EAST Africa’s economic growth is expected to recover to an average of 4.1 percent in 2021, up from 0.4 percent posted in 2020, according to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) latest economic outlook report for the region. In 2022, average…
IN some parts of Ghana, firewood and charcoal remain as major sources of energy for urban and rural households, while problems such as contamination and deforestation ensue. Meantime, some Ghanaian enterprises are making bold changes by adopting the model of…
AFTER 25 years of operations in Ghana, telecom giants, MTN continues to dazzle the local telecoms market with trail-blazing innovations for subscribers. The company launched the Ayoba Hackaton contest in June to boost its digitisation agenda and offer opportunities for…
By Emmanuel Mayah and Esme Lowe (UK) Foreign military aggression, gun-boat diplomacy, trade war and lately; exportation of strife in the form of insurgency and terrorism are not the only ways to attack the political fortune of a sovereign nation.…
AFRICAN Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina, said on Friday that the Bank will integrate the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) into its country and regional integration strategies. Receiving AfCTA Secretary-General Wamkele Mene, in Abidjan October 29, Adesina…
AS crucial UN climate change negotiations get underway in Glasgow Sunday, seeking steep global emissions cuts to protect people and nature, many African nations – relatively tiny contributors to the problem – find themselves in an unusual position. Sub-Saharan Africa…
GHANA’S President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the second phase of the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony President Akufo-Addo said that…
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enters this weekend’s G20 summit in Rome fresh off an African tour aimed at cementing lucrative partnerships during another spell of tensions with the West. From mining to health, energy to infrastructure, Turkish businesses are…
RECENTLY, Her Majesty, Ugoeze Liberty, wife of Eze Ndigbo Ghana, HRM Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, Palace elders and Ndigbo in Ghana rolls out drums to felicitate with Eze Ndigbo Ghana and the Assistant Publicity Secretary Ndieze Ndigbo in the Diaspora,…
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $75 million commercial loan to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF). The African Development Bank’s loan will enable the Ghanaian state-owned GIIF to efficiently leverage its paid-in equity capital of $325 million…
