Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Why the 20 May, 2014 Edition of "Africa in Focus" was a Non-Show

THE VICTIMIZATION OF AFRICA’S CLIMATE CHANGE
By Elizabeth Owusu-Kissi, “Africa in Focus” News Reporter

For Ghana, in Africa, we will say the rainy season is here again. As to whether Ghana is prepared for it is moot. It is unfortunate Africans are however left to the mercy of climate change if they are not adequately armed.

Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents when it comes to climate change. The situation is worsened because of the poor state of economic development and low adaptive capacity. We will have no reason to debunk what the president of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama said – that climate change must be seen as a developmental issue and not an environmental problem because it impacts all aspect of social lives”.

The “Africa in Focus” team believes President Mahama’s idea of collaborating with various development partners, such as Japan, to integrate climate change-mitigation into various sectors of the economy in Ghana, is a good start and can be emulated by other African countries.

It is because of this weather condition in Ghana that our audience can testify that the “Africa In Focus” show, slated for live-broadcasting on May 20, 2014, fell on rocks because our media house fell victim to the weather hazard in the heavy downpour.

One way of tackling this is with preventive measures, such as investing in disaster-risk reduction in Africa. “Africa in Focus” is of the view that investment in disaster-risk reduction pays in Africa –in both short and long term impacts of managing disasters.

“Africa in Focus” show will bring to light latest updates and continuous live broadcast of the edition on “How Far Africa Is Integrating” at a later date – as well as deliberations on how feasible preventive measures of climate change in Africa can help save the continent Africa.


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Monday, May 19, 2014

Coming up on 20 May edition of "Africa in Focus": "How far is Africa integrating?"

Emmanuel K Bensah Jr will be live on air on Africa in Focus Show - Radio XYZ 93.1FM Tuesday at 13h00 GMT exploring how far Africa has integrated.


Earlier this month, Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration declared the month of May "Regional Integration month". The real question "Africa in Focus" show is asking today, Tuesday 20th May from 1:00pm to 3:00pm is,

‘How far is Africa integrating along the lines of intra-African trade; energy; telecommunications; and business ventures?

We shall be finding out whether Africa truly is integrating when there is now a closer relationship between Africa and China?

Guests include:
-         An official of the UN Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) from Addis Ababa (Joseph Attah-Mensah)
-         RwandAir (Ignatius Ahimbisibwe)
-         An academic from Ashesi University here in Accra (Dr.Lloyd Amoah)
-         A former UNECA official who now works in his home country of Zimbabwe encouraging business for his countrymen. (Mkhululi Ncube)
-         An official from the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) (Charles Kojo VanDyck)

Tune in at 13h00 GMT (1:00pm Ghana Time). We’re also streaming live www.radioxyzonline.com. Contact us Facebook on:
 http://www.facebook.com/africainfocusonradioxyz and radio XYZ 93.1FM. Tweet us @africainfocus14 and @ekbensah. Listen to us on #MultiTVChannel29. Thanks!

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Monday, May 12, 2014

Coming up on 13 May Edition of "Africa in Focus": Peace & Security in West Africa: the missing girls; free movement; Boko Haram; and the role of ECOWAS

Emmanuel K Bensah Jr will be live on air on Africa in Focus Show - Radio XYZ 93.1FM Tuesday at 13h00 GMT exploring "Peace & Security in West Africa: the missing girls; free movement; Boko Haram; and the role of ECOWAS". 

Guests will include a researcher from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Centre(KAIPTC); a Nigerian diasporan Counter-terrorism expert who is a lawyer/former METROPOLITAN Police Officer, and author on Boko Haram; and a Nigerian journalist. 

Please leave your thoughts and comments, and we will read them on air. Thank you!


Lydia Mawuenya Amedzrator -- is a Researcher at the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Conflict, Peace and Security. Her research interests are in African security issues particularly the changing and emerging security trends, youth and violence, the role of women in the African security space. She has published some of her works in international peer reviewed journals including the Spectator, Aspenia 60 and Digital Development Debates. Some of her papers include: the Overview of the West African Security Situation (with Dr. Kwesi Aning); Mali: Insecurity Hotspot in the Sahel (with Dr. Kwesi Aning); and Security in the Sahel: Linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean (with Dr. Kwesi Aning)

Janet Faden -- a freelance Online journalist based in Jos, Nigeria, who practices under her media enterprise called JfadenMultimedia. She produces online multimedia contents for media houses and organisations providing site management consultancy; and training/workshops on New Media and TV Production. Her news website Plateau News Online has almost 13,000 loyal readers on facebook fan page making it one of the  leading independent news portal in the middle belt region of Nigeria.

Temitope Olodo -- a Preventive Counter Terrorism Consultant based in the United Kingdom with many years of experience working in sensitive security post for Her Majesty Government including The Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT). Temi is one of Nigerian foremost Diaspora Security Expert in Europe adding value to the debate on Nigeria security management. 

He is the author of "Counter Terrorism Guidance For Nigeria Religious Leaders" and "Nigeria Family Emergency Plan" and he was a former Special Constable with Kent Police. 
Temi is a prolific speaker, trainer and facilitator of  security workshops/seminars. For further information about projects or speaking engagements send an email to yolodo@yahoo.com (www.temitopeolodo.co.uk) 

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Africa in Focus(AIF) Consults Cape Verde-based West Africa Institute(WAI) on Regional Integration issues

Members of the Africa in Focus Research & Communications Unit (ReComm) met Thursday 8 May with the Director-General of the Cape Verde-based & UNESCO-supported West Africa Institute(WAI) on the sidelines of a three-day Colloquium on Regional Integration, which was organised by the UN Economic Commission for Africa(UNECA) and TWN-Africa at Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra. The discussions between AIF's Emmanuel K Bensah Jr and Maame K Oppong , and WAI's Professor Djeneba Traore centred on collaborations on a number of upcoming projects centred around ECOWAS' celebration of its fortieth anniversary in 2015.

