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aYo Family Cover Making Significant Inroads In Less Than A Month Of Launch

aYo Intermediaries Ghana, the leading micro-insurance company has revealed that its innovative micro-insurance product, aYo Family Cover is making significant inroads in less than a month after its official launch at the Madina Market in Accra.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of aYo Ghana, Francis Gota made this known at the second launch of the aYo Family Cover at Kasoa New Market in the Central Region.
According to him, about 10,000 customers have so far signed onto the aYo Family Cover product in less than a month since its Madina Market launch.
After the Kasoa launch, the third selected place for the product launch will be Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital.
The aYo Family Cover which is underwritten by Sanlam Life Insurance Ghana allows Ghanaians to get hospital and life cover for themselves as well as their direct and extended families digitally.
The launch of the new product follows the introduction of other hospitalisation and life products such as Send with Care, Recharge with Care, and Recharge with Care Annual Cover.
Mr Gota noted that the company capitalised on the growing market demand for insurance products for the whole family to create the Family Cover product.
First of its kind. The newly launched product which is the first of its kind in the competitive Ghanaian insurance industry allows policyholders to add up to six people including themselves to enjoy the benefits of the product.
Mr Gota added that the product would also allow customers or policyholders to insure six family members between the ages of 1 and 69 on both life and hospitalisation cover at a premium of GH¢15 each per policy, for a maximum of GH¢300 hospitalisation benefit per night for each family member.
Aslo, policyholders and family members each get a maximum of GH¢15,000 life cover. Insured lives on the policy remain covered up until the age of 80, the CEO stated.
“As with aYo’s existing products, the Family Cover – customers must maintain an active Mobile Money (MoMo) accounts to pay premiums and claim.
For premium payments, customers get the flexibility to pay their premiums monthly, quarterly, or annually via MoMo and receive a 10% cash back on no-claims”.
Customers can enjoy this new product by dialling the USSD code 296 and select the Family Cover option to sign on. As with Send with Care, and Recharge with Care, valid Family Cover claims are paid directly to the claimant’s MoMo wallet without any hassle.
Francis Gota, CEO aYo Ghana speaking at the launch muted that
“In Ghana, we value togetherness, support, and security, and as a result, we continue to develop insurance solutions that meet the needs of Ghanaians, necessitating the emergence of Family Cover, which not only benefits family members but also reduces financial burdens on dependents”.
Mr Gota further explained saying,
“The vision of aYo is to create a future in which every Ghanaian not only buys but also uses insurance, with the goal of increasing financial inclusion”.
“Today, every Ghanaian can buy insurance on the go, using their mobile phones. Offerings like Family Cover provide a much-needed social safety net that helps vulnerable people and particularly people with low incomes to stay afloat when the unexpected happens”, he said.
Mr Gota therefore used the occasion to encourage market women, businesspeople, low and middle-income earners to subscribe to the aYo Family Cover product and all the other products of the company to secure their lives, families, and friends.
Partnership with Sanlam
The Head of Microinsurance at Sanlam Life Insurance Ghana, Ken Owusu Nantwi said, “in the past insurance was perceived to be something meant for the rich but since the arrival of aYo Ghana that perception has whittled away. This is because aYo’s innovative and affordable insurance products have changed that perception,” he explained.
Mr Owusu Nantwi was quick to add that people often weep over their dead relatives due to the cost of funerals, but now aYo has created the platform for everybody to get help in their times of need.
Previously, insurance covers only one person, however aYo has included the families and friends also, he said.
MTN Ghana rep at the launch, Daniel Arthur reiterated that MTN Ghana in partnership with aYo is committed to providing simple solutions to address the needs of their customers.
Former Chairman of National Media Commission (NMC), Nana Kwesi Gyan-Apenteng who was the guest speaker at the Kasoa New Market launch, said that with affordable insurance packages like aYo Family Cover, the days when families depended on a few well-to-do relatives to finance funerals are becoming a thing of the past.
He told the traders: “Up till date older men like me, continue to foot funeral bills for families – but you have the opportunity to change that in your generation by patronising affordable insurance products like aYo Family Cover so that when the unexpected happens in your family you can also contribute your quota”.
Nana Gyan-Apenteng continued: “No matter your income level, aYo can make you become important in your family.”
To this end, he appealed to Ghanaians, especially the traders to use their social media platforms to spread the good news about the affordable insurance products being offered by aYo so that their families and friends can benefit from them.
