Meet the 12 contestants who listened to the Hitmaker breakout call and stepped up in confidence, in the coming weeks they will dazzle you will amazing performance and leave you with memories that will linger on.

It’s a battle of outstanding talents in the nation’s most original talent hunt, memorize their names and don’t forget their faces because one of them is the next Hitmaker.

ABENA

My name is Christine Buckle, but I like to be called Abena. I am 18 years old and I attended Ghana Christian International High School at Dodowa. I love singing, listening to music especially R n B, Gospel and anything cool. My singing is a gift from God. I don’t want to be greedy in his eyes so I am sharing it with the world. I just hope you are ready for me.

Abena

ADJOA

Adjoa is my name 22yrs, I am music, I love music, and music inspires me. I am a student of central university college and reading human resource development, and through music I can relate to people. My role models are Jennifer Hudson, Sinach, and Adele. I love them because they motivate me. All I tell my fans is to vote for me because am going to make them proud.

Adjoa

AWURAMA

I am Awurama and 21 years of age. I love to sing, I enjoy anything that involves creativity. I nickname myself ”MUSE” because I believe I inspire music and anything creative. My music and lyrics shows the kind of being I am, because I put in all my emotions and experiences. The creator gave me this gift for a reason. I mean my singing is a gift. And finally I didn’t choose music, music chose me.

Awurama

CJ BIGGERMAN

My name is Christian J. Joshua and my stage name is CJBIGGERMAN 21yrs. Am a final year student of regional maritime university. I represent the new generation of rappers with the blend of Twi and Pidgin English. My inspiration comes from real life events and my aspiration is to be recognized both locally and international. All I tell my fans is Zero days to stardom.

CJ Biggerman

COLOURS

My name is Jonathan Morkeh, my stage name is colours. I hail from the western region and am an nzema but I stay in takoradi, and I am 24 years of age. I completed Takoradi technical institute in the year 2013. I like playing my guitar whenever I am less busy. My role models are Fred mayway, Efya, Asa, Sarkodie, Ayigbe Edem, Jedu Abufe and a lot more. I started doing music the time I was nine years and since then I have not stopped singing all because I love music very much.

Colours

EFO CHAMELEON

I am David Segah, 27 but my showbiz name is Efo Chameleon. I am the last born among six siblings. One might be wondering what I do as a profession? I am a farmer. My hobbies are writing music, hunting, and watching movies. I love music, I am creative, funny but a shy person. My role models are Nana Ampadu, Fella Kuti and Nas. And not forgetting my favorite quote ” IT IS WELL”

Efo Chameleon

GUNSHOT

My name is Abraham Nii, I am 26 years and I do music full time. I am a dancehall artist. Caplipton, Busy signal and Shatta Wale are my role models. I like playing football and learning music during my free time. I began music last three years and I am talented. In a nutshell I love entertaining my fans.

Gunshot

KIDI

Hi my name is Kidi. I am 21 and a student of the University of Ghana Legon. I like to listen to a wide range of music. I look up to people like Justin Timberlake, Kojo Antwi, Chris Brown, Bruno mars and Usher.  I learn a little bit of something from everyone. I find myself lost a lot of times when I am on the piano or guitar. Like in a trance. Music is how best I know how to express myself. I hope I do that well enough to get me the recognition and acceptance on the biggest musical stages the world has to offer. I hope to take music as far as possible, the highest level.

Kidi

MJC GLORY

I am 29, and I am a musician, song writer, actor, and singer. I speak English, French and Spanish as well. MJC GLORY has dedicated his life to music since 5 years now just after the university. I play the guitar and piano, and I also lie playing basketball and I love cooking. My dream is to become one of the greatest artist who makes Africa proud.

MJC Glory

ONEDAY

Born as Kofi Saa Kumi Stephen, but my stage name is Prince One Day, 30yrs and I hail from the central region of Ghana. The first among five siblings and my family. Love reading, movies and enjoying nature’s environment if not found around music. I enjoy listening to some legendries like Bob Marley, Salif Keita, Youssou Ndou, Kodjo Antwi etc. Though I enjoy my motherland rhythm, Highlife music, I can freely express myself because I was born with it. I believe am blessed with the greatest tool since music is capable of controlling the globe. Still learning from the school of life, I hope to entertain the world with my music.

One Day

TWICE

Mohammed Iddriss is my name but popularly known as Twice and I am 28yrs. I am student of university of cape coast, I began music 16 years ago. I am a teacher but aside that i love music a lot. Every aspect of my life is music, I grew up listening to all kinds of music, from highlife, reggae, and afro pop that makes me very versatile. I do every genre of music.

Twice

YAW PRODI

I am Yaw Prodi; I recently rounded up my senior high school education in Wesley Grammar senior high school. I crave for music because it allows me to express myself in the greatest kind of way. I believe in the power of music. It gives flight to the imagination. I don’t have much, but nothing could be greater than music that I hold in my bosom. You need to hear it.