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Host/Head of Research & Communications speaks to XYZ Breakfast Show about "Africa in Focus"

In this clip, Emmanuel explains to XYZ Breakfast Show Moro Awudu what the "Africa in Focus" show is about, and how listeners can engage in this ground-breaking show

Sunday, May 4, 2014

"EPAs & Matters Arising" topic debuts on "Africa in Focus" show on Radio XYZ 6 May @ 2pm


"Africa in Focus" (AIF) is a brand-new one-hour discussion show on award-winning Radio XYZ93.1FM. It is dedicated to telling Africa's story by educating and informing listeners on developments around manifold sectors in ECOWAS member states; the African Union and its institutions; and the AU's relationship with the Global South, including the BRIC countries.

It is the only show on Ghanaian radio that seeks to shed light on untold stories of the manifold personalities; and institutions populating the African continent, as well as what the African private sector is doing to contribute to Africa's equitable growth.

THE MAIDEN EDITION -- 6 MAY, 2014 @ 14h00
The first edition of the "Africa in Focus" show on Tuesday 6 May at 14h00 is called "EPAs and Matters Arising". 

There will be three(3) guests at the studio, and one(1) on the line from Nigeria:

*Kingsley Osei-Nkansah of the Economic Justice Network, and General Agricultural Worker's Union

*Franklin Cudjoe of think-tank IMANI, who is an ardent advocate of Ghana signing the EPAs.

*Frank Ofei -- a former ECOWAS official during 1980s and 1990s, with experience on 
the revision of the 1975 ECOWAS Treaty, establishment of the ECOWAS single currency, coordination of implementation of NEPAD in West Africa, private sector participation in the West African integration process, ECOWAS relations with the African Union particularly concerning the implementation of the African Economic Community (AEC) treaty, and ECOWAS negotiation of economic arrangements with other third parties (the European Union, World Bank, IMF, African Development Bank, etc

*Janet Faden -- a freelance Online journalist based in Jos, Nigeria, who practices under her media enterprise called JfadenMultimedia. She produces online multimedia contents for media houses and organisations providing site management consultancy; and training/workshops on New Media and TV Production. Her news website Plateau News Online has almost 13,000 loyal readers on facebook fan page making it one of the  leading independent news portal in the middle belt region of Nigeria.


ABOUT THE HOST
Hosted by Emmanuel.K.Bensah Jr, who serves also as Head of Research & Communications of the AIF team, Emmanuel is the immediate-past Communications Officer & Web Manager of a research and advocacy organization called Third World Network-Africa, where he worked for almost 10 years.

Prior to TWN-Africa, he was living and working in Brussels, where he worked with small staff, and therefore handled a number of tasks, including: researching and writing reports of conferences for meetings of Brussels-based networks like the European Trade Network.

In 2011, he spent a month working in Addis Ababa as Web & PR Strategy Consultant for the Institute of Peace and Security Studies' Africa Peace and Security Programme. Some of his work included developing a communications strategy for the Institute.

Emmanuel holds an M.A. in International Politics from the Brussels-based Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques (CERIS), and holds certificates from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR) on Regional Integration & Trade (2011); “Assessing Regional Integration in Africa: “Towards an African Continental Free Trade Area”(2012); and Trade Dimension in UN Development Assistance Frameworks(UNDAFS)(2013).

Since 2011, Emmanuel has been writing a column entitled “Accidental ECOWAS and AU Citizen” for the Business&Financial Times Paper here in Accra.


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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Countdown to the Maiden Edition of "Africa in Focus" on 6 May: Research & Communications Team Meet


It was with with more-than-bated breath that the Research & Communications Unit/Business Desk of Radio XYZ's "Africa in Focus" show met 2 May, 2014 at Eastgate Hotel to prepare for the very-first edition of the show on 6 May.

With sponsors in West Africa Civil Society Institute(WACSI) officially on board to take the programme to even greater heights, the Unit was happy to have interacted with key WACSI staff who paved the way on the future of the partnership. 
There was general reporting of activities, and a lot of exciting information-exchange on developments during the past week, including on the just-ended Pan-African Conference on Inequalities that was held here in Accra.

The Research & Comms Unit meets every week at Eastgate Hotel with the Business Desk to monitor and evaluate previous editions of AIF show; progress on the direction of the research component of the "Africa in Focus" show; the state of communication instruments (facebook; twitter; google plus community); how far weekly activities are contributing to enriching the Unit's monitoring of African integration dynamics of ECOWAS; the AU; and Africa's engagement with members of the Global South. 

Finally, the meetings seek to undertake innovative strategies to further-educate the public on Africa's development.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

How to Contact "Africa in Focus"

"Africa in Focus"(AIF) is a brand new show on award-winning Radio XYZ93.1 FM.

It will be airborne on Tuesdays at 14h00 GMT. It is a one-hour discussion programme seeking to educate Ghanaians and the wider listener-ship about developments in the sub-region of ECOWAS, as well as those of the African Union institutions, as well as about Africa in general.

Here is how you can contact us:

*Email: africainfocusonradioxyz AT gmail.com
*FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/africainfocusonradioxyz
*Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/africainfocus14, using #AfricainFocus #radioxyz
*Google Plus Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112857870369638131807. Alternatively, you can access it by going directly to http://gplus.to/africainfocusonradioxyz
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