Day: November 23, 2021

Whoopro, Ghana’s leading self-service influencer marketing platform that empowers and connects brands and digital influencers has marked its first anniversary.

With over 3,500 sign-ups, Whoopro has paid GHs200,000 to influencers who participated in 200 campaigns on the platform within 12 months.

Whoopro continues to be the game-changer in providing cutting-edge and seamless solutions to address challenges faced by brands and influencers during digital marketing campaigns.

Commenting on the first-year anniversary, Eli Daniel-Wilson, Team Lead at Whoopro said “We are excited about our growth so far within a year in connecting brands and influencers. Social media has become a tool that empowers people and brands, and Whoopro is creating economic value for influencers through digital innovation.”

“Whoopro’s unique selling proposition is that it is simple, automated, cost-efficient, and self-serving. Our objective has always been to put power and control in the hands of both brand managers and social media influencers in a self-serving way,” Daniel- Wilson added.

Whoopro offers three key solutions – Helping brands to find the right influencers; Allowing influencers to know their worth and earn more; and provide real-time tracking, reporting, and analytics for both brands and influencers.

1. Find the right influencers for your Brand

Reach the demographics that speak your brand’s language via social influence marketing. Whoopro brings your brand closer to the people that matter to you.

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Turn your influence into revenue by speaking for the brands you love. Do more than just be social. Whoopro allows you to earn money for your efforts.

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Source: Ghana Web

Ho,- PassionAir has become the first commercial airline to put the Ho airport to commercial use, with the announcement of scheduled flights to the Volta Regional capital starting December 2021.

Ho,- PassionAir has become the first commercial airline to put the Ho airport to commercial use,

with the announcement of scheduled flights to the Volta Regional capital starting December 2021.

The announcement, shared detailed two flights per week on weekends, and a GHC 209 starting fare for tickets.

The Airline has been operating in the Country for the past three years, and is adding on two new routes- Ho and

Wa.

Its online booking portal already incorporates the Ho destination, and is expected to save the Ho Airport from

redundancy.

News of the flights has been received well particularly by indigenes of the Volta Region, and is expected to draw

remarks from both economic and political observers.

The Ho Airport is yet to receive its first scheduled commercial flight since completed years ago, as airline

operators took time assessing business viability in the Region.

Africa World Airline, another domestic service, provided the most assurance on the utilisation of the airport with

widely publicised test flights, but was yet to start operations.

The Volta Development Forum (VDF), lead regional advocacy organization, issued a statement ahead of the

ongoing Volta Fair in Ho, calling on domestic airlines to consider the event as a threshold.

Mr. Daniel Agboka Dzegede, Executive Director of the Forum, spoke to the GNA after the Passion Air move,

and conveyed the appreciation of the people of the region.

“The people of Volta are elated about the good news”, he said, calling for daily flights to be considered.

“A lot of people have promised to board the flights and the airlines should rest assured,” the Executive Director

added, and said the leadership of the VDF would join the maiden flight to whip up support and patronage, and would

also entreat investors to help develop airport vicinity.

He also promised that the VDF would complement the efforts towards making the Ho Airport one of the best in

the country.

“The VDF will consistently propagate the good news about the Ho Airport, and airlines must never entertain any

fear. Theirs is to regularly provide the flights,” he assured.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Accra, Nov. 23, GNA- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday received letters of credence from seven envoys at the Jubilee House, Accra.

They are the ambassadors of Israel, Ms Shlomit Sufa; Mrs Anette Chao Garcia from Cuba; Egypt’s Aldesouky Mahmoud Youssef; Mauricio Mauro Epkua Obama Bindang of Equatorial Guinea; Japan’s Mochizuki Hisanobu; the Ambassador of Greece to Nigeria with parallel accreditation to Ghana, Ioannis Plotas; and Yanko Vasilev from Bulgaria.

At separate ceremonies, President Akufo-Addo congratulated them on their appointments, welcomed them warmly to Ghana wished them a pleasant stay and a successful tour of duty.

He recounted the longstanding ties Ghana had had with each of those countries, and reiterated Ghana’s commitment to enhancing the bonds of friendship and cooperation with those nations for mutually beneficial outcomes for all.

The President harped on the need for strategic partnerships within the context of a globalised world where interdependence was needed for the progress of any nation.

He assured the envoys that his Government would work to enhance relations with their countries, and would ensure that their respective official duties were carried out smoothly.

When she met the President, the Israeli envoy, Ambassador Sufa, said she had been taken by the warmth of Ghanaians towards the State of Israel and its people.

She said she looked forward to more fruitful partnerships that will strengthen the relationship between Ghana and Israel.

