There is a widespread belief that Ghanaian creatives rarely help one another as they rise together. The announcement that Selly Gally and her husband Stephen Fiawoo, better known as Praye Tietia of Praye fame, recently welcomed twins, however, appears to be a departure from the usual.
The Fiawoos, who have always been honest about their struggles during childbirth, have been happily married for eight years. However, since the start of this week, they have been inundated with congratulations from everyone, particularly their celebrity coworkers.
Following the announcement, which was followed by images of Selly proudly displaying her baby bump, social media was literally awash in enthusiasm.
Actress Luckie Lawson, who is overjoyed for the famous couple that their bundles of joy were born in the United States of America, is one of those who can’t stop sending the new parents well wishes.
Luckie thinks Selly deserves to relish every moment of motherhood because she has endured so much in the past eight years.
“I have witnessed Selly’s difficulties, including her miscarriages, insults, and trolling on social media; it was simply too much. She has not had it easy, so I can only imagine the happiness these children have provided her.
“Most, if not every married woman, expects to have a baby and it can be so disheartening and frustrating if that dream is not coming through. Trust me, motherhood is not a walk in the park. It comes with a lot of challenges but it is rewarding. In this part of our world, if you attain a certain age and you don’t have a child, society looks at you in a certain way, although it might not even be your fault,” she told Graphic Showbiz in an interview last Monday.
The difficulty of birthing in women who have reached menopause is one of the things that annoys Luckie the most.
“Women are not like men who can even have children in their 90s. Some women even have early menopause so you can imagine what such women are going through. The stigma, the name-calling and what have you. So I am delighted Selly has given birth, and to a set of twins,” she added.
The retail monster – which has quickly extended its medical care business as of late – will carry out the new program at drug stores in 12 states all through the country. The destinations won’t just incorporate testing for normal diseases, yet light treatment choices too.
“An influenza test might prompt a solution for Tamiflu, or an irritated throat could be quieted by tea and chicken noodle soup,” Kevin Host, senior VP of Walmart Wellbeing and Health, Drug store, said in a delivery. Clients have several methods for visiting a middle. They can either stroll in or organize an arrangement early on the Walmart application.
The Testing and Treatment program is still in its beginning phases, as per Walmart. At this point, administrations are cash just, and Walmart still can’t seem to tie down health care coverage associations to counterbalance the expense. Most administrations will cost an expected $133. However, Walmart plans the arrangements to be an all inclusive resource to test and treat, without exorbitant and tedious subsequent meet-ups.
The Testing and Treatment programs are only one leg of Walmart’s extended medical care system. The organization has additionally been opening many committed Walmart Wellbeing Center facilities. The centers, which are frequently contiguous a Walmart area offer a wide assortment of medical care administrations at low costs.
What’s more, not normal for the Testing and Treatment drug store program, Walmart Wellbeing Focuses as of now acknowledge various protections. Center intercessions incorporate dental, clinical, mental, and social medicines. Walmart plans to have 75 Walmart Wellbeing Focuses on the finish of 2024.
Do whatever you’ve been assigned/called to do on this earth regardless of the challenges and pain you might encounter along the way. Your purpose on Earth can be fulfilled through Christ who strengthens you. Your dreams are achievable. Keep pushing. Today on Exclusives With SammytheAuthor, I get to interview one beautiful soulful Gospel Artist with an Exceptional and Angelic Voice by the name, Ama Berries. Enjoy Reading!
1: For the benefits of the people who might not know You, tell us a bit about Yourself. (Background, Education, Career etc).
Thank you, I’m Bannor Fremah Mavis, my dad is a pastor in the Apostles Continuation Church Int. I’m currently in Ashanti Bekwai but stays in Accra, La. Am a student of Saint Johns; in my third (3) year.
2: What’s the story behind your Voice/Personality?
Okay. I discovered my talent in class 2. So, I began singing in church. And also coming from a Christian home, it wasn’t anything difficult. 😊
3: What Inspires You?
Thank you. My dad inspires me. Choosing the work of God isn’t an easy task. Problems, hard times and so on but he forces to get there one day. So, I look up to my hero (Daddy).
