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 Zainabu Issah, Accra The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has signed a cooperative agreement with the City of Newark, New Jersey in the United States of America (USA), to study mutual opportunities in both cities that would facilitate the development of joint ventures and exchanges in the fields of industry and commerce, among others. Under […]
by Kofi Ayim Once upon a time, the city of Newark, New Jersey, was an exciting place to live. This assessment was made by two historic political figures with insightful knowledge and understanding of New Jersey’s largest city. Hon. Mildred Crump and Hon Sheila Oliver made this remark in a chit chat session with Mr. […]
by Yomi Kazeem On Sunday (March 6), Ghana celebrated its 59th year of independence and John Dramani Mahama, the country’s president, came bearing gifts. During his speech, Mahama announced that the country will begin to offer visas on arrival to citizens of all 54 African Union (AU) member states starting in July. Ghana’s new visa […]
by Kofi Ayim In its relentless effort to get Ghanaians living abroad to exercise their voting rights, the Progressive Alliance Movement (PAM), a New York-based non-religious, non-political, non-ethnic Ghanaian civic group has upped its ante and taken its case further to the United States Congress. After intense lobbying, U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel, (16th Congressional District), […]
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Dr. Ben Carson probably should know this better than anyone else. There comes a time when a doctor has to look their patient straight in the eye and tell them the truth about their prognosis if it shows they’re not going to make it. Perhaps it’s time for Dr. Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon to look […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo pleaded not guilty Thursday to four counts of crimes against humanity at the start of his trial at the International Criminal Court. Gbagbo is the first ex-head of state to go on trial at the ICC. He is accused together with a former youth minister, […]
by Yinka Ibukun Loni Prinsloo Emirates Telecommunications Group Co is suing Nigeria competitor MTN Group Ltd. over plans by Africa’s biggest wireless company to buy local Internet provider Visafone Communications Ltd. The lawsuit centers on MTN’s potential use of Visafone’s 800 megahertz of spectrum, Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat’s Nigeria unit said in an e-mailed statement on […]
There are no computers, TVs or smartphones in many schools in rural Ghana. In the classroom, teachers talk while students listen. There’s very little engagement and virtually no interaction, because many teachers themselves were not formally trained. The private, nonprofit Varkey Foundation — together with co-donor Dubai Cares and the Ghanaian Ministry of Education — […]
French insurance giant AXA announced today it is investing €75-million to take a 8% stake in Africa Internet Group (AIG), one of the continent’s largest e-commerce operations. Jumia is AIG’s main subsidiary and operates in 11 African markets. Transactions grew 265% during the first nine months of 2015 to reach €206-million, AIG said. AXA will […]