The fourth edition of Ghana’s biggest food festival ‘Kenkey Fest’ has been launched.
This year’s event was launched by the communications director of the group in charge of the
festival, Mr Nii Attractive Mustapha (Mustapha Nii Okai Inusah), at a media briefing in Accra.
Speaking to the press, he told guests present this year’s edition of the Kenkey Festival will take
a different turn from previous editions.
“We have a complete new package for Ghanaians this year which promises to still be very traditional yet very entertaining than previous editions,” he said.
He also announced the launch of the Kenkey League in collaboration with Let’s Cook Gh
slated for 25th January to 25th February prior to the event.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has at a recent gathering pointed at the
private sector as bearing the primary responsibility of job creation.
According to him, government’s ability to create jobs is limited.
But he indicated that the private sector’s disposition to create jobs must have the “active support” of government. He said since assuming office two years ago, he has sought to build the most business-friendly environment in Africa and he is on course.
“My government will work to continue to create a stable macroeconomic [atmosphere],” Nana Addo said.
He stressed that the goal of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is to whip up the innovative and entrepreneurial instincts of the Ghanaian private sector “to drive record growth in job creation”.
“I am confident that we are on course in realizing this dream,” he added.
Minister of Trades and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, who was also at the event,
lauded the president for stabilizing Ghana’s economy.
He said the macroeconomic indicators are favourable for businesses to thrive in Ghana.
Ghanaian rapper, Strongman rubbishes claims about Sarkodie. Moreover, according to some entertainment critics his mentor, Sarkodie is not promoting him[Strongman] well enough.
However, according to Strongman, it is a privilege to work with Sarkodie. Therefore, he appreciates the level the SarkCess music boss has placed him in his career.
He made these statements on Accra FM.
“I have not been limited by Sarkodie as rumours have it. It’s even a big opportunity for me to be working with him under his record label ‘Sarkcess Music’. I’ve been able to build more on my rap skills. I’ve been able to perform in and out of the country”
Strongman is one of the finest rappers in the country. He was the winner of the ‘Next Big Thing in GH Hip-Hop’.
Sarkodie’s SarkCess Music record label signed him in 2017.
In December 2018, he released his EP titled ‘STN.’
Rising Ghanaian female artiste, Paulina Ampaabeng Kyeremeh, with showbiz name Tracy Shugar is out with visuals for her debut single dubbed “Carbonnet.”
The video however features rising rapper, Rapfada and her video was shot with a red camera says her management.
Signed onto Sly Music record label, Tracy Shugar has garnered a lot of followers on social
especially Instagram due to her raunchy pictures.
But it’s not only her raunchy photos that have caught the attention of many, her tattoos also have.
The 18-year-old songstress has got some tattoos on her body, a very visible one is a writing on her chest.
This has raised many concerns by some of her followers who believe she is too young to get a tattoo.
But the Tracy, who is an SHS pupil, says her parents are ‘cool’ with her tattoos and that,
they are supportive of her career.
Talking about how she is going to combine school with her career, she said; “Combining music and school isn’t a problem for the hottest young female singer in Ghana. Don’t compare me to anyone.
I will complete senior high school this and release two more videos before the end of the year. I shot my first video on Red camera and it shows that my team is putting in a lot of effort to make me successful.” Tracy wrote on Facebook.
She is inspired by American female rapper, Nicki Minaj.
Watch visuals for Tracy Shugar’s ‘Carbonnet’ below;
Ghanaian Hiplife artiste, D Cryme talks about relationships. Moreover, according to him, most women who earn more than their partners abuse them. Therefore, he can’t marry a woman who earns more than he does.
He made these statements as a guest on “Gee Spot” on Joy Prime. Furthermore, D Cryme opined that women tend to abuse power, especially when they have the biggest pay check in the home.
“Our first creation was Adam and Eve, it could have been Eve and Adam so a man was born to lead regardless. I respect equal gender rights. Give the power to a woman and the majority will always abuse it…God knows if you put power in a woman’s hand, the beating for me, will be serious”
Also, he added that men would normally not blab about being the breadwinners of their homes, women on the other hand do the opposite.
“There’s no man who goes about telling folks what he does for his wife because he earns more than her but when a woman earns more everyone will know everything about the household”
Ghanaian singer, Barima Sidney talks about the creative arts. Moreover, he appealed to the government to separate Creative Arts from the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry.
According to him, he believes tourism is taking all the attention. Therefore, neglecting the creative arts industry.
I think she is doing well but the only thing I will say is, it is not her fault but I think combining tourism and creative arts is something the president needs to look at because tourism is taking everything from the creative arts. Tourism is big and they are pumping a lot of money in tourism and neglecting creative arts“.
