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World Bank Puts Africa’s 2017 Growth At 2.6%

The World Bank has revealed that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is rebounding this year after registering the...

Business

Africa Needs Diaspora Strategy To Harness Opportunities – Consultant

A private banking consultant, Nilla Selormey, has reiterated the need for Africa to develop a diaspora strategy that...

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Key Leopard Population ‘crashing’, Study Warns

The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out...

International

IMF Says Pace of Global Economic Growth Is Picking Up

IMF says pace of global economic growth is picking up The world economy seems to be gaining momentum, according the...

Business

‘Africa Needs Diaspora Strategy To Harness Opportunities’

A private banking consultant, Ms Nilla Selormey, has reiterated the need for Africa to develop a diaspora strategy that...

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NADeF Named Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of the Year

The National Philanthropy Forum has awarded Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) as the Corporate Foundation...

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Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences

Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...

Business

Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation Named Corporate Foundation Philanthropist of the Year

The National Philanthropy Forum has recognised and awarded Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF) as the...

International

Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says

The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty...

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Amnesty Hails Decline In Executions

US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a...

Business

GRA Boss Reposes Confidence In Single Window

The new Commissioner-General of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Kofi Nti, has expressed confidence in having a...

Business

UBA Delights Shareholders; Distributes N27.2bn In Dividends

The shareholders of the pan-African financial institution, the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc applauded the Board,...

Business

Ghanaian Businesses Urged To Use Technology

MainOne, Ghana’s leading communications solutions provider, has reiterated its commitment to enabling Ghana’s...

Business

Cedi Reverses Dollar Rout…gains 1percent In Historic Run

The local currency has maintained its superb run against the US dollar since the second week of March, eroding all the...

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MaineOne Urges Businesses To Take Advantage of Modern Network Solutions

MainOne, Ghana’s leading communications solutions provider, has reiterated its commitment to enabling Ghana’s...

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Kofi Annan Backs Fossil Fuels To Light Africa

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has backed African governments’ use of fossil fuels – especially the...

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Nigeria Starts Vaccine Drive To Stop Meningitis Outbreak

Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis...

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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...

Business

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...