Yaw Prodi

Reggae musician Ekow Micah is likely to be jailed for five years if he found guilty for possessing weed. Legal practitioner, Adusei Poku said this during an interview with Hitz FM’s entertainment this week with MzGee.

“Mr Micah has been charged with a narcotics-related offence but the offence is in respect of possession, it is different from when you are exporting it that carries a different sentence in law and it is normally seen as non-bailable.”

“For smoking or possession in your room for use which has been detected, that is bailable and the maximum sentence is five years”.

According to the Airport Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Yaw Tetegah, the embattled musician was initially picked up by the police to aid investigations into allegations of rape and sodomy against Black Stars Captain, Asamoah Gyan.

However, the police, during a search at his residence, found substances that have been confirmed as weed.

After appearing in court last Friday for possession of narcotics, Ekow Micah was remanded into police custody to reappear on August 20, 2015.

Ekwo Micah

Mr Adusei said the court’s decision to deny Ekow bail during first appearance on Friday, August 7, is normal.

He, however, disputes suggestions that narcotic offences are not bailable.

“Narcotic offences generally are not bailable but my view is that every offence is bailable. The reason is simply this, sometimes the ingredient for the offence which the person has been charged with maybe nonexistent and for that reason the court can grant bail in certain circumstances…” the legal practitioner observed.

“You remember Kwaw Kese case, when it came up everyone said it was non-bailable but subsequently he got bail on medical grounds,” he cited.

Mr Adusei added that one’s status in society cum the evidence and circumstance of the case determines their fate in court.

“The law in its pure form says everyone is equal but that is what I call the legal myth. The reality is different. If you commit certain offences, depending on your stature in society you may never get bail. For instance, assault is seen as a misdemeanor but if you go and God forbid assault the president of Ghana, it is a bailable offence but the circumstances will determine whether the offence is bailable or not. Your status in society counts because they want to be sure that they are not granting bail to riffraffs who won’t come and face the law”.

Source: Myjoyonline.com

Nigerian- born auto mogul and philanthropist, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo makes it unto the cover of the August issue of Forbes Africa magazine.

Following her recent appointment as the West Africa Correspondent for the leading pan African business magazine, Peace Hyde also shares an eye witness report of the Accra floods and features a second Ghanaian entrepreneur, Herman Chinery-Hesse, Founder and Chairman of Soft tribe.

Excerpts from the August issue read”

“I have dealt with the Japanese now for 44 years,” Ade-Ojo tells Forbes Africa. “And it is only through me that they can mirror Nigeria. Throughout these 44 years, there have not been promises broken, or monies owed. My word has always been my bond.” Chief Ade-Ojo.

“Nkrumah told me that if we want to build rockets, we can build rockets”. Herman Chinery-Hesse.

Catch the full stories in the August issue of Forbes Africa now.

Singer Raquel is finally out with visuals for her song Cool Down directed by Kenn Ayiah.

Raquel

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After organising countless shows in the country with the last being one at Kasoa dubbed Kasland Street Carnival to give the opportunity to both established and upcoming Ghanaian musicians to share the big stage, Nigerian Afro-beat musician based in Ghana, Jonathan Eze Nwadinobi known as Eze is out with a brand new music video.

‘Afurumgi Nanya’, an Igbo language which means “I Love You” features Ghanaian singer Kesse.

“It’s about fame, the famous people and their girls. The girls face difficulties sometimes dealing with the crowd in an event or social life. Both of them went for a conference and talk show, she got disrupted and got angry and went back home, Eze, felt bad, and walked out of the conference in search of her for the sake of love too,” Eze told GhanaGist.Com about the concept of the video.

The video was directed by Eddie Palay Blay for AfroFusion Music owned by Eze.

Check the video out!!!

By GhanaGist.Com

Telemo man Gasmilla, born Odartey Milla Lamptey has revealed to Kasapa FM that, he wasn’t a brainy student whiles in school and it was music that uplifted him from being the last person in class to the number chap.

“I got into music because my life depended on it. Music is my blood and the only thing that got me from being the last kid in class to the number one kid in school. Music uplifted me.”

Gasmilla

Gasmilla, whose Telemo song is the biggest song in Ghana currently, attended the Institute of Divine Education (Shalom Shalom) in Korle Gonno, Wesley Grammar Senior High School and the Institute of Professional Studies now University of Professional Studies, Accra – UPSA.

It was a scene of fun and excitement at the national theater last Wednesday as the 12 finalists of season 4 of the MTN Hitmaker took to the stage in a double packed unveiling and first performance show. One after the other, the contestants Yaw, Awurama, Gunshot, Twice, Abena, Adjoa, CJ, Efo, Glory, Kidi, Colours and Once day performed their own renditions of popular tracks.

