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Amb. Dr. Prince Kojo Hilton tours 70 SHS to empower Visual Art students
One of Ghana’s finest artists and Pan African Art Ambassador, Dr. Prince Kojo Hilton has embarked on Senior High School tour dubbed, Arts Talk 2022, a Visual Art Empowerment Project (VANEP) aimed at empowering about 70 departments across the country.
VASEP is a non-governmental organisation which seeks to educate, groom and empower young and talented upcoming Visual Artists through a nation-wide Senior High School Art Workshop Tour.
The initiative which is already in motion is expected to ignite the spirit of art for global development.
According to Amb.Kojo Hilton, this project became necessary because many students were losing interest in the course due to lack of exposure to job opportunities, adding that it would change the psyche of the students to appreciate the course as a means of employment in future.
He noted that at the end, they would be looking at creating a platform for young artists to express their craft through workshop, to empower them to hold Art Bazaars in their various schools periodically.
This, he, said would create a link between the students and the Creative Arts Industry to establish art competition and awards among the schools annually.
This project was operationalised in 2010 as Support Art Foundation (SAF) to give free training to children with interest in Art and Craft within Adabraka a suburb of Accra, but the vision kept growing and now has become VASEP, which was officially launched in 2017.
Amb. Dr. Prince Kojo-Hilton is a multi-talented visual artist with over two decades of professional experience that has gained him both local and international recognition.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Organiser of Ghana Music Awards (GMA)-USA has honoured Founder of Reign House Chapel, Prophet Eric Boahen Uche, for his enormous support to the music industry.
GMA-USA, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Denise Boafo, affectionately called Don, made the presentation on Sunday, October 12, at the Chapel.
Presenting the citation, Mr Boafo said Prophet Eric Boahen has been a support system for various sections of Ghana’s music ecosystem.
This, he said, has gone a long way to keep many gospel artistes in business regardless of challenges confronting the industry.
“This is in recognition of your remarkable contribution to the gospel music industry in Ghana and beyond,” he said.
He revealed that the Man of God substantially supported this year’s GMA-USA, a gesture which cannot be kept under the rug.
On his part, Prophet Eric Boahen expressed his appreciation to the organisers for the gesture.
According to him, the gesture was a motivation to him and others to continously support the cause of GMA-USA.
He charged the organisers to work assiduously to promote Ghana Music in the diaspora.
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Renowned Ghanaian music heavyweight, Empress Gifty, has dedicated her seven awards won in 2025 to President John Dramani Mahama.
The musician and her management, led by Edem Mensah-Tsotorme, together with her husband, Mr Hopeson Adorye, called on the President at the Jubilee House on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
Empress Gifty, in her remarks, said the visit was to officially congratulate the President, who has been a father figure for her for many years, and also update him on successes chalked in her career.
She thanked the President for his guidance over the years and promised to even do better in the years ahead, as she prepares to release her new song for the year.
The gospel musician also appealed to President Mahama to consider building a large seating auditorium for the creative arts industry.
She appealed to the President for a 10,000 to 30,000 large seating auditorium to improve the fortunes of the creative sector when it comes to events in the country.
This, she said, would go a long way to help the sector flourish and position the country for other international events in the future.
Additionally, she urged the President to ensure the creative sector gets substantial allocation in the next budget.
The President, on his part, thanked Empress Gifty, who he calls his daughter, and the team for the visit, expressing how proud he was of her growth.
Again, he charged her to continuously work even harder for more laurels.
President Mahama pledged his commitment to the growth of the creative arts industry, adding that with regard to a large seating auditorium for the space, he has received some designs and suggestions for a convention centre which are under consideration.
According to him, once suggestions were approved and issues of funding are addressed, this would serve a multipurpose function and host many activities throughout the year.
The President further pledged his unflinching support for the creative arts sector and assured of budgetary support in the years ahead.
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