Category: Industry

Ghana is positioning itself to play a leading role in the adoption and implementation of the Accra Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents across the ECOWAS region.

New York, United States of America// — The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Uganda to significantly expand government support for early childhood education and provide free, state-run pre-primary education to all children.

London, UK – M-KOPA marked its 15th anniversary, having reached 10 million customers since its founding in 2011. The company also reported record revenue of $600 million for the 2025 financial year, an increase of 45% compared with 2024.

Kumasi, Ghana//– The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and the non-profit medical research organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) have launched a drug discovery partnership to screen around 100 molecules against a species of the parasitic worm Schistosoma that is prevalent in Africa.

Lagos, Nigeria// — The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, and Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, have called on West Africa’s private sector to move decisively from the promise of regional integration to mobilising capital, building competitive industries, creating jobs and transforming the region’s vast economic potential into shared prosperity.

Accra, Ghana// — The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Lands Commission and Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands (OASL), has commenced a comprehensive review of the 1999 National Land Policy to develop a new policy framework capable of responding to the country’s changing land administration and development needs.

Nairobi, Kenya// — The Ministry of Health has confirmed Kenya’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease in a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Accra, Ghana//-The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) today expressed its sincere appreciation to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) for its decision to suspend the implementation of the proposed Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) regime for imported vehicles into Ghana.

Kampala, Uganda//- Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) today joined Kampala Serena Hotel in hosting the launch reception for the Future Hospitality Summit (FHS) Africa, marking the beginning of the countdown to the 2027 edition of the continent’s leading hospitality investment forum to be held in Uganda.

Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan//— The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) announced that the Republic of Azerbaijan has signed the DCO Charter, becoming a Signatory Member of the Organisation and marking an important step toward full membership.