Police advise
The Kasoa Police Commander, Timothy Dassah who also graced the event advised the traders to buy into the aYo products for the betterment of themselves, families, and friends.
“I have had insurance cover for the past 20 years and I can assure you it helps in times of need”, he stated.
Subscriber base
aYo Intermediaries Ghana recently announced that it has reached 8 million subscriber base milestone in five years. The figure (8 million subscribers) represents about 25% of the over 30 million Ghanaian population.
The company also paid claims in value of GH¢14 million to 40,000 policyholders or customers, showing its commitment to the economic wellbeing of its customers in the country.
aYo Intermediaries Ghana which is a subsidiary of the MTN Group was established to distribute insurance solutions to MTN subscribers in Ghana, Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Uganda and Zambia and across Africa.
We attribute the significant growth of the subscribers to timely payment of claims to policyholders and leveraging on technology to give policyholders an awesome customer experience.
The company’s growth is also attributable to its sustained micro-insurance campaigns supported by MTN Ghana to improve household resilience to eventualities.
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NAACP Image Awards 2025: Full Winners List

The 56th NAACP Image Awards, which honour the year’s best in Black achievement and excellence, wrapped up Saturday night by naming Keke Palmer its Entertainer of the Year, the group’s marquee award.
Deon Cole emceed the ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Center, where honorary awards were given to Kamala Harris, who received the Chairman’s Award; BET Media Group, which received the Founders Award; and Dave Chappelle, who received the President’s Award and gave an impassioned speech, saying he was “invigorated” in receiving what he called the most important award he had ever received.
Tonight was the culmination of two nights of pre-show awards earlier in the week, with winners including Beyoncé taking Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Album of the Year, Doechii winning Outstanding New Artist, and Chris Brown winning Outstanding Male Artist in the music categories.
Here’s the complete 2025 winners list:
Saturday Winners
Entertainer of the Year
Keke Palmer
Outstanding Motion Pictures
“The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Kerry Washington — “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Martin Lawrence — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” (Sony Pictures)
Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Serie
Damon Wayans — “Poppa’s House” (CBS)
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Quinta Brunson — “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Michael Rainey Jr. — “Power Book II: Ghost” (Starz)
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Queen Latifah — “The Equalizer” (CBS)
Pre-Show Night 2 Winners
TV/MOTION PICTURE
Outstanding Costume Design (Television or Motion Picture)
“Wicked” – Paul Tazewell (Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Hair Styling (Television or Motion Picture)
“Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” – Lawrence Davis (Peacock)
Outstanding Make-up (Television or Motion Picture)
“Shirley” – Debi Young (Netflix)
Outstanding Stunt Ensemble
“Rebel Ridge” – Keith Woulard, Nico Woulard (Netflix)
Outstanding International Motion Picture
“Emilia Pérez” – (Netflix)
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Motion Picture)
Blue Ivy Carter – “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture)
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Dawn Porter – “Luther: Never Too Much” (Sony Music Entertainment/Sony Music Publishing/CNN Films)
Outstanding Cinematography in a Motion Picture
Jomo Fray – “Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture)
Malcolm Washington – “The Piano Lesson” (Netflix)
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture
Ebony Obsidian – “The Six Triple Eight” (Netflix)
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
“The Six Triple Eight” – (Netflix)
MUSIC
Outstanding New Artist
Doechii – (Capitol Records/Top Dawg Entertainment)
Outstanding Male Artist
Chris Brown – (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Outstanding Female Artist
Beyoncé – (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment LLC)
Outstanding International Song
“Hmmm” – Chris Brown feat. Davido (RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment)
Outstanding Jazz Album
“Portrait” – Samara Joy (Verve Records)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Song
“Working For Me” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Gospel/Christian Album
“Live Breathe Fight” – Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music Group)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Traditional)
Adam Blackstone & Fantasia – “Summertime” (BASSic Black Entertainment Records/Anderson Music Group/EMPIRE)
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration (Contemporary)
Wizkid feat. Brent Faiyaz – “Piece of My Heart” (RCA Records/Sony Music International/Starboy Entertainment)
Outstanding Original Score for Television/Film
“Star Wars: The Acolyte (Original Soundtrack)” – (Walt Disney Records)
Outstanding Song – Hip-Hop/Rap Song
