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Samakose Fortune Trail Seminar Storms Upper West this November

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Samakose Enterprising Development engages young people in decisions that affect them, their peers and their communities.  Samakose ensures that young people become an integral part of creation, invention and motivation in their communities and that their voices act and art can help shape the future. Samakose Fortune Trail Seminar at the Radach Lodge and Conference Center on the 14th October 2016, saw the likes of Mr Prince Siita, CEO of North Television, Ken Kubuga, CEO BoldTech Solutions, Jameela Moomen and Ewurama Attoh of Kesmi fm were the headline speakers. The event witness students, the unemployed, the less confident, and career finders. Samakose Enterprising Development believes that through youth mentor-ship and dialogue, the youth will no longer be seen as recipients of services but as undiscovered expects, responsible and involved in the issues and processes. Speaking to Sanatu Zambang , Mr Amin Yahaya,  CEO of Samakose , said “Fortune ...

The King’s Funeral VenuzWrites

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The King’s Funeral The King will be buried today And I didn’t even cry I didn’t even know The distant drums reminded me But there is no time to mourn I have my fields to attend to He left without a goodbye I told myself he would be back ‘Don’t lose hope He’s gone to clear his head He’ll be back’ This funeral is a reality That he’s gone, never to return And everything indeed comes to an end I shall bury the King But I shan’t mourn I will bury them all Our children Our treasures Our memories Bury them all with the King And ascend the throne They need me My people need me I see the sun through the clouds already We’ll bury our King The people will mourn him But I shan’t cry Sequel to ‘  No Time to Mourn  ‘

'' We Had to Stop Driving and Continue With a Bicycle ''

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Hopin Academy and its partners; RUMNET, YEFL and Ghana Friends in Denmark have launched the Youth Speak UP project. The main goal of the project is to develop competencies of youth reporters to support active citizenship and engagement of young people in communities.  The project focuses mainly on youth in some four deprived districts of Tamale, Northern Ghana; Kumbungu, Savelugu, Saboba and Karaga. The monitoring team including the coordinator Clement Boateng, Maccarthy Mac-Gbathy, Abdul-Mumin Sofo Yumzaa, and a representative from Rumnet, at some point of the journey, the monitoring team and to park their vehicle and continue the monitoring by borrowing a bicycle . Information reaching Sanatu Zambang is, Hopin Academy Maccarthy Mac-Gbathy posted on facebook  ‘’ A few quarters past during the Youth Speak Up monitoring, At a point during the journey to four implementing district in the northern region we had to stop driving and continue with a bi...

THREE DAYS IS TOO LONG ( Alhassan Rabiu )

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Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning, others will say its an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content.  Mr Alhassan Rabiu has another heart aching, mind boiling poem.    THREE DAYS IS TOO LONG A loud wail is heard from they that cannot  stand the news but true wails reside within the very tunnels of   grieving hearts It's yet another coming   of this frequent monster   who comes when he'll come   who turns mouths bitter who turns minds sour the monster then exhumes   buried sorrows that have slept   and here we're flabbergasted by the sudden visit   robbing palms in dismay   while the monster's go...

Nutrition Tips from Blessilla (Sweet Potato Season)

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Yay, its sweet potato season and Blessilla Nana-afoe Aya Kandoh our nutritionist has some educative tips on  sweet potato.   Blessilla Nana-afoe Aya Kandoh is a nutritionist and MCH advocate. Although they're soft and creamy enough to be put in pies and called dessert, sweet potatoes are also a surprisingly nutritious vegetable. Sweet potatoes are true to their name: They are sweet, particularly the orange-fleshed varieties. Most people love the sweet taste and enjoy snacking on sweet potato and sweet potato products. This helps them get the nutrients from it in order to grow strong and healthy.  Sweet potato will not just only sweeten your taste buds but are also good for your cardiovascular and entire health. Their rich orange color indicates that they are high in carotenoids like beta carotene and other carotenoids, which is the precursor to vitamin A in your body.   Carotenoids help strengthen our eyesight and bo...

Tourist Praises Chauffeur buses of M&Mxpress

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It has been a week since the Chauffeur driven buses of M&Mxpress   began operations in the three northern regions. The Sanatu Zambang team spotted the bus at the Mole National Park in Damongo and also few days ago the one of the buses was spotted the bus at Bawku in the upper east region. The Chauffeur buses of M&Mxpress today was spotted at the Tamale Airport, with some tourist coming out of the bus after their 4day trip in the northern regions. The two buses with a 30 seat capacity, has already journeyed through the savannah regions in the last 5 days, with its costumers praising the managers of the company for a good customer care. Speaking to Miss Mawuse, secretary of M&Mxpress, she resonded by saying, their mission is to provide the safest, reliable, comfortable, highest quality and moderately priced integrated transport service to corporate bodies, individuals, various social groupings, schools, clubs & associations, whether on business assignme...

Youth Speakup Team Monitoring at Saboba and Karaga Districts

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Hopin Academy and its partners; RUMNET, YEFL and Ghana Friends in Denmark have launched the Youth Speak UP project. The main goal of the project is to develop competencies of youth reporters to support active citizenship and engagement of young people in communities. Sanatu Zambang journeyed with Youth Speakup team and its partners today 3 rd November 2016, was fruitful and engaging. The first stop was at a community in the Karaga district , we met with the community journalist Alhassan Abdullah , he told the Hopin Academy team and its partners how effective and trans-formative the project has been. ‘’ for the last quarter of the project, we have been able to discuss four topics on radio, namely tax and taxation, peace before, during and after the elections, activities of Fulani headsmen and drug abuse. Thanks to the training they have received from the project partners. We have also been able to share some of these issues discussed on social media, thanks to Hop...