4: When did you join Tiktok? And also, how is it pushing your awesome Talent?
Okay, I joined TikTok early April, and God being so good it’s going on well. I’ve been in contact with some celebrities in the Gospel industry and that’s awesome. 👏
5: How did one of the Popular Tiktoker/Actress Asantewaa, discover your page, liked and even followed you? And how was the feeling?
Okay. When I started this journey, it wasn’t easy. And one thing I’ve realized is that everyone needs that one person to get there. I posted a video and went to bed, woke up the next morning to see my likes and as I scrolled down and behold, I noticed a verified account has liked my video. That feeling I can’t explain. I was so excited. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I went to her page, and she has followed me for a follow back and even did a duet to some of my videos. she is the best. ❤️🙌
6: Have you had other gospel Artists or Media platforms reaching out to you lately?
Okay so I’ve been to Wontumi Fm 📻 and also met with the gospel artist too but wouldn’t like to mention names. And my school is now an obstacle for everything, hoping I complete soon.
7: Do you already have written songs of your own waiting on the pipeline to be released after School?
Actually no. I don’t have any but on it.
8: Any Challenges faced so far in your quest to Graduate High School?
No please.
9: What has been your Greatest Fear as a Human being? Anything Shareable?
Friends are my greatest 😨 dear.
10: If you had the chance to turn back the hands of time, what would you have changed in your life?
Some friends I took that almost led me to problems. 🙌🙌
11: Lastly, how can an interested person contact you for collaboration/business?
Each day is a new day to showcase what you have. Don’t sit idle and expect your needs to be satisfied. Wake up, work hard, get the money and pick someone else up. As humans, we exist to help eachother, regardless. Today on Exclusives with SammytheAuthor, an Inspiring Ghanaian Entrepreneur and founder of Spreadaid International shares with us, his upcoming projects. Check the Interview below.
1: Hello, Mr. Adabah, kindly take us through your journey as an Entrepreneur.
Thank you Brother Samuel for the opportunity and I am grateful to all and sundry especially to all members of SpreadAid International out there who have been supportive throughout these years.
I will describe my activities as a social entrepreneur and a self-employed person. Social entrepreneur in the sense that I am committed to finding approaches that seek to develop, fund, and implement solutions to social, cultural and environmental issues especially in the area of education and youth development.
As you are already aware through our previous interviews, this drive of providing solutions led to the establishment of SpreadAid International.
As a self-employed person, I create avenues of business opportunities that could translate monetarily to take care of what I do on daily basis and also to help achieve set short, medium and long term goals.
The journey as a social entrepreneur and a self-employed person was all motivated by the strong desire to help people and to be part of solution providers.
Circumstances of life have presented a situation that each day, every individual is forced to think or focus on him/herself without extending help to others. These same situations have also made it possible for people to move from just thinking about themselves to start thinking about what they could do to help others, build them up and also send them out to be helpers of others. In that case, gradually creating helpers all over the world. With time, this whole unwritten agendum has found its way grounded and documented in SpreadAid International’s Eagle’s Eye ( a document which continues the vision, mission statements, achievements and future outlined plans of the organization). The categorization has been specified as
•Philathropy
•Businesss
• Systems and Administration
These are the pillars we have build so far to grow and bring into fruition our passion of building helpers all over the world.
2: What is Spreadaid International all about?
SpreadAid International (SAI) is a registered service-oriented Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) dedicated to supporting and improving the plight of the less privileged in the society and helping the youth to hone their talents and skills for their own and national development. SAI primarily focuses on and embarks on projects aimed at promoting education and youth development with the goal of “Putting Back Smiles on Faces”. The idea behind the inception of the organization was birthed back in March 2011 when a group of high school students from different schools under unexpected circumstances came together to share past examination questions among themselves to facilitate transfer of knowledge. SpreadAid International as it is known today metamorphosed from the original name, GreenAid (Fresh Help) and from simply being a study group to a registered NGO today committed to advocating for and supporting the cause of the less privileged in society.
3: What was the mission from the onset?