“So we will plead with the president to separate the two. Put the Tourism somewhere and let’s have the creative arts too”
The Ministry was created in 2013 by the NDC government to foresee and regulate organisations and activities under tourism and creative arts in the country.
Award-winning Ghanaian movie, ‘Keteke’ continues to put Ghana on the map after sweeping several awards, both nationally and internationally.
The short film, which is a Peter Sedufia production has once again bag a nomination for the category of Yennenga Gold Standard of the 2019 Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).
The organizing committee of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) revealed on January 15, 2019, at the international press conference in Paris, France, the list of feature-length feature films selected for the 26th edition.
The selection involves a total of 20 films from 16 countries: Mali, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Tanzania, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mozambique, Morocco, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Algeria, and Nigeria.
Burkina Faso however has the highest number of films selected (three), followed by South Africa and Tunisia, each of which has two representatives as per reports spotted on Ghanaweb.com.
This year’s selection is full of powerful and entertaining films that together celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of cultures and stories from all over the world.
Mr Sedufia, in a chat with Ghanaweb expressed his gratitude to the organizers for this nomination.
“I am truly humbled by the news and I thank the team for this recognition. It’s a prestige to see your works being acknowledged globally,” he said.
Synopsis of Keteke
Keteke tells a story focused on the 1980s rail service system in Ghana and the train is the only means of transport from the outskirts. A couple – BOI (Adjetey Anang) and ATSWEI (Lydia Forson) living in Puna is bent on delivering their first baby in Akete but misses their first train. A wrong decision finds them in the middle of nowhere. Will they make it on time for the delivery, or, risk losing the baby and mother?.
The film however stars Adjetey Anang,Lydia Forson,Fred Amugi,Joseph Otsiman,Clemento Suarez,Jeneral Ntatia,Raymond Sarfo and others
Peter Sedufia is a product of the National Film and Television Institute, Ghana with BFAdegree in film directing.
He has further directed several short films with varied awards, including FESPACO to his credit.
Below is the full list of feature film fictions competing for the Yennenga Gold Standard of the 2019 Fespaco;
– Five Fingers for Marseilles , by Michael Matthews (South Africa)
– Sew The Winter To My Skin , by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa)
– Ila Akhir Ezzaman (Until the end of time) , Yasmine Chouikh (South Africa)
– Desrances , by Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)
– Duga (The Scavengers) , Abdoulaye Dao and Hervé Eric Lengani (Burkina Faso)
– Hakilitan (Memory on the run) , by Issiaka Konaté (Burkina Faso)
– Miraculous Weapons , by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
– Resolution , by Boris Oue and Marcel Sagne (Ivory Coast)
Posting an eye candy loved up shot and a video full of love, the husband and wife shared
heart-melting love notes to each on Instagram to mark their milestone.
Annica shared a video of Okyeame dressing her hair with a heartwarming caption; “How you love me is beautiful and selfless… for 10 years now, you have kept your promise to hold and to cherish and most importantly, to stay faithful to the end… cheers to us…And many more years ahead”
As if that wasn’t enough to leave fans with goosebumps, the Rapper also took to his Instagram page and captioned a hot shot with his wife; “Happy Anni – Versesary @Mrsokyeame You have been good to Me for Ten Years as a Wife and 14 years as a Best Friend. Enjoy today With All My love. I am going to work, so expect Your Poem in the evening. I love You like Life. And I want you to know that I love me better when I’m with you.”
High-life legend, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has great news for his fans. Moreover, Gyedu Blay and his Sekondi Band are set to tour Europe in February to thrill music lovers.
Furthermore, the tour kicks off on February 7. The tour will see the singer perform in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt and many others
Gyedu Blay Ambolley is mostly known for his songs Simigwa, Adwoa Amissah, Kwakwa among others.
Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie talks about Okyeame Kwame’s album. A few months ago, he lauded Okyeame for his ‘Made In Ghana’ album. Moreover, now he asks the government to provide funding for it.
He spoke about it in a tweet. Sark tweeted
“the new @Okyeamekwame project should be funded heavily by the government.”
Furthermore, Okyeame Kwame saw the tweet and replied:
“Spoken Like a true Patriot!! Only the visionaries see!!!! True Power is of the People!! Thank u.”
“Bro U are a good Man . U love Gh . And You are hopeful about The leadership but to tell U the truth adequate funding will be a pleasant but shocking experience for me . #madeinGhana”
‘Made In Ghana’ project is aimed at inculcating a sense of national pride, foster music tourism and expose indigenous music fusion.
It has 10 songs each of which mirrors the culture of the region it represents. It features 10 different artistes from the 10 regions
Okyeame is preparing to release his album titled Made in Ghana. As part of the project he is dedicated to promoting things that are made in Ghana both on social media and his music activities.
