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Ghana

Ghana's President holds final rally ahead of election

third time race

Ghana elections: Akufo-Addo and Mahama face-off for a third time

Ghanaians will be heading to the polls on 7 December to elect their next president for a four-year term. Although 12 parties are competing, the ... electoral campaign has been polarised around two major ones: the NDC (National Democratic Congress) and the NPP (National Patriotic Party).

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cocoa conditions

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana: Bitter about ‘conspiracy to undermine farmers’ by cocoa traders

When Abidjan and Accra joined forces to create cocoa’s OPEC, also referred to as COPEC, they were looking to change the power balance in the ... cocoa sector. But the economic downturn had other plans.

when the risk pays off

Lebanese in Africa: A look at 30 family dynasties

As the economic and political situation in Lebanon sours, many Lebanese are on the move again, reminiscent of previous generations who headed ... to Africa to establish a new life. Here is a non-exhaustive list - in alphabetical order - of the many dynasties created by Lebanese entrepreneurs who have in turn contributed to the development of their host countries, primarily in West Africa.

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.

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cocoa

chocolate economy

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana unite on cocoa trade, creating ‘Chocpec’

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Kristalina Georgieva

Keynes returns

‘Vaccine policy is economic policy’ – IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva

cocoa

chocolate economy

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana unite on cocoa trade, creating ‘Chocpec’

Step Change

Ghana’s Hollard to partner with African e-commerce company to sell insurance

Kristalina Georgieva

Keynes returns

‘Vaccine policy is economic policy’ – IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva

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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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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.

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