[ads3]The work of the first edition of the annual consultative dialogue of young African leaders kicked off in Morocco’s capital city of Rabat on Wednesday and successfully ended on Sunday. The inaugural youth dialogue that attracted young leaders from over 40 African countries ran under the theme “Consolidating our achievements: Forging partnerships for the program of the African renaissance.”[ads2] Initiated by the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), in partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, the event aims to provide a climate conducive to assessing the challenges and expectations of member states. It further aims to define a…
Author: Kwame Stephen Yeboah
[ads4]The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has Commissioned a 3-Unit Classroom Block for Tebrebe MA Basic school in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region. At a short ceremony to hand over the facility, the Executive Director of the Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, said “the facility is one of 141 classroom blocks funded by GNPC in several communities across the country under its School Infrastructure Project with the aim of supporting schools in dire need of such infrastructure to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.” Highlighting the Foundation’s interventions in the Tarkwa municipality, Dr. Eduah recounted other GNPC…
[ads4] Ghana Armwrestling President, Mr Charles Osei Asibey, has become Vice President of the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF), a first by any Ghanaian in sports administration, after being elected President of Armwrestling Federation of Africa (AFA) in Lagos, Nigeria. He overwhelmingly beat his contender, Mr Samuel Jackson, President Nigeria Armwrestling Federation at his home grounds by a whopping 73 per cent of total votes. The elective congress was conducted and supervised by the Secretary General of World Armwrestling Federation, Mr Mircea Simionescu Simicel at the Media Center of the National Stadium in Surelere, Lagos.[ads2] The WAF scribe congratulated Charles Osei…
[ads4] The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, on Wednesday, 20th July, 2022 donated 100 photocell streetlights to schools in his constituency. All the second cycle schools in Sekondi Constituency, which includes, Adiembra Senior High School, St. John’s School and Fijai Senior High School, received 20 pieces of streetlights each. The tertiary institutions, which includes, Sekondi Nursing and Midwifery Training College and Holy Child Training College, also received 20 streetlights each, bringing the total to 100. A delegation led by the Sekondi Constituency Chairman, Percy Morgue Ansah, delivered the items on behalf of the MP.[ads2] Chairman indicated…
[ads3]The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Mr. Opoku Ahweneeh-Danquah, is leading a high-powered delegation to attend a meeting of Chief Executive Officers (CEO’s) of National Oil Companies (NOC’s) of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) in Abuja, Nigeria.[ads4] The African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO) is an intergovernmental energy organization created to serve as a platform for African petroleum producing countries to cooperate, collaborate, and share knowledge and competences, with a view to maximizing the developmental and welfare benefits accruable from petroleum exploitation activities in its member countries. APPO currently has sixteen (16) member countries which includes…
[ads2] The Technical Directorate of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has named the official squad for the National Armwrestling team, Golden Arms ahead of the 2022 Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos, Nigeria. The team is expected to leave the shores of Ghana on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Head of the directorate, Mr Husseini Akueteh Addy, explained that the carefully selected team of 10 males and 10 females would be competing in their various bodyweight categories which reflects on the Youth, Junior, and Senior categories of the competition. The selected athletes drafted from the Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Police Service, Ghana…
[ads5] The Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) has partnered Kaysports, a leading sportswear manufacturer in Ghana to unveil the 2022 official competition jersey for the National Armwrestling Team, the Golden Arms, ahead of the 2022 Africa Armwrestling Championship in Lagos, Nigeria. The new kit, sponsored by United Media Consult and K-Balm ointment from Kofikrom Pharmacy which has a little touch of red, yellow, green and a black collar with nearly emborsed watermark of GAF logo is produced by Kaysports, a sports kits and athlete management company in Ghana. The newly designed apparel would be the competition kit for the Golden Arms…
[ads4] The efforts by the sector Ministry to address problems associated with rental housing received a major boost as stakeholders made up of industry players and academia undertook the review of the existing Rent Act, 1963 (Act 220) meant to among other things bring sanity in the administration of rental housing and remove inherent constraints on housing supply in the country. The relevance of the existing law as amended and passed by Parliament some fifty-nine years ago has been outlived by the current population growth, urbanization and demand and supply imbalance. This situation has saddled the rental housing industry with…
[ads4] RABAT has officially been launched as the Capital of African Culture at a glittering ceremony at the city’s Mohammed V Theatre. This was the official celebration of the February 2020 decision when the Committee of African Capitals of Culture officially announced the choice of Rabat as the Capital of African Culture for 2022-2023. A large concert highlighted the jam-packed program put together by the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The befittingly glamorous opening ceremony, supported by the Organisations such as United Cities and Local Governments United of Africa,…
Powered by Perception Management International, the 2022 publicized K-Balm National Armwrestling Championship which comes off on Friday. June 17, has received support from Max Fly Energy Drink and other brands targeted at making the event a success. The one-day national Armwrestling championship under the auspices of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) is an annual exercise to recruit prospective athletes to beef up the national armwrestling team, the Golden Arms. The K-Balm Ointment sponsored open championship which will be held at the DG Hathramani Hall at the Accra Sports Stadium and beamed live on ETV Ghana and all GAF social media…