sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya’s Schoolgirls To Get Free Sanitary Pads From Government
All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said. It is hoped the move will improve access...
40 Ghanaians Leave For 2017 YALI Programme In US
A total of 40 young Ghanaians have left the country to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young...
Ghana’s Failing Education System Can Be Salvaged By PPPs – IMANI
Yesterday’s Parliamentary debate on basic schools with crumbling buildings and the subsequent revelation by the...
French Election: Macron Team Complete Rout With Assembly Win
French President Emmanuel Macron is celebrating a convincing victory in National Assembly elections that gives him the...
AfDB Sanctions $15m Grant To Support SMEs
The Board of Directors of the African Development (AfDB) has approved a US$ 15 million investment in Shore Capital Fund...
Winners For 2017 Private Equity Africa Awards Announced
Private Equity Africa (PEA) has announced the full list of winners of the 2017 GP & Advisor Awards. The awards saw 22...
Migrants Dice With Death On Flimsy Boats and In the Desert
Maria gave smugglers all her family savings and crossed three countries and the searing Libyan desert, but when she...
Agreement Signed For $120m Wind Power Project In Ghana
The project is expected to require an investment of approximately $120 million and to start operations early 2019....
160,000 Women and Girls Live With HIV In Ghana
A UNAIDS report on HIV prevalence in women shows that Ghana is among countries with the highest prevalence rate in West...
$2.25bn Bond: Be Silent If You Can’t Praise
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the minority members of parliament over their crusade against issuance...
Inviting Ofori-Atta Over $2.25bn Was Needless
A Deputy Minister for Finance, Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, thinks that it was needles for the minority members of parliament to...
Professor Owusu Lauds WACCI For Spearheading Africa’s Agriculture Transformation
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana (UG), has lauded the West Africa Centre for Crop...
Finance Minister Corrects NDC MPs
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians who are under the...
Agriculture Answer To Africa’s Misery
The quickest way out of Africa’s economic woes is through agriculture, Dr Rufaro Madakadze, Programme Officer for...
Seven Dead Migrants Found In Abandoned Libya Truck
Seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead in an abandoned refrigerator truck near the Libyan capital,...
Spain Rescues 173 Migrants Crossing Mediterranean In One Day
Spanish coast guards rescued more than 170 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from northern Africa in four...
Ghana To Launch First Satellite Into Space
All Nation University’s giant steps towards putting Ghana in the ‘League of Nations’ exploring space technology...
Earth Is On the Brink of A Sixth Mass Extinction
Earth is now on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and human activity is to blame, experts have warned. In a series...
Some Vaginal Bacteria May Weaken Anti-HIV Gel
Some kinds of vaginal bacteria may interfere with a gel meant to curb the risk of contracting HIV, which infects more...