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Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards
GUBA Enterprise Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Enterprise formerly known as the Ghana UK Based Achievement is a social enterprise organization dedicated to the advancement of diaspora Africans and Africans back home through various socio-economic programs and initiatives. GUBA’s objectives are to support businesses to (Grow), Provide an engaging network to (Unite) people of African descent, and offer access to skills capital to (Build) businesses of African descent. The enterprise consists of several branches which include: GUBA Awards, GUBA Foundation, GUBA Trade Expo, GUBA Careers, GUBA Diaspora Card, Rock Your African Print, GUBA Tours, and the Diaspora Transition Network. GUBA Awards Grow, Unite, Build, Africa (GUBA) Awards is a non-profit Pan-African, Business and Innovation Award instituted to seek to reward, and celebrate the excellence and innovation of African individuals and organizations in the diaspora and back home, that work towards the advancement, empower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Ceremony
An awards ceremony is a type of ceremony where awards are given out. The ceremony may be arranged by a government organization, a society, a school, a trade association or even a company that specializes in running awards ceremonies. Typically a master of ceremonies presents award winners, speaks to the audience, entertains people, and generally keeps the ceremony moving. Ancient Greece The Ancient Greeks held annual competitions for tragedy and comedy, financed by the wealthiest citizens. Awards were given out for best play, best producer and best actor. In the early Olympic Games there were two awards ceremonies. After each event the judges gave palm branches to the winners. On the last day of the games all the event winners were announced, and were crowned with olive garlands. No medals were given, and only the winner was announced, since the runners-up were not considered significant. It was not unusual for the athletes to risk heavy fines and to bribe the judges to be declared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Barnor
James Barnor HonFRPS (born 6 June 1929) is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered by new audiences. In his street and studio photography, Barnor represents societies in transition in the 1950s and 1960s: Ghana moving toward independence, and London becoming a multicultural metropolis.Alexandra Genova"Party time! The photographer who captured the other swinging sixties" ''The Guardian'', 29 November 2019. He has said: "I was lucky to be alive when things were happening...when Ghana was going to be independent and Ghana became independent, and when I came to England the Beatles were around. Things were happening in the 60s, so I call myself Lucky Jim." He was Ghana's first full-time newspaper photographer in the 1950s, and he is credited with introducing colour processing to Ghana in the 1970s. It has been said: "James Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Awards
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awards Established In 2009
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be described by three aspects: 1) who is given 2) what 3) by whom, all varying according to purpose. The recipient is often to a single person, such as a student or athlete, or a representative of a group of people, be it an organisation, a sports team or a whole country. The award item may be a decoration, that is an insignia suitable for wearing, such as a medal, badge, or rosette (award). It can also be a token object such as certificate, diploma, championship belt, trophy, or plaque. The award may also be or be accompanied by a title of honor, as well as an object of direct value such as prize money or a scholarship. Furthermore, an honorable mention is an award given, typically in education, that does not confer the recipient(s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ghanaian Awards
This is a list of the various award ceremonies held in Ghana to reward people in the arts, fashion, entertainment, football, entrepreneurship and other sectors. * Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards * Ghana Movie Awards *Vodafone Ghana Music Awards *Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards (EMY Award) *4Syte Music Video Awards *RTP Awards *Ghana DJ Awards *3RD TV Music Video Awards *Ghana Football Awards *Golden Movie Awards *3Music Awards *Glitz Style Awards *WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards *Ghana Music Awards USA *Western Music Awards - Ghana See also * Lists of awards References {{Reflist Lists of awards, Ghana Ghanaian awards, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton (28 October 1865 – 12 December 1930) is widely considered to be the first black professional footballer in the world. Though not the first black player outright – the amateurs Robert Walker, of Queen's Park, and Scotland international player, Andrew Watson, predate him (possibly a professional before Arthur Wharton for Bootle F.C. in 1887) – Wharton may have been the first black professional and the first to play in the Football League. Early life, ancestry and early career Wharton was born in Jamestown, Gold Coast (now Accra, Ghana). His father Henry Wharton was a Grenadian missionary of Scottish and African descent, while his mother, Annie Florence Egyriba was a member of the Fante Ghanaian royalty. Wharton moved to England in 1882 at age 19, to train as a Methodist missionary, but soon abandoned this in favour of becoming a full-time athlete. He was an all-round sportsman – in 1886, he equalled the amateur world record of 10 seconds for the 100-ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rlg Communications