They left nothing to chance as they were determined to make a good first impression on not only the audience but also on Okyeame Kwame, Eazzy and Akwesi Aboagye, judges for season 4. The competition for the biggest prize in GH reality TV has fiercely began, the whooping prize package of GHC 100,000 is up for grabs and every one of the 12 contestant wants to win it. This showed in their confidence on stage and their performances, the MTN Hitmaker season 4 contestants mean business.

They have done their part, Colours gave us a rendition of Freddie Mayway’s “Miss Lolo”, Yaw sang Efya’s “one of your own” so beautifully one would have thought that the song was his own, Efo’s changed Banky W’s “YES/NO to a whole new track as he brought his unique style and personality to bare on the song. Twice did not only bring us twice of good music but made Afriyie’s Love of my Life his own.

Then came Abena, she mellowed the tempo in the auditorium with her slow version of Duncan Mighty’s “obianuju”. Glory maintained the tempo as he performed his own renditions of “pon di thing”, “Mr Orio” and “my woman, my everything”. Then CJ found a way to perfectly blend his rap skills with that of VVIP’s as he performed the trio’s hit track “Skolom”. After this, it was Adjoa turn to take the notch a little bit higher and she did just that by hitting all the high notes in Efya’s song “Best in Me”, that wasn’t all for the night, Kidi impressed the judges as he performed his own rendition of beat maker Richie’s “when I get you”.

The final batch of contestants for the night proved to all that the best as saved for the last, for instance Awurama brought her fun personality of Omawumi’s “love wantintin” whilst one day and gunshot crown it all with exciting performances. One day with his performance of P Square’s “testimony” could give the duo a run for their money on any day, then came gunshot. He charged the atmosphere with his energetic performance of Samini’s “Linda”.

These dazzling performances notwithstanding, they would need your votes if they would survive eviction. Yes, their awesome performances may not be enough to keep them in the running to winning the GHC 100,000 prize package, but your votes would be just what they need. Simply text the name of your favorite contestant to short code 1762 to keep them in the competition.

MTN Hitmaker 4 is proudly brought to you by MTN and produced by Charterhouse.

The Accra International Conference Centre on the 4^th of August echoed with massive applause as the hundreds of dignitaries present at the launch of Preparations For A Long-Term National Development Plan For Ghana rose to applaud a thrilling performance from the Wogbɛ Jɛkɛ cast.

The cast performed a gripping 15 minute version of their play which first staged at the National Theatre on the 4^th and 5^th of July.  The skit was an intense and exciting narrative of Ghana’s post-independence history. It was a fusion of music, dance, acting and poetry by Chief Moomen. It featured a rich display of Ghanaian culture and captured the country’s transition from independence into the forth republic.

The audience was thoroughly absorbed by the spectacle and as the curtain came down on the performance, they were on their feet with a rousing applause.  Among the dignitaries to grace the ceremony, organized by the National Development Planning Commission, were President Mahama and former presidents Rawlings and Kuffour.

The full play will rerun at the National Theatre on Saturday 22^nd August with two showings each day at 4pm and 8pm. IT is written and produced by Chief Moomen, directed by Anima Misa Amoah and Abdul Karim Hakib and sponsored by Key Soap.

Tickets are going for 50ghc and 30ghc for children available at Osu Koala, Silverbird, Batsoona Total and National Theatre.

GOtv has signed a partnership agreement with Ghanaian TV station, TV Africa to launch the channel on the GOtv DTT platform in readiness for Ghana’s digital migration.

This development comes after GOtv Ghana signed on Ghana’s first local music-dedicated channel, FiestaGH (GOtv channel 73), as part of its drive to give Ghanaians the best African and Ghanaian entertainment possible.

TV Africa is a fully Ghanaian-owned, private local television station whose long-term objective is ‘to play an effective role in the development of communications as a major instrument for nation building and a vital element in the socio-economic development process.

TV Africa transmits high quality programs on education, development, culture and current affairs with a focus on Ghana and the African continent.

TV Africa’s availability on GOtv will put the GOtv TV service in a unique position to promote the rich Ghanaian culture and to become the home of premier African film and television content.

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Cecil Sunkwa-Mills, General Manager for MultiChoice Ghana said, “We want to keep giving our customers more local entertainment choices. TV Africa is a great Ghanaian channel which will appeal to all our customers. With the advent of digital migration, we are also keen on ensuring that we have adequate local content on our platforms and we believe this channel is a good step in that direction. TV Africa is the first of several local channels that will be signed on to compliment the great content that already sits on GOtv”.

Mr. Kwaw Paintsil Ansah, Managing Director of TV Africa added: “Our aim has always been to bring Africa to as many viewers as possible so that they finally appreciate the wonders of our continent.” Ansah also stated that TV Africa celebrates the true spirit, the creative mind and abounding talent of the African and that he was excited by the additional reach the partnership would give TV Africa’s programming.

GOtv is now available in 9 cities; Accra, Tema, Kumasi, Takoradi, Obuasi, Sunyani, Tamale and Koforidua and Cape Coast across, 7 regions, bringing quality entertainment to many Ghanaians across the country.

