The oil and gas sector has so far provided 7,000 jobs in Ghana, President John Dramani Mahama has stated. He said compliance with the local content policy regulations of the country had resulted in...
In the Banda district of west-central Ghana, July is the hungry season. This year's sorghum, yams and millet are still young and green in the rain-fed fields, and for most farmers, last year's...
The United Nations’ Secretary-General Representative in West Africa and the Sahel, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has expressed confidence in the Electoral Commission (EC) ability to the conduct a free...
Rex Owusu Marfo aka Rex Omar was born on February 6, just like the legendary Bob Marley. From his humble beginnings in his birthplace, Kumasi, he has gained wide recognition in the West Africa and...
Vision In Progress (VIP) is currently made up of Abdul Hamidu Ibrahim (Lazzy) Emmanuel Promzy Ababio (Promzy) and Joseph Nana Ofori (Prodigal) but initially also included Bone & Friction. Their...
Sidney Ofori is popularly known as the Rap Ninja or simply Sidney and just recently he changed his name to 'Barima' which means man in Twi. He is by far Ghana's most controversial rap artiste, after...
Born in the U. K. on April 11th in the late 1960's, Reginald Osei aka Reggie Rockstone attached himself to the Hip Hop movement in the early 80's as a dancer. Travelling on a tri-continental basis...
This exciting trio comprising Eugene Baah (Praye Ho Ne Ho), Steven Fiawoo(Praye Tiatia) and Nana Kwame (Praye Tenten) shot into fame when they won the maiden edition of Nescafe African Revelation...
With an exciting and successful musical career spanning over two decades, Kojo Antwi 'Mr Music Man' has established himself as a consummate vocalist; a prolific songwriter, producer and arranger; and...
What do you do for a living? Presently I work as a secretary at the West Africa Monetary Institute (WAMI), an institute mandated by heads of state of The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone to...
Rhian Benson is enigmatic -- enigmatic because she defies categorization; enigmatic because her life and her music are framed by paradox. Complex and cerebral, Rhian's music is simultaneously warm...
He attended Acherensua Secondary School from 1964 to 1969 and proceeded to the Institute of Professional Studies to study Accountancy . In 1975, he enrolled at the North East London Polytechnic,...
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia , Dr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, who has been confirmed as the Minister of Defence, was born on July 14, 1940, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. He had his secondary...
Childhood Mentor: Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey (Assistant Vice Principal and the first African member of staff at the then Prince of Wales’ College at Achimota)Education & Career Pattern: Nkrumah was first...
Guy Warren was one of the first "New Percussionists" that I have come across in my research. Information on him is difficult to find, especially recordings that he made. I've put what I found on him...
Born in December 1895 at Bempong and died on 4th February 1965 in Nsawam. He was Dean of the Ghanaian nationalist politicians, and one of the principal opposition leaders to Kwame Nkrumah. Educated...
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD DARKO FARMS & CO. LTD. PROFILE Rev. Dr. Kwabena Darko, heads one of Ghana’s most successful private enterprises, Darko Farms & Co. Ltd. He is the...
Died: July 1996 Mensah pioneered the development of the swing-jazz influenced highlife dance-bands that were so popular throughout West Africa in the 1950's and 60's. Indeed, these urban dance bands...
Professor Francis Kofi Ampenyin Allotey, the sweet-scented name that has for two decades and more, filled the scientific and academic world with its fragrance is a Professor of Mathematics, Scholar,...
In a music scene awash with mediocrity, J-Town stands out. Equally at home rhyming, singing or producing, J-Town is that artist that your favourite artist goes to for the best hooks, the best rhymes...