On her part, Mrs Garcia, the Cuban envoy, pledged to dedicate more of her efforts towards enhancing the already strong ties of friendship and cooperation that exist between Ghana and Cuba.

The Egyptian Ambassador, Youssef, praised President Akufo-Addo’s “farsighted policies and transcendent leadership,” which he said had brought “so many dividends to the Republic of Ghana”.

He was hopeful that his time in Ghana would witness the strengthening of relations between his country and Ghana on the political, economic, commercial, educational, cultural, and healthcare fronts.

Mr Mauricio Bindang of Equatorial Guinea told President Akufo-Addo that his country was looking forward to promoting exchanges with Ghana in the economic, social, and cultural sectors, to consolidate the South-South cooperation.

Laying emphasis on the resolve of Japan to increase economic engagement with Ghana through trade and investment, Ambassador Hisanobu said his country was working hard to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trader Area (AfCFTA) office in Accra to further expand their businesses in Africa through Ghana.

The Greek Ambassador, Plotas, described Ghana as an “important and reliable partner in an unstable and volatile region”, saying that he would during his tour of the country, work to enhance Greek-Ghana relations and seek new mutually beneficial engagements for the peoples of the two nations.

Yanko Vasilev, the Bulgarian envoy, appealed to President Akufo-Addo, in the spirit and letter of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, to help Bulgaria stop encroachers on diplomatic properties of its mission in Ghana.

He praised the recent cooperation agreements between the National Library of Bulgaria and Ghana Library Board, and between the Bulgaria News Agency and the Ghana News Agency.

Source: Ghana News Agency

A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Lawyer Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe has asked government not to “globalize its incompetence by always hiding behind Covid-19 pandemic” after messing up the country’s economy.

He said the ripple effects of the depreciation of the cedi has led to the soaring cost of living in Ghana.

Speaking to Johnny Hughes on TV3 Monday morning, Mr. Tamakloe noted that, more cedis needed to buy fewer dollars for importation of goods and shopping during Christmas.

“So expect greater depreciation of the cedi as we get to Christmas and people are going to bring items from China and all those places and we will need more cedis to buy fewer dollars in order to go and clear items at the port.

“That is the mark of what incompetence has done to us. And anytime you bring this issue, they’ll try to globalize this incompetence by saying it is Covid,” he stated.

He noted that the current fuel price in the country has nothing to do with global politics or rigidities.

According to him, 40 percent of fuel price in Ghana was made up of taxes, levies and margins.

At any point in time, he noted, the nation needs hard currency in order to import refined fuel products into the country, and dollars are needed to buy it.

“But as we speak, because of the incompetent management of the relationship between the cedi and the dollar, we are having to get a lot more of our cedis to get fewer dollars in order to buy refined petrol into the country.

“So let nobody confuse the issues, whether Saudi Arabia, whether Joe Biden has put up a committee, I am saying that if government had managed the exchange rate properly, we will not get to this point. Two, if government decides to review the 40 percent relative to the price build-up of the taxes, levies and margins alone, it will bring a lot of and bring down the hardship of Ghanaians,” he intimated.

Many Ghanaians are lamenting the rampant fuel prices in the country which they say, has affected the prices of goods and services and largely, the cost of living.

Members of the various transport unions are threatening a sit down strike from Thursday, November 25, 2021 if nothing is done about the fuel prices.

Source: Modern Ghana

Huawei and Mauritius Telecom have won the Most Innovative Product or Service Award at this year’s AfricaCom. The companies won the award for the my.t 360° digital operation.

The innovative solution, developed as a partnership between Huawei and Mauritius Telecom, combines the latest technologies in customer experience management and intelligent operations to digitize the full journey of each Mauritius Telecom customer providing 360° real-time, automation, multi-dimensional customer insight to drive customer satisfaction and revenue growth.

As is the case with most large network operators today, Mauritius Telecom offers a broad portfolio of products and services in MBB, FBB, TV, and Fintech managed by different departments and systems. While each of these products is valuable to its customers on its own, they offer much greater value when presented as a holistic offering.

Using advanced big data systems, automation, and combining multiple siloed systems, my.t 360° solution presents a holistic view of customers, their behavior, and service levels while correlating it in real-time with the network resources. At the same time, customer data and privacy are protected and never compromised.

As a result of implementing the solution, Mauritius Telecom was able to handle customer complaints 50% more efficiently, improve user experience, and take its Net Promoter score to 55, which is considered excellent in the industry.

