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US-based Radio star, Nana Ama Akonoba unveiled as brand ambassador for Glisser New York
Glisser New York, a beauty product outfit has unveiled US-based Ghana Media Personality Nana Ama Akonoba as the brand ambassador.
The media personality who is with AdinkraNy Radio based in New York is expected to use her lifestyle, personal branding and live shows to promote and market the beauty products.
An unveiling ceremony was held at the premises of Glisser New York and had in attendance a number of personalities in the beauty industry ranging from distributors, staffs of the company and a section of the media.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Linda Adjei Boateng, the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Glisser New York expressed delight over the fact that a talented media practitioner like Nana Ama Akonoba is board as a brand ambassador.
She opined selecting Nana Ama Akonoba will help promote Glisser products as she possesses key qualities and attributes to market the products.
Glisser New York products are not new to the beauty product industry and comes with different products such as Glisser Intense Body Lotion, Glisser Intense Rose Whitening Oil, Glisser Intense Toning and Exfoliating Soap, Glisser Intense Anti -Acne Soap, Intense Anti Aging and Brightening Serum.
Nana Ama Akonoba after signing the deal expressed her gratitude to Glisser New York for choosing her as a brand icon saying, “I’m surprised because it never occurred to me that today; Glisser New York will unveil me as a brand ambassador of their products. Glisser New York has lived up to expectations over the years. I’m proud to say that am happy to be made a brand ambassador.”
Nana Ama Akonoba is the host of adwenkyere show on Adinkraradio NY and the CEO of Nana Ama Akonoba Foundation and Akonoba Media.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will undertake a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination exercise in schools from October to December 2026 to protect eligible girls against cervical cancer and other HPV related diseases.
The exercise, organised in collaboration with the Ghana Education Service (GES) and its partners through the School Health Education Programme (SHEP), will be conducted in two rounds.
The first round is scheduled for October 19 to 23, 2026, while the second will take place from November 30 to December 4, 2026.
In a press release dated October 19, the GHS explained that health workers would visit schools across the country to vaccinate eligible girls aged 9 to 14 who have not yet received the HPV vaccine.
The exercise forms part of efforts to raise awareness about the routine HPV vaccine, increase vaccination uptake and strengthen the country’s routine immunisation programme.
The GHS has called on school authorities, parents, guardians, teachers and community leaders to cooperate with health teams to ensure the successful implementation of the exercise.
The Service reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the health and well-being of Ghanaians, particularly children, through vaccination and other public health interventions.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has held high-level discussions with organisers of the 2026 Global South Academic Forum in Shanghai, seeking to draw lessons from China’s acclaimed rural revitalisation and poverty reduction drive.
The meeting, led by the Forum Chair, Professor Lu Xinyu, explored practical areas of cooperation and knowledge exchange between Ghana and China, with focus on community-driven development, fisheries and aquaculture, local governance, sports initiatives, and infrastructure development.
According to officials, the engagement is part of a broader effort by the Ghanaian government to study tested development models that can be adapted to the local context to promote inclusive growth, empower local communities, and improve livelihoods across the country.
China’s success in lifting over 800 million people out of poverty through targeted rural policies, investment in agriculture and local infrastructure has become a global reference point for developing nations.
The Vice President’s team says insights from the Forum will help inform policy direction, particularly in strengthening decentralised governance, boosting the fisheries and aquaculture sector, and investing in community-level infrastructure and youth sports development.
Professor Opoku-Agyemang is expected to continue engagements with academic and development institutions while in China.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
