Kwab Asamoah; Ghanaian Clothes maker tailors his way up the fashion industry

By Oral Ofori

The 'Tape man' (with tape around neck) Kwab Asamoah with Barack Obama

'My garments are more technically designed than they are fashion designed and this is even more so owing to my engineering background' says Kwabena Asamoah of Kustom Looks Clothier as I interviewed him for my blog. We caught up in Silver Springs Maryland in the USA where the Ghanaian born entrepreneur affectionately called Kwab has been living and working for almost 3 decades now.

My friend Joshua Anny nominated for 2012 CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards

By Oral Ofori

Me having fun with 2012 African Journalist of the year nominee

One of this year's CNN/Multichoice African Journalist Awards nominees, Joshua Anny, is someone I went to the same high school with in Tema; one of Africa's and Ghana's premier port city. During our days in school we developed a liking for writing, researching and that strong will to see things done the right way or people treated rightly. So it was no surprise to me when later on in life I found out that Anny like myself towed the line of journalistic studies.

As Nollywood prepares for its first ever movie awards, ace Nigerian actress; Ngozi Ezeonu, reminisces about the industry

By Oral Ofori

Ngozi Ezeonu, the Nigerian born Nollywood actress, has some 150 movies to her credit. Ngozi started her acting career in 1993 in the Nigerian movie industry which is also known as Nollywood. She was born on May 23, 1965 and originally hails from Anambra State in the west African country of Nigeria. The actress has 6 other siblings, 5 of whom are males. Her first paying job according to her was hair-styling, she had also trained to become journalist, though fate made her  step into the field of acting.