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."
Talk of a ‘new type of partnership’ was overblown, but Beijing pledged $20 bn. and took first steps toward improving corporate and environmental regulations. With a crucial leadership handover at the end of the year and growing domestic economic concerns, Beijing hosted the Fifth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation on 19-20 July with the usual […]
The name of the neighborhood could not have been more symbolic. Located in southern Tel Aviv, the impoverished Hatikva quarter has always born the stigma of sharing a name with Israel’s national anthem, while playing home to some of the poorest, most marginalized Jews in the country-as well as a growing population of African asylum […]
Members of the East African Community have announced budgets that greatly increase spending on large-scale infrastructure projects. Improvements in roads, rail and power plants aim to increase economic growth and offset a possible recession in Europe. Rwanda, for instance, will increase spending to $2.3 billion as it invests in road, energy and technology projects. Washington […]
By U.K. Uwadinobi A close Nigerian relative of mine, Ohio State University industrial engineering grad and system analyst who does consulting work for the oil industry in Nigeria, brilliantly summed up what led to the horrific plane crash in the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria last weekend. “It’s a sad manifestation of system failure in Nigeria,” […]
The father of engineering education on African soil, scientific inventor, institution builder, administrator extraordinaire, adroit negotiator, lover and patron of the arts, leading (pioneer stage) and film actor, sportsman, philanthropist, mystic and family man, DR ROBERT PATRICK BAFFOUR, was born to greatness and achieved greatness. Dr. Baffour was born at Elmina on May 14, 1912. […]
S. Kwaku Asare The Supreme Court recently made several important pronouncements on dual citizenship that has statutory, regulatory, and travel implications. The pronouncements render inaccurate and obsolete information posted on the website of many of our embassies. I discuss the pronouncements and their implications, especially for travelling as a dual citizen. In 1996, the […]
By Sam Kebongo ACTUALLY, there are a lot of African inventors. A quick scan at sites such www.kumatoo.com will give you surprising and interesting results. So why is it that we don’t know them? We know a lot about Alexander Bell, The Wright Brothers, Galileo Galilei, Montessori, Thomas Edison, the late Steve Jobs (RIP), Charles […]
Togbewo, Nananom, Mamawo, novinyewo, medo gbe nami I am very happy to be here and I want to thank the President of the House for giving me this opportunity to address this august House of Chiefs. For sometime now, I have been hoping to to meet with you and I was mightily pleased when this […]
Speech Delivered by: Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia 2012 NPP Vice-Presidential Candidate At the: Ferdinand O. Ayim Memorial Lecture May 2, 2012 Accra Mr. Chairman, H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor, Former President of the Republic of Ghana H.E. Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Former Vice President […]
A speech delivered at the 55th Anniversary Celebration of Ghana’s Independence Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Dr. Kwabena Osei-Bonsu Introduction When approached by friends to give a presentation on Ghana, the initial idea was to shed light on the much heralded status of Ghana, joining the exclusive club of oil producers and what would be the development […]