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Miss Nadia Takyiwaa Mensah, company owner of brand management agency, Sixth Sense Manifesto, and newly opened Sai Wine & Champagne Café, has been awarded Woman Entrepreneur of the Year at the SME Ghana Awards last Wednesday at the State Banquet Hall, Accra. The Woman Entrepreneur of the Year category is solely nominated by the SMEGA jury and disclosed only on the day of the ceremony. The award is bestowed on a woman entrepreneur who has founded or headed an SME for not less than 3 years prior to the awards program. In an interview, Nadia left three unique impressions on the SMEGA jury: her style of role performance as a CEO; she opened up another business, Sai Wine & Champagne Café, irrespective of the economic challenges Ghana is facing; and her willingness to sell Sixth Sense Manifesto when necessary. Post-event when interviewed, Nadia stated that “I've never been surprised with anything in my life and I've never won an award for me, but God Almighty delivered

Oct 25 Concert Beautiful Nubia Live in Concert on Sunday, Oct 25 at EniObanke, 19 Adekunle Fajuyi Way, GRA Ikeja. Time: 5pm. Gate: N1500 (Children under the age of 13 get free entry. Students and NYSC members with ID cards pay N500. CDs and Palmwine available) EniObanke Folk Choir - Auditions Do you have a good singing voice? A striking voice? Have you often dreamt of being part of a singing group? Would you like to audition for a chance to be part of the EniObanke Folk Choir? Send email to eniobanke@gmail.com with full names, age, sex and profession. EMUfest 2015 News The 6th annual EniObanke Music Festival (EMUfest 2015) comes up Nov 4-8/14 featuring concerts in Lagos, Ibadan, Ijebu-jesa, etc., music workshops, celebrity soccer and a Talent Night. All events are free! SUPPORT: The festival depends on financial support from music fans. If you are in a position to do so, please pay into the GTB acct number 0002579844 for EniObanke Nig Ltd. PERFORM: Artists wishing to showcase at

The selection for the upcoming IDFA, which takes place in Amsterdam for the 28th time from 18 to 29

The International Committee of AFRIMA and the African Union Commission has unveiled Lagos, Nigeria as the host city for the 2015 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, putting to rest high expectations among AFRIMA stakeholders about the Nigerian city to capture the hosting rights. Announcing the host city, the Director of Communication and Sponsorship, AFRIMA, Matlou Tsotsetsi, said, “Following the recce and inspection of facilities and infrastructure of four states in Nigeria, namely Akwa Ibom State, Cross Rivers State, Lagos State and Rivers State by the African Union Commission and AFRIMA production team, Lagos has been chosen to host the continental awards ceremony this year.”

Sold13r (pronounced Soldier 13) is a Nigerian-born UK artist who came to the fore with the UK group, Ill Cartel, before leaving to form his own group, Unit 13, which later merged with Welsh group, Yung Tru, to form YTU13 (Yung Tru Unit 13). With several UK mixtapes and song features to his name, Sold13r recorded his first major mainstream break with his DVD, Roundtable, which featured foremost UK acts like Skepta, Tinie Tempa, Kano, Wiley, and Ghetts. YTU13 grew into a movement and eventually members got major record deals so everyone had to go their way. Sold13r is presently signed to Jevick Records and is hereby presenting his first single on the label. The single, Wavey, features UK afrobeats sensation Tilla, and is released together with the video. Audio Download Link: http://www.hulkshare.com/r57nrxt1d69s YouTube Video Link: SOLD13R ft Tillaman - Wavey [Official Video] iTunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wavey-feat.-tillaman/id1047014348?i=1047014355

On the eve of new Global Goals that will set the development agenda for a generation, the cream of Africa’s musical stars are proud to announce the release of a brand new remix of Strong Girl, the contagious anthem for women’s empowerment that first got the world dancing in May this year. The mix of 14 male and female stars, in partnership with ONE, recorded the new version to show that women’s empowerment is a song that everyone – men, boys, girls and women – must sing together to amplify Strong Girl’s powerful message that poverty is sexist. The artists are calling on all governments to place women and girls at the centre of global and national development commitments in 2015. This year the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) come to an end, and from September 25th the new Global Goals for Sustainable Development will come into force. These new goals will set the agenda for development for a generation, and could see us be “the great generation to end extreme poverty” as Nelson Man

Just like Genevieve is currently wrapping up the post production of Road To Yesterday, her maiden movie, her colleague, Judith Audu is also doing the same for her own maiden movie, Just Not Married, and she declared to OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG that JNM going to set the standard for movie making in Nigeria. What’s the latest about you? I should be getting on a production next week. I’m also working on the post production of my movie, Just Not Married. It’s being edited by Oluseyi Asurf, and I’m working on a TV show by the side whenever I get a free time. What’s the difference for you between producing a short movie and a full length film? There is a lot of difference. The main one is the length of the film. Short films are 30 minutes or less. Some people say 45 minutes or less. Full length films are longer than 45 minutes. Some run into 3 hours even. They have more financial implications, cast, crew, logistics, etc. A full length film is more demanding and it is a totally different ball

