INTERNATIONAL WISE Award winner Akumaa Mama Zimbi, otherwise called Joyce Akumaa Dongotey Paddi, who also doubles as a radio presenter and veteran actress, has revealed plans to provide a database on widows in Ghana.
The Adom FM presenter, who has been advocating for the well-being and rights of widows in Ghana these past few years, made this known while speaking at this year’s edition of the Widows Alliance Conference organized by her Widows Alliance Network (WANE) at the Trade Fair Center last Saturday.
UNLIKE USUAL when young men and women invade night clubs on the weekends, last Saturday night was the turn of the older generation when Akumaa Mama Zimbie, known in private life as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, held this year's edition of her 100 Couples' Night at the Bacardi night club in Tema.
In a few days after returning from Doha where she received the WISE Award for Sustainability, Akumaa Mama Zimbi has gone on a three-day working tour in the Volta Region of Ghana. She was met by the Chiefs, Queen mothers, Assembly Members and people with drumming and dancing in the selected communities she visited.
GHANA HAS again added another international accolade to its fold as Radio Show hostess Akumaa Mama Zimbi, also known in private life as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, clinched a $20,000 award by the Qatar Foundation (QF) in Doha last Tuesday to support her Widows Alliance Network for Sustainable Economic Development (WANE) initiative.
AKUMAA MAMA Zimbi, otherwise known as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, the CEO of Widows Alliance Network (WANE) and a presenter on Adom FM, is gradually encrypting her name into the history books as one of Ghana's radio personalities who has gained international recognition for her hard work.
Ace presenter, Akumaa Mama Zimbi, otherwise known as Joyce Dongotey-Padi, who is the C.E.O of Widows Alliance Network (WANE), is likely to make Ghana proud in a few short months. The hostess of Adom FM's ‘Odo Ahumaso', an adult oriented programme, and a veteran actress, has been short-listed for the Wise Awards, an international award ceremony scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar, on November 17. BEATWAVES gathered that the award show is part of a two-day global forum on education dubbed Wise Forum. The forum takes place between Novermber 16 and 18.
The mutual spirit that has engulfed all widows in Ghana to form associations in the various communities, mosques and churches under the Mama Zimbi Foundation (MZF) was on Sunday 7th June 2009 manifested in Hikpo and its surrounding communities in the Volta Region of Ghana. These energetic widows led by the Queenmother of Hikpo, Mama Adawu II invited Akumaa Mama Zimbi to formally inaugurate their newly formed association called the Women Alliance for Development which will be one of the over 200 widows organizations under the parenthood of Mama Zimbi Foundation (MZF).
Zimbid Concepts, the only event management company in Ghana dedicated to organizing events for the advancement of marriage, healthy sex life and love has finally launched the long awaiting 2nd Edition of 100 Couples Night DVD. Interestingly, over 500 orders were made on the very day it was launched.
It was a perfect spectacle to watch, as the fruitful young and the weary old waved through the streets of Adukrom in the Eastern Region of Ghana just to catch a glimpse of the most romantic voice on radio, Akumaa Mama Zimbi.
Motherhood in Ghana has increasingly become difficult because of the breakdown of the extended family system, the economic hardship and the irresponsible character of some fathers. Sunday, May 10, 2009 was indeed a special day for all mothers in Ghana especially for those who were present at the Adom Fm Mother’s Day Celeberation. It was not surprising that Akumaa Mama Zimbi dedicated the number one talk in Ghana, Odo Ahumaso to all mothers the previous night.
The finalists of TV3 Mentor 4 were advised by Mama Zimbi to abstain from unprotected sex and stay faithful to their partners. Among them were Mike who emerged winner of the contest, Sam, the first runner up, Angel, the second runner up and Julie, who came fourth. The 23 year old Michael Kesse Frimpong representing the Greater Accra region as Mike who won this fourth season of TV3's hit singing
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INTERNATIONAL WISE Award winner Akumaa Mama Zimbi, otherwise called Joyce Akumaa Dongotey Paddi, who also doubles as a radio presenter and veteran actress, has revealed plans to provide a database on widows in Ghana.
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