Entertainment
Volta Chiefs should honour Chief One as Tourism Ambassador and voice for the Youth – Brown Berry
Brown Berry, morning show host of “Ryse N Shine” on YFM 107.9, an Accra-based radio station who was wowed by the exploits of young buzzing Ghanaian artiste, Chief One, says the Chiefs and Traditional Leaders need to look into making him a tourism ambassador.
This according to Brown Berry, will help promote the Region, Volta.
He added that since his music is consumed by most of the youth of the region honouring him with such portfolio would make easy for him to pass on important messages to them.
The fast-rising music talent launched himself unto the scene with mainstream recognition in the last quarter of 2021; his style and sound is a fine infusion of urban creative laced with traditional ensembles from his home-ground (Volta Region), with key projection of his native language, Ewe, which form majority of his lyrical composition.
With a debut EP “Here I Come” surpassing 6 million streams across various digital platforms, Chief One has outlived himself as an indie artiste who rose to fame in Ghana in January 2022 and has been consistent across all year with at least 6 national and international nominations, key among them is Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (2022) and 3Music Awards (2022) in which he won “Next Rated Act” among 16 nationwide contenders.
He is best known for hit singles “Young Boy”, “Mekamo”, “Novayi”, “Du Agbe”, “Turn By Turn”, “Wotelewoea”, just to name a few.
Chief One was on a radio interview with Brown Berry on Wednesday, February 2023 on YFM Accra 107.9 to celebrate 1-year anniversary for his debut EP “Here I Come” which has surpassed 6 million streams on audio streaming service. His song “Wotelewoea” crept over 27 million impressions on Tiktok.
Now under Lion Group management, together with his Lawada Republiq team, Chief One, has already began year 2023 with a first single he titles “One Day”, produced by Hairlergbe. He is still in Accra currently on a 2-week media tour to promote his “One Day” song and “Wotelewoea” video.
Listen to “One Day” on Digital Stores: https://ditto.fm/one-day-chief-one
Listen to “Wotelewoea” on Digital Stores: https://ditto.fm/wotelewoea
Listen to “Turn By Turn” on Digital Stores: https://ditto.fm/turn-by-turn-chief-one
Listen to “Here I Come” on Digital Stores: https://ditto.fm/here-i-come
Entertainment
Maiden AshantiFest held on Easter
The AshantiFest, instituted to mark Easter in the Ashanti Region, was marked a lot of entertaining activities.
According to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, the idea to stage a festival was conceived after a request from some youth at a clean-up exercise.
“The whole concept of the Ashanti Festival is to bring out our various sectors, showcase what we have as a region and see how best we will be able to promote inter-sectorial support for each other,” he said.
The festival, which kick-started on April 12, commenced with a clean-up exercise in all the Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in the Ashanti Region.
A football game between sports presenters and Kumawood actors sparked excitement in the region, and a boxing night followed at the Parade Grounds of KNUST.
There was also a stage play featuring Kumawoood All Stars in ‘Kejetia vs Makola was a highlight , offering both entertainment and though provoking moments.
At the Food Fair and Bazaar held at the Kumasi Cultural Centre, a variety of indigenous Ashanti food was on display, attracting many patrons within the city.
It offered the stage for other cultures to promote their cuisine. The Ghanaian traditional fabrics and locally manufactured clothing featured prominently at the event grounds.
A Science and Technology Fair was also featured as part of the education activities.
A blood donation exercise featured alongside the health screening exercise, which was also opened to the public.
Among the celebrities that graced the occasion were The CEO of the National Film Authority ,Kafui Danku, Actress Nana Ama Mac Brown, Nana Hayford, Funny Face and Kweku Manu.
Others were Bukom Banku, Vivian Jill, Wayoosi, Oboy Siki, Oheneba Jude and Sumsum Ahuofe.
Source; Myjoyonline
Entertainment
Europe Edition of ‘The Journey” show is impacting lives- Abena Ghana
Ghanaian actress and television personality, Cecilia Gyase Konamah, known in showbiz as Abena Ghana, has disclosed that her Europe edition of ‘The Journey Show’ is impacting lives.
The new edition, which focused on Ghanaians in Belgium, started airing on Friday, April 4, 2025, at 11:30 a.m on Adom TV.
The Journey Show throws the spotlight on the stories of people who have had great life experiences worth sharing to motivate others.
Speaking to The Spectator, Abena Ghana said, she has received a lot of feedback within a short time the new edition started airing.
Abena Ghana further noted that these people are either living abroad or in Ghana preparing to relocate abroad.
“They told us the programme has educated, inspired and motivated them to succeed in their journey abroad. Others were of the view that if they had seen this earlier, their situations abroad would have changed for the better.” she added.
The brain behind the programme, Abena Ghana added that they encouraged her to keep sharing such experiences to serve as a guide to people in their journey of life.
The stories in the Europe edition range from how hard it was for them to travel outside the country, how some of them got their passports as citizens in Belgium and the hustle they went through to achieve all they have now.
“Special thanks goes to Adom TV for being with us all these years, also to all my sponsors on the show, Time Herbal Mixture, Medimafo Herbal Hospital, Givers Clean Care, Nyadua Herbal Mixture, Konamah entertainment and CEO Noks Tv Africa in Belgium for Making this season possible,” she added.
Abena Ghana also expressed appreciation to Queenie Shipping, Dennaac travel consult, Anniluv Shapewear, King Solomon Trading, Macdens electrical in Belgium who made this season possible.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