With the passing away of the founder/chief executive facilitator of Glowing Channels Foundation (GCF), Motunlayo Adefunke Sofowote, the organization could not stage its annual concert last year, the first time in its 17 years of existence. But GCF appears to have woken up from its slumber, with its recent outing in memory of its departed founder. The late music and arts impresario, Motunlayo Adefunke Sofowote, must have been pleased to see one of her last wishes being fulfilled. One year after shepassed away in Spain, after battling with cervical cancer for almost three years, GCF has moved on, by staging a special concert on October 1st at the Main Auditorium, University of Lagos, in line with her wish that the show should go on after her demise. As in previous years, an array of established and budding talents thrilled the patrons of the concert with music and dance performances, as well as poetry recitals. Though the attendance was poor, compared to previous concerts, the audie

OSD Entertainment has revealed Olamide, Olu Maintain, Shaydee, Styl-Plus, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Sound Sultan, Aramide, Tony Tetuila and others as the headliners for the debut edition of its Greatest of All Times (GOAT) concert. The concert is set to hold on November 14th, 2015 at the Shell Hall of the MUSON Centre. Aimed at celebrating musicians who have made the most impact in Nigeria’s urbane music culture from the 90s, the GOAT concert will feature nostalgic and dazzling performances from old and new school artistes. With a fusion of old and new music experiences, the GOAT concert promises to be the mother of all concerts. The concert will feature classic hits that ruled the airwaves from the 90s to date. OSD Entertainment is an Omoyeni Disu initiative.

Mursty Adinoyi, popular presenter and producer of acclaimed TV magazine programme, Hitlist N Cruzin, was a year older during the week and he celebrated the occasion with a superlative bash as befitting of his status as one of Nigeria’s prominent entertainment personalities. The bash, which held at his recently opened lavish office and studios, was attended by his close friends, family, colleagues and staff. Speaking with OOB, he said, “I give all the thanks to God for making me see another birthday. He has been faithful and He keeps being faithful and I can’t just thank Him enough. I also thank my beautiful wife, Roseline, for her unwavering support. She also observed her own birthday a few days before mine, so this celebration of mine is like a double celebration.” Concluding, he thanked his family, staff, business partners and fans for their support and declared that everyone should watch out for Hitlist N Cruzin in a bigger form when he stars unleashing his latest plans for the high

Ubi Franklin became known basically as Iyanya’s manager. And he’s very famous now because of that. And nowadays, he’s making the news even more than his star client. Last week, he was in the news for slamming The Headies. And this week he's in the news for his Instagram post below which is trending because people are wondering what led to him posting the emotional words. “This year will go straight into my books,” the post began. “God has been so kind to me. A lot happened this year and God made sure I came out even stronger and moved to the next stronger and better. “One thing I have come to realise in all of this is that no matter how much you put your life on the line for anyone in this world, he will still stand to say or plan evil. If you know me, you know me. I hustle hard for the food put on the table. I believe in people and ask God to bring to reality everything that is in my head. “The Nigeria entertainment industry is filled with a lot of jokers and jobless individuals

Businessman cum politician, Oluwole Benjamin Eweoya, popularly known as OBE, has explained why he recently donated a borehole to St Paul’s Primary School, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos. According to him, helping the needy and community development is the core of his desire to serve his community, Oshodi, where he grew up, and Nigeria by extension. “There are obvious needs in St Paul’s and other primary schools in Oshodi Local Government Area and beyond,” he said. “The joy I have is my belief in competitive development. It gladdened my heart when I put up a sign post at Afolabi Primary School, Brown Street, Oshodi, and two weeks later, our Federal House of Representatives member saw the need to do the same for the neighbouring primary school. “If we continue in this spirit of competitive development, in less than ten years, Oshodi LGA will be better than Eti-Osa or any other LGA in Nigeria. I therefore use this opportunity to tell the people of Oshodi that development has come back home to ou

Chivas Regal recently announced The Venture will be launching in Nigeria for the first time. This follows the global success of the first year of the competition, which saw over 1000 start-ups compete for a share of a $1 million fund. The Venture is part of the luxury Whisky new campaign tagged ‘Win The Right Way’ a global initiative celebrating those social entrepreneurs who run their businesses in a way that benefits society, not just shareholders, and is the latest in the brand’s campaign which will be launching in Nigeria. This is the second year of the global search but the first in Nigeria to support the most exciting social entrepreneurs around the world. With over $1 million in funding and resources, The Venture is open to any for-profit start-up that creates both financial value and a positive impact on the lives of others. Last year’s competition awarded businesses tackling diverse social and environmental issues: from a wireless field-monitoring system that makes water u