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Nigeria and Kenya has kicked off massive tourism marketing campaigns in West Africa by launching travel trade training sessions in different regions of Ghana and Nigeria. Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) says the two countries have shown all the indications of contributing to the Kenya's tourism growth as Kenya turns to emerging markets and the Africa region for more tourists. "West Africa is potential to us and this is the beginning of our efforts to tapping into the market that has high spenders with willingness to spend" says KTB Regional Marketing Manager Fred Okeyo during the launch of travel trade training and media engagement programs underway in the cities of Ghana and Nigeria. KTB is training about 200 travel agents in West Africa as well as media engagement programs in a bid to equip them with information on Kenya's tourism products. Last year Ghana and Nigeria recorded about 23,000 arrivals to Kenya, a figure KTB says will be increased significantly soo

Lt. Kernel Ivy Tamakloe receiving the items  S halom Indigenous Foundation, a Non- Governmental Organisation, in collaboration with The Bible Baptist Church has last monday donated items worth 6000 ghc to the 37 Military hospital and the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra as not only part of their corporate social responsibility towards giving back to the vulnerable, sick or poor in society but this time as simply, a gift for Xmas. The items which includes eight boxes of Pap-smear, two wheel chairs, ten walkers, eight boxes of nose masks, and twenty crutches were distributed among the two hospitals simultaneously in equal proportion. The Divisional Head Pastor of The Bible Baptist Church, Rev. Noah T. Quarshie, who made the presentation to the hospital authorities, noted the items were to serve as a gift for patients aiming to put a smile on their faces during this yuletide Season. He urged the doctors and the patients to take good care of the items, adding the pap-