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 The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has decided to extend its load-shedding exercise to industrial companies, including Coca-Cola Company and Unilever NV, both significant employees in the country, according to a Bloomberg report early December. This is further to the worsening energy situation the country is experiencing. According to the Volta River […]
The former president and Nobel peace prize winner died on December 5 last year, after a long illness. Tributes came in from across the globe with US leader Barack Obama labelling Mandela a visionary who remains an enduring source of inspiration. “One year ago the world lost a leader whose struggle and sacrifices inspired us […]
By Dr. Uchenna Ekwo When the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki addressed a breakfast press conference earlier this month at the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York, he painted a rosy picture of Africa in the next ten years after in his words “about […]
Reiterating his great concern for the current crisis in Burkina Faso and its impact on national and regional stability, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said the joint United Nations and African diplomatic mission sent to the conflict-ridden country last week has returned to the capital city of Ouagadougou to continue its engagements with all parties, with the […]
Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe’s long serving President Robert Mugabe, is venturing into politics as the succession battle rages on. People have these days been watching Grace Mugabe, the wife of the ‘venerable’ President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, as she goes around the country with her “Meet the People” campaign. Alone the name Mugabe is […]
BOKO Haram has struck again kidnapping 30 young boys and girls in Nigeria’s far northeast. Suspected Islamist fighters kidnapped the children, including girls as young as 11, in Borno state. A week earlier, at least 40 women and girls were seized in neighbouring Adamawa. Both kidnappings – and continued violence in northeast Nigeria and northern […]
The Kenyan government said on Monday it’s reviewing modalities of setting up a space agency to coordinate exploration of the cosmos. Scientist at the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovations (NACOSTI) chief Margaret Maimba said that the establishment of a space agency is in the works pending cabinet approval. “We have presented a cabinet […]
Two EU envoys to Somalia on Monday called on Somali leaders to end their political differences for the sake of development of the Horn of Africa nation. In a joint statement issued in Nairobi, the EU Special Representative Alexander Rondos and EU Ambassador to Somalia Michele Cervone D’Urso warned that the political feud between the […]
Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma has called on the business sector to seize investment and trade opportunities in Burundi following his first official meeting with Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza. President Jacob Zuma said this when briefing journalists at Tuynhuys in Parliament on Tuesday when he received the Burundi President on his first ever official […]
The African Union (AU) has given Burkina Faso’s military a two-week deadline to hand power to a civilian ruler or face sanctions. The AU said the army had acted unconstitutionally when it took over after President Blaise Compaore was forced to resign on Friday. The military said a civilian-led transitional government would be established as […]