Since the inception of this organization, the mission of SAI has been about championing the cause of deprived persons, unearthing the talents of the youth and helping groom them for better life prospects and basically, helping others grow. All in all, SAI seeks to:
•Advocate for and support the less privileged in society.
•Unearth and build talents in the youth.
•Promote excellence in education.
•Undertake volunteer programs.
4: Kindly throw more light on the Adopt-a-School project.
The second phase of SAI in her mandate to help alleviate the suffering of the less privileged in society and build up the youth for self and national development materializes from February 1, 2020 to November 30, 2025. During this five-year period which marks a renewed beginning and similarly, continuation of the phase one of the organizations, key and impactful projects would come to fruition. This is in line with the core vision and mission of all Spreaders to contribute to human and community development and to impact as many lives as possible.
FOCUS OF PHASE TWO
The focus of this second chapter of the organization will be directed towards the promotion and support of education particularly, at the basic level (lower and upper primary) and Junior High School. There are many a school especially in rural communities all the country over who are deprived supportive mechanisms ranging from utilities, teaching and learning materials, and uniforms among others needed to ameliorate educational challenges and make the school an attractive place to be. SAI is committed to alleviating such constraints.
The provisions in this second phase like previous projects are further aimed at helping achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 which is about quality education. The goal is to ensure all-encompassing and equitable quality education as well as advance lasting learning prospects or opportunities for all. SAI, since its inception has touched several lives and contributed to this goal and its phase two would continue to do same and more.
LOCATION
The Nyitawuta D/A Primary School situated in the Akatsi North District in the Volta region will be the center of SpreadAid’s intervention within the five-year span. This school, located in a typically rural area, to an unsurprisingly great magnitude is constrained financially, geographically and socially. This is problematic as their persisting conditions become disincentives for the students to cultivate the passion for school and education.
Children run the risk of being truant or at worst, dropping out of school to for instance, help their parents on the farm all in the absence of needed support, facilities and effective learning environments.
AGENDA
The plan here is to mitigate the challenges that impede the education of the students and help them imbibe the reading culture, that is, encourage them and ensure that they adopt self-reading and self-learning for their development.
The foundation of children is a determining factor in how and what they grow up to be. Promoting the reading culture especially at the primary level through the provision of the needed resources, facilities and conducive atmosphere would accordingly create well rounded students who read not just because they have to but because they want to. SpreadAid International will be focused on making reading, learning, the school and education in general attractive to the students in order to ensure this.
PROJECT TO EMBARK ON – “ADOPT-A-SCHOOL” PROJECT
The project to be executed dubbed, “Adopt-a-School” project, as the name implies would involve SpreadAid International taking on or adopting a community school, herein, Nyitawuta D/A Primary School and bettering their conditions to a considerable degree.
This project is an upgrade of the flagship outreach scheme of SpreadAid International’s first phase, “Project 5000” where the lives of thousands of students from some schools in rural communities across the country were impacted through the organization’s provision of stationery, educational materials and basic aid to support teaching, learning and the general wellbeing of the students.
The “Adopt-a-School” project branching out, further houses two major projects, one to be realized in a space of one year and the other in the subsequent years. These two projects are:
1. “CLOTHE-ME-FOR-SCHOOL” PROJECT
Students in less privileged schools are disadvantaged in several ways including the lack of uniforms to attend school with. Most often the best they possess are old, worn-out or tattered clothes with little hope of acquiring new ones owning to the abysmally low incomes and high poverty rates bedeviling parents or guardians in such communities. This is a great disincentive for children and goes a long way to demotivate them from going to school or learning, hence threatening their bright future and impeding an expedited achievement of SDG 4.
AIM OF PROJECT
The aim of the “Clothe-Me- for-School” projectis to encourage and incentivize the young ones to be in the classroom and this will be achieved through the provision of tailored uniforms, school bags and stationery to meet that peculiar need.
It is common place for children in deprived communities to be relegated to farming activities at the expense of securing an education and the lack of uniforms is one such contributory factor to this phenomenon as aforementioned. Under the “Clothe- Me-for-School” project, great efforts will be channeled into bringing as many children as there are from the farm and into the classroom through this provision of appropriate or right uniforms to attend school with.
