The growing importance of the Caribbean in foreign direct investment and its relevancy to global economic growth was high on top of the agenda at the recently concluded third annual [Read more]
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 77 percent of women in Nigeria use skin-lightening products, the world’s highest percentage. That compares with 59 percent in Togo, and 27 percent [Read more]
Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements “Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements. Visa restrictions [Read more]
Charity and aid have failed Africa and its leading entrepreneurs are now driving the continent’s development agenda This was the sentiment of Tony Elumelu’s speech, described by many as “powerful,” [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 30, 2013/ — Finance Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Charles Boamah will host an online press conference on the last day of [Read more]
Sierra Leone's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations, Mr. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, has called for the creation of an African -based media system like the Arab media net work, Al [Read more]
International Women’s Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realising how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity [Read more]
In less than a week, Columbia University’s African student associations comprising of Columbia’s prestigious Law School, Graduate School of International and Public Affairs, Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia’s [Read more]
Somewhere in AFRICA one woman dies every minute of every day from causes related to pregnancy and birth. The hardest pill to swallow for even the most successful African [Read more]
Unemployment remains rife on the African continent. With almost 200 million people aged between 15 and 24 in Africa today, the youth community represents more than 60 per cent of [Read more]
ACCRA, Ghana, February 1, 2013/ — K-NET (http://www.knetgh.com), a leading African telecommunications company offering triple-play voice, data and video services across sub-Saharan Africa, is pleased to announce the launch a [Read more]
The conventional wisdom, albeit fallaciously libelous, is that the con-game of “419″ originates from Nigeria, and that Nigerians are big practitioners of the con-game. Well, that is not the case [Read more]
The Director of the Economic Development and NEPAD Division ECA's has said that officials and experts working on the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) owe the [Read more]
PRESS RELEASE THE HAGUE, Netherland, August 7, 2012/ — Today, 7 August 2012, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (http://www.icc-cpi.int) decided, for the first time in proceedings [Read more]
The president of the West African nation of Ghana, John Evans Atta Mills, has died at the age of 68, the president's chief of staff said in a statement yesterday. [Read more]
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