NEWS IN GHANA

Smart device maker, Infinix has unleashed its latest smartphone into the Ghanaian market aimed at giving customers comfort, total satisfaction and above all an outstanding selfie experience. Kimo Cai, Infinix Country Manager Touted as the world’s 1st ever wefie smartphone , the all new Infinix S2 comes with dual front camera, one of it has 1st ever application of an ultra-wide angle of 135 degrees plus 8.0 megapixels for front camera in smartphone industry and the other one comes with 13.0 megapixels and beautification function.  Absolutely these wonderful features and more set the S2 apart from others making it the world’s 1st ever wefie smartphone, leading selfie taking into a new area of wefie. Speaking at the launch, Kimo Cai, Ghana Country Manager of Infinix noted out of the 4 product series the company has introduced into the Ghanaian market in 2013 namely Hots, Note, Hot and Zero, the amazing S2 device automatically becomes the 2nd generation of Hots series designe...

Scoliosis Foundation Ghana(SGF), a not- for-profit organisation with support from some benevolent organisations and philanthropists in the country have assisted 12- year-old Emily Darko, a scoliosis patient to successfully undergo a surgery  to straighten up her spine at a total cost of  GH¢36,000.00. Emily's condition was critical which requires a surgery to correct the defect with her spine to aid her live a normal life just like any human being. The surgery was executed by team of experts from the FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Accra. Speaking at a thanksgiving ceremony held at the at the High Powered Ministries International Church after the successful surgery, Founder of Scoliosis Foundation Ghana, Gabriel Ntow said it is always an exciting moment when Scoliosis Foundation Ghana is able to achieve its core goal of  existence which is to solicit for support for people with the condition to undergo surgery.  He also maintained  Scoliosis Foundation ...

Ahead of this year’s World Malaria Day event which falls on April 2015, 2017, some youths in the country have demonstrated strong commitment towards the success of the event by embarking on a health walk exercise to raise awareness of it. The exercise began in Accra at exactly 15 minutes passed 7:00 o’clock in the morning on Saturday April 22, with over two hundred participants in attendance drawn from various institutions including Civil Society Groups, Governmental Organizations and other stakeholders in the health sector of the country. They walked through some principal streets of Accra carrying placards with various inscriptions conveying key messages on how to end malaria till they got to Kawukudi Park at Nima where they finally converged. Speaking in an interview with Journalists, Dr. Constance Bart-Plange expressed optimistic about her outfit’s performance in raising the bar on awareness creation which has improved the reduction of the menace drastically ov...

He is a cheerful giver whose actions are backed by passion and pleasure especially when giving to support the vulnerable in the society. New Year's Day and Easter Mondays are special days on his calendar. On those days he demonstrates his love and passion by donating generously to support and put smiles on the faces of the kids living within the Tema SOS Village. For the past 13 years, the magnanimity of Isaac Tetteh, Managing Director (MD) of TT Brothers Limited, distributors of alcoholic and non-alcoholic  beverages in supporting the SOS village has been phenomenal. On Easter Monday, "Uncle T" as he is affectionately called rekindled his unflinching love once again by reaching out to the children of Tema SOS Village with a big party to put smiles on their faces. Profound joy was in the air with lots of fun and entertainment as the kids were given a treat with a variety of mouth-watering dishes and chilled drinks. As if that wasn't enough, there was a...

Call it a jubilation of a lifetime though just a weeklong activities to mark this year’s Students Representative Council(SRC) week celebration of the  University of Professional Studies, Accra(UPSA). This year’s SRC week celebration in the history of the UPSA was touted as talk of town due to the heightened momentum it has received from students both in and out of school including the general public. Expectations were so high right from the beginning of the week, there was so much joy in the air and most students really had fun to the fullest. But what actually set the whole event on fire was the outstanding performances of top Ghanaian music stars like Yaa Pono, Joey B, EL and hosts of others who thrilled the students with great vibes last Friday night at Prestige hostel near the school campus. It was a night of great entertainment which caused the atmosphere fully charged, with multitudes of students trooped to the venue to catch a glimpse of lists of artists...

