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- US bars Malawi officials over corruption allegations
- Ghana’s families struggle amid soaring inflation
- Kenya plans first nuclear power plant
- Marula Mining secures Kenya manganese licence
- Op-Ed: West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders when it comes to producing sustainable clothes
- Ghana to tax foreign incomes of residents to offset revenue gap
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SOME years ago I found myself face to face with the statue that has become the most controversial in Britain…
AFRICA entered this century with great expectations. Its entrepreneurial and political ambitions were growing. The international community was coalescing behind a…
KENYANS in the Diaspora – ‘those of the remittance’ – are constantly reminded of their patriotic duty to support Kenya’s…
THE Lake Chad Basin is so culturally intertwined that all hands must be on deck at the same time. This…
AFTER being ignored for many decades as a lost continent, perhaps what woke up Africa is digital connectivity with the…
NEARLY seven years ago, when I became president of Yale University, five of the top twelve and eleven of the…
AS we mark International Migrants Day on December 18, it’s time to rethink how we value the informal skills and resources of…
IN the so-called ‘Mozambique tuna scandal’ and $2bn debt default, officials of the southern coastal African nation did something even…
‘DID a Lebanese business executive harm anyone when he sold flotillas of modern ships and systems to the African nation…
AFRICAN nations must and will take advantage of their hydrocarbon resources for economic development. Environmental sustainability is a part of…
THE way Ghana produces lawyers is in a confused state. And it’s beginning to be felt in the legal profession…
OVER the past two decades, Ghana’s construction sector has both contributed to and benefited from a rapidly growing economy. The…
GHANA’S Atewa forest is one of the most beautiful and scenic landscapes in the country. It is seen as the…
THE Volta River project in Ghana was a symbolic embodiment of progress, modernisation, and development. It offered the opportunity for…
WHY do we stop at traffic lights? It’s not because we are naturally attuned to seeing red as the order…
LARGE-SCALE corruption is the elephant in the room in the ongoing conversation about Africa’s growth story, Petrus Marais* writes. If…
IN recent weeks we have seen investors discarding riskier assets for perceived safe havens, such as government bonds, due to…
DESPITE positive advances in financial inclusion on the continent, ninety-five percent of all consumer payments in Africa are still made…
AFRICA is one of the most exciting and potentially dynamic markets in the world, increasingly capturing the attention of the…
INVESTORS need to know that their investments are safe and that they will be protected by the law in case…