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The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) last week inaugurated the CIMG Examinations Board and the Ghana School of Marketing (GSM) Board. This has become necessary following the recent launch of the CIMG Professional Marketing Qualifications with the first exams slated for the last quarter of 2021. The inauguration, which is the first of its kind, after the passage of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana Act, 2020 (Act 1021) last year, was held virtually via Microsoft Teams, in view of the need to observe the necessary COVID-19 protocols. Conducting the swearing-in ceremonies, Dr. Daniel Kasser Tee, National President of…

There is an urgent need for sustainable solutions to ensure that people in the Kobane/Ain Al-Arab district in northeast Syria can have long-term protection against vaccine-preventable diseases. There is an urgent need for sustainable solutions to ensure that people in the Kobane/Ain Al-Arab district in northeast Syria can have long-term protection against vaccine-preventable diseases, warns international humanitarian medical organization Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF). People in Kobane/Ain Al-Arab district are cut off from the national immunization program because of a lack of political will to serve the area. This is leaving humanitarian organizations to fill the gap, who face logistical and…

Flames have killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of families to leave their homes. Hundreds have lost their houses, farms and livelihoods. Thousands of hectares of land have been burned down. The wildfires currently spreading in Algeria and Tunisia threaten the lives of tens of thousands, while also damaging local ecosystems, infrastructures and livelihoods. Both countries face a multi-hazard situation, as an alarming number of COVID-19 infections have been reported in the past weeks. Flames have killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of families to leave their homes. Hundreds of people have lost their houses, farms and livelihoods.…

Coach Samuel Boadu, Head coach of Ghana premier league champions Accra Hearts Of Oak has urged fans to keep supporting the team and always remember their beloved club in prayers. Samuel Boadu joined the “Phobians” from Medeama Sporting Club in the middle of the GPL 2020/21 season but the gaffer managed to win double for Hearts of Oak to cease the club’s trophy drought for a decade. Coach Boadu after winning both GPL and the MTN FA CUP trophies had automatically qualified his side, Accra Hearts Of Oak to 2021/22 CAF Champions League which they lastly participated in the African’s…

Managing Director of Aya Media, Inc., Samuel M. Phoxy, has been appointed as a Diplomat to represent Namibia at this year’s Future Leaders Model United Nation (FLMUN) in Istanbul, Turkey. The Founder/MD of Aya Media, was finalize as a participant at Future Leaders Model United Nations 2021 as the diplomat of Namibia. The council in which he will represent the assigned country is the World Health Organization. According to the report, Mr. Marfo is one of the official representative and associate partner for FLMUN Conference set to take of August 2021 in Istanbul this year. Samuel M. Phoxy, Ambassador…

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has formally written to AshantiGold SC notifying them of their inability to compete in the 2021/22 CAF Inter Club competitions – CAF Confederation Cup. The follows a late request from AshgantiGold for an extraordinary application to enable them acquire the required licence to participate in the 2021/22 CAF Confederation Cup. The GFA had further correspondence with CAF on the subject and below are the key points in their reply. The deadline for GFA to submit the club licensing decisions and documents of the clubs for the CAF IC 21/22 was 15 July 2021. CAF informed…

The 40/40 club is on the way back. According to Page Six, JAY-Z is reopening the Madison Square location of his club in August and is set to hire for 100 positions. Bartenders and serves will be requested for an open call on Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The waitstaff will receive $20 an hour, a rate that far surpasses the minimum wage, and will also offer tips. “Jay is attempting to stimulate the food and nightlife economy in NYC,” a source said to Page Six. The New York Post has highlighted how many nightlife and restaurant workers…

Some Youth protesting at the #FixtheCountry protest have vowed to give up their lives for the country to be fixed. The demonstration which is currently underway has a mammoth crowd of mostly disgruntled youth, walking from the Kwame Nkrumah Circle through to Accra Central. AMN eyes captured passionate youths venting their dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs. They said “we’re going to ensure that the country is fixed by hook or crook. Whether it is going to take our blood to ensure that this country is fixed, we will surely ensure that. We are ready to die for this…

Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return from a two-month injury layoff on Wednesday but aggravated a foot injury and needed a third-set tie-breaker to outlast American Jack Sock and advance at the ATP Citi Open. The 35-year-old Spanish left-hander, a 20-time Grand Slam champion making his Washington debut, dispatched 192nd-ranked Sock 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7/1) in a three-hour thriller before about 7,000 spectators at the US Open hardcourt tuneup event. Third-ranked Nadal had not played since losing to top-ranked Novak Djokovic in June’s French Open semi-finals, skipping Wimbledon and the Olympics due to a foot injury that hindered him in…

Israeli aircraft struck what its military said were rocket launch sites in south Lebanon early on Thursday in response to earlier projectile fire towards Israel from Lebanese territory. Two rockets launched from Lebanon on Wednesday struck Israel, which responded with artillery fire amid heightened regional tensions over an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker in the Gulf last week. Israeli daytime air strike in Gaza. There was no claim of responsibility for the rocket strike, launched from an area of south Lebanon under the sway of Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas. There were no casualties. In a further response to the rocket…