TIMELINE OF PROJECT
The project will be executed within the second year of the second phase of SAI, specifically, from February 2021 to November 2021.
Also, the project, within this period will serve as a preparatory ground to usher all and sundry into the next undertaking of SAI under the “Adopt-a-School” project.
BUDGET
The projected budget of the “Clothe-Me-for-School” project is pegged at fourteen thousand, four hundred Ghana cedis (GH¢ 14,400.00).
2. THE LIBRARY PROJECT – “READ-TO-LEAD” PROJECT
This is the other major project under the “Adopt-a-School” projectwhich as underscored is aimed at helping the school children inculcate the reading culture and nurture the desire to be in school.
Functional and properly furnished libraries in basic schools especially in rural areas are very rare if not completely nonexistent. SAI intends to change that narrative one school at a time, starting with the Nyitawuta D/A Primary School in order to afford the students similar opportunities enjoyed by their peers in other urbanized communities.
AIM OF PROJECT
The aim, as captured in the name of the project is to put up a functional and well-resourced library, stocked with essential books and library services to accommodate the reading needs of students. The whole idea is to make the students want to read by and for themselves and to do this, the best has to be provided to motivate them. Through this, there will be renewed hope for a future generation of well-read and educated leaders who as children had the appropriate foundation regardless of their geographical location or circumstances.
TIMELINE OF PROJECT
The “Read-to-Lead” projectwill be rolled out from February 2022 to November 2025, marking the pinnacle of the SAI’s second phase.
BUDGET
The estimated budget of the project sits at one hundred and ten thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢ 110, 000).
FUNDING OF BOTH PROJECTS
Both “Clothe-Me-for-School” project and “Read-to-Lead” project will be funded by sponsorships solicited from different sources including from members of SpreadAid International, individuals in the society, families and friends, companies, some government bodies and potential external sources. SAI will also be open to collaborations with other NGOs for the realization of this goal.
5: Has it been difficult getting sponsors on board for these great projects so far?
Actually, we are still in the preparatory stage of embarking on the first project- “Clothe-me-for-school”.
We have received some funds from individuals who would want to see to it that by their contribution, these young ones are able to smile in their new uniforms to boost them up psychologically for studies. We are grateful to each and everyone of them. We have however not yet hit even half of the projected amount of Gh 14,400 for this project. We would like to use this platform to reach out to our brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers and all well wishers out there to help us bring this project to its fruition. Each uniform costs Gh 50.00 and we have targeted 200 uniforms.
You can send your contributions through our bank account or conveniently through mtn mobile money. Details are on the flier. A single uniform can go a long way to encourage a child who hasn’t been in any until now, to get motivated to go after his/her dreams.
6: Do you have plans on partnering with other NGOs locally and internationally?
For this particular project, we have so far had feedback from abams_foundation. They would like to support with footwear for these children. We would definitely want to have more of such kind-hearted NGOs on board for us to do this together. This is going to be a major victory to all of us who would join hands to make it happen. Both locally and internationally, our arms are opened to embrace individuals and set-ups who would want to clothe a child for school and also get on board out next major project of putting up a Library facility for Nyitawuta D/A School.
Failure doesn’t automatically predict the outcome of our future. Just because you failed doesn’t necessarily mean you shouldn’t try again. Rise up after every fall. Your dreams are achievable. Don’t stop now, keep pushing. Today on Exclusives with SammytheAuthor, an Inspiring Ghanaian – Netherland based Serial Entrepreneur, shares with us, her life story and career as an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist . Checkout the Interview Below.
1: For the benefits of the people who might not know you, tell us a bit about yourself. (Background, Education, Career, etc.).
I was born and raised in the Netherlands by my Suriname mother and Ghanaian father. I have always been an advocate for self-education and lifelong learning. So after studying marketing and communications, I set out to educate myself on other topics that interest me such as, digital transformation, Design Thinking, Business strategy, and finance through programs from Boston University, Harvard Business School, and Oxford University.