GOtv’s local channels include GTV, Viasat1, Metro, Fiesta, TV3 and now, TV Africa. Watch this space for many more channels as we launch the GOTV Lite package at only Ghs99 per annum!”

TV Africa launched on Channel 95 (GOtv and GOtv Plus) on Friday 7^th August 2015

For more information visit www.gotvafrica.com & www.tvafricaonline.com

Ewe rapper meets Ga rapper on this new joint!

Torgbe, the winner of Hitmaker 3 is out with a new single titled ‘No More Gari’.

He is still working and pushing harder after the release of his two singles.

The new single features Ga rapper Luther and produced by ODB.

Torgbe

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According to a report by Razz Newspaper, the plot to the Asamoah Gyan-Sarah Kwabla alleged sèx tape thickens by the day with new developments and new twists emerging as the case still goes through investigations by the Ghana police.

The lady in the middle of these allegations, Sarah Kwablah who has been branded by some observers as the victim and also as a leader of the scheme to blackmail Asamoah Gyan finally granted Razz Newspaper an interview, after several months of remaining dead silent over the issue.

Sarah explained to the paper that, her reason for staying mute over the matter is because; the case is with the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) and her lawyers advised her not to speak on the issue.

“I have been advised to stay away from the media war so, I am doing so. With time, we will know the truth,” she said.

Speaking about the involvement of entertainment journalist, Osarfo Anthony and musician, Ekow Micah in the issue: she disclosed that initially, when the issue came up, she had no one to talk to and seek advice from, so she went to Ekow Micah for advise and for him to help her name off the blackmailing allegations and also to help her get justice.

According to her, Ekow listened to her issues and suggested the involvement of Osarfo Anthony, who was supposed to help with publications of her ordeal.

She stated that Ekow convinced her that Osarfo is a friend of his and could help out with the publication of the happenings between herself and Asamoah Gyan.

However, she also stated that, Ekow Micah recorded their conversation during their first meeting, unbeknownst to her.

“All along, I had already given Ekow one tape to listen to a conversation between me and Asamoah Gyan in order for him to believe my story, so when he recorded me- he added the two tapes that have I and Asamoah Gyan and gave them to Osarfo without my consent,“she said.

Commenting on the ensuing allegation of extortion and blackmail leveled against the likes of Osarfo Anthony and Ekow Michah, Sarah stated that, she’s not involved in that allegations and does not believe that the two accused had anything to do with any form of extortion or blackmail.

“I will be shocked if Ekow Micah really planned that because of Ghc25,000. I would believe the story somehow if the amount in question is Ghc 1 million, but Ghc 25,000 is too small for a musician of his kind and why should Osarfo even attempt to take money in the first place? I thought his enthusiasm came from a passion for the truth with regards to his job” she hinted.
She strongly believes that everything going on with Osarfo and Ekow is a trap that was well set by Samuel Anim Addo, the manager for Asamoah Gyan.

She also claimed that, Anim Addo set a similar trap for her former lawyer, Maurice Ampaw but the latter came out unscathed.
Reacting to news making rounds that, she’s been avoiding the Police, she stated, she is yet to receive any official invitation from the police.

Source: Razz Newspaper

A Women-led twelve-member Ghanaian youth delegation of the USA Chapter of the Nekotech Center of Excellence Global Future Leaders- Peace and Integrity Academy – will be received at the United Nations to celebrate the International Youth Day – under the theme: ‘Youth Civic Engagement’.

The Academy founder and co-chairperson, renowned philanthropist and diasporan African leader, Her Excellency Rev Dr Ocansey, indicated that this marked the global launch of the three year pilot program. The UN Secretary General, HE Ban Ki-moon made a call to the youth to take part in the shaping of the sustainable development goals.

‘This year marks the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations Charter and the twentieth anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth. In support of their aims, My Youth Envoy is helping to mobilize this largest generation of young people in history. As he says, youth engagement can help turn the world we want into the world we deserve. Let us all support young people in creating a future where our planet is protected and all people live in dignity,’ said UN Secretary General, HE Ban Ki-moon in his speech to mark the International Youth Day.

’We are very excited to have our Global Future leaders – of the US-Africa Peace and Integrity Academy- at this historic International Youth Day- marking the Academy’s global launch,’ said HE Rev Dr Ocansey, ‘ We believe that armed with the appropriate knowledge, training and support, especially focused on the three crucial areas of leadership, peace and integrity, our youth will be the channel of blessing to deliver the best of a new Africa to the world, said HE Rev. Dr. Ocansey.

Mrs. Victoria Hajar, Executive Chairperson of Atlantic Port Services and Co-Chairperson of the Academy said: ‘As a women-led initiative, we are committed to ensuring that our youth are not left out of the global machineries that will be shaping the future of our world post 2015. The goals of  our Peace and Integrity Academy is to offer our youth the knowledge and skills they need to develop holistically, and to empower them to use these skills to impact communities, their nation and the world,’ said Mrs. Hajar.

