General Telegraph Gets 3rd Place in Samsung Media Competition

After a four week knock out competition, The General Telegraph newspaper last Friday placed 3rd in the Samsung Media Competition which took place at their activation stand at the Accra Mall.

The General Telegraph newspaper, which was represented by Mutala Baako after its substantive player Frank Owusu-Ofori sustained a foot injury just at the start of the event, skillfully dispatched all her opponents including Ghanaweb and Today newspaper but unfortunately lost her concentration during the semi-final stage. They therefore lost the penalty shoot out to Live Fm.

The General Telegraph however bounced back to beat etv’s Abu Abdul Karim to place third and take home a Galaxy Core during the third and fourth place. Abu and the other hand took home a Samsung E330 Home Theatre.

Adom Fm’s Kofi Ansah emerged as the overall winner of the competition, taking home the converted 32 inch Samsung LED TV after beating Live Fm, who took home a Samsung Grand 2 phone for placing second.

Francisca Attivoe of the Daily Heritage newspaper took home a brand new Samsung Microwave Oven for being the best female participant

The Marketing Manager of Samsung West Africa, Richard Nunekpeku said the media plays a very vital role in disseminating information on Samsung products to its clients and cherished customers.

He noted that the essence of the Samsung Media Competition was to enable the loyal media practitioners to also experience the Beautiful Game of football the Samsung way.

“The essence of the Samsung media competition is to further strengthen the relationship between Samsung and the media,” Richard added.

The Supporters United with Samsung Media competition forms part of the media engagement around the ongoing Supporters United with Samsung promotion which has seen many customers of the Electronics Giants win fantastic prizes.

Vodafone Firsts participant ‘Anokye Stars’ wins tournament in UK

●     Dream to play football in the UK comes true for Anokye Stars under-15s team

●     Players’ families and friends share moment of victory thanks to video stream in Ghana

●     Film on Firsts.com captures the moment the eight boys become champions

 Anokye Stars, a local club based in Old Suame in Kumasi, has won under-15 international football tournament in United Kingdom, thanks to Vodafone Firsts.

The club mentored by former Leeds United and Ghanaian football legend Tony Yeboah, knock-out victories against six British teams – the matches were streamed to a pop-up cinema in Old Suame for friends and family members, via a high-speed internet connection by Vodafone Ghana. 

As hundreds gathered to watch the Anokye Stars play, their coach, friends and families’ shouts of pride were shared with the players, aged 12 to 15, from more than 5,000 kilometres away.

Despite beating their counterparts to a final 4-0 score in the grass roots London tournament, they also won the affection of their rivals, who joined them in a victory dance around the pitch.

The trip to the UK was particularly special for Richard Oppong, 14, who dreams of one day playing for British club Tottenham Hotspur.  “We have been training so hard for this,” said 14-year-old aspiring professional footballer Bempah Owusu, nicknamed ‘Beckham’.

“This tournament was life-changing for the team.  They left here as boys and they have returned as men, with a trophy that has made the whole community proud.” the boys’ coach, Sani Pollux said.

The Anokye Star’s first international football tournament was made possible by the Vodafone Firsts programme, which enables people to do remarkable things for the first time.

Vodafone is also asking people what they would like to do for the first time through its ‘Pitch Your First’ competition on Firsts.com.

The Anokye Stars experienced many life-changing moments on their adventures in England, travelling by plane for the first time and celebrating their victory on an open-top bus tour of London.

A short documentary film will be shared on Vodafone’s social media channels celebrating Firsts. To find out more about Vodafone Firsts and Pitch Your First, visit www.firsts.com.

Vodafone welcomes the lifting of the NCA ban

Vodafone Ghana welcomes the decision of the National Communications Authority (NCA) to lift the ban imposed on the company about a month ago. The lifting of the ban follows the NCA’s acknowledgement of the resilience of the network, systems and processes that Vodafone has deployed to ensure continuous quality of service for its customers.

After the outage that led to the ban, Vodafone instituted various remedial measures to enhance the resilience of its network. The company went through a thorough root cause analysis, which established a power surge as the cause. This in turn caused some boards in the routers to malfunction. These boards have since been replaced.

The company conducted a detailed Technology and Power audit to provide assurance of the reliability of its network. The outcome of the audit was shared with the NCA. Several network performance tests were also undertaken, which showed that the network experience and traffic quickly returned to normal on the very day of the outage once the network had been restored.

Vodafone compensated all of its fixed and mobile customers for the inconvenience caused by the outage at level agreed with the NCA. Full details of customer compensation were published in the media.

