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Archive for January, 2008

Welcome to Kumasi, Ashanti region!

By Rab Bakari • Jan 22nd, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

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I’m traveling with a fellow Cameroonian. We are excited to see the old Cameroonian squad take on the current cup holders; Egypt.I support Cameroon for the win in this one, but I’m a little apprehensive due to the fact that Egypt has a squad almost entirely of local Egyptian-based players who are well under [...]



La Côte D’Ivoire Vs. Nigeria.

By Rab Bakari • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

La Côte D’Ivoire Vs. Nigeria. Two ECOWAS giants battle it out for bragging rights at this new stadium in Sekondi, Ghana.I must admit. I’m rooting for Ivory Coast to win this one. Many stars in this match! Especially fromthe English Premiere league.Let’s see! We have team mates from Chelsea such as Didier Drogba; Salomom Kalou [...]



Off To Sekondi!

By Rab Bakari • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

I called my main men Zacko & Nana Fredua Junior to bust a move in the BMW to Sekondi. Although I had Press accreditation; my two friends did not. we had to secure tickets for the matches. Nigeria Vs.Côte D’Ivoire will be a hot game to observe! Since we were late in grabbing the tickets in [...]



Where is Sekondi?

By Rab Bakari • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008, Features

  Many people always ask me ‘Where is Sekondi?Sekondi is a costal city in the Western Region of Ghana. 259 KM East of Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire; 6 km North-East of Takoradi and 182 km west of Accra.Check this interactive Encarta Map. You can move East or West or Zoom in.   FIND SEKONDI



Keeping Up with the scores via Palm Treo

By Rab Bakari • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008, Tech

Any Palm Treo users out there? I remember using some fly-ass palm applications to feed me scores; team rosters; match time and fixtures all on my Treo 650 during the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany. I’ve reached out to these designers to design a palm app for the 26th MTN African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008 [...]



Mali Vs. Benin

By Rab Bakari • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

It was Mali 1 - Benin 0

Goal by: Frederíc Kanouté 48′ minute Penalty goal.

Interestingly enough. The price of one ticket allowed you to witness two matches. I saw busloads of Beninois with bright yellow smocks to support Les Ecureuils. It was hard to pick out the Malien fans. As a matter of fact; Mali and Benin [...]



Is PUMA a monopoly?

By Rab Bakari • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

PUMA’s strong brand identity with the excitement and passion of African football. Namibia (Brave Warriors) is the latest African national team to the long list of PUMA-sponsored teams Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Togo, Morocco, Mozambique, Angola and Botswana, puts PUMA squarely at the forefront of African football for the 2008 [...]



Ghana Vs. Guinée

By Rab Bakari • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

The giants of Pan-Africanism clash  A Sulley Muntari stunner goal gave hosts Ghana a 2-1 victory in Group A over Guinea in the opening game of the African Nations Cup at the Ohene Djan stadium on Sunday.  Asamoah Gyan had put the Black Stars ahead 10 minutes into the second half by converting a penalty after Junior [...]



Opening Ceremony ACN Ghana 2008

By Rab Bakari • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

   One Continent; one passion; one goal.      The tickets contain a microchip inside which one must pass by a scanner to enter through the stadium turnstile section designated on the ticket. The opening ceremony was a spectacular 2,500 person expression of Ghanaian ethnic culture on the new pitch of the Ohene Djan stadium in Accra.Incredible, thunderous drumming [...]



MTN believes in African Unity!

By Rab Bakari • Jan 20th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

Stephen Appiah is not playing in this competition … but he sure is popular!



Arrival

By Rab Bakari • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

A little over 9 hours later..I decide to stick my camera to record what’s out the window. We have begun our descent in the Accra Metro area. I can make out the houses of East Legon; East Airportand the Tema Motorway. Arrival in Ghana is always a sweet thing for me. It’s home! I took my time [...]



Departure!

By Rab Bakari • Jan 18th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008

Well…it was a hectic today in preparing to leave for Accra. Although I had packed my clothes for the trip; I had not sorted out all the electronic equipment I would need to do this multimedia thing. I always seem to forget one plug or adapter. I tallied up all my Firewire; USB; ethernet; Phono jack audio cables; [...]



Jobs has spoken! - How did we do with the ‘predictions’?

By Rab Bakari • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story, Tech

OKay..the news has just been spilled by the man himself, Steve Jobs. The Apple Store website has been updated.
Let’s see how well John Gruber & I (only because his analysis matched mine closely!) did with the ‘predictions’.
Well my POWNCE tells all but let’s do bullet points.
• New Sub-Notebook MacBook: We said ‘YES’ [...]



MacWorld San Francisco 2008 Predictions

By Rab Bakari • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: Tech

Apple Inc, always sets the Tech industry on their toes every year in January. IDG World Expo holds it annual MacWorld Conferenece & Expo at the Moscone center in San Francisco, California USA. The 2008 Expo will run from January 14 - 18. These Expos (expositions) used to be a secret amongst the Apple Fan boys/girls. Even prominent [...]



Where is your allegiance? Club or Country?

By Rab Bakari • Jan 11th, 2008 • Category: African Cup of Nations GHANA 2008, Features

Here is a very good article by Andrew Hush contributing to ESPN SoccerNet about the proliferation of African players who now disrupt many European league club competitions by choosing to vie for a spot in the African Cup of Nations.
Read Full story here!