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 Kwabena Opong Charles Antwi, a mentally challenged person was accused of plotting to kill President John Mahama of Ghana at his church in Accra and was summarily sentenced to a 10-year jail against the advice of the investigative bodies. Mr. Antwi’s case, we are wont to believe, is a sequel to an indictment of […]
By Zoë Gorman, Senior Writer Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari visited Washington DC July 20-24, the first since the historic election in the country that ensured his victory over an incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan. During his trip, Buhari met with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry to establish a […]
by Bhaskar Chakravorti Senior Associate Dean, Tufts University In June, global food giant Nestle was forced to downsize its operations in Africa, after having gone too big too fast because its managers had cast Africa as “the next Asia.” Belatedly, those same managers eventually realized that the two continents are, well, continents apart, and that […]
By: Peter Ikre This article is the first in a series of reports on financial planning intended to familiarize the immigrant communities and the general public on the need to develop the right mind-set and take advantage of the numerous opportunities to establish for themselves and their families a secured and guaranteed financial future. However, […]
by George Folley Akropong, the seat of Akuapem State, yesterday stood still as citizens of the area led by their chiefs, trooped to the palace to hear the formal announcement of the demise of the Paramount Chief of the area, Oseadeeyo Addo Dankwa III. Rumours were rife on social media platforms last Sunday that the […]
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde has admitted that the real test for Ghana’s commitment to the current bailout programme would be 2016, which is the election year. She said this in an online press briefing on Wednesday. According to her, just like other countries across the world, election years […]
by Uchenna Ekwo On July 20, 50 days after taking office, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will meet with President Barack Obama at the White House to jump-start frozen bilateral relations. Security is likely to dominate the agenda. Since Buhari assumed office on May 29, Nigeria has seen an escalation of violence and killings by Boko […]
OUAGADOUGOU, 7 August 2015 (IRIN) – Nearly 20,000 people have been affected this week by heavy rains and flooding in and around Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. More than 3,700 are now homeless, their houses reduced to piles of mud and debris. Making matters worse, more than 64 tonnes of cereal harvests and livestock were carried […]
by By Prince Collins MONROVIA, 6 August 2015 (IRIN) – When Liberia was declared Ebola-free on 9 May, 24-year-old Korlubah* thought that the deadly virus, which had killed more than 4,800 people in his country, could no longer reach him. He was wrong. In early July, he came down with a high fever. A few […]
Ukachi Uwadinobi CARLY FIORINA, former CEO of Hewlett Packard and a contender for the GOP primary race for nomination, had a sterling performance in last Thursday’s July 6 first GOP debate among the bottom seven who squared off at the (5 – 6) p.m. time slot before the prime time debate that followed at 9 […]