“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar (pgLang, under exclusive license to Interscope Records)
Outstanding Album
“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé (Columbia Records/Parkwood Entertainment LLC)
PODCASTS
Outstanding Podcast – Limited Series/Short Form
“Stranded” – (Broadway Video and Audible)
Outstanding Podcast – News and Information
“Native Land Pod” – (iHeartPodcasts, Reasoned Choice Media)
Outstanding Podcast – Lifestyle/Self-Help
“We Don’t Always Agree with Ryan & Sterling” – (ABF Creative & Indian Meadows Production)
Pre-Show Night 1 Winners
TELEVISION
Outstanding Children’s Program
“Gracie’s Corner” – YouTube TV
Outstanding Performance by a Youth (Series, Special, Television Movie or Limited Series)
Leah Sava Jeffries – “Percy Jackson and the Olympics” (Disney+)
Outstanding Animated Series
“Gracie’s Corner” – YouTube TV
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television)
Cree Summer – “Rugrats” (Nickelodeon)
Outstanding Variety (Series or Special)
“Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was” (Netflix)
Outstanding Guest Performance
Marlon Wayans – “Bel-Air” (Peacock)
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Crystal Jenkins – “No Good Deed – Letters of Intent” Netflix)
Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series
Ben Watkins – Cross “Hero Complex” (Prime Video)
Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Thembi L. Banks – “Young. Wild. Free.” (BET+)
Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Television)
Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX/Hulu)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie)
Taraji P. Henson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Television (Series, Special, Movie)
Samuel L. Jackson – “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” (Peacock)
Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
Tina Mabry – “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (Hulu)
Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Tiffany Johnson – “How to Die Alone – ‘Trust No One’” (Hulu)
Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series
Rapman – “Supacell – ‘Supacell’” (Netflix)
Outstanding News/Information (Series or Special)
“The Reidout” – MSNBC
Outstanding Host in a Reality/Reality Competition, Game Show or Variety (Series or Special) – Individual or Ensemble
Keke Palmer – “Password” (NBC)
Outstanding Reality Program, Reality Competition Services/Game Show
“Celebrity Family Feud” (ABC)
BOOKS
Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction
“One of Us Knows: A Thriller” – Alyssa Cole (William Morrow – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction
“Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest” – Fawn Weaver (Melcher Media Inc.)
Outstanding Literary Work – Debut Author
Sarai Johnson – “Grown Women” (Harper – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Biography/Autobiography
“Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America” – Joy-Ann Reid (Mariner Books – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional
“Wash Day: Passing on the Legacy, Rituals, and Love of Natural Hair” – Tomesha Faxio (Clarkson Potter – Crown Publishing Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Poetry
“This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets” – Kwame Alexander (Little, Brown and Company – Hachette Book Group)
Outstanding Literary Work – Children
“You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil TJ Book” – Taraji P. Henson, Paul Kellam (Zonderkidz – HarperCollins Publishers)
Outstanding Literary Work – Youth/Teens
“Brushed Between Cultures: A YA Coming of Age Novel Set in Brooklyn, New York” – Samarra St. Hilaire (Self-Published)
Outstanding Literary Work – Graphic Novel
“Punk Rock Karaoke” – Bianca Xunise
SHORT FORM
Outstanding ShortForm Series or Special – Reality/Nonfiction/Documentary
“The Prince of Death Row Records” (YouTube TV)
Outstanding Short Form Documentary (Film)
“How to Sue the Klan”
Outstanding Short Form (Live Action)
“Superman Doesn’t Steal”
Outstanding Short Form (Animated)
“Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz “Jackie Robinson” (Exhibit Treal Studios)
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Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies At 72

Voletta Wallace, the mother of the late Notorious B.I.G. and founder of the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, has passed away.
On Friday, February 21, TMZ confirmed Wallace died in Stroudsburg, Penn.
According to Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac, she had been in hospice care and passed away of natural causes. She was 72.
Born in Jamaica, Wallace moved to Brooklyn, N.Y. where she and George Latore welcomed their only son, Christopher, into the world.
After Latore left the family in 1974, Wallace worked as a preschool teacher and raised her son as a single mom.
Even though her son fell into the drug game at a young age, Wallace watched him transform from an alleged criminal into a budding rap star once he got his big break in the late 1980s. Ms. Wallace became actively involved in Biggie Smalls’ music career after he was signed to Bad Boy Records in 1993. She appeared in the music video for his breakthrough hit “Juicy” in 1994 and inspired the infamous line, “She loved to show me off of course/Smiles every time my face is up in The Source.”
