Skip to main content

Ghana’s film industry applauds Africa Magic


By: Fred Yaw Sarpong-Daily Express

Abdul Salaam Mumini, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Venus Films Production and a film maker has applauded Africa Magic/M-Net for introducing Ghana’s Block on DStv to promote Ghanaian movies.

“This is a plus to filmmakers in Ghana because its allow us work hard and produce more good content,” said Abdul Salaam.

He said this when Africa Magic/M-Net officials met the Ghanaian industry players last weekend in Accra. The meeting was to inform the industry players about to the Block which aim is to promote local movies and music.

The Ghana Block channel on the Africa Magic/M-Net is to offer Ghanaian movie and music industry players the opportunity to showcase their quality products to the rest of the world. The Block is finally to take off this November, 2015.

 “Every Ghanaian filmmaker must provide more content and make money from this initiative from Africa Magic/M-Net,” he reiterated.

Abdul Sallam, who has been dealing with Africa Magic/M-Net said he is okay with this initiative. However, he stated that “am expecting that the budget for Ghanaian movie industry will go up after the introduction of the Ghana’s Block.

“Maybe the budget they have for Ghanaian industry will have to be increased and that will even motivate us,” said Abdul Salaam.

He called on his colleagues in the film industry to produce good content, meet the buyers and discuss with them the money involve.

The Ghana Block is currently on test transmission and will start full production on Channel 154 on DStv. The Ghana’s Block will have strictly general Ghanaian content on movies and other entertainment.

The initial 4-hour primetime Ghanaian local content will be extended to more hours, base on quality production generated by the movie and music industry from Ghana.

Mr. Efosa Aiyevbomwan, PR and Talent Lead at M-Net/Africa Magic said this is a huge opportunity for the industry players to take advantage of.

“This is not to say that we do not have Ghanaian movies on M-Net, but what the Ghana’s Block does is to have purely Ghanaian content and not any mix of content,” he added.

Mr. Aiyevgomwan who have discussions with the Ghanaian industry players said they will be able to show more Ghanaian content to the world if they get better quality product from Ghanaians.

According to Aiyevbomwan, because African Magic is known for its quality, they also expect quality content on story line and technical output from Ghanaian industry.

The discussion with the Ghanaian section of industry players was to let them know what M-Net/Africa Magic expect from Ghana’s industry sector.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Vodafone sells 45% shares in Verizon for US$130 billion

Vodafone has sold its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to US telecoms group Verizon Communications in one of the biggest deals in corporate history. The US$130 billion (£84bn) deal was announced by Vodafone after the close of trading on the London Stock Exchange. The company will return £54 billion to its shareholders, of which £22 billionn will go to shareholders in the UK. Vodafone will also invest money in its business, with funds earmarked for high speed mobile phone networks. It said that by 2017 its main five European markets would have almost complete 4G coverage. Possibly it would be wrong to carp and wring hands that Vodafone won't be paying a penny of tax to the British taxman” Vodafone group chairman Gerard Kleisterlee said: "The transaction will position Vodafone strongly to pursue our leadership strategy in mobile and unified communication services for consumers and enterprises, both in our developed markets and across our emerging markets businesses." The...
Post a Comment
Read more

Shortage of weighing cards hit major hospitals in Accra

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong- Daily Express There is scarcity of Child Health Records Book (weighing cards), in some major public hospitals in the capital, information reaching the Daily Express indicates. Checks by this paper revealed that while some of the hospitals have being encountering the shortage for about a year now, others started experiencing it six months ago. In place of the Child Health Record Book (weighing card), the nursing mothers are given a single card on which information of children are recorded on it. Those hospitals identified are the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle Bu Polyclinic, Kaneshie Polyclinic, Adabraka Polyclinic and the Ridge Hospital. At the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the nursing mothers are given yellow cards in place of the weighing cards. The Public Relations Secretariat at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital said such information has not come to their notice and for that matter they cannot comment on it. “We do not have some ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Barbering Salons, bridging the unemployment gap in Ghana

By: Fred Yaw Sarpong Barbering business in Ghana is money making venture, depending on the location of the shop. Various barbering shops scattered across the country charges according to the location of the shop. The nature and sustainability of every barbering shop depends on the location of the shop. The location will determine how much one can charge a customer for barbering his or her hair. Checks indicate that some barbering shops located at Spintex, East Legon and Osu Oxford street charges between GHc15.00 and GHc20.00 per hair cut. At South La Estate, it will cost a customer to pay GHc4.00 for hair cut, while one will have to pay GHc3.00 to barber his or her hair at a place like Nima, Maamobi and Mallam Gbawe. Royal Vulture Executive Barbering Salon is one of the biggest barbering salons one can locate within Accra. One is its shops is located at Madina, near Taxi rank while one is located at Accra New Town, near the Post Office. Customers at Madina pay GHc7.00 ...
7 comments
Read more