Ghanaian actress, Bibi Bright cries out against Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG. Moreover, according to her, they charged her outrageously for her meter to be fixed.
The actress took to Instagram to express her anger at the Electricity providers
Furthermore, according to Bibi Bright, the meter in her home went off after a “dumsor” session hit them. The representative from ECG, checked and told her the meter blew because of the lights out. Therefore, she needed a new one.
However, she realised she needed 100 cedis but the man told her 500.
The actress demands change from the government and ECG because that’s what they promised.
Bibi Bright about corruption at ECG
“#StopCorruptionAtECG!!! Our meter went off after the lights came back on last night.! ECG came to the house this morning and said that the lights that came on caused our meter to “blow” so we had to change the meter. This guy in the video claims he called his boss and he was told that there was no meter so I had to pay 500gh if I wanted a meter fixed today or I will have to wait for a month to get a meter.! Meaning we will have to stay without light for a month! I challenge him and told him we wldnt pay a pin Cs there is no charge to change meters! Later, I learnt that meter fixing shld not cost up to 100gh yet we pay 1500-2000gh to get a meter fixed in our homes all cause we are told there is no meter!
I campaigned for this government for change! And change is one thing that #ECG NEEDS!! Stop corruption at ECG!
The guy told me to do what I wanted and that it will not get anywhere! Obviously he is too comfortable with his ways of corruption! He knows for years that The corruption at #ECG has no stop! Let’s raise up as a people as a generation and fight corruption! It must stop!!!”
Gospel musician, Joyce Blessing talks about her future. According to her, she clearly believes the future of her music career is bright despite, the Menzgold saga.
Moreover, Joyce stated that she can only speak for herself and not for her label mates.
“I see my future clear ahead. I still hold to my future. I can only speak for myself as an artiste. I see nothing wrong …”
However, she pointed out that Willi Roi was in a haste to post comments on his Facebook page about her parting ways with Zylofon Music.
She made these statements during an interview on Adom FM. Blessing denied leaving the record label and also warned Willi Roi to stop damaging her reputation.
“I have not left the label and those who did the reportage came out to apologise”
Joyce Blessing, in a polite manner, asked Willi Roi to desist from interfering in her affairs since she was not working for him, stressing that, “He is not the one who signed me to Zylofon Music.”
“He had to relax saying I should return everything. He didn’t sign me so he has no right to tell lies to Ghanaians. He can’t do to me like he did to Bhimnation [Stonebwoy].”
Ghanaian-Romanian musician Emmanuel Owusu-Bonsu, known by his stage name Wanlov the Kubolor shares heartwarming pictures. Moreover, the pictures are of his beautiful Japanese wife and son, Kojolescu Alata Mori.
Wanlov took to Instagram to wish the mother and son a happy birthday. Apparently, the pair share a birthday together. Also, he stated that he hopes to visit them in Japan soon.
Wanlov has 5 kids with 5 different women on 5 different continents. His kids are 11, 8, 6, 6, and 4-year-old. Moreover, their mothers are by American, British, Ghanaian, Danish and Japanese women.
Some have said that anytime Strongman releases a song, that’s when Sarkodie also releases a song to counter the work of Strongman; something they see as bad.
But speaking to Accra-based Happy FM, the ‘Baby’ crooner indicated that Sarkodie has not ‘sat’ on his shine but rather has groomed him into a true rapper.
He said “I have not been limited by Sarkodie as rumours have it. It’s even a big opportunity for me to be working with him under his record label ‘Sarkcess Music’. I’ve been able to build more on my rapping skills. I’ve been able to perform in and out of the country”.
Strongman joined Sarkodie’s Sarkcess Music after he graduated from University but has since not made any glaring impact on the music scene.
The 10 year challenge is still on and many celebrities have dived onto the train. The challenge has so far been an amazing and inspiring one as many celebs take to social media to reflect on their past and thank God for how far he has brought them.
The latest to join the challenge is RuffTown Record’s current lead artiste, Wendy Addo, best known as Wendy Shay.
Award-winning Ghanaian actress and TV presenter, Emelia Brobbey starts the year right. Moreover, she is the new brand ambassador of Dear Cupid baby diaper.
Due to the deal, the face of the beautiful actress embossed on all the comfortable diapers
The Start Media boss was appointed as the brand ambassador during the 2nd week of the year. Noki company limited produces the Dear Cupid Baby diapers.
It is not clear the exact number of years Emelia Brobbey has been signed on as the brand ambassador but a close source to the actress tells us it is for a couple of years.
Dear Cupid baby diaper is a quality diaper which helps keep wetness away from babies.
