January 2023 - Page 65 of 81

10 Jan

Kojo Antwi Loses Father

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Ghanaian High-life music maestro Kojo Antwi has lost his father, he announced. The late father of the musician passed aged 104. Opanin Kwadwo Asiama Asubonten died at the Police Hospital in Accra on Monday, January 2, 2023. The music legend Kojo Antwi took to his social media to announce the sad event with excerpts from his music, ‘Adinkra’ and ‘Bre Bre Noa’ to explain how he loved the late father and the fact that every living thing will one day pass away. https://www.instagram.com/p/CnFHgTfoJxN/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=4851699e-1f3f-4310-9feb-e9e86eaa010b Just as the saying, "Only a person who has lived totally can die gracefully" Sadhguru. …

10 Jan

I Want To Build A Hospital And An Orphanage Home One Day — Wendy Shay

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Ghanaian songstress Wendy Asiamah Addo known in the music industry as Wendy Shay has promised to extend a helping to the less privileged in Ghana. She said her long-held desire is to build a hospital and an orphanage home from the money she makes out of her music career. According to Wendy Shay who is a nurse by profession but later trained as a midwife until she pursued her music career, said she is making a lot of money from music and her dream to do bigger things pushes her to do more. In an interview on Accra-based 3FM, she said…

10 Jan

African Fintech Market Poised For Exponential Growth, Forecasted To Reach $150 Billion By 2025

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Fintech in Africa is predicted to grow by 10% annually through 2025, reaching a total of $150 billion (excluding South Africa). The success of fintech companies in Africa is driven by trends such as increasing smartphone ownership, declining internet costs, expanded network coverage, and a young, rapidly growing and urbanizing population. Key markets for fintech growth in Africa include Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, which together account for 70% of Africa's GDP and half of its population. According to research from McKinsey, the fintech market in Africa is expected to increase…

10 Jan

Joao Felix: Chelsea Close To Signing Atletico Madrid Forward On Loan

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Chelsea are close to signing Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix on loan for the rest of the season. The 23-year-old played for Portugal at the World Cup and scored one goal in five outings at the tournament. Felix has attracted interest from Arsenal and Manchester United but is understood to favour a move to Chelsea. Atletico made Felix the fifth most expensive player in history when they paid Benfica £113m for the then 19-year-old in 2019. Although he has impressed at times, Felix has not reached the heights expected on a consistent basis. Blues owner Todd Boehly is keen to bolster manager…

10 Jan

Meek Mill Breaks Silence On Controversial Jubilee House Video

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American rapper, Meek Mill has broken the silence on the controversial jubilee house video in a post shared on social media. In the latest tweet from the rapper after hours of backlash from Ghanaians, he has taken to his socials to render an apology "To the people of Ghana, no video I drop is ever meant to disrespect the people of Ghana …. The fastest way to make a connection is thru music and I wanted to do that by displaying art … I'm in my 30s from America and didn’t know much about the lifestyle here" "My apologies to…

10 Jan

Samuel Takyi, Victor Kuwornu Fight Pushed To February

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Olympic bronze medallist Samuel Takyi’s scheduled fight with Victor Kuwornu for the national lightweight championship has been postponed to February. According to Bazooka Promotions and Management Syndicate, the bout could not take place due to Takyi’s ill health. Takyi's managers believe the undefeated fighter would be fit to compete for the national title next month. Takyi was said to have fallen sick days before the bout, a development which forced his promoters to go ahead with the bill without the headline fight. “I am very open to making the fight happen in February because I believe he will be fit…

10 Jan

Meek Mill Pulls Down Controversial Jubilee House Music Video After Retaliation

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American rapper Meek Mill over the weekend shared a video reel on his social rapping at the Jubilee house. The music video stirred a huge uproar from sections of the Ghanaian populace who were critical of the government for allowing such sensitive areas to be filmed for a music video at the Presidency. Meek Mill was one of the mega artists billed to perform at the Afro Nation concert in Accra during the festive season. The video saw portions of the Presidency, from the frontage, through the main corridors, in the main conference hall, and behind the presidential lectern causing…

10 Jan

Mukansanga Headlines Africa’s Referees For 2023 Women’s World Cup

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Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga will lead the pack of African referees selected for this year’s 2023 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Australia and New Zealand from July 20 to August 20. The list of match officials selected for the competition as released by football's world governing body, FIFA, has 33 referees, 55 assistant referees and 19 Video Match Officials (VMOs), was announced by the FIFA Referees Committee on Monday. For the first time in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, six of the VMOs are females. Mukansanga, who made history as the first African female to be…

10 Jan

Ghanaians Rage Over Meek Mills Video Shoot At Jubilee House

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Celebrated American rapper, Meek Mill on Sunday, January 8, shared an Instagram reel announcing that he was set to release a new composition. The video shared by the rapper shows a portion of Ghana's Presidential seat house. The American rapper was one of the A-listers billed for the Afro Nation concert in Ghana over the Christmas holidays. Meek Mill is seen in different places at the presidency, from the frontage, through the main corridors, and in the main conference hall spitting his bars. Ghanaians are however raging over portions of the music video shot at the Jubilee House, many have…

10 Jan

Kpebu, Simons Take Government On Over Debt Exchange

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Private Legal Practitioner, Martin Kpebu is leading about 200 individual investors to engage the government over the inclusion of individual bondholders in the debt exchange programme. Mr. Kpebu noted that these investors do not want any haircut on their matured investments. Speaking in a radio interview monitored by the Graphic Business, he said a class action lawsuit against government will follow if negotiations fail. A notice inviting affected individuals to join the class action suit described the government’s decision as “unconscionable”. It said, “Government cannot be allowed to use its might to impoverish Ghanaians.” It would be recalled that days…