African economies are well positioned to benefit from rapidly accelerating technological change if they can harness the current open landscape for innovation.
East Africa is already a global leader...
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
A Ghanaian born Counter-Terrorist, Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, has been honoured as the 2017 Daily Trust African of the Year. A renowned Egyptian-British Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Imperial College of...
Anthony Scaramucci, named Donald Trump's new White House communications director, is a millionaire former hedge fund investor who shores up the stable of bankers in the president's inner circle. It...
Research wing of Groupe Nduom (GN) conglomerate, GN Research, has stressed that reductions in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) will continue to have marginal effect on commercial bank rates so far as...
A new study has revealed that the major culprit behind Earth's polluted oceans are the world's river systems. Researchers at the Ocean Cleanup Project has estimated up to 5 trillion pounds of plastic...
Ghana’s Kofi Annan (a former UN Secretary General) and founder of the Ashesi University, Patrick Awuah, have been named among the 100 most reputable people on earth for the year 2017. South African...
The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, has died. Dr Osotimehin, who also served as the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, died on...
The EU and China will attempt to deepen ties at a summit Thursday amid rising worry about the direction taken by US President Donald Trump on trade and climate change. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will...
The aL-hAJJ can authoritatively confirm, barring any act of God, Ghana’s immediate past President, John Dramani Mahama will stake claim to the opposition National Democratic Congress’ vacant flag...
Despite a recent rebuttal by President Robert Mugabe that his country was not economically fragile, the British government seems to have a contrary view. A recent foreign travel advice on Zimbabwe...
The celebrated legend of African neighbourliness has been reinforced by Sahara Group after the leading African energy conglomerate extended a hand of support to victims of fire disasters in Ghana....
Former president Mahama has debunked the common misconception that Africa holds a monopoly when it comes to corruption, a tag which he finds humiliating. ‘‘I reject that tag of trying to...
Senegalese President Macky Sall has defended his decision to fire ex-Energy Minister, Thierno Alassane Sall, saying the sacking did not alter government plans for the sector. Sall said political...
John Dramani Mahama, immediate past president of Ghana has slammed what he says is a humiliating tag of corruption on African countries. According to him, corruption was a global cancer that required...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 93, is not asleep when he closes his eyes for long periods in public events but is resting his eyes from bright lights, his spokesman said Thursday. Mugabe has...
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, the government said in a statement, about two months after his previous such trip to the south Asian nation....
The health of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, seen here at his 93rd birthday celebrations in February, has been the subject of increased speculation with two journalists arrested in March over a...
Ex-President Mahama, Heaven is indeed on Earth! Isn’t it quite ironic that with all the harsh economic conditions, amid corruption allegations (Bus branding, SADA, SUBA, GYEEDA, Ford Expedition...
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...
