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Stella Monye was a sort of teen prodigy who dominated the entertainment scene with her Afro-pop style of music. Many will remember Miss Monye for her evergreen songs, "Oko Mi Ye", " Ife ", to name just two, and not forgetting her infamous romance with late gospel singer, Evangelist Sunny Okosun. Stella Monye is still very much around. Morakinyo Olugbiji in this interview with the 'Samba Queen' as Stella is popularly known got her opening up on important issues. Excerpts:

The two-day fifth edition of the Omaheke Regional Youth Enterprise Expo ended in style at the Epako Community Hall Saturday, with a music show and the crowning of the expo's queen and her princesses.

After four years struggling to make a mark on the Rwanda music scene, the Just Family, an Afro dancehall music group in Rwanda has become of age.

The 2010 edition of the Angolan music contest "Top dos Mais Queridos", to be held on October 02, will honour national instrumentalists, mainly the users of Dikanza (a local traditional instrument).

The "Maravilhas do Senhor" (Wonders of the Lord) choir, from the Evangelical Reformed Church of Angola (Iera), released Sunday in Uige City their debut album dubbed "Jesus the light that shines for salvation".

The government of Ghana, through the Central Bank, in 2008 deployed a national electronic payment platform, christened e-zwich, in its bid to reduce cash handlings, ensure personal safety in payment systems, and to eliminate inflationary price rounding-up practices, as is fast becoming the global trend.

The Government has called for an immediate halt to the use of children in advertisements. Deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has told Joy News the government believes the practice infringes on the rights of children.

He may not have said it directly, but former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has sent words of caution to Ghana's President Mills and other African leaders to stop "the glamorization of coup makers."

Closing the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra, Ghana, AGRF chair, Kofi Annan, praised the efforts of public and private institutions, development organisations, the donor community and farmers, to accelerate the green revolution in Africa.

Who says what women can do men cannot do, and do it better? The rapid development of modernity, technology and economy, as well as the climate, has made it possible for both genders to engage in activities, irrespective of what it is that will help them cope with the daily hardships of the world.