This is my third coverage of the annual Jollof Festival in Washington, District of Columbia (DC), this year like all others in the United States (US) Capitol Nigeria’s arch nemesis Ghana did not place first in Jollof Wars — the 2019 Champion of the DC edition is Chef Carol Mabinty Khanu from Sierra Leone. So there you have it, Sierra …

Sankofa Radio, a Ghanaian-oriented radio station in the United States of America (USA) has been adjudged best online radio at the 2019 Ghana Entertainment Awards USA. Ghana Entertainments Awards (GEA) was established two years ago to showcase the achievements of Ghanaian creatives and entertainers who are excelling in their craft both within and outside Ghana. DJ RAS on the left …

Isabella Nkrumah is a Ghanaian gospel singer and songwriter who recently released her first single titled M’aseda (my thanksgivings) around the first quarter of 2019. Isabella Nkrumah The maiden single which hit the Ghanaian airwaves in April features renowned Ghanaian gospel musician Bro Sammy. According to Isabella in a phone interview with TheAfricanDream.net from her base in Tema, Ghana, she …

“Documentary photographers are visual security watchmen because they never fail to deliver by capturing every single detail available to them at a particular point in time.“ These are the words of Olawoyin Smile during the immediate-past Ogun State Annual Economic Summit organized in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Olawoyin is a documentary photographer once contracted to document the former president of Mexico, His …

With a radiant smile and a confident look, she peers from behind her eyeglasses and folds her arms in front of her and say, “the satisfaction of helping people is the inspiration behind what I do.” Her name is Cynthia Afi Awumee and she is the CEO of Caak-A Consultancy, a consulting firm in Ghana. Being a young female and …

South African Airways (SAA), a Skytrax 4-Star rated carrier, will introduce the most technologically-advanced aircraft available for ultra-long-haul flying with the new Airbus A350-900 on nonstop flights between New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo International Airport. The new A350-900 will be delivered to SAA in the second half of 2019 and replace the Airbus …

Peter Akwaboah, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and also a GUBA Awards USA Awards board member will this year receive a Corporate Leadership Award at the FACE List Awards gala during the 2019 Pan-African Weekend in the United States (US) from Face2Face Africa (F2FA). As Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Operations in December of 2015 at Morgan Stanley Peter Akwaboah …

Ghana Alumni Executives form a committee to organize the first National Schools Reunion™ in the United States and hire PR and Advertising Firm, Orange3 Media to plan the maiden edition of the reunion in Landover, Maryland in August 2019. Background of Ghana Alumni event Over the years, class and school reunions have grown in popularity. Thousands of graduates from high …

FIFA — world soccer governing body — in an unprecedented move on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations, has stepped in to temporarily govern African soccer and accelerate the clean-up process. FIFA has placed secretary general Fatma Samoura in a new role running the sport’s governing body in Africa. As FIFA General Delegate for Africa for an initial …

A new study warns that climate change could drive Ghana’s cocoa (cacao) industry to extinction — a fate that scientists say could be reversed through gene editing. Cocoa and its products in photo by Running Live A study by the Climate Change Unit of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana is predicting the country’s …