Le Pen Steps Aside
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of her National Front (FN) party. The move comes just a day after she reached the second round...
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Ghana Is Open For Business
Minister for Business Development, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal, has beckoned to the international business community to take advantage of the thriving business environment in Ghana to invest. According to...
Macron Backed By Mainstream Parties To Shut Out Le Pen
Macron backed by mainstream parties to shut out Le Pen The presence of EU flags at Mr Macron's rally was not lost on supporters and opponents France's beaten mainstream parties have lined up behind...
French Election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political newcomer...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For French Presidency
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to fight for French presidency Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will go head-to-head in just under two weeks' time Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the...
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen To Fight For Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
Outsider Macron Sets Sights On Presidency
Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French election, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Mr Macron, a former banker, is seen as a political outsider,...
GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Earnings Fall
Higher power and aviation earnings helped General Electric return to profitability in the first quarter as it announced plans Friday for cost cuts this year and next. But the industrial conglomerate,...
GE Profitable Again In Q1; Oil Business Still Weak
General Electric swung back to profitability in the first quarter Friday as its aviation and power businesses scored strong operating profits growth. GE, which suffered a modest loss in the year-ago...
Apple Touts Greater Use of Recycled Metal In Gadgets
Technology giant Apple wants to "one day" end the need to mine materials from the earth to make its gadgets, the company said in its annual environmental responsibility report out Thursday....
Akufo Addo Gov’t’s List of 103 Achievements In 100 Days
The Akufo Addo led-government has chalked 103 achievements in its first 100 days in office which falls today Monday, April 17. Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia outlined the achievements at a Joy FM...
Here Is Akufo-Addo’s 103 Achievement In 100 Days
The Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government says it has made 103 achievements within its first 100 days in office. Christening it as “one day, one achievement” in the about 40-minutes...
For Palestinian Family, An Udder-Ly Unique Power Source
Power comes in many forms, but Kamal al-Jebrini's family looked to where others may fear to tread for a new source of it: cow dung. The family has begun recycling waste from its cows to produce...
Akufo-Addo To Develop New Master Plan To Fix Power Crisis
Ghana's new government is looking to fix a crippling power crisis with a complete overhaul of its deficit-ridden energy sector including a boost for solar energy. President Nana Akufo-Addo's New...
Power Challenges To Threaten ‘one District, One Factory’ Concept
The Chief Executive Officer of Koans Building Solutions, Mr Kofi Anokye, has cautioned the government to ensure cheaper, sustainable and reliable power supply to areas where its ‘one district, one...
Ghana Woos Investors For Renewable Energy Production
The Ministry of Energy is optimistic of meeting its ambitious ten percent target of installed renewable energy capacity by 2020, with the completion of the relevant policy and regulatory framework....
Kofi Annan Backs Fossil Fuels To Light Africa
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has backed African governments’ use of fossil fuels – especially the continent’s large endowment of coal – to bridge Africa’s huge energy gap. In the...
World Bank To Give Ghana $1.2bn, Africa $57bn
The World Bank Group, in the next three years, will extend a credit facility of $1.2billion to Ghana out of a chunk allocated to Sub-Saharan Africa by the Bretton Wood Institution. The facility,...
Custom Duties Hinder Renewables Penetration
Although the Renewable Energy Act says importing renewable energy systems should attract zero duties, investors in the sector say that is not the case at the ports, as custom officials feign...
Ghana Seeks New Dawn For Struggling Power Sector
Ghana's new government is looking to fix a crippling power crisis with a complete overhaul of its deficit-ridden energy sector including a boost for solar energy. Intermittent power supply issues...