May 9 2001 during a soccer game between two of Ghana’s biggest football clubs, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko. The street march form part of a series of events that began in Kumasi on Friday by the private organizers of the yearly memorial events and donations championed since 2002 by Mr.…
On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Accra sports stadium disaster, the Kumasi central mosque hosted a prayer and donation session supported by the May 9th Foundation as well as the Shen Yang & Shen Yuet Children’s Heart Foundation in remembrance of the victims of the historic football disaster in the nation’s history. The President of the May 9th Foundation who is also the former Chairman of Kumasi Kotoko used the occasion to thank the chief Imam of Kumasi Sheikh Abdul Mumin Haroun and the entire Muslim community of Kumasi for their continues support and prayers over the…