I spent a few years in the banking and insurance industry until I moved to Dubai, where I started my consulting career. A few years after that, I traveled a bit in Europe before moving back to the Netherlands as an Entrepreneur. Aside from my businesses, I now work together with an amazing team at ScaleupNation on a mission to increase the odds for startups to scale successfully through research and innovative tools.
2: What’s the story behind your personality?
I think a lot of different life events and environmental factors play a role in one’s personality. At the core, I believe I am as much a dreamer as I am a realist, allowing me to approach life, relationships and decisions more holistically. It’s probably the reason why I connect well with different people and on all levels.
3: What has been your go-to-source when all hell is breaking loose in your life?
Reflection. I try to take time to reflect daily but, sometimes life gets tough. I usually decide to retreat, spend some time alone to clear my mind, write things down and re-energize. It’s such a powerful thing to meet your obstacles head-on with a clear mind, knowing exactly; what you’re going to do about it.
4: What triggered the idea to commence Growth Lab? Give us an overview of what you do.
Growth lab was born out of the idea to help more growth-stage startups to scale by focusing on specific elements of the scaling journey. Unlike an accelerator that tries to get everything patched up a bit and all at the same time we focus more on the successful execution of sprints on strategy or leadership; for instance, through growth programs. We are currently pivoting, however, and I’ll be able to share more about that soon.
5: Being a Woman Empowerment Enthusiast and Growth Strategist, what are some of the necessary steps to take as a young lady looking to build her brand? Anything shareable?
It’s funny, I never saw my personal brand as a thing to work on; Up until 2020, and I was happily doing the work on the background. It wasn’t until I had to face the fact that in the world of business, the same rules do not apply for (black) women as they do for men, I decided something had to change. I think the biggest insight for me was how powerful sharing your unique story is. It’s something so uniquely yours, that it will attract the right audiences in due time if you just keep showing up authentically.
6: What is your take on Social Entrepreneurship?
I am a strong supporter of social entrepreneurship initiatives. It will be great if we start to hype and support these initiatives as much as we do with new tech solutions that don’t necessarily solve any real-world problems. There is a shift happening, however, and I believe we will see more startups with a social impact focus in the next decade or so.
7: If you had the chance to turn back the hands of time, what would you have rectified in your business life?
I would have allowed myself to fail more. Try more things, involve more people earlier, and ask for help. However, it’s those elements of the entrepreneurial journey that you can only find out by learning. So in as much as; it would be nice to see where that would have taken me, I know for sure I wouldn’t be who I am today had I not done things exactly the way I did. So this is definitely not a summary of regrets, just lessons learned.
8: What has been your greatest fear ever since you started this walk?
The fear of failure. Funnily enough, not towards others by failure to meet my own expectations. I tend to set the bar for myself very high, and I think that’s good. I also know that not being able to meet my own expectations is something that I still find hard to deal with. The lesson for me in this is; about finding the balance between aiming for the moon and giving myself grace sometimes.
9: How can one transition his/her team to remote-working times of crisis.
Although it is always preferable to establish clear remote-work policies and training in advance, in times of crisis or other rapidly changing circumstances, this level of preparation may not be feasible. Recent developments have left many employees and their managers working out of the office and separated from each other for the very first time.
4 steps to remote work
Daily huddles:
The first thing that I recommend managers do is to establish daily check-ins or daily huddles. The morning huddle is a great way to get the team aligned on individual and company priorities for that day. The huddle is a really short meeting to share your number one or two priorities for that day, it is not a place to go over your to-do list. You will share your definition of done on those set priorities so that everyone understands exactly what you will be working on today and when this is considered to be done.
The huddle also functions as a way to recognise hurdles or bottlenecks that may get in the way of progress for that day – which then can easily be resolved on the spot by making use of the collective intelligence present – avoiding people getting stuck for hours trying to fix something all by themselves (which is killing for productivity). And I recommend doing this via a video conferencing tool always to keep that sense of human connection within the team.
