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OBS: Africa's 40 Richest, No Ghanaian In There…

Where are all the loud mouth rich Ghanaians? According to Forbes, the names below are the 40 richest people in Africa.  The list has no Ghanaian in there… Looking at the net worth (in millions) listed alongside some of these people, I am confident that I know Ghanaians who have more than that…Maybe they just … Read more

OBS: Africa’s 40 Richest, No Ghanaian In There…

Where are all the loud mouth rich Ghanaians? According to Forbes, the names below are the 40 richest people in Africa.  The list has no Ghanaian in there… Looking at the net worth (in millions) listed alongside some of these people, I am confident that I know Ghanaians who have more than that…Maybe they just … Read more

TopVincent.Com: Working Hard Will Never Make You Rich…Stop Wasting Your Life

Many are increasing realizing that the popular assumption that working hard brings riches and prosperity is a mere illusion. Maybe this assumption held water during the medieval period, but in our contemporary world, the idea to work hard or working like a slave in order to make real money has no element of truth in it. In … Read more

Sonnie Badu Embarks On Church Tour Ahead Of Let Peace Rain Concert

Sonnie Badu
Sonnie Badu

UK based, gospel minister, Sonnie Badu, is gearing up for the much anticipated “Let Peace Rain” concert at the Dome of the Accra International Conference Centre on 1st December,2012. The world renowned artiste arrived in the country last weekend and as part of preparations for the event, is taking his gospel to a host of churches across the city on a special church appearance tour.

The tour which began about a two week ago, stopped over at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and The International Central Gospel church , Asylum Down branch headed by gospel minister and preacher, Pastor Josh Laryea.

Last weekend, Sonnie Badu and his team also visited the Dome of the Accra International Conference centre where the Gospel Light Church held a gathering of their entire congregation from the different branches across the country. The worship team was also at the Lighthouse Chapel, Quodesh and the Harvest Chapel.

The tour is aimed at bringing Sonnie Badu’s ministry to all faithfuls whiles creating awareness of the hugely anticipated “Let Peace Rain Concert” set to be staged in a week.

According to sources close to the team, ticket sales in the various churches have been phenomenal, and the tour is expected to continue in the coming week.

South African legend, Lionel Petersen is also expected to arrive in the country soon in preparation for the concert.

Meanwhile local acts billed to perform at the concert; Ohemaa Mercy, ASP Kofi Sarpong, Cwasi Oteng and Nii Okai have promised a spirit filled concert to remember as they make various media appearances ahead of the concert.

Tickets for the concert are available for GHC40 regular and GHC70 for VIP tickets at the Joy Fm front desk, Silverbird Lifestyle store, Sunny Fm, TTC head office-West Airport and the Empire Entertainment head office, Lartehbiokorshie.

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Should YouTube Views Be Used To Determine How Popular A Video Is In Ghana?

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After the 4th Syte Music Video Awards, controversial musician, Wanlov came out publicly to vent his spleen on the organisers of the annual awards.

Ever since the awards, I have been asking myself: What makes any video popular if not how many views the video gets on YouTube? I was one of the few people who shared Wanlov’s stand before he even came out strongly to register his displeasure on his sister’s behalf.

What was Wanlov’s problem with the organisers?

This is it and as simple as this. According to him even though Deborah Vanessa (his biological sister) released his ‘Uncle Obama’ music video on the same day EL released his ‘Kaalu’ video, she failed to get nominations in the award whiles the latter picked the Most Popular Music Video.

At the time of his rant, as many as 636,151 views have been recorded for the ‘Uncle Obama’ video as against 82,283 views for EL’s ‘Kaalu’ video. Even D-Black’s ‘Vera’ which was in the same category with EL has about 377,465.

By the above views, clearly EL’s ‘Kaalu’ video has no business being adjudged as the Most Popular Video in Ghana for 2012 unless the organisers had different criteria than the ‘mere’ views on YouTube.

You do not need to have a good or popular song to win a video award. The two songs don’t send any tangible or important message to the patrons out as they are just ordinary songs with meaningless lyrics.

There is honesty in Wanlov’s rants for the simple reason is that, when ‘Uncle Obama’ video was released, it went viral on the internet to the extent of many accusing the singer of being paid to compose the song for President Obama.

The popularity of the video offered her the opportunity to be interviewed and featured on CNN.

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