Kenya is lobbying for strict enforcement of duties on sensitive products imported into the East African Community, saying frequent exemptions threaten the survival of local industries. Trade officials said the country wants the Common External Tariff on items like sugar, wheat, rice, leather and textiles revised to a level that members would be comfortable with … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Lome, Togo, for the African Union’s extraordinary summit on maritime security, safety, and development in Africa. He left Ghana on Saturday, October 15, and is expected to return the same day. Announcing via Twitter his arrival in the West African country on Saturday, Mr Mahama tweeted: “Just arrived … Read more
Not too long ago, we profiled two major scientific publications on Nkrumahism by the eminent economist, mathematician, philosopher, historian, logician, management scientist, financial and policy analyst, and statistician Dr. Kofi Kissi Dompere. We gave our readers the following information: Since then, we have been engaged with Dr. Dompere on how to make the contents of … Read more
Not too long ago, we profiled two major scientific publications on Nkrumahism by the eminent economist, mathematician, philosopher, historian, logician, management scientist, financial and policy analyst, and statistician Dr. Kofi Kissi Dompere. We gave our readers the following information: Since then, we have been engaged with Dr. Dompere on how to make the contents of … Read more
“Sadly, the compliance level of the oil and gas exploration and production companies in payment of levies and taxes is very low and in fact, pitiable,” contained in a letter Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State personally wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), dated April 18, 2016. There are … Read more
The Gulf of Guinea has become the new hub for African piracy. An international summit in Lome, Togo is looking for answers. The raids off the West African coast invariably follow the same pattern. At night or in the early hours of the morning, a flotilla of pirate dinghies or speed boats fans out across … Read more
Many African smallholder farmers and farm communities are oblivious to the fact that they are experiencing low crop and animal yields partly due to climate change. In countries like Ghana, many are not aware of what to do to remedy the situation of erratic rainfall, drought and other unfavorable weather conditions. Agriculture across the continent … Read more
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mr. Emmanuel Bombande has called on the Council of Bureaux of the ECOWAS Brown Card to address issues of Ecowas Brown Card issued by Ghanaian Insurance companies not respected in some member francophone countries when produced as evidence of Motor Vehicle Third Party Insurance cover. Mr. … Read more
Burundi has banned three UN investigators from entering the country after they accused the government of gross human rights violations. The investigators said in a report last month that thousands of people had been tortured, suffered sexual abuse or disappeared during political violence. They also warned of the danger of genocide from the escalating violence. … Read more
The press should not ignore major issues during the election campaign The media as the fourth estate have a major responsibility to maintain focus on the national interest during the election campaign. At independence, we maintained that the liberation of Africa was vital to Ghana’s interest. Ghana played a major role in the eventual liberation … Read more
Kenya’s surprise decision to nominate the Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed for the job of African Union (AU) Commission chairperson will test the lobbying skills of the country’s diplomats and its influence on the continent. Elections to replace Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is stepping down after one term to prepare for a stab at the South African … Read more
The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Education (UNESCO) will be playing host to the global edition of the Africa Fashion Reception, Paris coming up on the 29th October, 2016 in its Place de Fontenoy headquarters. This is due to a new patronage and partnership between the Africa Fashion Reception and UNESCO (the world’s number … Read more
She wants to take Ghana’s Chocolate industry by storm — an XYZ Africa Exclusive By E. K.Bensah Jr The first thing almost everyone asks her is whether she is exporting — to which she answers in the negative. Meet Managing Director of “The Sweet Art Company” Ruth Amoah. She cuts an affable and vivacious figure, … Read more
The People’s National Convention (PNC) says it will not hold a huge campaign launch as other political parties have done. According to the party, it will not be swayed into busing supporters from across the country to attend a launch to create an impression that it has a huge following ahead of the December elections. … Read more
Why should Ghana celebrate Nkrumah four times in a year? By Charles Agbenu On 21st September 2016, Ghana celebrated the birthday of Kwame Nkrumah Ghana’s first President, which is usual in the annual calendar. Such celebrations naturally dovetail into his life and works, especially since 1947 when he burst on Gold Coast political scene. That … Read more
Ten countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda) met in a two-day technical workshop from 22 to 23 September 2016 to discuss the implementation of the “Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Sub-Saharan Africa” project. This partnership with Venezuela and FAO strongly emphasizes the … Read more
Enough of the CIA’s “Enough Project” in Africa. With Hollywood superstar George Clooney as it’s talking head, EP, as it is known, was founded by senior US Intel “spook” Gayle Smith, former Senior Director of the National Security Council under President Obama and now head of the USAID/CIA. Today EP is headed by Ms. Smith’s … Read more
Here we go again! We hare not recovered from the excesses of past politicians that decided to sell Government properties to themselves, now Buhari Government is sending out feelers on how we will react to another sale. It was during the Obasanjo Government that we were painfully exposed to OBJ- Atiku Show. We saw how … Read more
The book’s title is “The Theory of Philosophical Consciencism: Practice Foundations of Nkrumahism.”(ISBN: 978-1-909112-66-7) IN PRAISE OF DR. KOFI KISSI DOMPERE “The bulk of Professor Dompere’s research and publications lie within the highly technical field of ‘fuzzy system’s research… This degree on specialization is part of a complicated process that hopefully leads to further insights … Read more
Despite the clear potential to boost rice production at the regional level in Africa, most countries on the Continent continue to rely heavily on imports for meeting their rice consumption needs, costing the Continent USD 5 billion annually. Rice is a primary staple for food consumption, particularly in West Africa, where its growing cities depend … Read more