Tanzania Upstages Mozambique On Gas
Tanzania, which won the geopolitics battle with Kenya, by snatching away the pipeline deal, has also upped its stake with its gas plant, trying to upstage Mozambique, which is still reeling from...
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I’m Willing To Swap Boko Haram Prisoners For the Chibok Girls
Nigeria’s President has again renewed his commitment to the rescue of the Chibok girls, saying government will not give up in the search. Commenting on this in his Twitter handle on Sunday,...
Africa Can Be World’s Food Basket – Mahama
Africa has the potential of becoming the world’s food basket, Ghana’s President John Mahama has said. Speaking at the 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in...
Rush Is On To Get East Africa’s Oil, Gas To the Market
Oil and gas are the buzzwords in East Africa as countries try to outdo each other in getting their hydrocarbons out of the ground and into the market. Last week, Tanzanian President John Magufuli...
Ye! Boost Program Offers Scholarships For Young Entrepreneurs
The Ye! Boost Program is a one-year entrepreneurship program for young entrepreneurs from Kenya, Ghana and the Philippines. It provides training, coaching, networking and international exchange...
Complete Biography & Profile of Fritz Kwabena Poku, Ambassador of Ghana to the United States
Fritz Kwabena Poku assumed duty as Ghana's Ambassador to the United States (with concurrent accreditation to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Haiti and Bahamas) at the end of July 2004. A career diplomat...
Complete Biography & Profile of Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes, Former Speaker of Parliament
Mr Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes, who was elected Speaker of Parliament on Thursday, is a distinguished legal practitioner. He was born at Cape Coast in the Central Region on September 4, 1939, was...
Complete Biography & Profile of Elizabeth Akua Ohene, Former Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education
Miss Elizabeth Akua Ohene was born 24th January, 1945, and attended Mawuli School at Ho, between 1958 and 1964. She gained admission to the University of Ghana in 1964 and graduated with B. A. (Hon)...
Complete Biography & Profile of Abraham Philip Akpor Kojo Kenya, Lord Kenya
Winner of the Hiplife Album of the Year at the Ghana Music Award 2001, Best Ghanaian Rap Music Award at the Anansekrom Festival in Canada 2000, as well as a string of nominations elswhere, Lord Kenya...
Complete Biography & Profile of William Chapman Nyaho, Pianist
Early life: Chapman Nyaho started playing when he was 5. He grew up in a musical family, where he received lots of positive encouragement and was surrounded by all types of music. "In my teens,...
Complete Biography & Profile of Emmanuel Ofori, President/Founder of Pan African Foundation
Mr. Emmanuel Ofori, a graduate of Christian Ministerial Bible College, Tennessee; American College of Optech, California and American Institute for International Studies, Barcelona, is on a special...
Complete Biography & Profile of Professor Kofi Awoonor-Williams, Senior Citizen
Kofi Awoonor (13 March 1935 - 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict...
Complete Biography & Profile of Efya,
Jane Fara Fauzzier Afia Boafowaa Yahaya Awindor (born April 10, 1987), better known by her stage name Efya, is a Ghanaian neo soul vocalist, songwriter, performer and actress from Kumasi. She is the...
Complete Biography & Profile of Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey , Chairman- New Patriotic Party
Jacob Otanka "Jake" Obetsebi-Lamptey is a Ghanaian politician and a former television and radio producer. Born in Accra, Ghana, the second son of Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey (a prominent lawyer and...
Complete Biography & Profile of Prosper Douglas Kweku Bani, Chief of Staff
Mr. Prosper Bani is a senior manager and specialist in international peace-building and development processes. For over 15 years, Mr. Bani has led innovative processes in peace and development with...
Complete Biography & Profile of Dr. Sulley Gariba, Senior Policy Co-Ordinator- Presidency
Ph. D. in Political Science and International Development, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1989. M.A., Political Science and International Relations, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1982. B.A. (Hons.),...
Complete Biography & Profile of Joe Kwashie Gidisu , Member of Parliament- Central Tongu
Education Hon. Joe Kwashie Gidisu had his primary education at the Bakpa Alabonu L. A. Primary between 1959 and 1963. He proceeded to Mafi Devime L.A. Middle (MSLC) between 1964-1967. Between 1967...
Complete Biography & Profile of Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing
Alhaji Collins Dauda was born on 13TH February, 1957 to Mr. Issaka Naaba and Mad. Mariama Issah at Mehame in the Brong Ahafo Region. Hon. Alhaji Collins Dauda attended Mim Secondary School from 1973...
No E-Transmission of Polling Stations Results
The Electoral Commission has clarified that the proposed electronic transmission of election results in 2016 will only be done from the constituency collation centres and not from polling...
Fiamenyo Ready to Give His All at AFC Leopards
Gilbert Fiamenyo will be looking to give his all for AFC Leopards when he makes his debut in the Kenyan top-flight.
The bulky striker penned a two-year deal with the Kenyan side after terminating his...