Ghanaian visual artist, Ibrahim Mahama has been awarded the 2020 Principal Prince Claus Laureate. Ibrahim is actively involved in improving social conditions and his powerful artworks use provocative materials and sites to examine and expose histories, uphold the role of labour, challenge authorities and criticise mismanagement of resources. Directly addressing...
Godfred Nana Yaw Amoako, a 29-year-old amateur model from Ghana has been crowned Mr. Model Africa 2020 in Accra. Henrik Wolo Jnr. 20 years, also an amateur model and from Liberia took the second position while Babatunde Stephen, a 24-year model and footballer from Nigeria placed third. The show was...
The F1 campaign is set for a thrilling finale and perhaps another surprise result, with Racing Point's Sergio Perez claiming a first career victory when he capitalised on a pit-stop error from Mercedes at this past weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows mixed up their tyres in 'stacking' George...
Eric Kwaku Vlidzo, the Sales Manager of AfricaWeb Holding, publishers of GhanaWeb, has been adjudged Digital Media Sales & Marketing Man of the Year at the maiden edition of Ghana Social Media Business & Creative Arts Awards (GSBCA). Held at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra last week, the scheme,...
Sweating—particularly when working out—is your body’s natural defence from over-heating. When sweat evaporates from your skin’s surface, it removes excess heat and cools you down. But if you’ve spent a sweltering dry season trying to keep cool and avoid getting sweaty, it’s time to rethink your relationship with sweat...
Plantains are a close relative of the banana and tend to be mistaken for them. But in one of the 120 countries that grow much of the world’s supply of plantains — like Uganda, Colombia and Cameroon — people know the distinction between the two. That’s because plantains are...
Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, a leading life insurer, has teamed with Enterprise Life Insurance Ghana to be co-underwriters for SafeNet - an innovative new mobile insurance product. Vodafone, Ghana’s second-largest mobile network operator, is using a platform developed by MicroEnsure - a part of the Micro Insurance Company - to...
For women to excel in leadership situations same as men, there is the need to understand that competence, capacity, integrity, values, character and performance will always be demanded. Leadership discussions go beyond gender! Many people view the glass cliff as a subject predominantly theorized to insistently stimulate discussions around female...
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” Inspired by the words of Goethe, one man left his successful career in the States and returned to Ghana to build his dream of creating a new kind of African university with...
He lusted after her She resisted many times over He lasted She persisted His pestering became too persistent Even when she was insistent So she told him her small mind To place him among his kind ...where he belonged   Your kind sows and grows and mows the grass Prunes the flora ...in our lawns Your kind tend to our dirty basket...