The Eastern Regional Cocoa Service Extension Officer, Mr. Rabdy Boitey, has called for cocoa farmers to give strong support to the artificial pollination programme introduced to boost crop yield and returns. He said it was in their own interest – to assist the farmer to obtain not less than 10 bags of cocoa per acre. […]

The World Bank says it is committed to assisting the Government of Ghana in ensuring a resilient and thriving Accra.  Mr Ivo Imparato, Programme Leader for Sustainable Development, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, World Bank, said there was a window of opportunity for cities and investors alike to meet the challenge of urban resilience, but […]

On May 29 and 30, 2017, the 16th Session of the Executive Committee of UCLG Africa was held at the hotel “La Tour Hassan” in Rabat (Morocco). The proceedings were chaired by Mr. Hugues Ngouélondélé, Mayor and MP for the city of Brazzaville (Congo), and Vice President of UCLG Africa for the Central Africa region. The agenda […]

With a powerful program, the Datacloud Europe event in Monaco (6-8 June) attracts investors, market leaders and their customers from the data centre and cloud sector. Data centre supplier Minkels – part of the publicly traded company Legrand (NYSE Euronext Paris: LR) – strongly contributes to the speaker program. Together with Bulk and MainOne, Minkels […]

“In a massive vaccination campaign like in Nigeria, you even have to think about what pens you will use” – Daniela Muñoz, MSF logistics coordinator Every single last detail must be controlled when you organise mass vaccination campaigns such as the meningitis intervention that Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is undertaking in the northern Nigerian state […]

The nominees for the Jack Daniels Nightlife Awards 2017 are out and it features some of the biggest personalities and brands in the nightlife business gunning for top prices in 10 highly competitive public voting categories. Below is the full list of Nominees in each Category. CLUB DJ OF THE YEAR DJ Vyrusky [Kristal] | […]

The Ghana Actors Guild has been faced with a lot of challenges which have dwindled its progress for the past years. It is therefore expected that, the new leadership puts their act together to make the group a vibrant one. Speaking to the Media at a call on the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative […]

His 256-page novel, And After Many Days, set in Port Harcourt in the oil-rich Niger-Delta region of Nigeria, tells the story of a family whose 17-year old son and sibling, Paul Utu, goes missing during the rainy season of 1995 Nigerian writer, Jowhor Ile, has been named the winner of the 2016 edition of the […]

The American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the Association of Lebanese People in the World (RCDL World) teamed up with The Business Year (TBY) for a roundtable titled “The Role of the Private Sector in Sustainable Power Generation” on May 23, 2017. Held in Beirut, the forum was moderated by TBY’s Editor-in-Chief Leland Rice […]

The Sustainable Transport Masterplan for the Regions Omusati, Oshana, Ohangwena and Oshikoto aims at addressing transport deficiencies and proposing a set of measures to improve urban and rural transport systems. During the first phase in 2015, a scoping study was successfully completed and approved by the Steering Committee on 12 November 2015. The Master Plan […]

The Confucius Institute on Wednesday marked three years of its operations at the University of Ghana, Legon. The Institute was established and officially inaugurated on May 22, 2013, at the university but became fully operational a year later. The colorful ceremony was spiced with performances on Chinese dance and exhibition of Chinese culture by Ghanaian […]

President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo has wound up the third phase of his West African tour with a day’s working visit to Niger, the presidency announced here on Wednesday. The regional tour has already taken President Akufo-Addo to nine countries in the sub-region. At a meeting with Nigerien President Issoufou Mahamadou, the Ghanaian president expressed […]

Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia, has touted the launch of a new specialised bank, the Construction Bank, as a significant chapter in Ghana’s banking industry. Delivering a keynote address on Wednesday at the unveiling of the bank in Accra, Dr Bawumia urged the Board of Directors and shareholders of the new bank to pick up critical […]

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta of causing financial loss to the state with the issue of the recent 2.25 billion dollar bond. Per their calculations, the loss is up to the tune of 330 million dollars per year over the next fifteen years. According to the Minority Spokesperson […]

Rosoboronexport (forming part of Rostec State Corporation) will participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2017. On the sidelines of the Forum, Director General of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev and senior managers of the state-controlled special exporter will hold over 20 meetings with heads and representatives of Russian and foreign business circles. Representatives of […]

Key decision makers do not have confidence in their Boards’ ability to manage cyber security threats, according to the latest cyber security analysis from Control Risks. The global ‘Cyber Security Landscape’ survey of IT and Business decision makers found that almost half of respondents reported they believe their organisation’s board-level executives do not take cyber […]

The extent of the power deficit across Africa is well documented and increasing electricity generation across the continent is the focus of a number of initiatives at both national and supra-national level. This is according to Frances Okosi, in partner in the Banking & Finance Practice Group at Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg. Okosi chaired a […]

Hon. Justice Agwadza William Atedze of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has queried the use of public funds to buy vehicles for politicians, and counselled Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) to research the issues “to see how best we can reconcile our social and cultural values viz-a-viz the entire war against corruption and […]

An Igbo Socio-Cultural group, Nzuko Umunna, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of Igbo people worldwide in their activities to mark the May 30th “Biafra at 50” celebrations. The group which commended the IPOB, MASSOB, BIM and such other organizations for the very peaceful and civil manner they mobilized and conducted themselves on the day, […]

The United Nations Human Rights Council should urgently establish a commission of inquiry into the situation in the central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a coalition of 262 Congolese and 9 international nongovernmental organizations said today. The 35th session of the Human Rights Council begins June 6, 2017, in Geneva.  “The violence […]