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Seeing green

Ghana: Can the government be trusted to protect Accra’s forest from private development?

Ghana's commitment to protecting the capital's only urban forest is under fresh scrutiny after a dead forestry official's leaked will revealed ... that he had acquired whole acres of it for himself.

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

On social networks, Ghana’s president reopened the debate on the financial reparations that, according to him, should be paid to African victims ... of slavery.

cowpea extraordinaire

A defining moment in Ghana’s GMO journey

About four months ago, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA), an authority under the ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and ... Innovation, published a notice inviting public comments on whether it should approve the country’s first genetically modified crop, the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea or black-eyed bean.

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, near Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2019.

political affinity

Why Kenya Airways and South African Airways are looking to West Africa

"We intend to invite a West African airline to join us in order to deploy a three-hub strategy: Nairobi, Johannesburg and West Africa," Kenya ... Airways chairman Michael Joseph told an investor briefing on 29 March. He issued a call for applications to join the proposed merger between his airline and South African Airways (SAA), which had been presented in November 2021.

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Seeing green

Ghana: Can the government be trusted to protect Accra’s forest from private development?

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, near Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2019.

political affinity

Why Kenya Airways and South African Airways are looking to West Africa

Seeing green

Ghana: Can the government be trusted to protect Accra’s forest from private development?

racial healing

Reparations: Nana Akufo-Addo’s highly political appeal

Kenya Airways planes at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, near Nairobi, Kenya, in November 2019.

political affinity

Why Kenya Airways and South African Airways are looking to West Africa

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SPYWARE SNOOPING

Is Ghana’s government using Israeli kit to spy on activists and dissidents?

Under both parties, Ghanaian officials have cut deals with Israel to get technology that can eavesdrop and intercept calls and data. ...

Man trades U.S. dollars for Ghanaian cedis at a currency exchange office in Accra

Virtual Cash

Giesecke+Devrient plans more African digital currencies as Ghana pilot continues

German payments solutions provider Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is planning further central bank digital currencies in Africa as preparations for ... the launch of the digital cedi in Ghana continue.

Fic Fans

Kenya’s Idza Luhumyo wins Caine Prize for ‘exquisite’ short story out of star-studded shortlist

Okey Ndibe, professor of literature, an instinctive egalitarian and chair of the 2022 AKO Caine prize judges, was struggling with the announcement ... of their winner at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum last night. The judges had sifted through a record 267 entries for the prize, making their final decision on Monday morning.

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Ghana: Who will be the NPP’s next chairperson ahead of flagbearer polls?

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s party is gearing up for election in 2024 by choosing officers this weekend to occupy national executive positions. ... This will in effect set the tone for the internal presidential candidate race due in 2023.

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Ghana’s high inflation breaks a 20-year record

Inflation in Ghana reached 29.8% in June, up from from 27.6% in May. This broke a record, as the country continues to struggle with rising costs. ... The last time inflation hit 29% was in January 2004. After attempting to get "Ghana beyond aid", the government of President Nana Akufo-Addo is now seeking help from international financial institutions.

What to do

African fashion, literature, and 7.47%….what to look out for in July

The Africa Report delivers news about what's in store for the continent's creators, policy-makers and event attenders in July 2022. ...

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