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."
VICTORIA AMUNGA Hing Pal Singh is among dozens of patients with daily appointments at the Oriental Chinese Herbal Clinic in Nairobi. Singh, 85, has been suffering from spinal problems for five years and is now trying herbal remedies. “There is a slight difference,” Singh said. ” … It’s only a week now. It will take […]
Head of the continent’s disease control center says doctors and nurses are needed to bolster the local pandemic response. During the pandemic, the UK and other rich nations have relied on African doctors and nurses to shore up their health services. Now the continent’s chief health leader is hoping to put the brain drain into […]
ABDULKAREEM MOJEED The continent’s 18 billionaires are now worth an estimated $84.9 billion. Africa’s billionaires became richer in 2021 despite the devastating impacts of the global pandemic on businesses around the world, a new report by Forbes has revealed. The continent’s 18 billionaires are now worth an estimated $84.9 billion, which implies a 15 per […]
KOFI AYIM The workforce in the U.S. food supply chain – from processing plants to supermarket shelves – is under a pressing constraint owing to the impact of Covid-19’s and its various variants. The Wall Street Journal reports that one in 10 processing plant and distribution workers at a major produce company were recently out […]
US fast-food chain KFC has triggered an online furor in Kenya after it ran out of fries, with local Twitter users threatening a boycott because it does not use locally-sourced potatoes. “You love our chips a little too much, and we’ve run out. Sorry!” KFC admitted on Twitter earlier this month, offering its customers various […]
EMMANUEL LUBEGA Authorities in Uganda have reversed their decision to demand proof of vaccination against COVID-19 on public transport. The directive attracted great ire among bus and taxi operators, as the country looked set to reopen. On the streets of Kampala, the public looks eager to get back to the life as they knew it: […]
The United States on Saturday January 1, 2022 cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden’s threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. “The United States today terminated Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the AGOA trade preference program due to […]
Kenyans will enjoy lower call rates in Kenya, according to new guidelines released by the Kenya Communications Authority. Kenyans will benefit from lower call rates, which will see costs come down after CA’s review of mobile termination rates (MTRs) and fixed termination rates (FTRs), according to a statement by CA General Manager Ezra Chiloba. The […]
Women are sorting bad nuts from good nuts at the Sagnarigu shea processing facility in Ghana’s Northern Region, a gated facility equipped with cooking stoves produced from mud with an accompanying saucepan stand. Some 90 women, skilled in processing and trading Shea from across the Tamale area, work here to process the nuts from the […]
Years of frustration with the racial composition of the political influence industry have begun to boil over. HAILEY FUCHS & LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have a warning for Washington, D.C., lobbyists: Diversify your firms or you won’t have an audience with us. Long a bastion of white men, K Street has […]