Voletta Wallace did everything she could to keep her son’s legacy alive especially after he was shot and killed in 1997. She took over his estate worth $10 million and grew it into an estimated $160 million. Ms. Wallace eventually passed down earnings from her son’s estate to her grandchildren T’yanna Wallace and CJ Wallace. She also produced Biggie’s biopic Notorious in 2009 and spent time with Jamal Woolard, who portrayed her son in the film. She continued to boast about her son’s accomplishments well after his death including his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 and the estate’s recent venture into the NFT space.
Rest in peace, Voletta Wallace.
Source: iHeart
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Denel Foundation: Empowering The Future Through Project One In A Million’s Transformative Initiatives For 2025

Project One in a Million is gearing up for a ground-breaking year ahead with a series of carefully planned initiatives designed to create a lasting impact across various sectors. From community engagement to education and media outreach, our roadmap for the coming year promises an exciting journey filled with opportunities to connect, educate, and inspire.
Kicking off the year, our team will embark on an extensive Community and Municipality Tour, visiting 10 key regions. Beginning on April 13th, we’ll connect with local communities, share valuable insights, and foster meaningful dialogue. These tours are designed to engage residents, offer support, and collaborate on projects that can transform the landscape of these regions.
Project One in a Million will also elevate education through a series of school tours and seminars. Starting on May 3rd, we’ll visit seven schools in Accra as well as schools in other regions to engage with students, faculty, and staff. These seminars will focus on key areas like leadership, personal development, and community empowerment. Our goal is to inspire the next generation to dream big and think beyond their limits.
Denel Foundation, we are proud to introduce the “Young, Bold, and Courageous” School Tour. This initiative aims to empower young minds to step out of their comfort zones, embrace their boldest ambitions, and pursue courageous actions in their communities. The tour will be held across various schools, offering motivational talks and interactive sessions designed to instil confidence and resilience in students.
Additionally, we will embark on an extensive media tour, featuring major radio and TV appearances. This media blitz will showcase our ongoing efforts, highlight key projects, and provide updates on the impactful work we’ve been doing. Through these appearances, we aim to increase awareness, engage a broader audience, and amplify the message of our mission.
To cap off a year of exciting developments, we’re thrilled to announce the Accra Invasion Screening, set for November 14th, 2025. This open event promises to be an unforgettable experience, bringing the community together for a day of celebration, connection, and entertainment. It’s a chance for us to reflect on our journey, share our accomplishments, and look ahead to the future.
With a well-structured roadmap for the year ahead, Project One in a Million is committed to making a positive and lasting impact. From community outreach to educational seminars and media engagement, each initiative is designed to uplift, empower, and inspire. Stay tuned for more updates and joins us as we make 2025 a year to remember.
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The dancehall music terrain in Ghana has experienced growth and penetration in the music market, due to the influx of talented dancehall musicians over the years. This has greatly contributed to the development of the Ghanaian music industry.
Introducing Chobl3 M3ka, the rising star of Reggae Dancehall with a sound that hits hard and stays true to the roots. In a recent interview on Metro TV, monitored by Kobby Loam, Jamaican musician Chobl3 M3ka engaged in a vital conversation about dancehall music
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Spirit-filled singer Mary Owusu is out with an official video for her current single, “Divine Selection”.
The Flexible Eye Production signee is back again to the music scene after getting a nomination in the 2016 VGMA.
Divine Selection is already accepted by music lovers and it’s doing well in the music market.
Enjoy the video directed by Playmaker.
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single, “Nu Feel Like Miself (Broken)” featuring DJ Kunteh. The emotionally charged
track, released earlier this year, delves into themes of identity, resilience, and personal
transformation—resonating deeply with audiences navigating life’s challenges.
During a recent interview with Ameyaw TV, Inpha Reblitive expressed his admiration for
Ghana’s thriving music scene and revealed his interest in collaborating with Stonebwoy
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Inpha Reblitive has built a strong reputation in the industry with songs like “Rose &
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His recent hit “Papa Proud” and the highly anticipated “Harden Mi Heart” continue to
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With “Nu Feel Like Miself (Broken)”, Inpha Reblitive delivers a raw, heartfelt anthem that
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