Guards check drivers' papers to keep out uninvited guests from gated compounds where Egypt's rich can escape the chaos of Cairo's streets in a country with a widening wealth gap. Built in the deserts...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the outlook for Pakistan's economy was "favourable", citing Chinese infrastructure investments among reasons for growth, but warned of risks to recent...
Stakeholders and Agricultural experts from the West African countries converged here on Tuesday for a Two-Day consultative meeting seeking ways to consolidate progress made so far on food security...
The Alliance for Integrity has launched a book christened: “Ensuring Compliance-A Practical Handbook for Businesses in Ghana.” The 76-page book, which comprises 21 articles from 19 authors, and...
Kenya’s private equity fund that is backed by the private sector arm of the World Bank has raised about 30 million U. S. dollars to fund small and medium enterprises (SME) in the East Africa...
The World Bank on Tuesday said it had approved a $520 million plan to help Afghanistan, which has been weakened by the Taliban insurgency and gradual withdrawal of US troops. Almost half of the...
The Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday it has asked Chinese and Spanish bidders of a colossal dam project to join forces and submit a joint bid. The request will further delay the huge...
Though it has about 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa’s net food import is predicted to grow from $39bn in 2016 to over $110bn by 2025. Food production is desperately low due in...
Former President Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has praised a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Mr Alex Ashiagbor, for his level of competence in the area of financial management. The former...
Qatar's Central Bank said on Monday banking transactions at home and abroad were continuing normally despite the diplomatic crisis which has seen several Gulf countries sever ties with the emirate....
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the poverty and conflict driving a mass migrant influx to Europe. The idea is to team up...
The Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF) Nana Osei-Bonsu has cited corruption as one of the major factors hindering Ghana’s competitiveness. In his view, corruption...
Tanzania's government signed a $154 million contract on Saturday with the state-run China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the main port in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. Tanzania...
The Ghana Advocacy Group has called for an immediate action against mob justice in the country and also commiserates with family of Major Maxwell Mahama who got lynched by some residents of...
Three men who have fathered nearly 100 children among them are doing their bit for Pakistan's skyrocketing population, which is being counted for the first time in 19 years. But in a country where...
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has said it is time for the nation at 60 years to start doing things in a better way to enable it to transform to an industrial economy. He said...
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana (UG), has lauded the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), UG, for spearheading Africa's agriculture transformation....
The absence of transparency in fertilizer distribution and low farm gate prices hampered the effort of cocoa farmers in Ghana to plant more, a World Bank report has revealed. According to the report...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged African governments not to rely on the World Bank and other institutions to decide on the choices they have to make concerning policies and the...
Stories making headlines on the front pages in the major newspapers include: *kitchen too hot for President Akufo-Addo *Fighting "ghost name's" how state let down an informant *Denkyira-Obuasi pupils...
