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."
ABDI LATIF DAHIR A recent ruling by a three-judge court in the Netherlands has struck down a 2003 patent led by Dutchman Jans Roosjen as the inventor of teff flour, used in making such Ethiopian staples as injera flatbread. Teff is a grain variety so old that its original cultivation date is lost to history […]
The Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, Luigi Di Maio, has left little doubt on what he feels is the primary cause of African migrant crisis that Europe is faced with. Di Maio called upon the European Union to sanction countries such as France that the prime minister feels is manipulating the economies of 14 African […]
DR RAPHAEL ERNEST GRAIL ARMATTOE: GHANAIAN AND CELEBRATED AFRICAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONER WHO WAS ONE-TIME NOMINEE FOR NOBLE PEACE PRIZE NOMINEE FOR MEDICINE AND PHYSIOLOGY Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (12 August 1913 – 22 December 1953) was a man of many talents – a renowned medical doctor, anthropologist, writer of prose and poetry, one-time Nobel Prize […]
On January 7, 2019, Prof. Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), delivered the maiden lecture of the newly instituted Constitution Day in Accra and called for the abrogation of appointment of Parliamentarians as government ministers. He argued that the dual responsibility of representing a constituency in Parliament […]
A Ghanaian undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football has been shot dead in the capital Accra, police said Thursday. Ahmed Husein was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose probe led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Dozens of football referees and […]
Mark and Rita Yeboah, the parents of the three-year-old child responsible for the 2017 Bronx that killed 13 people, have led a $1.1 billion lawsuit against 11 parties, claiming her family “suffered smoke inhalation, emotional trauma and loss of property.” The Yeboahs state they are also victims and are also suing the manufacturer of the […]
Zimbabwe continues to sink deeper into economic crisis, with lengthy queues for basics like food, fuel and money seen as a testament to a country in meltdown. Many businesses have ground to a halt, following a government crackdown on illegal currency trading and warnings of jail for individuals who use foreign currencies to buy and […]
The office of New York State Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood announced the sentencing of Anthony Nyame, 59, of the Bronx, for stealing over $3.5 million from multiple victims in nancial fraud schemes, including Villanova University and the First Ghana Seventh Day Adventist Church in Bronx, NY. Nyame, the CEO of General Capital Corporation has […]
Once upon a time, Africans knew and understood that money and other articles of value did not have their own legs and therefore could not move. They understood that items found outside their homes did not “walk” to where they were found. They intuitively knew that a member of the community had misplaced or lost an […]
Critics of China’s largesse fear Africa is heading into perpetual debt; paving the way for an “economic re-colonization” of Africa by China. Apologists, however, believe this is the best way to get Africa out from its stagnated economy and facilitate socioeconomic emancipation, especially given the strings attached to loans from the Western institutions. Africa and […]