SANATU ZAMBANG STUDIOS (Podcast)

Ghana Water Company Lim­ited (GWCL), Volta River Au­thority (VRA), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) are seeking tariff in­creases that amount to over 200%. This Morning,the King of comedy in Ghana, woke up this morning as King Kong, sharing his anger on social media, " Ok so I am up this early, haven't even brushed my teeth or taken my bath. Headed to ECG depo for them to explain why I recharged my meter with 20gh at 2am and by 7am all the credits run out. Only to be told that the increment was effective 14th Dec. So I am paying for lights I havent used. Came to My car,pick up my voters ID, smiled and bought another 20gh." When the increases being sought by ECG, VRA and GRIDCo are computed together; it will increase electricity tar­iff from 44,50 -pesewas per kWh to 102-99 pesewas per kWh, representing over 100% increase in tariff. For electricity, ECG is seeking 101% increase; VRA wants 108% in­crease while GRIDCo seek...

Golden Globes Nominations 2016 - Saoirse Ronan, Caitriona Balfe, and Lenny Abrahamson's Room in the running for awards. The nominations for the 2016 Golden Globes are being announced at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and among the nominees is Irish author Emma Donoghue how has been nominated for the screenplay for Room, based on her best-selling novel. Donoghue is counted in the category among names including Aaron Sorkin (for Steve Jobs) and Quentin Tarantino (for The Hateful Eight) as well as Charles Randolph and Adam McKay (The Big Short), and Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight). Room, directed by Irish director Lenny Abrahamson and starring Brie Larson, has also been nominated for the coveted Best Motion Picture - drama award alongside Carol, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant and Spotlight. Bria Larson has also landed a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a MOtion Picture opposite Irish actress Saoirse Ronan who has been nominated for Brooklyn. They're up ...

Reggie (31) and Bollie (29) both originally hail from Ghana but have been living in the UK with their families for the past five years. They are no strangers to the music business, with the pair both separately releasing material in their native Ghana. The duo think Cheryl is the “perfect mentor” as “she’s been in a band for longer than us and has won The X Factor multiple times”. Fascinating Fact: In Ghana, Reggie released three songs in 2006 called Virgin, For Sale and Adoma. In 2004, Bollie also had a hit called You May Kiss The Bride. Reggie N' Bollie closed The X Factor semi-finals on a high note with an energetic mash-up of 'I Gotta Feeling' and 'I Like To Move It' by Black Eyed Peas and Reel 2 Rea. The duo brought the party and got a lot of love from the judges and the audience Simon Cowell compared it to their less-well-received first performance: "You made me believe that this would be a terrible semi-final with the first song, but you had that up...

20 Years Ago Today, Milli Vanilli Lost Their Grammy For Lip Syncing Someone Else's Songs Lip sync fails are not uncommon these days. But November 19, 1990 saw the culminating moment of one of the most shameful not-actually-singing debacles in pop music history: it was the day Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy. Milli Vanilli started as the brainchild of German producer and songwriter Frank Farian. In early 1988, Farian recorded a group album with a slew of vocalists, but, finding them unmarketable, recruited dancer/models Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan to front the group when the album was released in the summer of that year. Note that singing is not, at this point, on their resume. If the European record didn't necessarily state that the handsome frontmen were the ones actually singing the songs, by the time the American album, reworked extensively by Arista Records, was released in early 1989, all trace of the original vocalists had vanished. After a string of ...

In separate attacks last week, ISIS terrorists killed 39 tourists at a beach resort in Tunisia, and close to 30 worshipers at a Shia Mosque in Kuwait. The onslaught came shortly after the group called on its militant Jihadi sympathizers to expand operations in the month of Ramadan. ISIS has demonstrated an unflinching determination to take out anyone who dares to disagree with it. Its members have slaughtered Yazidis and Christians, but the vast majority of its victims have been Muslims who resist it and refuse to acknowledge its authority. ISIS has even executed Sunni clerics who refused to swear allegiance to it, and Muslim women who did not submit to its worldview. This feature is shared across all terrorist groups operating in the name of Islam. The vast majority of the victims of the Taliban, for instance, are also Muslims. Hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed just in the last few years. And I have lost many close friends in similar attacks on the Ahmadi Muslims in Paki...

The Anzisha Prize seeks to award young entrepreneurs who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to social challenges or started successful businesses within their communities. 12 finalists from across Africa will win an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa to be a part of a week-long entrepreneurship workshop and conference at the African Leadership Academy campus on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The grand prize winners, selected from these finalists, will share prizes worth $75,000 USD. Mabel Suglo from Ghana, founder of Eco Shoes, was the second runner up for this year Anzisha Prize . Mabel offers an assortment of shoes and accessories that are fashionable and Afro-themed, using recycled materials. Her employee-base is predominantly disabled individuals. She aims to increase their economic participation through job opportunities. Mabel believes that disability is not inability and employs people with a variety of disabilities to create products that she sells into ...

Access Agriculture is an international NGO which showcases agricultural training videos in local languages. Here you can see examples of videos, download them or order a DVD copy. The audio tracks can also be downloaded by radio stations. This is a platform for agricultural R&D staff, service providers, extension agents, communication professionals and representatives of farmer organisations to see what training videos are available and request new language versions. The videos are all designed to support sustainable agriculture in developing countries. For maximum impact in improving opportunities for farmers explore Access Agriculture. The first ever Access Agriculture Awards 2015 and it focuses on smallholder farmers and local innovations . The categories are three, thus Video Production Partners Award: Judging based on the production of “farmer to farmer” videos and the success of distribution. Media Houses and Media Partners Award Judging based on use of Access Agr...