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African Business Life, a-three-year old magazine published in Africa and Genya Forestry Products that has been supporting the magazine since its inception sponsored young talents in Ghana. Aware of his social and ethical responsibility as a publisher in the continent, African Business Life’s Editor-in-Chief Hakan Kaleli said, “I am happy to support Ghana’s promising stars. We will continue to support them in the future. I have been following these young men for a year. I would like to call on football clubs in Turkey, especially to Fenerbahce where I am a member of congress. You should include Ghana to your global search for football players. We clearly saw that Ghanaian football is promising at this year’s African Cup.”

 

A company operating in the forestry products sector and exporting the disassembled furniture it manufactures to 50 countries in the world, Genya Forestry Products General Manager Mehmet said, “I have visited many countries in the world but when I travel to Ghana, I was very impressed by the light in those guys’ eyes. I wanted to do something for those talented guys to have their rightful place and achieve their dreams. I believe that these young men should be supported.”

 

Let’s get to know these young stars better:

Emmanuel Sarpong is a talented youth football player who plays for Great Parma Football Academy in the Ashaiman as a striker.

Born in Tema in 1997, Emmanuel Sarpong likes to be called “Asamoah” or “Jnr. Baby Jet” because of his idolism for the top scorer and captain of the Ghanaian national team Asamoah Gyan. Emmanuel was scouted by Great Parma at the age of ten. He went through the clubs youth system with prolific scoring ability. As a young striker, Emmanuel is now on loan at Sonic Soccer academy after snapping up the Goal King award in the Ashaiman Juvenile U-17 tournament last year. Michel Nyame, the head coach of Sonic Soccer Accademy has nothing but praise for the prolific young striker saying “He’s a fine talent and with good goal scoring ability. Emmanuel with the right coaching could go on to become Ghana’s future Baby Jet.

 

Kelvin Senanu Dompey is a young talented Ghanaian footballer who plays as both a defensive and a central midfielder for Sonic Soccer Academy in the local, Greater Accra, 3rd Division League.

Dompey popularly known as Sena was born in Tema in 1998 and grew up in Community Five, a suburb of the Tema Municipal Assembly area. As a child, he supported Manchester United and idolized Ronaldinho, the playmaker of Barcelona, a world cup winner as well as a champion’s league winner. Sena’s talent was noticed at an early age from his primary school education level by Sonic Soccer academy and was offered the opportunity to join the academy.

 

He is a technically gifted player who is nibble footed, has great dribbling skills, passing skills, as well as good ball control and good anticipation of the ball. Sena is now being compared to Italian and Paris Saint Germans rising star Marco Verratti as he has made a transition from a winger to a trequartista and regista. Sena is one of the promising young talents coming out of the lower league and must be watch out for.