“Over the past few years, our CEO has been motivating us to go beyond the traditional management of a network to be a more agile, proactive, and customer experience-focused network,” said Mauritius Telecom CTO Girish Guddoy on accepting the award. “We have been setting the foundation with the my.t 360° project, we will now be able to have a 360-degree view of the customer, proactively identify issues that impact service, and generate automated real-time data and relevant analysis for a truly efficient operation.”

David Zhang, Account Director of Huawei Mauritius said, “We are grateful for the innovative cooperation opportunity with Mauritius Telecom. We will continue to enable carriers through digitalization to provide better service experience for consumers.”

“We are proud to accept this award with Mauritius Telecom,” says Samuel Chen, Vice President at Huawei Southern Africa Region, “We believe that our customer-centric solutions have significant potential across Africa. The adoption of this particular solution as a catalyst for carrier organizational and digital transformation is becoming a significant factor in creating synergies, operational efficiency, and improved services levels. This award shows how effective it can be, especially when carriers are as committed as Mauritius Telecom.”

AfricaCom is the largest live tech event in Africa with more than 300 visionary speakers and over 16 premium conference tracks, each with a razor-sharp focus, exploring the hottest connectivity and enterprise tech trends.

Source: Ghana Web

Accra,- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has committed an amount of GHS 1 Million to Premier League football club Accra Hearts of Oak for its preparation towards the CAF Confederation Cup tournament which begins next Sunday.

The Club had called on the President at the Jubilee House, Accra on Tuesday to present to him two trophies the “Phobia” club won in the last football season, which included: that for the Ghana Premier League and the F.A Cup.

President Akufo-Addo praised the club for the feat and urged them to work hard to restore the country’s pride in continental club football.

“I have followed the fortunes of Hearts of Oak all my life. I want to congratulate you…you have done very well. You have lifted the image of our country,” he said.

He said it was about time that “we heard some good news about Ghana’s involvement on the continental football and I believe Hearts of Oak will lead the way.”

The President noted that clinching two trophies in a season was no mean achievement, and pressed the club to do all it can to annex the Confederation cup.

He assured the team of his support in their outing on Sunday and urged the board, management and technical team of Hearts of Oak to work hard to lift the image of Ghana in the tournament.

A Board Member of Accra Hearts of Oak, Vincent Sowah Odotei, thanked the President for showing leadership during the “Number 12” investigations expose by the anti-corruption investigative organization, Tiger Eye P.I, which revealed widespread corruption in Ghanaian football.

He also applauded the President for deftly managing the COVID-19 situation, which he said led to a substantial increase in the attendance of spectators at football matches.

Source: Ghana News Agency

The alleged spiritual fear grip of Gladson Awako after signing for the defending league champions Accra Hearts of Oak as the controversy surrounding his contractual issues seems to have ended after the intervention of Teshie Gbugblah Oblahiaaa Mantse (Youth Chief) Original Nii Martey Laryea I inspired him to his Hearts Oak teammates as soon as possible.

Speaking to Original Nii Martey Laryea I in an interview he disclosed that Awako has being a resident of Teshie since his infancy days and knows he is an inspiration to the youth of the Teshie.

“Awako is from Teshie so I decided to inspire him to join his colleagues back at66 training so that he can continue his football career. We all know Accra Hearts of Oak is one of the biggest football club on the African continent”.

According to him as a leader, he decided not to sit aloof for the talented footballer to go waste.

Original Nii Martey on behalf of Awako apologise to Togbui Afede, the board members and the supporters to accept him back.

“Awako is coming to help the team win more trophies so we should all support him to deliver. I know he will do more beyond the limit and also help the team to defend the league title”.

Awako on his part expressed his profound gratitude to the youth chief for his counsel and also apologise to the Hearts of oak management led by Togbui Afede, technical team and the supporters.

“I want to say a very big thank you to my Father Original Nii Martey Laryea I for his counsel and the kits he has given me to start training. I would like to urge all the hearts of oak fans to put everything behind them and support me to succeed in my coming back as a player of the team”.

Gladson Awako furthermore stated that he is coming to help the team to defend the league title they won last season.

Source: Modern Ghana

Spanish great Sergio Ramos could make his long-awaited first appearance for Paris Saint Germain in Wednesday’s Champions League group match with Manchester City.

The 35-year-old defender has not played for the French side since joining from his long-time club Real Madrid in July due to a recurring problem with a calf muscle.

Ramos is likely to be on the bench for the clash between the top two in the group with Marquinhos and Presnel Kimpembe starting in central defence.

Ramos arrived at PSG with a glittering CV, having won the 2010 World Cup, two European Championships and four Champions League trophies with Real.

City top the group on nine points, a point clear of PSG with Belgian outfit Club Brugge four points further adrift with two matches remaining.

Source: Modern Ghana