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Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of the National House of Chiefs, on Boxing Day feted over 1,300 children from the Asogli State in Ho.
The annual event also attracted opinion leaders, elders and chiefs from the traditional area.
The children, mostly basic school pupils, were treated to good music and offered the opportunity to interact with the chiefs.
Togbe Afede urged the children to be obedient and persevere in their academic studies to play useful roles in the society.
He said the Asogli State is ready to support needy but brilliant pupils and students and encouraged them to take advantage of the opportunity.
Togbe Afede announced an undisclosed package for pupils in the Asogli State who came first in last term’s class examination.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Togbe Afede Fetes 1,300 Children
PHOTO: Samini Enskinned The ‘King Of Music’ By Paramount Chief Of Tamale
Ahead of today’s show(Tamale Sallah Rocks) at the Tamale Sports Stadium, Samini and his High Grade Family crew visited the paramount chief of Tamale and to his honor,he was enskinned YILANAA which means the ‘King Of Music‘.
It’s great news to know that our artistes are not only recognized by the youth but some very important personalities in the country for their hard work. Stonebwoy was also enskinned Sapashini (Dancehall Warrior) by the Tamale Paramount chief about two weeks ago.
Samini would be performing alongside other artistes like Kofi Kinaata, Jupitar, Kaakie and some very Tamale musicians.
Source: ghbase.com
AUDIO: Sarkodie Talks About Politics & Reveals Why He Did Not Vote [FULL INTERVIEW]
Sarkodie’s failure to vote during the December 7, 2016 election became a topic for discussion after revered music producer, Justice Oteng (Wei Ye Oteng) mentioned that the rapper has no right to complain about governance.
Before the elections, Sarkodie released three songs [‘Inflation’, ‘The Masses’ and ‘Dumsor’] on which he lamented the erratic power supply in the country, the continuous depreciation of the Ghanaian Cedi, and increased rate of corruption within government.
Oteng argued that it was not enough for Sarkodie to record songs to chastise the Mahama-led administration; he should have exercised his franchise.
“Making songs about crisis is not enough. You have to set example for your fans by going out to vote to show your patriotism…This is not only to Sarkodie but also some other celebrities who do not take part in election yet they complain when things don’t go well”, Oteng said on Pluzz FM.
Well, Sarkodie has disclosed he could not vote because he was outside the country.
“I was actually in the States because I had a contract from the time I went to Harvard till now. They booked way back and I could not say no at this point,” he told Sammy Flex on AM Pluzz, Wednesday.
“I didn’t talk about parties; I talked about the system. If I didn’t vote, that doesn’t make me hypocritical and doesn’t limit me from making statements. I’m talking about leadership. I didn’t hit on voting,” he added.
Sarkodie also touched on a number of issues including his feud with M.anifest, signing Awal and the future of Akwaboah at SarkCess Music.
Take a listen to the interview below:
HOT VIDEO: Mzbel Performs NPP’s Campaign Song ‘Nana Y3 Winner’ At Belgium Concert
Ghana hiplife musician Mzbel, has finally joined the NPP in celebrating their historic win in the 2016 elections.
Mzbel performed Daddy Lumba’s ‘Nana Y3 Winner’ at her Belgium Concert held yesterday.
The concert was brought to a halt for some minutes after an angry fan threw an egg at the ’16 Years’ hit-maker while performing.
Watch video below:
Credit: Ghanawe & GhNews360
God Saved Ghana Through Nana Akufo-Addo – Atta Akyea
The MP for Abuakwa South Samuel Atta Akyea has assured Ghanaians a Nana Akufo-Addo-led government will ameliorate their plight when the NPP takes over power from January 7, 2017.
According to him, Ghanaians will experience economic freedom under the leadership of Nana Akufo-Addo due to prudent economic policies that will be rolled out.
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“January 7 will be a new era which is going to bring our prosperity and our freedom, especially economic freedom which Ghanaians are craving. Ghanaians are going to notice that God has saved the country from hardship,” Atta Akyea said during a donation to Asiakwa SOS in the East Akim Municipality in the Eastern region.
He said he is ready to serve in a ministerial capacity should he be offered one by President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo.
Some of the items he presented include seven bags of rice, cooking oils, salt, sugar, milk, drinks and undisclosed amount of money.
Akufo-Addo Visits Rawlings As Part Of His Thank-You Tour
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Jerry John Rawlings and incoming President Nana Addo of the New Patriotic Party engaged in such an unusual friendly chat, showed great deference to each former foes.
Former President Jerry John Rawlings in a congratulatory statement after the elections urged Nana Addo to fight corruption “across-the-board”.
Akufo-Addo’s victory is a manifestation of the people’s will, adding that Ghana has many challenges which he promised to fix.
”Youru victory is a manifestation of the people’s desire for new leadership and comes with enormous responsibilities including a commitment to pursue an anti-corruption drive across-the-board,” he said.
“Ghana faces huge challenges, many of which you promised to tackle during your campaign tours,” he added.
Akyempim Rural Bank and Gomoaman Community Bank to merge
The shareholders of distress Akyempim Rural Bank have voted overwhelmingly to merge with Gomoaman Community Rural Bank.
The move is as a result of the banking getting into bankruptcy and their inability to meet a new capital requirement set by the regulating of the banking and financial industry, the Bank of Ghana.
The central bank has given all rural and community-based banks to increase their minimum capital requirement to GHC 1million by the end of the new coming 2017.
Speaking at the bank’s 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for shareholders, the interim board chairman Mr Alex Coffie appealed to the shareholders to avoid the situation where the banks will be closed down entirely as the regulator have given them by time resolve problems facing the bank or have their license withdrawn.
