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Ghana

bobi wine

election season is open, let the games begin

Africa’s growing criminalization of the opposition

As I sat down to write this month’s column opposition leader Bobi Wine was casting his ballot in the Ugandan presidential election. ...

Article 5/5 of "Political Capital"

Gold Strategy

Ghana must avoid ‘resource nationalism’ to benefit from gold, says economist

Rising gold prices and the dwindling appeal of South Africa as a production source should be the perfect backdrop for Ghana to extend its lead ... as Africa’s biggest producer of the yellow metal.

trade depot nigeria

Logistical Challenge

Nigeria’s TradeDepot plans national retail expansion

TradeDepot, a supplier to Nigeria’s informal retail stores, plans to expand from Lagos to achieve nationwide coverage this year, co-founder ... Onyekachi Izukanne tells The Africa Report.

Scaling the Rails

Ghana’s Zeepay plans mobile-money expansion to South Africa, Rwanda

Ghana’s Zeepay plans to raise $10m in equity funding to support the creation of new mobile-money hubs in East and Southern Africa, Andrew Takyi-Appiah, ... co-founder and managing director, tells The Africa Report.

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, new chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), speaks to journalists after a consultative meeting in Accra

last chance

Ghana’s NDC to challenge election result, Akufo-Addo era judges dominate court

Ghana's opposition NDC Party will take its petition to the Supreme Court today Wednesday 30th December. Ghana’s Electoral Commission announced ... that President Akufo-Addo had polled 51.59% of valid votes cast as against former President John Mahama’s 47.36%.

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waste watch

Toxic waste dumping in the Gulf of Guinea amounts to environmental racism

In Nigeria, each month an estimated 500 container loads, each carrying about 500 000 pieces of used electronic devices (many of which can’t ... be used again), enter Nigeria’s port from Europe, the US and Asia.

Last Mile

Nigeria’s Kwik Delivery to expand from Lagos to Abuja

Nigeria’s Kwik Delivery start-up plans to expand outside its original Lagos market after completing a $2m fundraising, CEO Romain Poirot-Lellig ... tells The Africa Report.

good things come in small packages

Ghana’s China-backed green energy projects play it small and safe

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) in Ghana recently launched a new solar farm that's connected to a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam. The idea here ... is that when water levels run low and power generation dips, the solar farm kicks in to make up the difference.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo may face a hung parliament.

oversight returns?

Ghana elections: A hung parliament could haunt Nana Akufo-Addo

The tight outcome in Ghana's elections is down to perceptions of corruption, and could lead to a parliamentary majority for the Opposition. The ... pressures this places on the executive may haunt Akufo-Addo's second term. But it could provide the oversight that has hitherto been lacking.

A man casts his vote at a polling station during Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kyebi, Ghana December 7, 2020

poll price

Footing Ghana’s election bill means cycle of higher borrowing

The paradox of democracy is that while investing in African dictatorships brings reputational risks for Western financial institutions, competitive ... democracy comes at a high cost.

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