Whilst welcoming the lifting of the ban, Vodafone Ghana is grateful to its customers for their understanding and loyalty over the years. The company remains committed to providing its customers with the best products and services, and a great network experience.

In recent times, Vodafone has invested over US$ 700 million in its network in a commitment to improve network experience, and meet the communication needs of customers. Vodafone will continue this investment in the future to ensure that its customers enjoy the best services.

Signed

Haris Broumidis

CEO, Vodafone Ghana 

Get Ready to Be A Star...?” – Samsung Launches a New 'SLEFIE' Competition

Leading Smartphone brand, Samsung, is giving every Ghanaian an opportunity to be the next face on the billboards of the newly released Galaxy K Zoom.Dubbed “R U K Zoom Selfie Ready”, the new competition seeks to give users and hopeful users of the Galaxy K Zoom the opportunity to have the ultimate ‘Selfie’ experience and become famous.

Explaining the dynamics of the competition, the Director for Mobile at Samsung Electronics West Africa, Jaspreet Singh said that the competition would require users of the phone to take beautiful ‘Selfies’ of themselves using the ‘Selfie’ Alarm feature of the Galaxy K Zoom phone, and post it on Samsung Social Media platforms to stand the chance of featuring on a Samsung billboard. Interested persons who do not have the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom can also take part in the competition by visiting the Samsung activation stand at the Accra Mall to also take a ‘Selfie’ and upload it onto the Samsung social media platforms.

Participants are required to upload their ‘Selfies’ with the ‘hush tag’ “#Kzoomselfie” to have their pictures selected. Pictures with 100 or more likes willbe selected for the finals and the overall winner will then have his or her ‘Selfie’ used for the Galaxy K Zoom billboard.

Participants can upload their ‘Selfies on either the following Samsung social media pages:

• Facebook: post picture on  with #KZoomselfie at www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileGhana
• Instagram: Upload picture with #KZoomselfie and tag @SamsungGhana or mention @SamsungGhana
• Twitter: Upload picture with #KZoomselfie and mention @Samsung_Ghana
• Google+: Upload with #KZoomselfie and +1 @SamsungGhana

According to Jaspreet, the competition is to increase consumer excitement around the new device. “We want to bring the Samsung experience closer to every Ghanaian. It is our hope that through the competition consumers will get to understand the unique build of the Galaxy K Zoom” Jaspreet said.

The Galaxy K Zoom offers a sleek and slim body with most of the Smartphone components built from the Galaxy S5. The Super AMOLED screen has grown from 4.3 to 4.8 inches which makes viewing more pleasurable.The device, which is designed to offer the best camera experience in a mobile phone, is armed with a 10x optical zoom that retracts into its remarkably slim body and a 20.7 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor. The Galaxy K Zoom captures crisp, sharp images, as well as Full HD videos at 60p, even when zoomed in.

The compact and highly portable Galaxy K Zoom which comes with an attractive 24 month warranty,is currently on sale at authorized Samsung dealer shops.

Samsung to Unveil Curved TV in Ghana

Samsung Electronics West Africa is set to improve the viewing experience of Ghanaians with the unveiling of the new 2014 Ultra High Definition (UHD) LED TV that includes the world’s first Curved UHD TVon to the Ghanaian market.

The Director for Consumer Electronics at Samsung Electronics West Africa, Vishwas Saxena, says the new range builds on Samsung’s commitment to innovation in television technology and showcases its advancements in product design by offering Ghanaians an unforgettable, immersive viewing experience.

“Everything looks more realistic and eye-pleasing on this screen. The unmatched resolution allows the viewing of 4K picture quality and vivid natural colours. Samsung’s Auto Depth Enhancer technology brings the impressive picture quality to life,” he adds.

The ultra-clear 4K display is 4 times the resolution of full HD TVs, delivering sharp, detailed pictures. The Samsung up-scaling technology process converts low resolution content to 4K level picture quality through detection, noise reduction, up-scaling and enhancement.

The TV has a three-dimensional effect that is aesthetically beautiful at any angle. The curved design provides a bold new cinematic experience for the home users, with a curvature of 4200 radius (4200r). The surround view provided by the curved screen gives a wider field of view, resulting in a panorama effect. The concave curve of the screen fits the shape of the human eye for optimized comfort. There is a uniformed distance between the surface are of the curved screen and the user, thus offering a uniformed viewing experience while minimizing image distortion on each side of the screen area. As a result, the user is giventhe ultimate immersive viewing experience.

The new model’s capabilities are bolstered by a range of cutting-edge features and applications that enable viewers to get the most out of the UHD experience.

The new Curved UHD TV is expected to go on sale in G

hana by end of July this year.