African News

Kenya is running out of US dollars »

The central bank has been using its US dollar reserves to try to cushion the shilling from further nosedives. That has created a dollar scarcity FAUSTINE NGILA Kenya is facing…

Mar 11 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Citizenship-by-investment programs are on the rise in Africa »

A growing number of African nations are looking to attract high-net-worth individuals by offering residence and citizenship through investment programs. SETH ONYANGO African economies looking to attract fresh investments are…

Mar 11 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Nigeria’s Unbanked, Poor Get Reprieve After Court Rules Naira Deadline Unconstitutional »

ABDULLAHI JIMOH          Nigerians confronted by hardships over the scarcity of the newly redesigned naira notes in conjunction with the country’s cashless policy introduced by the apex bank have had a…

Mar 11 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

We Are Still Culturally Enslaved? – Sidia Jatta »

ALI JAW Sidia Jatta, Gambian politician, academic and writer, said on Wednesday March 8, that Africans are still culturally enslaved. The former Wuli West representative at the National Assembly of…

Mar 11 2023 / No Comment / Read More »
Community News

Councilmember Dwumfour Goes Home »

KOFI AYIM The 30-year-old councilmember of Sayreville, New Jersey, who was cold-bloodedly murdered on Wednesday February 1, 2023, goes home…

Feb 22 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Gas station ordered to pay $1M to woman refused service because she’s Black »

FRANCIS AKHALBEY A Portland jury has awarded $1 million to a woman who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a…

Jan 27 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

How ‘everywhere chemicals’ help uterine fibroids grow »

Scientists are just beginning to learn how these common tumors in women are linked to phthalates—chemicals found in hundreds of…

Jan 26 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

DEA seized enough fentanyl to kill every American in 2022 »

QUINN OWEN The Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday December 20, 2022 said it has seized more than 379 million deadly…

Dec 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors? »

BRITTANY TRANG When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in a class at…

Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »

One-third of U.S. labs have stopped using race-based equations to diagnose kidney disease »

BRITTANY TRANG Even as a child, La’Tonzia Adams was interested in diagnosing disease. One day, when she noticed a bump…

Nov 30 2022 / No Comment / Read More »
Business

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 »

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 »

How Will China React to Uganda’s Looming Debt Crisis? »

Uganda is heading toward a debt crisis. According to a senior official at the Bank of Uganda, unless the country is able to sustain a growth rate of at least 7 percent—which economic projections show Uganda will not do—the country will default on its payments.…

Nov 13 2019 / No Comment / Read More »

Africa Must Take Leading Role in Data Economy »

by VERE SONGWE Technology has broken down barriers and ensured freedoms for millions in a way no other invention has before. At last month’s meeting of the UN General Assembly, 91 world leaders listened to US President Donald Trump rebuke China from inside the room,…

Oct 21 2019 / No Comment / Read More »
Editorial

Elections in Africa: Are they a make or break process? »

A preliminary statement on the recent general elections in Nigeria by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint Observation Mission led…

Mar 11 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Has Corruption in Ghana Become an Indelible Blemish? »

Some call it political corruption, and it has been commonplace since Ghana attained independence in 1957 and has always ranked high on the Transparency International…

Feb 12 2023 / No Comment / Read More »

Faith, Fear and the World of Prophecy »

It is that time of the year when Ghana’s prophets and seers predict the future of the country and some prominent personalities in the country…

Jan 12 2023 / No Comment / Read More »
Artcultainment

The warriors of this West African kingdom were formidable—and female

In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis’s acclaimed film The Woman King RACHEL JONES Call it mere coincidence or a masterstroke of tourism-focused timing. Earlier…

Feb 22 2023 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday January 21 to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave…

Jan 26 2023 / Read More »
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Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday January 21 to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave…

Jan 26 2023 / Read More »
Uncategorized

Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday January 21 to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave…

Jan 26 2023 / Read More »
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