Rlg Communications was a Ghanaian Information and communications technology, ICT company with headquarters in Dubai-United Arab Emirates. It started with the incorporation of a company called Roagams Link Ghana Ltd now Rlg Communications (Ghana) Limited, as the leading Ghanaian computer and handset manufacturing company . The company is the first indigenous African company to assemble laptops, desktop computer, desktops and Mobile phone, mobile phones and offer Information and communications technology, ICT training in computer and phone repairs . The company is modeled to generate mass, high-skilled employment for African youth and meet the rising demand for computers and other ICT devices . Chairman & CEO Mr. Roland Agambire Established Roagam Links in March 2001, then as a mobile phone repair outlet transforming later to become the pioneer indigenous ICT manufacturing, assembling and training firm in Ghana, Rlg Communications Limited now Rlg Communications (Ghana) Limited, a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Agambire
Roland Agambire (born 19 April 1976) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur. He was the chief executive officer of Agams Holdings and chairman and chief executive officer of the information and communications technology company Rlg Communications. He set up Roagam Links in March 2001, then as a mobile phone repair outlet which expanded later to become the first indigenous information and communications technology manufacturing, assembling and training firm in Ghana. The Rlg Group is said to have presence in China, Dubai, UAE, Angola, Nigeria, Kenya and the Gambia, South Africa, Ghana, and Rwanda. Early life and education Agambire was born in Sirigu in northern Ghana. He trained as a teacher and later studied at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Career Rlg Communications Rlg Communications employs about 500 permanent staff, 1,000 others and has created jobs for over 30,000 youth ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Jonah
Samuel Esson Jonah (born 19 November 1949) is a Ghanaian businessman and the current chancellor of the University of Cape Coast. He is the executive chairman of Jonah Capital, an equity fund based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jonah was previously president of AngloGold Ashanti and shared the strategic leadership of the company with its CEO, Bobby Godsell. He is also a board member of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation. Early life and education Sam Jonah is a Fante Royal but born in Obuasi and had his high-school education at Adisadel College then earned an Associateship in Mining Engineering at the Camborne School of Mines and subsequently a MSc in Mine Management at the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Career He joined Ashanti Goldfields Corporation in 1979, working in various capacities, including underground operations. At the age of 36 he became the chief executive officer, and supervised the transformation of Ashanti Goldfields into a mining multinational, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Globacom
Globacom Limited, commonly known as Glo (Global communication), is a Nigerian multinational telecommunications company founded on 29 August 2003 by Mike Adenuga. As of June 2018, the company employs more than 3,500 people worldwide. Overview GLO has over 45 million subscribers (December 2018), making it the second largest network operator in Nigeria. In 2011, GLO became the first telecommunication company to build an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as Glo-1, a submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. It is the first successful submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. Globacom has the following strategic business units: Glo mobile, Glo Broad Access, Glo Gateway and Glo-1. Ownership GLO is privately owned by the Mike Adenuga Group which also consists of Cobblestone Properties and Estates, a real estate and property development company, Conoil PLC, a petroleum marketing company, and Conoil Producing, a crude exploration and producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Quarcoo
Patrick Quarcoo, popularly known as PQ, is a Ghanaian Kenya-based serial entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Radio Africa Group, which is an umbrella of among Kenya's leading media channels on print, digital, TV and radio. This include KISS 100, Classic 105, Smooth FM, Radio Jambo, East FM, Gukena FM, the ''Star'' newspaper and KISS TV. Quarcoo and his Radio Africa Group co-founder, William Pike also own two radio stations in Uganda, Capital Radio and Beat FM. He came to Kenya from Reuters Uganda in the 90s to start up a media company. In 2012, Quarcoo was awarded an international recognition award at the Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards. Early life Quarcoo was born poor in Cape Coast, Ghana. He was a young journalist when he decided to put together six radio segments – reporting on what was happening in Ghana, and then sent them to the BBC World Service. Three of these segments were taken up by BBC and soon, he was reporting regularly for the BBC, Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Koomson
Dorothy Koomson (born 1971 in London) is a contemporary English novelist, who is of Ghanaian descent. She has been described as "Britain's biggest selling black author of adult fiction". Biography Koomson has two degrees in Psychology and Journalism when she graduated from Leeds University (Leeds Trinity University, Trinity and All Saints College). She has written for a number of women's magazines and newspapers, as well as having had over a dozen successful novels published in the UK and US. Koomson spent two years living in Sydney and is currently living in Brighton. Koomson wrote her first novel, the unpublished "There's A Thin Line Between Love And Hate", when she was 13. In 2003 her debut novel, ''The Cupid Effect'', was published. Her second novel, ''The Chocolate Run'', was published in 2004. In 2006, she published her third novel, ''My Best Friend's Girl (novel), My Best Friend's Girl''. The book was chosen for the Richard & Judy, Richard and Judy's Summer Reads shortlis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