Yvonne Lamptey, head of the USA Diasporan Chapter of the Nekotech Center Global Future Leaders – working in partnership with the House of Faith Ministries – New Jersey, USA Branch First lady, Mrs. Rosemarie Saforo Addo, said: ‘Our youth have been beyond excited to be able to experience the UN for the first time in their lives, said Yvonne. The Nekotech Global Future Leaders Peace and Integrity Academy  is making great strides already among our youth, networking Ghanaian youth born in Ghana with Ghanaian youth born in America and other youth of African descent, to join forces with other future global leaders at the UN today- to network,’ indicated Ms Lamptey with joy.

Rev. Patrick Arthur, Director and Academy Lecture of the Nekotech Center said: ‘We are working with Peace Alliance in Washington DC, the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Center in Accra, Channels of Blessings Global Ministry, House of Faith Ministries, CICA University and Seminary, the AU Diasporan African Forum, the Meditation Museum in DC among other partners, to enrich our students – 16-30 years – with both biblical and secular training – in these three crucial areas of leadership, peace and integrity. God willing, our members in Ghana from the University of Ghana, KNUST, Ashesi, Radford, Central University and The Morning Star International High School, who are currently under training in Ghana will also be able to participate in World Peace Day activities this September and to participate in next year’s UN Youth Day, said Rev. Arthur.

‘In this landmark year, as leaders prepare to adopt a bold new vision for sustainable development, the engagement of youth is more valuable than ever. At this critical moment in history, I call on young people to demand and foster the dramatic progress so urgently needed’ said the UN Secretary General, HE Ban Ki-moon.

Nyshira Kwesi Apprah-Berko, a 16-year-old academy member had this to say: ‘This is a dream come true! I was in Ghana with my friend, Samuele Hajar, who introduced me to the Nekotech Global Future Leaders Academy and I am so happy my parents allowed me to join. Now look at me in New York going to the UN! It is awesome!’

The Global Future Leaders- Peace and Integrity Academy’s Distinguished Council of Elders is headed by HE Mr. Victor Gbeho, former President of ECOWAS and Ghana’s former Ambassador to the UN, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Peace and Integrity Academy is a 3-year pilot project with three programs lined up each year for Ghanaian youth from Ghana to the USA as well as all African/African American Youth in the USA: September 9-22, January 12-24 2016 and July 31-August 15, 2016. The UN programs are headed by coordinator and Board Member Yvonne Lamptey, and Washington DC programs are headed by coordinator and board member, Dr. Brenda Belton, a renowned Harvard trained educationist. The Academy is run under the support of the Ghana Ministry of Youth and Sports as well as the Diasporan Bureau of the Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.

International Youth Day is an opportunity to celebrate the creative force and the innovative impetus that young people bring to every society. This year’s theme – “Youth Civic Engagement” is what the Nekotech Global Future Leaders Peace and Integrity Academy is all about!

Rapper, Okyeame Kwame, highly revered for his decency and versatility has outdoored a new singing contest in a bid to rewarding his loyal fans across the country.

Dubbed the ‘’Okyeame Kwame sing and win promo contest’’ the contest requires fans to

1. Take videos of themselves with their phones singing a few lines of Okyeame Kwame’s ‘’Mere Twen Wo’’,

2. Upload onto instagram, hashtag #OKlyrics and use the handle @Okyeamekwamebra.

3. Copy the video link from his/her youtube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDWxObasnE and post together with video on your instagram pages.

The video with the most likes which meets all the above requirements wins the prize at stake. Prizes include; GENERATOR, WEEKEND STAY AT GRAND CASAMORA HOTEL, EAST LEGON, PISEN POWER BANKS AND HORSEMAN SHOES.

Okyeame Kwame kick started the contest with a video message to all Ghanaians. Find it below and get your phone ready to participate and win.

After releasing their first single Hustle featuring rapper EL, Ghana’s alternative rock band Dark Suburb is out with their second single titled ‘Mama’ featuring award winning vocalist Wiyaala.

The song celebrates the motherhood of the continent of Africa and every mother in the world.

“Mama” is sung in Pidgin English, Waale and Sisaala.

The song, which was recorded live has a rich and heavy sound and Colter Harper and Lucas Milker handled the production.

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Obeng Yaw, a community in the Upper West Akyem district of the Eastern region is the latest to benefit from Tigo’s Shelter for Education project. The community has received a six unit classroom block, this replaces their old school building which has seen no major renovation since it was constructed in the 1980s.

Additionally Tigo has also constructed a staff common room, a Headmaster’s office and toilet facilities.

At a short ceremony in Obeng Yaw, the Headmaster, pupils and entire community gathered at the forecourt of the new school building to officially receive the keys to the school from Tigo.

