Archive for: September, 2014

Sakabo

Kwasi Sakabo, the no nonsense tell-it-like-it-is character is back with vengeance. We refresh your memories with some of his previous escapades. Here, he had just been advised by a local Pastor to seek the ways of the Lord. Read on. On hindsight, I heeded the Pastor’s advice and went back to Church the following Sunday. […]

China vs US – superpower standoff in Africa

by Peter Huck Demographics alone — its 1.1b people will double by 2050 — means African continent can’t be ignored. As Muammar Gaddafi’s regime began to unravel in 2011, amid chaotic fighting between Libya’s military and rebels, foreign nations rushed to withdraw their citizens. The rescued included about 35,000 Chinese workers in an evacuation supported […]

Democracy and economic development in Africa

by Ernest Opong In his anger over issues of rigging in the 2003 elections that made him president of Nigeria, General OlusegunObasanjo, ex-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is reported to have snapped, “na democracy we go chop?” He was enquiring from journalists if democracy can put food on the table. Funny as the […]

AFCON Qualifying: Togo 2 Ghana 3

Christian Atsu scored a late winner as Ghana claimed a dramatic first victory of Africa Cup of ations qualification, beating Togo 3-2. The winger, on loan at Everton from Premier League rivals Chelsea, hit home the winner five minutes from time to give Kwesi Appiah’s men victory in the Group E clash in Lome. Having […]

AFCON Qualifying: South Africa 0 Nigeria 0

Nigeria’s poor run continued with a 0-0 draw against South Africa in Africa Cup of ations Qualifying on Wednesday, September 10. Pressure is sure to mount on Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi as they followed a shock 3-2 home loss to Congo on Saturday with another uninspiring performance. The defending African champions have now won just […]

Milo who? A confused nation with no sense of direction

By Nathan Gadugah We are back again! Back to base. An ignominious return to the foreign-local coach banter all over again. Only this time we have decorated the monkey and given it a new name-technical advisor- instead of the head coach we all know. Who are we deceiving? Who is the FA deceiving? Nobody but […]

Michael Nana Kofi Osei Kwakye – the new doctor on the block

Dr. Michael Nana Kofi Osei Kwakye was born and raised in Staten Island, New York in 1987. Both of his parents were born in Kwahu, Ghana and moved to the United States in the late 1970s. He is the oldest of five children, and has always tried his best to lead by example for his […]

Ghana Loses USD$50million Through SimBox Fraudsters

By Randy Sekyi Snr. In a bid to protect the integrity the nation’s communications industry the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Anti-Fraud Task Force with help of some telecommunication group has arrested simbox fraudsters from a location at Dome Pillar 2 on Tuesday, August 26, 2014. Their actions is said to have led to […]

China’s French graduates swap government jobs for African adventures

By Julie Zhu in Hong Kong When Xu Jing completed her French degree, she decided not to follow in the footsteps of Deng Xiaoping, the late leader, who worked in France in the 1920s. The young woman from Beijing instead joined a big Chinese construction company that she knew would send her to francophone Africa. […]

African Union To Send Medical Support Teams To Fight Ebola

By SARAH DiLOREZO & MARIA CHEG DAKAR, Senegal A surge in Ebola infections in Liberia is driving a spiraling outbreak in West Africa that is increasingly putting health workers at risk as they struggle to treat an overwhelming number of patients. A higher proportion of health workers has been infected in this outbreak than in […]

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