Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
by SAMSON TOROMADE A recent Reuters report revealed that about 56% of refugee claims finalised between January and September 2018 were accepted, but the acceptance rates are lower for border-crossers, with Nigerians and Haitians forming the largest groups. Nigerians make up a sizeable majority of thousands of people who have walked into Canada from the […]
Mining companies have invested at least $5bn towards gold exploration in West Africa in the past decade but significant reserves are underexploited, mineral industry experts say. Delegates at the Ecomof mining and petroleum forum in the Ivory Coast commercial capital Abidjan were told that more must be done to attract international investors to develop mining […]
The effects of the trade war between the US and China have spilled over into East Africa as Beijing starts looking to the region as one of its alternative soybean sources. China’s interest has caused a soybean shortage and an increase in prices, with processing companies like African Improved Foods (AIF) in Rwanda, which import […]
Ethiopia has overtaken Dubai as a conduit for long-haul passengers to Africa, highlighting the success of the state airline’s expansion drive and the reforms of its new prime minister. Travel consultancy ForwardKeys said on Wednesday Addis Ababa airport had increased the number of international transfer passengers to sub-Saharan Africa for five years in a row, […]
Thirty years after Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian immigrant, was beaten to death by three white su- premacists, the city has added sign caps on street signs in the Southeast Portland neighborhood where he was murdered. Family, members of the city’s Ethiopian community, neighbors and students from nearby a school gathered on Wednesday morning for the […]
Zimbabwe continues to sink deeper into economic crisis, with lengthy queues for basics like food, fuel and money seen as a testament to a country in meltdown. Many businesses have ground to a halt, following a government crackdown on illegal currency trading and warnings of jail for individuals who use foreign currencies to buy and […]
The office of New York State Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced the sentencing of Anthony Nyame, 59, of the Bronx, for stealing over $3.5 million from multiple victims in nancial fraud schemes, including Villanova University and the First Ghana Seventh Day Adventist Church in Bronx, NY. Nyame, the CEO of General Capital Corporation has […]
In Bob Marley’s rendition of his philosophical soundtrack Rat Race, the reggae icon points out “in the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty.” Robert Nasta Marley got it so right within the context of unlimited African intellectual property. From traditional and folklore repertoire such as juju music, to food and clothing, such as jollof and kente, […]
Once upon a time, Africans knew and understood that money and other articles of value did not have their own legs and therefore could not move. They understood that items found outside their homes did not “walk” to where they were found. They intuitively knew that a member of the community had misplaced or lost an […]
Critics of China’s largesse fear Africa is heading into perpetual debt; paving the way for an “economic re-colonization” of Africa by China. Apologists, however, believe this is the best way to get Africa out from its stagnated economy and facilitate socioeconomic emancipation, especially given the strings attached to loans from the Western institutions. Africa and […]