The CEO for Tigo, Roshi Motman, said Tigo’s ‘Shelter 4 Education’ initiative is aimed at providing good infrastructure for quality teaching and learning in rural Ghana.

“Education is key in nation building and as a brand we want to contribute in shaping the lives of these children who in future will build Ghana. By providing both the pupils and teachers with a conducive learning environment they can concentrate on their studies”, she said.

The Chief of the community, Nana Obeng Yaw II, lauded Tigo for the initiative and pledged to ensure the new building is well maintained for the benefit of the children in the community.

Shelter 4 Education is Tigo’s new CSR initiative – the company is putting up a six unit classroom block with headmaster’s office, staff common room and toilet facilities for some selected schools in makeshift structures across Ghana. Some run-down schools will also be renovated. All the selected schools will be furnished with tables and chairs, school uniform and books for the pupils.

The entire project has been documented as a television series. It airs every Sunday on TV3 at 4.00pm, Metro TV and ETV at 6.30pm, with a repeat on Utv at 7pm on Saturday and Viasat 1 on Sunday at 2pm.

GOtv is excited to announce the addition of SuperSport 9 (SS9) which will go live on GOtv Plus channel 35 from Thursday, 13 August at 9:00a GMT. SuperSport 9 is the primary channel for African Football and offers a selection of sports content that covers athletics, Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC), Boxing, NBA and much more.

The move to introduce the popular channel is part of GOtv’s continuous efforts to bring viewers an exciting variety of sporting content to subscribers across the content. GOtv boasts an eclectic mix of sporting channels which include SuperSport Select 1, SuperSport Select 2 and Blitz Sport.

This August, GOgetters on the GOtv Plus bouquet can look forward to incredible sporting action, starting this weekend. All gloves are off on Friday 14 August; when Sijuta Promotions brings the WBA Bantamweight International Title Fight between Mzuvukile Magwaca (SA) and Jose Gonzalez (Mexico) at 5:00pm GMT.

GOgetter will also score big with a thrilling line-up of local football leagues action on SS9.  Catch Zesco United take on Nkana live in the MTN Zambian Football League at 12:55pm GMT on Saturday 15 August. The action continues at 3:00pm GMT when Bayelsa goes head to head with Enyimba in the Nigerian GLO Premier League.

GOtv will expose viewers to the Spanish city of Cadiz at 7:55pm GMT to catch the remaining two top teams dribble their way to win the coveted “Trophy of Trophies” (Ramon de Carranza trophy) at the 2015 Trofeo Carranza Final.

On Sunday, 16 August it’s back to Africa where viewers will be treated to back-to-back football with Zambia’s Power Dynamos taking on Nakambala Leopards while Nigeria’s Warri Wolvs will battle the Dolphins in the GLO Premier League.

For more sports highlights visit www.gotvafrica.com

Lip Sync Battle Fri, 14 Aug 2:00pm GMT MTV  Base (72)

MTV Base is going old school in this epic battle. Watch Grammy Award-winning group Salt-N-Pepa go head to head as they lip sync the words to great songs in a memorable performance. Hosted by LL Cool J and model Chrissy Teigen, Lip Sync Battle will not only have you singing and dancing along, but you’ll be laughing at the stunts from your favourite celebrities.

Tattoo Nightmares Miami Fri, 14 Aug 7:30pm GMT SONY MAX (22)

“S1/E1 – Chicaglow”. Reese feels cheated even after her client drops to his knees, Clint takes a bite out of a man’s back tattoo, and a Chicagoan surprises High Noon with an unusual request.

Drop Dead Diva Sat, 15 Aug 5:20pm GMT SONY (21)

“S3/E12 – Bride-A-Palooza”. Judge Owen French forces Grayson to try a case using medieval law. Jane looks to help a TV show host who was injured in a bridal store’s promotion.

Into the Blue Sat, 15 Aug 6:00pm GMT eTV Africa (16)

If you’re looking for a hot guy – or girl – swimming around an exotic island, searching for treasures deep down the ocean, then you must watch Into the Blue. Paul Walker and Jessica Alba will be steaming up eTV Africa on Saturday at 20:00 as a couple in love, looking for treasures that have been lost for decades. But of course, not everything will be smooth sailing.

Sex with Brody Sat, 15 Aug 8:30pm GMT E! Entertainment (26)

Ever had something awkward on your mind but there was no one you could ask? Well Brody Jenner and his merry men on Sex with Brody are here to save you. Sex with Brody on E! has had jaws dropping. And no, it’s not just because he’s pretty fine but it’s because there is no question out of bounds!

Top Actor Sat, 15 Aug 9:05pm GMT BET2 (23)

“S1/E7 – 1/7″. Twelve of the best up-and-coming actors in SA have been selected to struggle it out on camera, in front of big industry names hailing from Hollywood and South Africa for the inaugural title of Top Actor.

