The 2020 version of the CIMG Awards is slated for June 16. I have gone through the criteria and I don’t see any product or scheme in 2019 which achieved as much market impact as the Year of Return initiative. That initiative has achieved the status of a marketing phenomenon. Touristically, there has been nothing […]
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The Year Of Return: Re-discovering us for the Africa we want-Bening Ahmed
The dignity of blacks is inherently linked to the ability of the African continent to lift itself out of poverty, disease, armed conflicts, hunger and deprivation unto the path of prosperity and economic progress. The deplorable conditions and economic dejection of the majority of our African citizenry inadvertently translates into the standard measure of black […]
Year of Return: Ghana bags $1.9 billion
A total of $1.9 billion has been generated into the economy through activities related to the “Year of Return”. The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, said the “Year of Return” programme had also brought about an increase of over 200,000 in total arrivals into the country. She said total arrivals in […]
‘’We’re yet to feel the impact of year of return’’-Ghana Hotels Association
President of the Ghana Hotels Association, Dr. Edward Ackah-Nyameke, has lauded government for instituting the ‘Year of Return’ celebration explaining it will have ripple effects on various facets of the economy for years to come, ABC News can report. Speaking in an exclusive interview with ABC News, Dr. Edward Ackah-Nyameke said even though the country benefits of the […]
President Akufo-Addo grants Ghanaian citizenship to 126 diasporans
Ghana has granted citizenship to 126 African-American diasporans as part of its ‘Year of Return’ celebrations. They were administered the Oaths of Allegiance by a judge. President Akufo-Addo said the ceremony is part of activities “commemorating the year of return, the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the Commonwealth of […]