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Former President of Ghana, Rawlings, arrives for a gala dinner ahead of the upcoming ANC centenary celebration in Bloemfontein

CONTESTED LEGACIES

Ghana debates life of Jerry Rawlings ahead of critical elections

Ghana has invented a special kind of political polarisation – as much personal as ideological – seen in the response to the demise of former ... leader Jerry John Rawlings on 12 November. Second only to founding President Kwame Nkrumah, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings shaped the country’s trajectory. And as with Nkrumah, his legacy is highly contested.

Former President of Ghana and African Union special envoy for Somalia, Rawlings addresses a news conference in Nairobi

RIP JJ

Ghana’s former President Jerry Rawlings has died

Jerry 'Junior Jesus' Rawlings died Thursday morning at the Korle-Bu University Hospital in Accra, where he had been admitted a week earlier. ... President Nana Akufo-Addo and former president John Mahama have announced the temporary suspension of their election campaigns, ahead of 7 December polls.

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complex relations in the West

Nigeria – Ghana trade tensions: Proof AfCFTA may not bring unity

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), initially meant to rollout in July of this year, was created to solidify economic regional ... cooperation within the continent.

pragmatism rules

Ghana leads on industrial growth by dropping the dogma

Ghana has shown that by dropping the dogma around free market policy, making manufacturing a bipartisan cause and using the government as a problem-solving ... machine for business, African countries can create jobs and attract investment into industry.

A baby is weighted on a scale in a health clinic in Juba

delivery data

It’s time for Africa’s maternal mortality battle to go digital

It is wholly unacceptable that a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is over 100 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth than a woman ... in Western Europe in an age when having a mobile phone and access to the internet alone can greatly enhance their life chances.

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Remote Control

Ghana miners get new finance options from Thyssenkrupp

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions plans to allow African miners to lease rather than purchase equipment to help them overcome cashflow problems, ... Philipp Nellessen, CEO for sub-Saharan Africa, tells The Africa Report.

Ivory Coast Chocolate

fair pay

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire taste success in raising price of cocoa

Through a joint initiative, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have managed to convince chocolate traders and makers to raise the price they pay for ... cocoa.

Plugging the Gap

Ghana infrastructure fund secures $85m from France

The Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) hopes to secure further financing this year after getting a credit line worth $85mn from the ... French development agency, GIIF CEO Solomon Asamoah tells The Africa Report.

A health worker checks the temperature of a traveller as part of the coronavirus screening procedure at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra,

Health Inclusion

Ghana: mTOMADY to work with NHIS to boost access to healthcare

Mobile healthcare payments platform mTOMADY is preparing to expand to Ghana in cooperation with the country’s National Health Insurance Authority ... (NHIA).

baobab alley in Madagascar

Scaling Solar

Solar energy is Madagascar’s key to boosting electricity in rural areas

Groupe Filatex is in talks with Bboxx on a partnership to extend the clean-energy platform’s services to Madagascar, Filatex chief operating ... Officer George Condé tells The Africa Report.

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