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 Dariusz Dziewanski Freetown — A year and a half after the Ebola outbreak began there is at last good news for Sierra Leone. On Saturday it is expected the country will reach 42 days since the last recorded case, meaning it will be officially declared Ebola free. Many of the almost 4,000 Sierra Leoneans […]
Lenny Bernstein, Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post A large segment of white middle-aged Americans has suffered a startling rise in its death rate since 1999, according to a review of statistics published Monday that shows a sharp reversal in decades of progress toward longer lives. The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 […]
By Caelainn Hogan allAfrica.com On a long, barren road in northeastern Nigeria, Hafsat Mohammed, squeezed into a public minibus, saw the gunmen materialize from the bush like a mirage. The 33-year-old was on her way to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency, when two Hilux pickups swerved […]
Accra, Nov. 6, GNA – The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) on Friday commended the late Professor Chinua Achebe, a prolific Nigerian writer, for his enormous contributions towards the growth of African Literature across the globe. The Association noted that the good works of Prof Achebe had gained grounds all over the world, and had […]
Godwin Akweiteh Allotey, Citifmonline A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-funded report has indicted the Electoral Commission (EC) and Superlock Technology Ltd (STL) over the handling of the biometric voter register (BVR). According to the report, STL which was contracted by the EC to assist in the management of the biometric database used for the 2012 […]
By Barry Medlow, University of the Witwatersrand In the same way that manned aircraft received much of their technological impetus from their deployment as weapons of war, so too have unmanned aircraft, or drones. Drones are unmanned flying robots which may be controlled remotely or autonomously, receiving their instructions from self-contained software or hardware combinations. […]
By Tinashe Makichi The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with global technology group, Microsoft, in a bid to collaborate in areas of access to technology and enhancement of trade in the region. COMESA through its business council and Microsoft took a step towards strengthening their working alliance […]
By Emeka Aginam The Chairperson of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma during her meeting with Gong Xingyuan, Huawei’s Senior Vice Presidentn traded ideas with the Huawei technology on how best to build Africa’s ICT strategy, industry development, and talent nurturing. During the AU Chairperson’s visit at the exhibition hall of Huawei’s Beijing Research […]
By Kwabena Opong Despite the obvious failures of the ruling NDC, the corruption attending to a flailing economy and the generally poor administration, Ghanaians seem to be gradually growing disenchanted with the opposition New Patriotic Party. It is the only viable alternative but the party is bedeviled by internal strife and there does not seem […]
Africa’s colonial legacy forced countries on the continent to look inward and neglect their coastlines. This sea blindness has resulted in many missed opportunities for a continent on which 38 countries have a combined coastline of more than 26 000 nautical miles (47 000km). Our lack of a broader maritime culture has, too often, concealed […]