World Bank Group Launches Program To Support Africa’s Top Digital Entrepreneurs
The World Bank Group has launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising ...
Tag: sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Puts Africa’s 2017 Growth At 2.6%
The World Bank has revealed that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is rebounding this year after registering the worst decline ...
Africa Needs Diaspora Strategy To Harness Opportunities – Consultant
A private banking consultant, Nilla Selormey, has reiterated the need for Africa to develop a diaspora strategy that will utilise ...
Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns
The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be ...
IMF Says Pace of Global Economic Growth Is Picking Up
IMF says pace of global economic growth is picking up The world economy seems to be gaining momentum, according the ...
‘Africa Needs Diaspora Strategy To Harness Opportunities’
A private banking consultant, Ms Nilla Selormey, has reiterated the need for Africa to develop a diaspora strategy that will ...
NADeF Named Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of the Year
The National Philanthropy Forum has awarded Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) as the Corporate Foundation Philanthropist for the year 2016. ...
Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what Amnesty ...
Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation Named Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of the Year
The National Philanthropy Forum has recognised and awarded Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) as the Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of The ...
Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty International ...
Amnesty Hails Decline In Executions
US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a global ...
GRA Boss Reposes Confidence In Single Window
The new Commissioner-General of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Kofi Nti, has expressed confidence in having a paperless system under ...
UBA Delights Shareholders; Distributes N27.2bn In Dividends
The shareholders of the pan-African financial institution, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc applauded the Board, Management and Staff ...
Ghanaian Businesses Urged To Use Technology
MainOne, Ghana’s leading communications solutions provider, has reiterated its commitment to enabling Ghana’s enterprises with premium connectivity, data center and ...
Cedi Reverses Dollar Rout…gains 1percent In Historic Run
The local currency has maintained its superb run against the US dollar since the second week of March, eroding all ...
MaineOne Urges Businesses To Take Advantage of Modern Network Solutions
MainOne, Ghana’s leading communications solutions provider, has reiterated its commitment to enabling Ghana’s enterprises with premium connectivity, data center and ...
Kofi Annan Backs Fossil Fuels To Light Africa
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has backed African governments’ use of fossil fuels – especially the continent’s large endowment ...
Nigeria Starts Vaccine Drive To Stop Meningitis Outbreak
Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis ...
Pay TV Operator Acquires Media Licence To 2018 World Cup
According to the company’s Vice President, the newly acquired StarTimes rights indicates the company’s desire to provide subscribers with the ...
World Bank To Give Ghana $1.2bn, Africa $57bn
The World Bank Group, in the next three years, will extend a credit facility of $1.2billion to Ghana out of ...