“Please let us accept the resolution of the board to join Gomoaman Community Bank with its headquarters at Apam to avoid facing consequences of withdrawing operational license by the Bank of Ghana (BOG).”
“This is a hard decision that was taken by the Board of Directors to merge with our sister bank. And let me add that this has become necessary following an emergency meeting convened by ARB APEX Bank with distressed banks in the Central region early this year,” he added.
Mr Coffie said the move he believes would attract investors also be able to meet the new capital requirement set out by the Bank of Ghana (BOG) by the end of 2017. The Board Chairman stated that one million Ghana Cedis Share capital required by BOG for every Rural and Community Banks cannot by met due to the current situation of the Bank.
In August 2015 the then board members of Akyempim Rural Bank resigned at a go, on the directives of ARB Apex Bank the mandated regulator of the rural and community base banks in the country due to poor performance and negligence as directors of the Bank.
Mr Coffie lamented that Akyempim Rural Bank as at the time that they were having the AGM could not boost of 50,000 Ghana Cedis share capital and it would be extremely difficult for shareholders to mobilise one million Ghana Cedis by the end of the period given by Bank of Ghana and therefore the merger was a better option.
He told the AGM that, the board was waiting for the completion of the merger processes initiated for the three banks Gomoa Rural Bank at Apam, Gomoa Ajumako Rural Bank at Gomoa Afransi and Eastern Gomoa Assin Rural Bank at Gomoa Dominase due to the liquidity crisis, then theirs could also be commenced.
Mr Coffie said there was an urgent need for the fresh injection of funds to resuscitate the bank so that depositors whose monies are locked up in the bank could be paid gradually to build confidence.
VIDEO: How Social Media Made Naddy Obeng An AIDS-Distributing Sex Maniac
Social media with all its positives has a lot of cons. When a story breaks on social media, verified or not, it spreads like wild fire at the speed of light.
Social media is therefore often used as an instrument of propaganda and a tool for wracking people’s character and personality, justified or not.
The latest person to fall victim to the crashing steel jaw of social media as we know it is young Naddy Obeng.
A couple of weeks ago, she became a social media sensation when news broke that she is a HIV positive patient going on rampage to infect any man who makes advances towards her.
It was alleged that Naddy in a WhatsApp chat with one of her friends, said that she had infected eight men already and would not die alone as she embarks on a nationwide tour of spreading the disease to randy men because one of them infected her same way.
A screen shot of the alleged Whatsapp chat was leaked on social media by the friend with the handle @emmanwandud.
Weeks after the leak, Naddy finally comes out to clear the air.
Watch the video below:
Fintech: Senegal Has Launched The eCFA, A Blockchain-Enabled Digital Currency
Senegal will soon begin using a digital currency, ushering in the use of blockchain technology by the central bank. It’s another opportunity for financial technology (fintech) to help emerging markets leapfrog traditional banking systems and bring financial inclusion to more people.
If the Senegal roll-out is successful, the currency will be used in most of Francophone West Africa Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Togo and Lusophone Guinea Bissau. Known as the eCFA, it is designed to operate alongside the CFA, the West African Franc.
The eCFA will be issued by the regional bank Banque Régionale de Marché and will be used by countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (link in French), according to a statement.
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The eCFA has been designed to work with existing mobile money platforms like MPesa, which have themselves been revolutionary for the millions of unbanked Africans. The e-currency will be produced with technology created by eCurrency Mint Limited, a company that enables central banks to create their own digital fiat currency, designed to be circulated alongside paper money as legal tender.
Just like paper money has a water mark, serial number and governor’s signature, these security features can be translated to a digital currency, explained Jonathan Dharmapalan, founder and CEO eCurrency Mint.
“By layering these together and binding them into a single instrument you have essentially created a central bank-issued digital currency,” Dharmapalan told a room at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion Global Policy Forum in the Mozambican capital Maputo in 2015.
The physical technology behind the currency is a digital currency production engine. In Dharmapalan’s presentation, the engine was a pyramidal structure with a tiny slot at the top. Each central bank will have their own engine, locked in a vault and kept offline. It will only be operational when the central bank wants to use it, he explained.
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The advantages represented by the new technology have been tempered by a lack of clarity on how exactly the system will work. Skeptics say it’s unclear what kind of distributed ledger—the foundation of blockchain technology—the new currency will use, which could introduce a host of unforeseen regulatory and distribution issues for the West African regional bank.
Tunisia became the first African nation to use blockchain technology to digitize its currency, launching the eDinar earlier this year. Last year, Ecuador launched the first state-sponsored e-currency in the world.
Central banks around the world have kept an eye on the disruptive technology of cryptocurrencies. On the one hand, they’re excited about the distributed ledger innovation that allows the secure transfer of information, without a third party, according to a 2015 report released by the Bank for International Settlements (PDF), of which more than 60 central banks are members.
Digital currencies, however, are also difficult to regulate, and until now had no links to sovereign currencies. A digital currency issued by central banks allows national treasuries to make use of all the technological advantages of cryptocurrencies, without relinquishing control to decentralized organizations like Bitcoin.
With banks taking charge of issuing e-currency, they maintain their role as sole issue of national currency, disrupting the disruptor before independent blockchain currencies even gained a foothold in Africa.
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Man charged with deliberately infecting others with HIV
A man has been charged with infecting other men with HIV deliberately.
Daryll Rowe, 26, of no fixed address, was arrested in Brighton following the allegations earlier this year.
After failing to answer bail he was re-arrested in Wallsend, North Tyneside, after work by Northumbria Police, Police Scotland and Sussex Police.
Mr Rowe has been charged with eight counts of causing grievous bodily harm and one of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.
He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Newcastle Crown Court later in the week.
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