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The Omanhene of the Domeabra Traditional Area, Nana Baffour Owusu Bediako has asked government to work hard to improve Internet connectivity nationwide, especially in the rural areas in order to achieve it’s digitalization agenda. He described reliable internet connectivity as a critical development tool to aid in the quest for digitalization. “It is important for the people, especially those in the rural areas to access reliable internet and at affordable rates.” Nana Bediako who represented the President of the Ashanti Regional House of Chiefs, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, said at the second Graphic Business/ Access Bank SME clinic held in Kumasi yesterday. The seminar attracted about 250 owners and operators of small and medium scale businesses in the Ashanti Region. He advised the participants to leverage the internet to promote products and services to increase their market share and also become visible. “The internet is an important tool that businesses should use in their operations....

 Nana Akuoko Sarpong is not King Solomon in the Bible. If he were to write the Book of Ecclesiastes, his conclusion would not be that life is meaningless. In the autumn of his life, he looks back on his life and declares that “I am fulfilled.” Sitting on his throne as Omanhene of Agogo, he is at pains to announce that “I am not in competition with anybody. As a lawyer, I scored some remarkable landmark cases. I entered politics but it is over. I’ve been in Parliament, I have been a Minister. In 46 years as chief, I have served my people well.” By 1972/1974, the trajectory of young Sarpong’s life projected nothing less than a roaring career at the Bar. With an LLB (1963) and called to the Bar in 1965, he had shot to fame on the back of the famous Twinkle J case in Cape Coast. By 1974, he had put up what, even by 2021 standards, qualifies to be called a mansion within the Airport Residential Area in Accra. Sarpong wanted badly to be an MP, having cut his political teeth working with ...