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Almonds Innovations launches Healthy Options e-commerce site
Almonds Innovations on Thursday at a ceremony chaired by Prof. Nii Quaynor, Internet Pioneer in West Africa and creator of first e-commerce system in Ghana launched its flagship brand, Healthy Options Lifestyle e-commerce portal that trades in healthy products.
The platform is accompanied by a free online information hub which provides pertinent wellness information, sourced from various platforms and experts for its users.
Leveraging technology, the e-commerce portal is an interface of partner companies essentially, local entrepreneurs trading in various healthy products such as seeds, spices, juices, dried fruits, essential oils and skin care products, allowing clients to choose from a varied range of healthy products, as per their health needs.
The portal comes at a crucial time when the COVID-19 pandemic has made more people health conscious and has accompanying features that are in line with recent trends – flexible payment systems (mobile money and online payments) and swift delivery services across the country.
Speaking at the launch, Mr. Eric Akumiah, CEO of Almonds Innovations, expressed his optimism for the brand and noted that the idea of the e-commerce site stemmed from a need to make the right choices to remain healthy with age amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adding, “this can only be arrived at when one has an alternative option to choose from, the reason we have developed this innovative portal to be a one-stop online shop for healthy foods and beverages.”
Mr. Akumiah further indicated that natural organic food and beverages have inherent healing capabilities when utilized can be of enormous help for the young and old alike. Consequently, the information hub is designed to guide users on the benefits of natural foods and how to apply them healing diverse illnesses.
He finally encouraged Ghanaians to patronize the platform and urged producer groups who fall within the company’s product categories to join as brand partners to further expand its reach.
Some of the partner companies who graced the event include Crescent Juices, manufacturers of sugar-free beverages; Yvaya producers of dried fruits; True Moringa, manufacturers of moringa-based food supplements and Miss Cookie, producers of spices.
Almonds Innovations is a registered entity in Ghana, dedicated to providing solutions to problems across sectors through innovation.
The Government of the Republic of Korea has presented a second consignment of equipment to support the study, maintenance and preservation of Ghana’s historic forts and castles under the Korea-Ghana ICT Climate Project.
At the handover ceremony in Accra, today, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, expressed appreciation for Korea’s continued support, including its US$4.5 million intervention towards heritage preservation, technical assistance and capacity building.
The equipment will strengthen the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board’s efforts to address the impact of climate change on Ghana’s historic heritage infrastructure.
The Ministry noted that they remain committed to working with international partners to safeguard Ghana’s priceless heritage for present and future generations.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Association of Spouses of Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations (ASOHOM) brought art, diplomacy and philanthropy together for its glamorous black-tie charity gala, centred on the urgent theme of sustainable water futures.
At the heart of the evening was ‘Woven Currents’, a thought-provoking commissioned exhibition co-curated by Fang W. Linulf of LogonART and Fadila Njoya from Gallery Sankofa, showcasing five outstanding Ghanaian artists confronting water pollution, coastal decay, ancestral memory and ecological regeneration.
Housed within a versatile multi-function hall, far from a conventional white-cube gallery, the venue underwent a dramatic creative transformation.
Drawing on her professional architectural background, curator Fang W. Linulf reimagined the standard event space into a vivid, immersive exhibition environment through bold spatial storytelling.
Monumental art installations encircled gala guests, breaking traditional viewing boundaries and forging a remarkably intimate, visceral connection between viewers and the artworks.
Guided by a powerful curatorial vision, ‘Woven Currents’ positioned art as a call to action: to honour, safeguard and collectively steward Africa’s precious shared water heritage.
Each artwork responded directly to Ghana’s pressing aquatic realities.
Emmanuel Aggrey Tieku’s towering textile installation breathed new life into discarded local second-hand ‘Oburoni Wawu’ garments, delivering a searing commentary on waste colonialism and textile-fuelled ocean contamination.
Patrick Tagoe Turkson crafted intricate assemblages from beach-salvaged flip flops and abandoned ghost fishing nets, weaving Asafo flag and Kente cloth iconography into marine debris to unite indigenous cultural wisdom with modern-day ecological crisis.
Sena Burgundy presented introspective blue-hued figurative canvases exploring inner reflection set against shifting environmental realities.
Nana Frimpong Oduro exhibited dream-like surreal photography rooted in Akan cosmology, capturing ancestral echoes and human resilience within Ghana’s coastal waters.
Evans Torngmortey Akornor built evocative threshold-themed mixed media works from fishing shore remnants, unpacking visible and unseen layers of shoreline history.
Attendees also experienced the poignant live dance performance ‘Cry of the River’ by Vivie’s Dance.
The night featured a high-energy live auction of five signature exhibition artworks alongside a raffle draw. Every penny raised went toward vital humanitarian support for vulnerable communities across Ghana.
Diplomatic delegates, collectors, artists and cultural leaders filled the room.
The curatorial team stressed that ‘Woven Currents’ was never mere gala decoration.
It delivered grounded, locally-centred artistic narratives that enriched formal policy conversations on water conservation, repurposing a diplomatic social gathering into a dynamic public platform for ecological dialogue and meaningful giving.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
