Ghana Places 21st In Africa
With a score of 3.04, Ghana placed 21st in Africa in the latest Global Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) which measures the most competitive and travel and tourism destination. The...
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Pay TV Operator Acquires Media Licence To 2018 World Cup
According to the company’s Vice President, the newly acquired StarTimes rights indicates the company’s desire to provide subscribers with the best sports content. Pay TV operator, StarTimes has...
Commonwealth Games Organisers Promise Easy Access To Visas, Venues For Tourists
Sports tourists, who want to attend the Commonwealth Games scheduled for Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15, 2018, will have to liaise with their countries’ National Olympic Committees (NOC)...
Namibia Demands $30 Bln For German Genocide
Namibia is to launch a 30-billion-dollar (28-billion-euro) lawsuit against Germany over genocide committed during colonial rule, when tens of thousands of people were killed, according to documents...
Bulls Defeat Sunwolves With 14 Men In Super Rugby Thriller
Northern Bulls of South Africa fared better with 14 men than 15 when defeating Sunwolves of Japan 34-21 on Friday in a lively Super Rugby match in Pretoria. Leading 17-14 at half-time, the home team...
Namibia Lodges Colonial-Era Claim Against Germany In NY Court
More than a century after a long-hushed genocide took place in Namibia while under German colonial rule, descendants of the victims are getting their day in court in New York for the first time...
Quantum Power Cuts Sod For Tema LNG Terminal
Quantum Power, the pan-African energy infrastructure investment platform, has cut sod for the construction of the Tema LNG Terminal, consisting of facilities for the import, storage and...
IAAF Official Quits Two Roles Over Corruption Claim
Frankie Fredericks carried the Olympic torch on its journey to Rio 2016 Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks has stepped down from two key administrative roles after corruption...
Sprinter Fredericks Quits 2024 Olympics Role Amid Corruption Probe
Former sprinter Frankie Fredericks quit Tuesday as head of the IOC commission monitoring candidates for the 2024 Olympics amid a probe into money he accepted from a sports marketing chief accused of...
Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks Quits Over Bribery Claim
Four-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia has stepped down from a key role at athletics’ world governing body after corruption claims. IAAF council member Fredericks, also a...
Frankie Fredericks Forced To Step Aside From IAAF Taskforce Due To Newspaper Allegation
Former 100m and 200m champion Frankie Fredericks has decided to step aside from the five-member IAAF Taskforce coordinating the re-admittance process for suspended Russian athletes. Fredericks,...
What If Germany Had Not Lost Its Colonies In Africa?
The Germans were latecomers to the scramble for Africa. Even if there may have been individual Germans scouring the coasts of Africa (as slave traders?), it was only after the Berlin Conference of...
No Winner For Mo Ibrahim Prize
NO former African leader has claimed the $5m (£4m) Mo Ibrahim prize this year – the sixth time in 10 years that it has not been awarded. The prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an...
We Deliberately Set ‘high Bar’ For Mo Ibrahim $5m Prize – Chair
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation says it has found no winner, again, for its prestigious Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The selection Committee chaired by Tanzanian diplomat and former...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership Again
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — drew a blank once again in finding a suitable laureate, it was announced Tuesday. The prize only...
No Ibrahim Prize Awarded For African Leadership
The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership -- the world's biggest individual prize -- drew a blank once again in finding a suitable laureate, it was announced Tuesday. The prize only...
No Winner For Mo Ibrahim’s $5m Ex-Leader Prize
No former African leader has claimed the $5m (£4m) Mo Ibrahim prize this year – the sixth time in 10 years that it has not been awarded. The prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected...
Gumtree Bans Donkey Sales In S.Africa Over Skin Trade
Online sales website Gumtree said Monday that it had banned advertisements offering donkeys in South Africa to prevent inhumane killings of the animals to meet Chinese demand for their skins. Donkeys...
Ghallywood Makeup Artist Breaks Into Hollywood
Getting into Hollywood, the citadel of filmmaking in the world, is an ideal or a dream that many a young filmmaker or creative artiste yearns for. Getting into Hollywood is a fiercely competitive...