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40 Young Journalists from 12 African countries trained under YAMF
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A total of 40 budding Journalists from 12 African countries have received training under the Young African Media Fellowship (YAMF) organised by the YALI TV and the US Mission to the African Union.
The Fellows participated in a 4-week virtual training consisting of seminars, speaker lectures, and coursework which started from April 14, 2022 to May 14, 2022.
The overarching objective of the event is to uplift media practice on the African continent; boost youth involvement in the future of the media industry, and influence economic investment within the media landscape.
The Organisers ended the training with a summit at the BlueCrest University College in Accra on June 23 2022. The Young Africa Media Summit (YAMS) bordered on ‘The Media Industry as an Investment Opportunity in Africa.’
The summit hosted four plenary sessions and on the panel were bigwigs in the communications space such as Mr. Akwasi Awua Ababio – Director-Diaspora Affairs, Office of the President; Mr. Cecil Sunkwa-Mills-Executive Director, NTSS Ghana; Naa Korkoi Essah, Public Relations Executive, Ministry of Communications and Digitalization; Joana Mansa Otoo-PR, National Commission on Culture; Mr. Phillip Acquaye, Head of Department –Mass Communication Department,-BlueCrest University; Kwame A.A. Opoku, CEO, Reset Global People; Sena Sena, Filmmaker; Jeremiah Egyabeng, CEO, Digitrust Ghana; Harriet Nartey, Broadcast Journalist, PanAfrican TV; Stephen Tetteh Charway, Blogger; Mr. Siita Sofo Hissan, President, AfCFTA Young Entrepreneurs Federation (AfYEF); Mr. Alfred Ocansey, Broadcast Journalist, Media General; Woode Maya, Digital Content Creator; and Mr. Richmond Perkins Asante, Director, Techcoba Africa, amongst others.
The Summit was set to be Africa’s foremost platform for strategic dialogues on new media technologies, digital transformations in communication, media entrepreneurship and investment across the continent.
The next phase of the fellowship is planned to host the second cohort, which will focus on agriculture, entrepreneurship, and innovation, with plans underway to develop a media hub and media fund to foster creativity and innovation in young people in the media industry.
Amongst the 40 fellows who were chosen for the 4-week rigorous training are Sinazo Novukela (South Africa), Ibrahim Angaangmeni Alhassan (Ghana), Ukamaka Perpetua Okoye (Nigeria), Lawrence Yeboah Gyan (Ghana), Naldo Arnaldo Baptista (Mozambique), Wendy Omanga Adhiambo (Kenya), David Ifeanyi Mkpume (Nigeria), Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi (Nigeria), Bonas Fotio Fopa (Cameroon), Prince Asare (Ghana).
Others are, Sah Terence Animbom (Cameroon),Kofi Ivk Asante (Ghana), Nji Nelson Chefor (Cameroon), Dolly Kafui Armah (Ghana), Victoria Agyemang (Ghana), Nonhlanganiso Nomsa Nkosi (Eswatini), Chigoziem Ruth Torty (Nigeria), Truth Osumareton Egbe (Nigeria), Wofai Samuel Igbo (Nigeria), Emmanuel Tawiah Forson (Ghana), Emmanuel Raphael Samani (Ghana), Calvin Anye Mbamuzaang (Cameroon).
Additionally, Niyi Sunday Oyedeji (Nigeria), Mainimo Etienne Mengnjo (Cameroon), Joseph Bill Danquah (Ghana), Chansiline Nanze (Cameroon), Allen Oyaoze Abu (Nigeria), Naa Korkoi Essah (Ghana), Akalambi Clare Enjoh (Cameroon), Abraham Wandabwa Wangama (Kenya), Melinda Kirwa (Kenya), Andy Dankyi Oppong (Ghana), Gifty Hodey Manye (Ghana), Mouleka Boulanga Fouty (Gabon), Berihu Gereziher (Ethiopia), Michael Kofi Kenetey (Ghana), Saum Esendi Idd (Kenya), Moses Baridapdoo Nwilo (Nigeria), Richmond Botwe (Ghana) and Dennis Sarpong (Ghana) were part of the young journalists.
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113 Cardinals hold 3rd General Congregation in Rome
The 113 Cardinals present in Rome held the third General Congregation on Thursday morning, and announced who will deliver the two pre-conclave meditations.
The Cardinals decided that Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will celebrate the Mass on the sixth day of the Novemdiales, instead of Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
They agreed that Fr. Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., Abbot of St. Paul Outside the Walls, will deliver the first meditation on Monday, and that Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, Preacher Emeritus of the Papal Household, will deliver the second meditation at the beginning of the conclave, whose starting date has not yet been decided.
The Cardinals began a conversation about the Church and the world, deciding to hold the next General Congregation on Friday morning at 9:00 AM.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, told journalists that 61,000 people have paid their respects to the late Pope Francis as of 1:00 PM on Thursday, adding that St. Peter’s Basilica should close at midnight on Thursday, unless large crowds are still queuing to enter.
Following the Pope’s funeral on Saturday, April 26, a Rosary will be held in front of the Basilica of St. Mary Major on Saturday at 9:00 PM.
Mr. Bruni said the burial service for Pope Francis will take place in private.
Starting the morning of Sunday, April 27, the faithful may begin to visit the tomb of Pope Francis at the Marian Basilica.
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GEXIM deepens relations with US EXIM Bank
A management team of the Ghana Export – Import Bank (GEXIM) led by the Acting Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah met with the leadership of the Export–Import Bank of the United States (US EXIM) on Wednesday April 23, 2025 in Washington DC, United States of America.
The Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM, Mr. James C. Cruse and Vice President, International Relations, Ms. Isabel Galdiz received the GEXIM delegation, which included Deputy CEO for Banking, Mr. Moses Klu Mensah and Head of International Cooperation, Mr. Jonathan Christopher Koney at the headquarters of US EXIM.
The meeting offered the GEXIM team the opportunity to share the strategic direction of the Bank in line with the resetting agenda of the President of the Republic, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama for the repositioning of the Ghanaian economy into an export-led one by providing the requisite investment to Ghanaian businesses.
Mr. James C. Cruse expressed US EXIM’s eagerness to deepen its existing relations with GEXIM and proposed the signing of a new Cooperative Framework Agreement following the expiration of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2019 to utilize US EXIM’s medium term loan guarantees to procure machinery by GEXIM for qualified Ghanaian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Mr.Sylvester Mensah thanked the Acting President and Chairman of US EXIM for hosting the GEXIM delegation and reaffirmed the Ghanaian government’s commitment to strengthening trade and investment between Ghana and its global partners for economic transformation of Ghana with GEXIM playing a pivotal role.
The two teams will be meeting on the sidelines of the 2025 US EXIM Annual Conference on 29th and April 30, 2025 to explore possible areas of collaboration and matching Ghanaian businesses to American companies. The meeting ended with an exchange of gifts.
