The Black stars scored through a penalty after Isaac Inside lost control of the ball and pulled Asmoah Gyan leaving the referee with no choice but to award Ghana the penalty.

Westham striker Andre “Dede” Ayew stepped up and converted to spot-kick in the 32nd minute   which eased Ghana to a narrow 1-0 win against the Cranes.

Ayew’s goal means he has now scored seven Nations Cup finals goal – one more than his father and legendary former Ghana captain, Abedi Pele scored. But he remains one African title behind his father, who lifted the trophy in 1982.

Ghana missed several chances through Gyan,Christian Atsu,Jordan Ayew were all guilty of failing to beat Uganda’s goalkeeper Dennis Onyango.

Ghana played generally a defensive game in the second half since they were defending their lead.

Uganda were left frustrated on their return to the Nations Cup after 39 years of absence when they failed to get anything from the game.

The Cranes created few goal scoring opportunities with the likes of Faruku Miya,Geofrey Massa,Muhammed Shaban and Geoffrey Sserunkuma failing to find the back of the net.

Meanwhile,the other group D match,Egypt played out a goalless draw against Mali giving hope to the Uganda Cranes of qualification.

Ghana will next take on Mali on 21st January while Uganda will face record seven-time champions Egypt on the same day.

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Massa has penned a one-year contract with Baroka with the option of another year.

“It’s done, the boy is mine now,” club CEO Morgan Mamilla told KickOff.com.

“Baroka and Celtic are working together now. [Our relationship] is more of [working] hand in hand when it comes to players. For Massa to come to us there was sort of a brotherhood agreement. He has signed for two years. It’s one plus a one-year option but we are going to exercise the option.”

Baroka FC have signed Uganda Cranes striker Geofrey Massa from Bloemfontein Celtic.

He went on describing how the Ugandan captain was looking for playing time since most of the players look up to him: “I’m looking more for hungry players. Massa is a hungry player when you compare him to other strikers. Now it’s time for him to prove that he can play because he wasn’t playing regularly at Celtic. He said he want to play and remember he is a captain of a national team. All the players are looking up to him. So it’s a challenge for him but I think he will do well.”

The newly promoted ABSA Premiership side have been active in the transfer market bagging no less than 13 new signings already.

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