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 Kofi Ayim The Brooklyn District Attorney, Kenneth Thompson, has warned that his office would continue to vigorously prosecute criminals and seek justice for the voiceless in the Borough of Brooklyn. Mr. Thompson made this remark at the 2nd Newsmakers Series in Manhattan, July 9, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media […]
by Kwabena Opong The NPP parliamentary primaries held Saturday June 13 in 245 constituencies belied the much heralded and trumpeted instability in the party. The exercise was executed seamlessly in almost all constituencies. According to NPP General Secretary Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, the incidence free elections held nationwide is an indication that the party has put […]
by Dr. E. Obiri Addo, Accra-Ghana Dr. Molefi Kete Asante has urged all African people to insist on their own stories rather than continue to be objects of Westerners’ historical portrayals. In order to do this they have to interrogate the foundations of African cultural beliefs and practices. Dr. Asante is a professor of Africology […]
By Professor Opoku Asare “Mu kala kintwadi ya tubu i mu zinga” (Bakongo proverb) The man in touch with his origins is a man who will never die. We tend to ignore our history and wisdom heritage as a esult of the relentless indoctrination by others and our own ignorance of the African past and […]
by Jeff Schmitt, June 10, 2015 University of Cambridge Judge Business School After graduating among the top students at Columbia University and working as an analyst at JPMorgan Chase, Akosua Ayim hopped the pond for the one-year MBA program at the Judge Business School. There, she served in a variety of roles, including co-chair of […]
The civil war in Libya has made it easier for smugglers to transport people through the country. As a result, the number of people fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea has surged since last year. So far this year more than 1,800 migrants may […]
By Kristy Siegfried The European Commission has fleshed out its plans to manage record levels of irregular migration to the European Union’s shores, but there are still question marks around how, when and to what degree the proposals will be implemented. Here’s an overview of the key issues and potential stumbling blocks: Resettlement scheme The […]
y Dr. Uchenna Ekwo Nigeria’s President-elect Muhammad Buhari is being inaugurated today as the country’s third democratically elected president since its return to constitutional democracy in 1999. Since his election in March, a lot has been said about the historic transition of power from an incumbent president to an opposition candidate. Many have savored Nigeria’s […]
DALLAS, June 15, 2015 MoneyGram International (NASDAQ: MGI), a provider of innovative money transfer services, recently hosted members of Banque Gabonaise de Developpement (BGD), a leading commercial bank headquartered in Gabon, Central Africa. Members of the BGD team, including CEO Rodger Owono and General Manager Joel Damas, met with Senior Executives at MoneyGram’s global headquarters […]
On International Albinism Day (13.06.2015), rights groups are raising awareness of the plights of albinos. In East Africa, albinos are considered outsiders and in Tanzania they face daily threats to their lives. Mohamed Mabula does not have it easy. He fends for his family with a small bicycle taxi business in Ndembezi, a village in […]