Stewarts & Hamiltons Sun, 16 Aug 7:00pm GMT E! Entertainment (26)

This new reality show on E! is filled with drama and fun moments. Tune in on Sundays and see how this blended family goes through life. With mom Alana Stewart at the helm, see her relationship with her children, Kimberly and Sean Stewart and Ashley Hamilton, and with her ex-husband, now best friend, George Hamilton.

MultiChoice Africa is delighted to announce the launch of BBC Worldwide’s new global genre brand, BBC Brit,which will be available from 01 September 2015 on the DStv platform.

The exciting new channel is a rebrand of BBC Entertainment which will be renamed to BBC Brit on DStv channel 120 with an increased investment into new content. BBC Brit will sit alongside BBC World News and the new additions to the DStv Compact bouquet, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies.

BBC Brit will offer premium, factual entertainment that is intelligent but irreverent and male-skewed but with broader appeal and blends expertise with entertainment and fact with fun. The channel will become the exclusive home of Top Gear, Undercover Boss and Dragons Den and cover a rich variety of subjects: cars, science, adventure, business, food, life-changing moments, extreme characters, quirky eccentrics and comedy.

Paul Dempsey, President Global Markets at BBC Worldwide said: “BBC Brit will bring together some of the world’s biggest names and best programme-makers in a brilliantly curated, high quality channel brand. The channel captures what’s special about British TV and our African launch marks an important step in the company’s global strategy as we continue to inspire audiences with distinctive, premium programming.”

Joel Churcher, General Manager and Vice President for Africa, BBC Worldwide added: “The content hosted on this channel is designed to reach a diverse pan-African audience, reflecting a wide range of voices, ages and cultures. Our African viewers clearly have a deep affection for BBC programming, and as a leading content distributor, we will continue to deliver high quality, premium content to our channels for many years to come.”

Commenting on the new channel additions to the DStv Compact bouquet, Tim Jacobs, the CEO of MultiChoice Africa, said: “Availing all these BBC Worldwide channels to our Compact subscribers will open up a universe of world-class entertainment to a larger and varied audience across the African continent. As a leading video entertainment company in Africa, MultiChoice Africa is committed to offering our subscribers the best packages filled with unparalleled family entertainment.”

Packed with brand new, unmissable programming and A-list talent, the schedules for BBC Brit will showcase the very best in quick witted entertainment and world-class, factual from the BBC and leading UK independents. New and exclusive titles for Africa on BBC Brit include:

• The Moaning of Life – Radio producer, author and TV presenter Karl Pilkington sets out in his own inimitable style to check out other cultures and experience how they face up to life’s big issues like happiness, death, careers, marriage and children.
• Duck Quacks Don’t Echo – Comedian Lee Mackpresents a brand new panel show that explores bizarre and fascinating facts. Each week, three celebrity guests will offer an incredible fact for discussion and with some expert help they’ll attempt to prove to their fellow panellists – and the nation – that it’s true.
• Life is Toff – Combining the charm of a sitcom with the candour of reality TV, Life is Toff visits Britain’s notorious aristocratic family, the Fulfords. This series tells intimate and surprising stories from the private lives of the Fulford family, across an extraordinary and momentous year.
• Youngers – A fresh and exciting new comedy drama set in the UK urban music scene, Youngers follows the journey of two teenage boys, Yemi and Jay, in their quest to break into the music industry.

For more information, please visit www.dstv.com.

Lip Sync Battle Fri, 14 Aug 2:00pm GMT MTV  Base (322)

MTV Base is going old school in this epic battle. Watch Grammy Award-winning group Salt-N-Pepa go head to head as they lip sync the words to great songs in a memorable performance. Hosted by LL Cool J and model Chrissy Teigen, Lip Sync Battle will not only have you singing and dancing along, but you’ll be laughing at the stunts from your favourite celebrities.

Why Did I Get Married? Fri 14 Aug 2015, 4:00pm GMT Studio Universal (112)

Four couples and best friends go on an annual vacation designed to counsel them. Their routine is interrupted when one couple arrives with a sexy temptress in tow.

Tattoo Nightmares Miami Fri, 14 Aug 7:30pm GMT SONY MAX (22)

“S1/E1 – Chicaglow“. Reese feels cheated even after her client drops to his knees, Clint takes a bite out of a man’s back tattoo, and a Chicagoan surprises High Noon with an unusual request.

Drop Dead Diva Sat, 15 Aug 5:20pm GMT SONY (127)

“S3/E12 – Bride-A-Palooza“. Judge Owen French forces Grayson to try a case using medieval law. Jane looks to help a TV show host who was injured in a bridal store’s promotion

Into the Blue Sat, 15 Aug 6:00pm GMT eTV Africa (250)

If you’re looking for a hot guy – or girl – swimming around an exotic island, searching for treasures deep down the ocean, then you must watch Into the Blue. Paul Walker and Jessica Alba will be steaming up eTV Africa on Saturday at 20:00 as a couple in love, looking for treasures that have been lost for decades. But of course, not everything will be smooth sailing.

