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Widely acclaimed as the initiator of the now popular live worship sessions on radio, Gilbert Abeiku Aggrey Santana, host of the 'Ekwanso Dwoodwoo' Drive Time show on Okay 101.7 FM and the Managing Director of Kaya Tours Ltd & Kaya Management Service, has been honoured for his exceptional contribution to Ghana's Gospel Industry. It all started about 20 years ago when Abeiku Santana, among other media personalities, brought Cindy Thompson, Esther Smith, Noble Nketiah just to mention a few into the public limelight. From the days of Ashh 101.7FM in Kumasi and Adom 106.3FM in Tema, Abeiku Santana will occasionally bring gospel singers and their instrumentalists on his Drivetime show to minister live to listeners. The studios of Okay Fm was on the afternoon of Friday, November 20, flooded with a team from one of the renowned Christian media agencies, Gospel 360 Africa, led by Andy Favoured and flanked by several A-list gospel artistes.  Present to honour the ace broa...

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has shown concern over overseas transfers of reinsurance premiums out of the country. Dr. Justice Yaw Ofori, Commissioner NIC, revealed that almost US$40million left the shores of Ghana in 2019. “This has a negative impact on our cedi and the local economy,” the Commissioner lamented. He pronounced this at the 11 th Ghana Reinsurance Cedants Awards held in Accra last week. He therefore entreated all insurers to exhaust local capacity before any recourse to overseas reinsurance, so as to reduce premium flight and harness resources needed to develop the country. Though the Commission is enjoined by the Insurance Act, 2006, to approve all reinsurance arrangements, this is generally aimed at developing the sector since it promotes a system wherein each insurer has access to risk and premium emanating from the local market. Hence, to ensure local capacity is fully utilise before any recourse to overseas reinsurance. The Commission grants ap...

Ghana Re Insurance Company Limited (Ghana Re) the 11 th “Cedants Awards Night had a different feel this year because of the COVID-19-related lockdowns. The Award ceremony has traditionally been the most prestigious and glamorous event held in Ghana’s insurance industry.   Since its inception, the award ceremony has been organised annually to acknowledge the contributions of loyal cedants as well as reward some selected companies which have demonstrated exceptional loyalty and commitment to Ghana Re in one financial year. This year’s awards ceremony was in respect of the 2019 financial year. However, the difference was that the big-five companies in non-life and life were out of the race. Astonishingly, Saham Insurance Company Ghana walked away with the coveted General Business Cedant of the Year plaque, while Metropolitan Life Insurance Ghana emerged winner to cart away Cedant of the Year in the Life category.   KEK Re won the Broker of the Year award. Commenting o...

Nissan has appointed longtime partner Japan Motors as its partner in an all-new vehicle assembly facility in Ghana. The appointment which is as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2018 between Nissan and the government of Ghana to lay the foundation for a sustainable automotive manufacturing industry in the country. The first model to be assembled at the new facility will be the all-new Nissan Navara pick-up, unveiled by Nissan earlier this month. Nissan has a long heritage within the pick-up segment and the new model will be produced to specifications created for the African market. The continued development of Nissan’s African manufacturing base is a key part of the company’s regional midterm strategy under Nissan NEXT, the company’s global transformation plan. Once operational, the Ghana facility will add to Nissan’s existing African production capacity at plants in South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria. The announcement demonstrates Nissan’s ongoing commitment to in...

  Etop Ikpe, Founder and CEO of Autochek Autochek, the automotive technology company aiming to build solutions for the African market, has raised $3.4 million in a pre-seed funding round, co-led by TLcom Capital and 4DX Ventures with inclusion from Golden Palm Investments, Lateral Capital, Kepple Africa Ventures, MSA Capital and a number of local angel/seed investors.  The start-up will use the investment to grow its Nigeria and Ghana markets and will see further investment in technology and growing its teams. The pre-seed investment follows Autochek’s acquisition of Cheki Nigeria and Cheki Ghana brands in September 2020. Combining technology and data to power every process of the automotive transactional ecosystem for millions of people,  Autochek will transform the automotive buying and selling experience for African consumers, by creating a single marketplace for all automotive needs. This will include everything from sourcing and financing transactions to after sales ...

  Charles Okyere-Afoakwah Jnr., the ultimate design winner Malta Guinness, one of the leading brands from Guinness Ghana Brewery PLC, has unveiled a new label to commemorate it’s 30 years anniversary . This special celebratory label will be cut across all three SKU’s (Cans, PET Bottle and Glass Bottle) with same great taste and will be available across the country from November 2020 till March 2021 to extend the momentous celebration. Tapping into a tense cultural insight that “Ghanaians don’t support each other’s dreams and ambitions” Malta Guinness launched a two phase, brand-in-culture campaign to provoke a national debate drawing attention and belief behind the brand’s anniversary campaign “Celebrating Our Own”. The first phase of the #Rekognize campaign saw Malta Guinness facilitate conversations via digital and PR channels to encourage Ghanaians to celebrate their own. In the second phase of the campaign, the brand threw a challenge to nine (9) selected Ghanaian graph...