{"id":502,"date":"2025-04-07T14:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:58:24","slug":"ghanas-gaming-commission-ends-heritage-month-with-cooking-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/ghanas-gaming-commission-ends-heritage-month-with-cooking-competition","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s Gaming Commission ends Heritage Month with cooking competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The month-long celebration aims to promote the preservation of Ghana&#8217;s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana.- <strong>The Gaming Commission of Ghana<\/strong> has concluded its Heritage Month celebration with a cooking competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored by <strong>Africa Zone Foods<\/strong>, the event saw the staff of the Gaming Commission of Ghana grouped into five zones: Northern, Ashanti, Volta, Western and Southern. Each team was asked to prepare popular dishes from their respective regions and cook a dish from another zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Western Zone group<\/strong> took the first position with their signature dishes, Tolo-beef Ankwamu and Ampesi with Abom, while the Volta Zone emerged second with Akple &amp; Fetridetsi and Mpotompoto.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Northern Zone<\/strong> secured third place with their Tuo Zaafi with Ayoyo and Garif\u0254t\u0254, followed by the Southern Zone in fourth with Aponkye Jollof and Ot\u0254, and the Asante Zone in fifth with Fufu and Aponkye Nkrakra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program&#8217;s judges included media personalities Captain Smart of Media General and Samuella Quartey of GTV News; highlife legend Madam Akosua Adjeipong, Kweku Quansah, deputy managing director at Huawei and <strong>Mohammed Ahmed Polo<\/strong>, former Accra Hearts of Oak footballer popularly known as &#8216;dribbling magician&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Gaming Commissioner <strong>Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo<\/strong> said the purpose of the month-long celebration is to promote the appreciation and preservation of Ghana&#8217;s cultural heritage among staff by encouraging the use of traditional Ghanaian attire and the eating of local food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was graced by the deputy minister of the interior, Hon <strong>Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi<\/strong>, acting chief director of the ministry of the interior, <strong>Doreen Panyin Annan<\/strong>, and the executive secretary of the National Peace Council, Dr <strong>George Amoh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other notable attendees included Very Rev Dr <strong>Abraham Boateng<\/strong>, the director of undergraduate studies at Trinity Theological Seminary, and renowned gospel singers, <strong>The Tagoe Sisters<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Accra-based gospel group, <strong>the Symphonials Chorale<\/strong>, provided music for the event.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/former-ghanaian-finance-minister-claims-government-is-deceiving-citizens-on-betting-tax\">Former Ghanaian Finance Minister claims government is deceiving citizens on betting tax<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month-long celebration aims to promote the preservation of Ghana&#8217;s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Gaming Commission of Ghana concluded its Heritage Month celebration, an internal cultural initiative aimed at promoting Ghanaian heritage among its staff, with a cooking competition sponsored by Africa Zone Foods. This event saw staff grouped into regional zones preparing traditional dishes, with the Western Zone emerging victorious. The celebration was attended by various dignitaries and media personalities, highlighting the Commission's focus on internal cultural engagement rather than core regulatory or market developments.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Commission of Ghana, Africa Zone Foods, Captain Smart, Media General, Samuella Quartey, GTV News, Madam Akosua Adjeipong, Kweku Quansah, Huawei, Mohammed Ahmed Polo, Accra Hearts of Oak, Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo, Hon Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Doreen Panyin Annan, Dr George Amoh, National Peace Council, Very Rev Dr Abraham Boateng, Trinity Theological Seminary, The Tagoe Sisters, The Symphonials Chorale","focusai_location":"Ghana, Accra","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Mandate Alignment?","query":"What is the Gaming Commission of Ghana's strategic rationale for allocating resources to non-core cultural events, and how does this align with its primary regulatory mandate within the iGaming sector, particularly concerning governance frameworks and regulatory compliance?"},{"label":"Indirect Stakeholder Impact?","query":"Are there any indirect implications of such public-facing, non-regulatory activities for the Commission's stakeholder engagement or public perception within the broader iGaming ecosystem, especially regarding B2B\/B2C licensing or market stability?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60012],"tags":[60088,60087,60086],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-africa","tag-cooking-competition","tag-cultural-heritage","tag-gaming-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}