Celebs

One of Africa’s hottest and sensational models is in the making. At age 21, Ghanaian-born Sarah Siakie, is already making waves in New York, USA where she is based. The architecture student is crazy about modeling and is on the verge of realizing her dreams after winning a competition that guaranteed her a place to audition with producers of America’s Next Top Model reality show.

Suave Siakie is talented, successful, and has a sparkling personality that can grace the covers of top class fashion magazines globally. The photogenic modeling star is never afraid to fail and looks forward to impress at the show which has gained worldwide respect.

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The influence of classic soul and jazz greats of yesteryear comes to mind when you hear Rhian Benson sing. Her songs are effortless, elegant and timeless in a way that is rare in this era of artists. With the help of Danish rising star production duo, Daniel Fridell and Jonas Rendbo, Rhian has diligently and lovingly cooked up the ingredients for her new album title ‘Hands Clean’ to be released in 2010.

The exciting new sound she drapes her voice across is a stark and soulful collection of pulsating electronic grooves; a hidden ground where Sade meets DJ Shadow. This is a bold album that dares to redefine modern soul music. Rhian has been nurturing her expressive style and is looking forward to showing the world more of her exquisite soulful sound.

“I met Jonas and Daniel for a brief writing session in Copenhagen a while ago and we just hit it off immediately, the guys were so passionate about creating truthful music that speaks from the soul to the soul. They instantly understood the sound and feel I was looking for… so I asked them to produce the entire album with me and I thank God they said yes!’ (more…)

She won the Best Actress award at the African Movie Academy Awards 2010 for her role in “The Perfect Picture”. A native of Teshie in Accra, Naa was born on November 24 1988 to Mr Paul Mensah-Doku and Sarah Mensah-Doku, the second of four sisters.

She attended the Daras School from nursery to JSS and continued at the Benkum Secondary School in Larteh.

Nisirine Naa Ashorkor Mensah-Doku went into presenting when she was invited on several occasions as a guest on a Youth program “New Generation”, on TV Africa. She later presented “Day Break Entertainment”, She went to host “Day Break” and became a co-host to Okyeame Quophi on TV Africa’s variety show “Sounds Splash!” (more…)

Shirley Frimpong Manso is a Ghanaian movie producer/writer/director emerging as the biggest force to reckon with in terms of quality Ghanaian movies. She is the CEO of Sparrow Productions and a former radio personality. Unlike the job she does, she is a very private person. By far one of the most talented and highly ambitious young women in Ghana today, Shirley seeks to raise the standard of film production in Ghana and Africa by telling progressive African stories as seen through the eyes of Africans. She won the ‘Best Best Director’ at the African Movie Academy Awards 2010.

Shirley gave birth to a lovely baby boy in March 2010. (more…)

Chris Attoh is a television show host, actor and meteoric master of ceremonies (MC). He is popularly known on stage as Chris but his real name is Christopher Nii Attorh.

The multi- talented TV personality has steadily risen into stardom to become one of the finest promising actors Africa can boost of. Chris describes himself as a young entrepreneur, whose key objective is to continually strive to put Ghana’s name on the entertainment map worldwide. (more…)

Martha Ankomah has been garnering quite the controversy since bursting onto the movie scene. After winning a role by movie producer supremo , Mr Lancelot Odua Imaseun, she has been labelled as a porn actress amongst many other things, following her explicit scenes in ‘Heart of Men’ and ‘Kiss Me If You Can’.

Showing a strong resilience against criticism, she states: “The only one that I listen to is God. If I say I will listen to people, I will not get to the level I want to get to.” (more…)

John Dumelo is the latest screen idol to set hearts racing amongst the Ghanaian (and even Nigerian) female population. Following the frequent presence of caramel complexion brothers on Ghanaian movie screens, John was a breath of fresh air to emerge within the Ghanaian film industry. A tall, dark, and handsome man representing for all the chocolate coloured brothers, and causing the majority of female fans to fall for him, the bonus part of all this is his incredible acting credentials. (more…)

John Osei Tutu Agyeman, commonly known as J.O.T. Agyeman, is one of the most popular Ghanaian actors of all time. In addition to his acting abilities, JOT is also a TV Anchor who has appeared on a number of popular Ghana television programs.

Born on the 28^th of June 1966 in Dixcove on the west coast of Ghana, JOT – the youngest of ten children- attended Prempeh College for his high school studies, before going on to study Theatre Arts at the University of Ghana in Legon. (more…)

Ghana has a hot new talent blowing up the music scene and its airwaves, in the form of Tiffany. This new rising star has no doubt begun to establish herself as a force to be reckoned with on the music circuit. Although she hasn’t been on the music circuit for too long, she has already rubbed shoulders with the very best of the best, including performing with Fat Joe and Omarion during their respective concerts in Ghana. Her talent has also seen her grace various concerts, such as the ‘Ghana Rocks’ concert and, ‘Night with Naija.’

Though she may be enjoying a formidable amount of success now, the road to fame was not a particularly smooth one for Tiffany- a high-school drop-out, she has had to endure a long and arduous battle before getting where she is today. (more…)

I was born in Archway , North London but grew up in East London. From age 9 I have always aspired to become a Television/ Radio Presenter as I always wanted to be the centre of attention and loved the thought of being known by a lot of people. Aged 15 (in my second to last year of secondary school) we were given the opportunity to do a 2 week work experience placement at whatever place we desired, however I had a lot of problems finding a media work based placement.

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