Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan Africa are being held in Libyan detention centres after entering the country illegally, an official said on Tuesday. Abdulrazaq al-Shniti,...
Cenpower Generation is set to add on stream a combine-cycle power plant of 350 megawatts to the country’s energy needs by the third quarter of this year. The US$ 900 million project, a...
Africa’s young, dynamic population does, however, possess the potential to lead an economic revival Without urgent action to address stagnating levels of competitiveness, Africa’s economies will...
Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's motor, abandoning them off the Libyan coast, Libya's navy said Saturday. Navy spokesman General Ayoub Qassem...
General Electric has announced that it will supply the power generation equipment for the 400MW Bridge Power plant project in Tema, Ghana. The equipment, which will be used in the first phase of the...
Illicit capital flows into and out of developing economies ranged from $2 trillion to $3.5 trillion in 2014, with Africa the region most vulnerable to the flight of capital needed for investment and...
A lucky Kenyan man, Samuel Abisai has won more than $2million (£1.5m) for correctly predicting 17 football matches in a competition run by betting company SportPesa. The payout is set to be one of...
A total of 83 people were killed in road crashes in the Ashanti Region during the first quarter of the year, Samuel Obeng Asiamah, Regional Manager of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has...
A Kenyan punter who won a $2m (£1.6m) jackpot after correctly predicting the outcome of 17 football matches doubts he will ever bet again. Samuel Abisai, 28, won the jackpot after placing about $2...
ILO: Global unemployment expected to rise by 3.4m in 2017 The global unemployment rate is expected to rise modestly from 5.7 to 5.8 per cent in 2017 The global unemployment rate is expected to rise...
A clear theme running through the meetings was the need to protect the growth momentum The world’s economic leaders and stakeholders came together at the 2017 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings...
The President believes that private sector led growth is the surest way for Ghana to sustain economic growth. Hence, the President’s maiden budget focused on tax cuts to create space for businesses...
Sub- Saharan countries facing threats of famine in the near future could heave a sigh of relief as the World Bank commits 1.6 billion dollars to avert the crisis. This comes on the back of a record...
The desire of All Nations University College (ANUC) in Koforidua to make Ghana a space-faring nation took a giant leap when the first-ever successfully developed satellite by Ghanaian students in...
Ghana is planning to make senior high school free for all teenagers, whatever their background, in a move experts say could transform the lives of millions of youngsters, particularly girls....
Sub- Saharan countries facing threats of famine in the near future could heave a sigh of relief as the World Bank commits 1.6 billion dollars to avert the crisis. This comes on the back of a record...
Ghana’s First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has appealed to corporate organizations in the country to assist in the fight against malaria to help boost productivity and subsequently economic growth....
Poor packaging in Ghana is one of the main reasons for the failure of locally manufactured food products to establish themselves in the market and compete favourably with imported ones. This fact,...
Ghana is to benefit from a National Food Packaging Centre being proposed by the ‘Improving Food Packaging for Small Medium Agro-Enterprises (SAME’s) in Sub-Saharan Africa Project.’ The centre,...
A private banking consultant, Ms Nilla Selormey, has reiterated the need for Africa to develop a diaspora strategy that will utilise skills of returnees to harness opportunities in the continent. She...
