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.
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. ...
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.
harking back Kwasi Kwarteng – the big brain at the heart of Britain’s radical right counter revolution
harking back Kwasi Kwarteng – the big brain at the heart of Britain’s radical right counter revolution
setting the tone 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.
IMF help 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. ...
Debtors Jail Ghana debt-restructuring risks increase as IMF agreement far from certain The chances of Ghana restructuring its debts are rising as the task of winning over the IMF yet again may be an uphill battle, analysts say. ...
on the streets Can Ghana’s new wave of protesters force President Akufo-Addo to change course? Just days before President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo announced on 1 July that his finance minister, against his will, was opening negotiations with ... the IMF, thousands of young Ghanaians took to the streets in Accra protesting against spiralling food and fuel prices and wider cost hardships.
deadly disease Ghana: Two suspected cases of infectious Marburg virus Two Ghanaians from the southern Ashanti region tested positive for the extremely infectious Marburg virus. According to the World Health Organisation ... (WHO), although the tests came out positive in Ghana, they need to be sent to the Institut Pasteur lab in Senegal for confirmation.