Sex with Brody Sat, 15 Aug 8:30pm GMT E! Entertainment (124)

Ever had something awkward on your mind but there was no one you could ask? Well Brody Jenner and his merry men on Sex with Brody are here to save you. Sex with Brody on E! has had jaws dropping. And no, it’s not just because he’s pretty fine but it’s because there is no question out of bounds.

Top Actor Sat, 15 Aug 9:05pm GMT BET2 (135)

“S1/E7 – 1/7″. Twelve of the best up-and-coming actors in SA have been selected to struggle it out on camera, in front of big industry names hailing from Hollywood and South Africa for the inaugural title of Top Actor.

Stewarts & Hamiltons Sun, 16 Aug 7:00pm GMT E! Entertainment (124)

This new reality show on E! is filled with drama and fun moments. Tune in on Sundays and see how this blended family goes through life. With mom Alana Stewart at the helm, see her relationship with her children, Kimberly and Sean Stewart and Ashley Hamilton, and with her ex-husband, now best friend, George Hamilton.

BPL: Man City vs Chelsea Sun 16 Aug 2015, 1:00pm GMT  SuperSport 5 Africa (205)

Barclays Premier League – Manchester City vs Chelsea. Live from Etihad Stadium – Manchester, England.

Tune in for the live action from this game Sunday 16 August on SS5A at 4:00pm and via live video streaming on supersport.com.

The Book of Negroes Mon 17 Aug 2015, 6:10pm GMT  BET (129)

“S1/E1 – 1/1″. Stolen from Africa, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.

Hello and welcome to a Piece of Peace your weekly dose of motivation and inspiration. This week I would like to share with you on the topic, “All Hard Work Bears Fruit.”

I gave a talk this week to a group of young girls at the Girls Education Initiative of Ghana, started by the inspirational Vlisco woman of the year winner Elizabeth Patterson. Her initiative supports girls, including those with special needs to get access to Education.

I was invited to give a talk about my struggles with dyslexia and during my talk, I was a 13-year-old girl made an interesting comment. She told me it was her dream to become a TV presenter and a journalist, but she thinks it will be too much hard work so she would rather stick to one and become a journalist instead.

Not wanting to depress the poor girl with one of my long motivational epilogues, I told her she could be whatever she wanted to be so long as she had the passion for it. If she doesn’t want to do both, that means she has more passion for one career path than the other. The answer is simple. Follow what you cannot live a day without doing.

I think that was a safe enough answer and I was confident she understood every single word until Elizabeth highlighted to me later on that the young girls mostly struggle to understand her American accent so she hopes they could grasp my British one.

In hindsight I think the little girl nodded a lot more than she should have. Anyway, that question made me think. How much hard work is enough to achieve your dreams.

The concept of hard work is one that is elusive. Firstly, what constitutes hard work? Secondly, how do you know you are working hard or how much of it you are doing? Finally, what level of reward do you need at the end of that hard work to make it worth doing it all over again? The simple answer is, any productive venture that you work around the clock to achieve and dedicate a significant amount of the working day towards achieving constitutes hard work. The salient point here is any productive venture. A productive venture is an activity that aids you in your goal of achieving positive results towards things that will push you towards your God given purpose.

That means, hard work never stops. It needs to be fed every single waking moment of your life and carried on throughout the day until you sleep only to be repeated all over again. At the point where you feel like you have given absolutely everything there is to give and you want to take it easy, that is usually the point where you need to keep going to achieve your breakthrough.

Most often when we go to church, and we hear prophecies of God’s miracles and God’s breakthrough being manifested in our lives, we tend to get complacent and think that all we need to do is to wait on God to show us his mercies. Unfortunately it doesn’t work like that. Many individuals miss God’s blessings in their lives because they are fixated on the wait instead of focusing on the Grind. Nothing worth having comes easily. It requires persistent struggle, fighting and resilience to get the rewards that he has promised in your life.

So next time you feel like nothing positive is happening in your life, ask yourself, How much hard work are you putting in your grind. If you are putting in enough, then you will most likely see results. If the opposite is true, then roll up your sleeves and get on your grind. It will pay off. Trust the process, And always remember, be yourself, because everyone else is taken.

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The capital of France’s Southern Midi-Pyrénées region, Toulouse is expected to attract a large audience at this year’s Summertime Happiness Entertainment Show on the 29^th of August.

The show, which is organized by Radio Living, France, in collaboration with Kwabena Frimpong seeks to expose the French community to the rich and quality Ghanaian culture through music and dance with performances from Ghana’s versatile and decent rapper, Okyeame Kwame as well as Agya Koo, Akosua Saah, Apostle Rogers and also starring Omar Sheriff Captan.

The program is also expected to Premier King David Productions new movie.

This year’s program which is supported by One Mic Entertainment and King David Donkor Productions heralds a series of programs expected to take place.