Communication tools:
Secondly, provide several different communication options – because you will find that email alone is insufficient. When it’s time for deliberation, strategy sessions, team collaboration sessions or any type of meeting that will take on more than 10 minutes by the rule of thumb – use a video conferencing tool. Being able to see the visual cues of meeting participants allows for increased mutual knowledge that can be tapped into, and will help make meetings more effective.
Of course, there are other circumstances when quick collaboration is more important than visual detail. And for these situations, provide mobile-enabled individual messaging tools like Slack, which can be used for simpler conversations as well as time-sensitive communication. And then you can make use of project management and tracking tools such as Monday, Trello, or Asana.
10: Any challenges faced coming up as an Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. It is a long and hard journey that will stretch you on all levels. I personally found being patient and trusting the process when you are building your business the hardest, part, especially when you are the only person who believes this is going to work. They say it’s lonely at the top, and at some points, it truly is. That’s why it’s important to be careful who you surround yourself with; your circle plays a big part in how far you will go.
Join us on Bold Conversations for Shaping and Nurturing High Growth Entrepreneurs at this year’s edition of the Variance Africa Entrepreneurs Forum scheduled to hold this month.
Meet Justice Offei Jr @justiceoffeijr Managing Director, SIKADAN, Award Winning Entrepreneur, Tony Elumelu 40 under 40 Entrepreneur and Business Coach as he shares his wealth of knowledge and expertise on the panel topic:
Fundraising for Startups and Growth Businesses.
Date: 21st November, 2020
Time: 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Venue: Workshed Spintex Whitehouse, 2nd Floor Republic Bank Building
Kindly visit http: //bit.ly/VAEntrepreneursForum to register.
Have you registered yet for the Variance Africa Entrepreneurs Forum (VAEF)?
Don’t miss out!!!Share your business story and interact with an expert panel. Gain insights, tools and resources on the following topics:
1. Fundraising for Startups and Growth Businesses.
2. Sustainable Team Building, Business Relationships and Partnerships.
3. Business Management, Corporate Governance and Value Creation.
4. Defining and Implementing your Core business Strategy.
Event Details:
Theme: Bold Conversations for Shaping and Nurturing High Growth Entrepreneurs.
Date: Saturday, 21st November, 2020
Time: 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Venue: Workshed Spintex Whitehouse, 2nd Floor Republic Bank Building.
And now, introducing our event host/moderator for this event…
Meet Jennifer Ami Amlade, (Broadcast Journalist).
Jennifer’s intellectual ability to probe and ask thought-provoking questions is just the right blend to help you get the best out of our exciting Panel.
No need to wait!
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Afro-pop and Hip-pop Artist, De hero is the newest big thing to hit Gh soon. His long awaited single which is “I Like It” is out now and as we promised, here we come with the hottest banger for this Christmas. You need no soothsayer to aid you in this. The best remains the best.. And so far this is what we have for you. ENJOY!!!
This year’s Variance Africa Entrepreneurs Forum promises to be exciting and impactful.
Introducing our 4th Speaker in our exciting Panel lineup for this year’s edition of the Variance Africa Entrepreneurs Forum scheduled to hold this November.
Meet Lady-Omega Hammond
CEO, Ampersand Technologies
as she shares her wealth of knowledge and expertise on the panel topic(s)
1. Sustainable Team Building, Business Relationships and Partnerships
2. Defining and Implementing your Core Business Strategy
Date: Saturday, 21st November, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00PM
Venue: Workshed, Spintex Whitehouse, 2nd Floor Republic Bank Building
Kindly visit http: //bit.ly/VAEntrepreneursForum to register.
De Hero, a Ghanaian upcoming music artist currently living at the capital city of Ghana, Accra. He is from the Eastern region, Oda Ayirebi. Hold bachelor’s degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of science and Technology.
He does hip-pop and Afro-pop mainly but can also mingle with other genre type of music at his disposal. That make him an all round musician in his music career. Currently not under any management.
His basic dream is to add up positively to the music industry in Ghana and in Africa as a whole.
His current promotional song is ” I Like It” produced by B2 (DopeNation).
Fans should watch out for De Hero! New single dropping tomorrow..Anticipate!!!
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