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Sarkodie is the Year of Return Ambassador 

Sarkodie is the Year of Return Ambassador 

Sarkodie made history earlier this month when he was the first to be awarded in the category of Best International Flow at the BET Hip Hop Awards. In his acceptance…

GTA Digital October 31, 2019
MEDIA LAUNCH OF YEAR OF RETURN CARNIVAL IN KUMASI

MEDIA LAUNCH OF YEAR OF RETURN CARNIVAL IN KUMASI

Mas Africa, the official organisers of the upcoming Year of Return Kumasi Carnival, officially launched the event on 12th October at the National House of Chiefs…

GTA Digital October 21, 2019
Best places in Accra to go on a date

Best places in Accra to go on a date

Ghana is a one-stop destination for business people and tourists. The country offers visitors a lifetime experience through its rich history, landmarks and beaches…

GTA Digital October 11, 2019
SAMSAL Unveils An All-Inclusive ‘Discovery Wrist Band’ For The Final Phase Of Year Of Return Celebration

SAMSAL Unveils An All-Inclusive ‘Discovery Wrist Band’ For The Final Phase Of Year Of Return Celebration

Starting this November through to January of next year, the Discovery Wrist Bandwill give you access to about twenty top-notched events in Ghana. The Year of Return…

GTA Digital October 11, 2019
'Year of Return' Will Help Grow Our Economy - Akufo-Addo

'Year of Return' Will Help Grow Our Economy - Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has expressed optimism the ‘Year of Return’ will foster growth for the Ghanaian economy. The President who was speaking at the Ghana Uk…

GTA Digital October 7, 2019
Video: ‘Come to Ghana’ – Sarkodie appeals after winning BET Hip Hop award

Video: ‘Come to Ghana’ – Sarkodie appeals after winning BET Hip Hop award

Rapper Sarkodie has urged African-Americans to come home as Ghana marks the Year of Return this year. The rapper made the appeal after emerging the first winner…

GTA Digital October 7, 2019
Africa’s tourism industry is now the second fastest growing in the world

Africa’s tourism industry is now the second fastest growing in the world

Some 67 million tourists visited Africa in 2018, representing a rise of 7% from a year earlier, making Africa the second-fastest growing region when it comes to…

GTA Digital October 1, 2019
60-year-old giant tortoise on display at Ghana's WTD celebration

60-year-old giant tortoise on display at Ghana's WTD celebration

Two giant tortoises stole the show at the 2019 World Tourism Day (WTD), held at the Centre for National Culture, Kumasi. The two rare-species tortoises aged 40 and…

GTA Digital October 1, 2019
Ghana is well positioned to become W/A's tourism destination

Ghana is well positioned to become W/A's tourism destination

Kumasi, Sept. 27, GNA – Ghana is well-positioned to become the tourism destination in West Africa given the abundant resources and the prevailing peace in the…

GTA Digital September 30, 2019
Essence Full Circle Festival Launches in Support of Cultural Ownership and Economic Collaboration in Africa and Building Bridges Between Africans on the Continent and in the Diaspora

Essence Full Circle Festival Launches in Support of Cultural Ownership and Economic Collaboration in Africa and Building Bridges Between Africans on the Continent and in the Diaspora

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 24, 2019– Essence Ventures, an independent Black-owned consumer technology company merging content, community and…

GTA Digital September 27, 2019

Du Bois-Padmore-Nkrumah lecture series held in Accra

By Hafsa Obeng, GNA Accra, Sept. 20, GNA – The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the Du Bois Centre in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority has…

GTA Digital September 22, 2019
Congressional leaders and Black Caucus mark 400th anniversary of slavery in Kente

Congressional leaders and Black Caucus mark 400th anniversary of slavery in Kente

Members of Congress observed the 400th anniversary Tuesday of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America at a time of renewed interest over the history…

GTA Digital September 12, 2019
Chale Wote: From local festival to boundary-pushing global platform

Chale Wote: From local festival to boundary-pushing global platform

Accra’s Chale Wote Art Festival is West Africa’s largest annual street art and performance art festival. For the past 8 years, it has grown from a small local…

GTA Digital September 10, 2019
“WAGHANDA FOREVER!” IN THIS YEAR OF "RETURN," MEMBERS OF THE "LOST TRIBE" CELEBRATE GHANA AND AFRICA'S POSSIBILITIES

“WAGHANDA FOREVER!” IN THIS YEAR OF "RETURN," MEMBERS OF THE "LOST TRIBE" CELEBRATE GHANA AND AFRICA'S POSSIBILITIES

Naia, Netta, and Mitty, at the Door of No Return. My daughter said: “Dad, I didn’t quite expect to see so many Mercedes on the road.” “Or…

GTA Digital September 2, 2019
Kojo Black commemorates Year of Return with 'Sunshine in Africa' song

Kojo Black commemorates Year of Return with 'Sunshine in Africa' song

As this year has been adjudged as the “Year of Return, Ghana 2019” an initiative set aside to commemorate this quarter-centenary since the anchoring of the first…

GTA Digital August 31, 2019
DELEGATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO GHANA TO COMMEMORATE YEAR OF RETURN

DELEGATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO GHANA TO COMMEMORATE YEAR OF RETURN

Nearly 300 African Americans reconnected with their African roots in the journey of a lifetime marking the 400th Anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade NAACP…

GTA Digital August 30, 2019
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