Amazing "Bolero" in sachet makes variety of wonderful drinks for everyone. 'Bolero' is out of  poster, it's name  doesn't ring  bell for now. But there's something  so unique about it that most people don't seem to know for now. Until you discover for yourself, the better. But I tell you one thing,  discovering it's secret will make you fall in love in a flash. Bolero has the power to make your most delicious drink(s) whenever mixed well with water. I felt so enchanted when I chanced upon a sachet of 'Bolero' nicely displayed on a stand on my school campus. Not  even the colorful design of it's label got me attracted but the fact is, I was just curious about knowing  more about the usefulness of it's content. After asking several questions, the beautiful lady behind  the stand made me aware it was a powder you can mix with water  upto the size of 1.5 litre bottle equal  to the measurement of the large-sized bottl...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection(MOGCSP), Otiko Afisa Djaba has maintained the fight against child marriage in the country remains a priority for government as well as her ministry. She noted that was the main reason why the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection has taken giant steps towards promotion and coordination of national initiatives aimed at ending child marriage in Ghana in partnership with UNICEF and with support from Royal Netherlands Embassy. Otiko Djaba made this known at the launch of  a book to end child marriage in Ghana in Accra on Thursday April, 6. The book titled: "Talata the Child Bride" is a brainchild of Adwinsa Publications intended to raise awareness and provide useful information to children and adults on the adverse effects of early child marriage. Child marriage is a cankerworm destroying the future of many young girls who are under 18 in Ghana today as they are forced into it unwillingly or without their cons...

You might probably have tried and tested one or two Infinix branded smartphone(s) in town but definitely not the cute S2 handset, the latest from the camp of Infinix yet to be released soon. We’ll I’m talking about the new intuitively designed bright and colorful Infinix S2 which is packed with fun surprises for the discerning consumer. This is certainly a very powerful smartphone engrossed with outstanding  mind-blowing features that will make you wow and bow down in ecstasy. Uniquely crafted with highly sophisticated and latest industry leading technology features, the new S2 sets itself  apart from all other smartphone devices you might have ever come across so far in life. Just be rest assured that the hottest yet to be released S2 handset is simply a gem that glitters in the morning, sparkles during the day and shines like the brightest star at night. Without mincing words, I can tell  you for a fact that falling in love with the sleek S2 handset is jus...

As part of measures to improve  healthcare delivery in the country, Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana (PRCGA), a Ghanaian based NGO has extended  its charity arm to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital with medical equipment worth GH¢15,000.00  It has also presented a cheque of GH¢1,000.00 to support the hospital to meet it daily needs. The items included 5 pieces of mattresses, 3 large boxes of medical equipment (syringes, needles, pen tips and vacuettes), 5 pairs of single walker, 2 pairs of 4 legged walker, 1 box of Compound lactate drips (20 pieces), 10 boxes of dust/nose mask (58 pieces), 5 boxes of hand gloves, 1 box of Thermometers (10 pieces), 200 pieces of Kellogg’s T-shirts and a Wheel Chair. It is the first time the Organization is donating to support a worthy cause barely 4 months ago since its inception. The gesture, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PRCGA, Dr.  John Koku Awoonor-Williams was borne out of pity to reach...

As part of efforts to instill the culture of best risk management practices in financial Institutions in the country, Innovare, a Ghanaian management consulting company has organized a 4-day capacity building workshop to sensitize over 20 senior executive managers from the country’s financial sector. The 4-day workshop dubbed: “Risk Summit Africa” is the first ever in the history of Ghana which is on the theme: “Strengthening financial services operations with Risk Management”. Under the workshop, participants were taken through various topics including pre-summit workshop on Basel 2 compliance, risk summit Africa, post-summit workshop on Enterprise Management. Addressing participants at the opening, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiamah charged all  financial Institutions in the country to adopt the best practices of risk management which is the requirement of the global financial system to keep their business growing soundly at all tim...