Day: June 11, 2023

Ghanaian-born, Canada-based Afrobeats sensation Cobbi Kay has released his highly anticipated ‘Aboki Pandemic’ single.

The song has gained social media traction after a snippet was dropped a few weeks ago.

With its pulsating rhythm, infectious melodies, and fusion of a diverse range of sounds, the track is danceable and would thrill Afrobeats music lovers.

With inspiration from all over the continent, ‘Aboki Pandemic’ seamlessly blends traditional and contemporary musical elements to create a captivating sonic experience.

Not only does the lyrics of the song celebrate the joy of movement, but at its heart lies a unique baseline that drives the rhythm and sets the dance floor ablaze.

This distinctive groove, combined with the lively energy of the song, compels listeners to unleash their inner dancer and join in on the infectious new dance craze.

Whether you’re a seasoned dancer or someone who simply enjoys moving to the rhythm, ‘Aboki Pandemic’ is a song that will captivate your senses and ignite your desire to groove, and Cobbi, who is signed to the W1 label, demonstrated his vocal prowess on this song.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Ms Sylvia Owusu-Ankomah, Corporate Relations Director for Guinness Ghana, has urged Ghanaians to be deliberate in tackling issues of climate change to reduce its impact on human life.

She said climate change was not a fuzz, and that it required deliberate efforts to address it.

Ms Owusu-Ankomah said this during a tree planting exercise organised by Guinness Ghana Brewery under its Johnnie Walker brand at Chipa Forest in Agomeda in the Greater Accra Region.

More than 1,200 trees, including Mahogany, Acacia and Rain Trees, were planted by the management members and staff of the Company to support the restoration of the depleted Chipa Forest Reserve.

The forest, located at Agomeda in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, has been depleted due to human activities over the years.

Ms Owusu-Ankomah said over the years, the Company had initiated a number of projects with the aim of protecting the environment and ensuring its sustainability.

She said in 2020, the Company launched what it called the ‘Spirit of Progress Society 2030,’ with the core objective of ensuring a sustainable planet for all.

Ms Owusu-Ankomah said embarking on the tree planting exercise, therefore, formed part of the Company’s effort to protect the environment and ensure its sustainable.

‘As an organisation, Guinness Ghana is focusing on ensuring that we have a business that is thriving, but more importantly, that our consumers, our customers and the communities in which we operate in are equally thriving,’ she added.

She also indicated that the team had put in place a plan to ensure that the exercise was annual.

‘It’s not a one off activity but also something that we will amplify within our organisation, to our partners, to our suppliers and all the people we work with to ensure that we continue doing this,’ she said.

The Government, in 2021, launched the Green Ghana Day project under the auspices of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resource and the Forestry Commission, as part of efforts to restore the country’s depleted forest reserves.

More than 25 million trees have been planted since, with 10 million more expected to be planted this year.

The theme for this year Green Ghana Day was: ‘Our Forests, Our Health’.

Ms Estella Muzito, Marketing and Innovation Director, Guinness Ghana Brewery, said conservation and sustainability were at the heart of everything the brand undertook.

As a result, she said, protection of forest reserves and the sustainability of the environment, remained important to the Company.

Last year, she said, the Company made a decision globally to start reducing some of its packaging with boxes, which were products of trees.

This forms part of the company’s ‘Step Out of the Box’ initiative.

‘You know very well that the boxes that we package some of our brands have to come from trees and we felt that, one of the first steps to really reducing our carbon footprint was to start rethinking our packaging.

‘And so, if you buy our product now, in a carton, it is without that outer box,’ Ms Muzito added.

Mr Kwame Agyei, Manager, Plantations Department, Forest Services Division, Forestry Commission, said one major causes of depletion of the Chipa Forest Reserve was wild fire, especially during the dry season.

He said to minimise that and ensure protection of the seedlings, the Commission had put in place a regular monitoring team.

He entreated Ghanaians to assist in the protection and care for the trees planted and the forests as a whole to ensure the realisation of the Green Ghana agenda.

Johnnie Walker is a Scotch Whisky brand (IWSR 2020) enjoyed in over 180 countries around the world.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Visitors to the island nation have a new activity to help them experience the Seychellois way of life, through history, culture, and cuisine, not from just anybody but from the wisest group of the society – the elders.

Grandma’s “savoir-faire”, or know-how, is an initiative of the Seychelles National Heritage Resource Council (SNHRC) and allows a group of grandmothers to share the islands’ heritage through a live experience with visitors.

The executive director of the council, Benjamine Rose, told SNA on Wednesday that through this activity Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean – is offering tourists something that sets the islands apart from other island destinations of this world.

“Tourists can go to any island for sun, sea, and beach. That is why we in Seychelles must be innovative and offer visitors to our islands something they can experience only in Seychelles,” added Rose.

Rose explained that the Grandma’s savoir-faire activity is held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Domaine Val de Pres in the eastern district of Au Cap. The Domaine de Val des Pres was inaugurated on October 24, 1988. It offers visitors the opportunity to visit a traditional Plantation House, a large art and craft village, a Creole restaurant, and an art gallery.

“Tourists have a choice of spending half or full day at the Domaine, where we then have grandmothers come over and offer them a variety of activities, where they get the chance to watch, learn and also take part in the activities and get a real feel of the Creole life,” said Rose.

From learning traditional dances to trying to make objects such as making the kapatya – a recipe made from coconut leaves and having a go at some needlework as well.

In the Creole kitchen, all is cooked traditionally, that is, with wood. Visitors help in the kitchen and prepare spices for the grilled fish, grate coconut for the fish curry or the dessert such as la daube or nougat, and prepare the golden apples for the chutney. Visitors get to also learn to make other treats like papaya jam made the traditional way and condiments such as pickles known locally as “asar”.

After all the preparations, the guests get to savour the different authentic dishes – the fruits of their labour.

Jenna Labiche is one of the grandmothers who comes every Tuesday to participate in this activity. “For me, I am very happy to spend time with the visitors and, more importantly, share our way of life with them,” she said.

Labiche told SNA, “As I have retired, I welcome this distraction. Apart from meeting visitors from different countries, I also get to meet with colleagues from other districts,” adding that she also gets the chance to discover and learn things that she did not know before.

Apart from the live demonstrations and experience, the visitors also get to tour the village, visit the souvenir shops and workshops, visit the gallery and Mize Koko as well as Lakaz Rosa,” said Rose.

Lakaz Rosa- Rosa’s House – is a replica of a servant’s dwelling house, which is built of timber on squat stone pillars, it is a modest structure in which a servant slept. The wooden walls are entirely covered with pages of newspapers and magazines including the photograph of the Royal House of Windsor.

Tourists get also to visit the jewel of the village is the Grann Kaz, a beauty of a plantation house showcasing craftsmanship and carpentry with its wooden carved balustrades, from the colonial era.

Grandma’s savoir-faire is a paid event and must be booked in advance. Fees are $50 for a half day experience and $100 for full day.

Source: Seychelles News Agency