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Idris Elba partners Google to provide $1 million AI tools for 100,000 African creators »

EMMANUEL AZUBUIKE British actor and entrepreneur Idris Elba has partnered with Google to provide about 100,000 African creators with access to artificial intelligence tools worth approximately $1 million. The move…

Jul 9 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: an African dream that could reshape world energy markets »

After two decades of delays, the colossal trans-Saharan gas megaproject to export Nigerian gas to Europe via Niger and Algeria is back in the spotlight with this month’s announcement that…

Jul 9 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

How the cocoa price crash is crushing West African farmers »

Cocoa prices reached a peak in 2024 before plummeting by nearly 75%, dealing a financial blow to millions of farmers in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Will the crisis mark a…

Jul 9 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Libyan warlord convicted over abuses at detention center, officials say »

A Libyan warlord has been convicted of human rights violations reportedly committed at a detention facility in the country’s west, authorities said, over a year after Italy deported him despite…

Jun 25 2026 / No Comment / Read More »
Community News

Older Adults Are No Longer Staying in ‘Empty Shell’ Marriages »

Rates of gray divorce have risen sharply over the past few decades— and experts have a few theories as to…

Jul 9 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Actually, Most Immigrants Won’t Need to Leave U.S. to Get Green Cards, D.H.S. Says »

But details remained scant after officials said in late last month that, with “extraordinary” exceptions, people seeking permanent residency must…

Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Raising Dementia Awareness, One Black Church at a Time »

Faith and science are coming together to reduce stigma and improve care in the African American community. DANA G. SMITH…

Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Judge Says Trump Officials Must Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing »

The judge invalidated policies the Trump administration enacted last year that halted asylum grants, as well as the processing of…

Jun 13 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Black Maternal Mortality Is an Ongoing Crisis — And Doctors Continue to Sound the  Alarm »

Maternal fetal medicine and family medicine physicians stress that we must keep fighting the glaring disparities in maternal mortality rates…

May 25 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for De-naturalization »

The Trump administration is assigning de-naturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of…

May 10 2026 / No Comment / Read More »
Business

Amandla interviews the MD of Ghana’s SIC Insurance Plc »

Mr. Stephen Oduro, the Managing Director of SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana, was voted the CEO of the year 2022 for General Insurance in May 2023 by CEO Network of Ghana. Amandla brings you an interview it recently had with him Amandla. Good morning Mr. Oduro.…

Jul 12 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

How Wade turned a traditional Senegalese drink into a hit U.S. product and made a turnover of $3.2m »

ABU MUBARIK Magatte Wade recently recalled returning from the United States to Senegal and finding out that many Senegalese preferred foreign drinks to the country’s traditional hibiscus drink, known as bissap. “When I went to Senegal, I was sorry to see that many young people…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Nigeria-Born Tope Awotona Poured His Life Savings into Calendly. Now He’s One of America’s Wealthiest Immigrants »

AMY FELDMAN Calendly was built out of frustration. Now the scheduling app is worth $3 billion—and the subject of a heated Twitter spat among Silicon Valley elite. Tope Awotona, the 40-year-old founder and chief executive of Calendly, leans back in his chair and lets loose a…

Apr 13 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Why Mastercard just made a $100 million bet on Africa’s mobile money market »

JACKIE BISCHOF & CARLOS MUREITHI The $100 million investment from global payments giant Mastercard in the mobile money business arm of Airtel Africa announced this week is a sign of the rapid growth and optimism in Africa’s digital payment sector. The transaction values the subsidiary,…

Apr 14 2021 / No Comment / Read More »

How Africa’s largest city is staying afloat »

AYODELE JOHNSON The most populous city in Africa is also one of its most vulnerable to sea level rise and floods. To stay afloat, everything from its architecture to its transport may have to change. Navigating the thronging streets of Lagos, Nigeria, is a challenge…

Feb 3 2021 / No Comment / Read More »

Tax evasion and theft ‘rob Africa’ of $89bn a year: UN study »

Nearly half of the total annual figure of $88.6bn is accounted for by the export of commodities such as gold, diamonds and platinum, the report found. Africa is losing nearly $89bn a year in illicit financial flows such as tax evasion and theft, amounting to…

Oct 1 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Johnson & Johnson to End Talc-Based Baby Powder Sales in North America »

The company has faced thousands of lawsuits from cancer patients who claim that its talc was contaminated with asbestos, a known carcinogen, and that the company knew of the risks. TIFFANY HSU & RONI CARYN RABIN Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of…

Jun 7 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

Ghana is the best investment destination – Prof. Amoako »

KOFI AYIM Ghana’s Consul General in New York, Prof. (emeritus) Samuel Amoako has urged Africans in the diaspora to invest in Ghana for optimal returns. He said the relative peace and stability in Ghana anchored upon democratic governance and its leading role in Pan-Africanism make…

Mar 12 2020 / No Comment / Read More »

South Africa has three months to defend investment grade rating »

PRINESHA NAIDOO South Africa is fighting to preserve its last remaining investment-grade credit rating and avert a forced selloff of billions of rand of its debt after Moody’s Investors Service gave it just over three months to get its finances in order. The ratings company…

Nov 13 2019 / No Comment / Read More »
Editorial

GHANA: Create an enabling environment for medical professionals in the diaspora to come home. »

A substantial number of first-generation Ghanaians in the diaspora are in retirement. Several of them would have loved to resettle back home in Ghana; however,…

Apr 22 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Rare leadership traits exhibited at AFCON 2025 »

The grand finale of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON ‘25) biennial soccer tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) happened before…

Jan 22 2026 / No Comment / Read More »

Ghana: It’s about time Kotoka International Airport is renamed »

An international airport is an entry/exit point in a country, utilizing air transport. Throughout the world, airport facilities are named after things that exude positivity…

Oct 25 2025 / No Comment / Read More »
Artcultainment

Germany’s 2026 World Cup squad built on African roots

Germany’s 2026 World Cup squad has leaders with African heritage. The diversity of the team is a strength. JONATHAN HARDING Most of the news about Germany’s World Cup squad was around the return of Manuel Neuer.…

Jun 25 2026 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Ghana zooms past Panama

KOFI AYIM The Black stars of Ghana whipped the Los Canaleros of Panama in the FIFA 2026  World Cup tournament in Toronto, late June 17, 2026. The Shinning Stars of Africa, in their characteristics and nerve-wracking…

Jun 18 2026 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Ghana zooms past Panama

KOFI AYIM The Black stars of Ghana whipped the Los Canaleros of Panama in the FIFA 2026  World Cup tournament in Toronto, late June 17, 2026. The Shinning Stars of Africa, in their characteristics and nerve-wracking…

Jun 18 2026 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Ghana zooms past Panama

KOFI AYIM The Black stars of Ghana whipped the Los Canaleros of Panama in the FIFA 2026  World Cup tournament in Toronto, late June 17, 2026. The Shinning Stars of Africa, in their characteristics and nerve-wracking…

Jun 18 2026 / Read More »
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