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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
looming disaster Lebanon: Chronicle of a tragedy foretold From the port authorities to President Michel Aoun and the Ministers of Justice and Transport, everyone had access to the file on the 2750 tonnes ... of ammonium nitrate that was being stored in the port of Beirut. And all of them are now blaming each other for the 4 August tragedy.
